My first Large Red #Damselfly of the year in the garden. Sheltered out of the wind & soaking up the sun on a nettle #Yorkshire #HumberheadLevels #Odonata @ynuorg.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

The fungus will be Hesperomyces harmoniae - species have recently been split. The Ladybird Project – Beetlehangers share.google/G5bJ5JCz8tLc...

Always nice to find a Chocolate-tip, particularly on an otherwise poor night with just 10/4 in my actinic trap😔 Becoming more common in #Yorkshire #HumberheadLevels #garden #Lepidoptera #MothsMatter @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

Described in many texts as "highly variable", can't say I'd disagree with that assessment of Clouded Drab #HumberheadLevels #garden #Lepidoptera #MothsMatter @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social @mothiduk.bsky.social

Puccinia violae a rust found on small clump of violets in #HumberheadLevels garden🌿 A non-host-shifting rust that is only found on viola spp.🪻 Can be found on all parts of infected plant🍃 @norwichbirder.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-fr... "Search for your town, city, borough, district or county council. If you do not get a result, consider sending your own Freedom of Information request to your council."

Thanks to @bsky.app support I'm back after an unfortunate 'blip' 😄 Great service from a great platform 👍 Really enjoy the nature & wildlife posts as well as environmental conservation ones 🦆🦡🐦‍⬛🦋🐛🐝🪲🐞🕷🦗🪳🐌☘️🪾🪺

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"The Trump administration just took a sledgehammer to the health protections in place for toxic coal pollution,” Lisa Evans, senior counsel at Earthjustice, said in a statement.

Spring has officially sprung 🌼 If you’re gardening this spring, it’s a good time to check what your compost is made from 🌱 Did you know? You don’t need peat to grow thriving plants – you can even make your own peat-free compost at home. Here’s our simple guide 👉https://loom.ly/YMSaLG0

More #BadButterflyPhotograhy This time one of today's numerous Speckled Woods other species very active included Orange-tip, Holly Blue, Peacock & a Red Admiral challenging the SWs 🦋 #HumberheadLevels #Yorkshire @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Our new Atlas of UK spider, harvestmen and pseudoscorpion records is now online at britishspiders.org.uk/atlas. It gives access to 1.6 million records and is constantly updated with data submitted and verified via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.

#BadButterflyPhotograhy Sunny weather in the #HumberheadLevels today meant all the #butterflies very active .... Holly Blue, Brimstone, Orange-tip & Peacock along with good numbers of Speckled Wood on the wing 🦋 . @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Possibly Elephant HM 🤔 Perhaps @norfolkmoths.bsky.social can offer assistance 🤔

There's lots of great practical advice in the latest British Myriapod and Isopod Group Newsletter: bmig.org.uk/view/resourc... #Myriapods #Isopods #Diptera #Woodlice #Millipedes

#PoorBeeflyPhoto Zoom in for #HumberheadLevels Bombylius major enjoying the sunny weather earlier today 😎 at least four individuals observed around #Yorkshire garden 🙂 #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

Episode resources including a copy of the Draft Framework is available to download on our website below. havewegotplanningnewsforyou.com/the-new-nati...

An extraordinary herbarium containing almost 300 pressed plants is now available to explore online. It has been digitised with support from the Isaac Newton Trust and Trinity College, Cambridge. Edward Hanmer’s Herbarium (MS Add.10547): https://loom.ly/J1Zj8OM @camdiglib.bsky.social

A lot of this sounds familiar and long-term.. .as a teenager in the 1970s, a friend described our surveys and documentation of the local peat-bogs as 'a rolling obituary'. I take heart that much of the bogs has survived, though still struggling... thmcf.org bsky.app/profile/bogt...

For anyone hoping to learn some plant ID - I've created a website to help you! This short playlist explains all. @botsocscot.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Exploring how fungal networks shape upland treescapes markavery.info/2026/02/17/r... Interesting stuff #fungi #rewilding #cumbria #trees @britmycolsoc.org.uk @garyfungi.bsky.social

Scotland’s grouse moor owners and managers started burning again at the start of March. At the end of this last week, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) issued their first very high fire risk warning... 🔥 parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/03/22/w...

Good news but .... 1 April 2029 😞

This is appalling. And not just because it's in the Cairngorms National Park. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/11/g...

My December column in Birdwatch magazine. Last month cats, next issue, the Greens. www.birdguides.com/articles/mar...

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) at large gamebird rearing farm in North Yorkshire ☠️ New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/04/o...

Nature needs help, without nature we are lost .... youtube.com/shorts/yX_we...

Seriously .... www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

Wheatfen reserve needs a new warden! Details of the job and how to apply can be found here: wheatfen.org/about-us/car...

#BadBirdPhotographs The Black Swan still amongst the (predominantly) Whooper herd of >100 on the periphery of Hatfield Moors SSSI First reported on Thursday (19th). Wonder if the Bewick's are still around? This area soon to be covered by solar panels #HumberheadLevels #Doncaster

Perhaps @brianecambs.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social might be able to help?

Insects are moving pharmaceutical pollutants from rivers to land; risks unknown... news.mongabay.com/2026/02/inse...

Whooper Swan herd foraging earlier today (11/02/2026) on arable fields scheduled to be part of a seriously extensive #solar farm in the #HumberheadLevels >100 birds with a couple of Bewick's amongst them last week🦢

Nature's tenacity? This asco #fungi growing out from a painted wooden door in a #HumberheadLevels town centre🐤 At first glance it reminded me of Auricularia auricula-judae aka "jelly ear" but keen to hear if other options are thought better (along with rationale please)🤔 @britmycolsoc.org.uk

The Bat Conservation Trust article in the link below is well worth a read 👍🦇

This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face

#BadBirdPhotographs Whooper Swan herd earlier today, estimated to be around 80 birds foraging in fields on periphery of #HatfieldMoors SSSI. Surely there's a Bewick's lurking somewhere hereabouts? #HumberheadLevels

BREAKING: A Gamekeeper has pleaded guilty in England’s first-ever Hen Harrier persecution case. Covert video and audio gathered lawfully by the RSPB Investigations team has helped expose the deliberate targeting of a Hen Harrier, leading to a landmark guilty plea: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈

For all the #nightjar enthusiasts out there - www.globalnightjar.org/post/size-ma...

Supersized illegal waste dumps hidden across English countryside.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another #BadBirdPhotograph, this one of a small herd of 13 Whooper Swans feeding in #HumberheadLevels arable fields earlier today (22/01/2026).

#BadBirdPhotography 😞 One of the two Bramblings regularly visiting our garden feeders over the last couple of months👍 Part of mixed Chaff, Gold & Green finch flock competing with other usual visitors for food #HumberheadLevels #Garden birds

An excellent paper "Fine details: Tips for improving specimen photography" by @ajcann.bsky.social in latest edition of British Journal of Entomology & Natural History just arrived @britentsoc.bsky.social 🪳🕷🪲🐝🦗🦟🐞

An amazingly well researched historical study of Black Grouse in a regional context #HumberheasLevels (incl. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire) if interested in obtaing a copy (£10 incl. P&P) DM me for details. The Lapwing New Series No.2 @birdingdad.bsky.social @donnybirding.bsky.social

Gamekeeper Thomas Munday convicted after brutally clubbing a trapped Buzzard to death on a Pheasant shoot at Hovingham, North Yorkshire. Press release and video in blog ⬇️ ‼️WARNING - the video content is highly disturbing. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/12/g...

Happy 100th birthday Dr Margaret Bradshaw (10/01/2026) 🎂 A truly remarkable woman with an amazing catalogue of achievements. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Current & historic landfills across the UK & Europe are sited near rivers, on coasts, in flood risk zones, explains @profkatespencer.bsky.social - climate change means extreme rainfall events & flooding are happening more often, increasing risk of pollutants entering waterways. 🧵 1/3