This female Purple Hairstreak was unusually accessible yesterday at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend Waterworks - spending ages slowly feeding on Knapweed and thistles a long way from any Oak trees. What a delight!

Finding this quite hard to stomach from a country that is bombing the shit out of other countries…

Well done to all the team at Butterfly Conservation Europe for this momentous piece of work. And a huge cast of moth enthusiasts from across Europe who leant us their expertise

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

Extreme weather expert, Professor Hayley Fowler, explains at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing last November why heatwaves are getting longer and more dangerous, bringing a heightened risk of wildfire to the UK. It’s time for government to level with the public and lead urgent action. #TimeToStepUp

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Can journalits start asking the Conservatives what their plans for climate change are if they are against Net Zero. What does that mean? Pretend climate change not real, or it is? No adaptation, or more adaptation? How much? No more nuclear or renewables? So what... more gas? At what cost?

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

We’re hiring - Fen Futures Project Officer 🌿 Join our team and help restore some of our rarest wetland habitats. You'll deliver an exciting project focused on conserving endangered invertebrates of lowland alkaline fens, including the Southern Damselfly. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/fen-fut...

The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.

Today the UK celebrates 250 years of independence from the tyranny of the United States of America. Imagine living in a society where the leader can repeatedly break the law and nobody stops them!

This looks like a great opportunity with @bbowt.bsky.social for someone to work on invertebrate conservation in lowland alkaline fen habitats in West Oxfordshire. Closing date for applications is Monday 20 July.

We’re hiring! 📣 Membership Assistant Join our friendly team and help support our members with a variety of admin tasks. You’ll keep processes running smoothly and will play a key role in creating a great member experience. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/members...

Very pleased with myself for not immediately looking in Hymenoptera when I spotted this lovely insect on Scabious at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend. Even more pleased to have acquired the @naturebureau.bsky.social Flies Guide which quickly led me to Physocephala rufipes, the Waisted Beegrabber

🌱 Are you aged 16-21 and looking to get involved in conservation? We have an exciting opportunity to join our new Youth Volunteering Panel! You will use your voice to help shape the future of volunteering within BBOWT and join the movement for change to protect nature. 📸 Gavin Dickson

You can commit crimes and as long as you can pay enough you can get out of prison. You can break environmental law and just pay the fines every time and keep destroying the Earth. You can even have a billionaire help fix the presidential race using his disgusting amount of money. This is capitalism.

Striped Lychnis caterpillars are now out on the dark mullein plants in the Chilterns area. We do lots of larval surveys for this scarce moth to help monitor the population. If you spot one please do irecord!

🌡️ Humans suffer in this heat, but did you know that the soil suffers too? 🌡️ Heatwaves reduce the growth and functioning of the bacteria and fungi that live in the soil. They are most vulnerable in regions that don't normally experience these temperatures. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

*** TODAY! *** Please come to see us if you're in Oxford! (Given the heat we can't guarantee being there till 6pm though!)

New one for me - walking my @ukbms.bsky.social butterfly transect at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend with hazy sun and the thermometer hovering around 30 degrees. Hard work with them constantly on the move. So many Ringlets and Skippers. Nice to see S-w Frit and longhorn beetle Stenocurus meridianus

Surprise, surprise, surprise!! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06...

There should be an increase in long distance migrants (esp. from Thurs) & plenty arriving from the nr Continent from tonight. Tomorrow looks interesting as moist SW air bumps into the hot air to the E over SW England. Expect some severe thunderstorms & hopefully plenty of migrant activity #teammoth

🪰 We’re celebrating the UK’s flies! Flies don’t always get the appreciation they deserve. They play hugely important roles in our ecosystems, but they’re also amazing in their own right. They can be beautiful, colourful and wonderfully weird.

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Look out for these Tree bumblebee behaviours this summer 🌳🐝 Have you spotted Tree bumblebees behaving this way before?

Still places on my guided walk next Sun 28 June at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend Extension. These fields ploughed during WWII grew cereals for 50yrs. Since 2011 we have restored chalk grassland and created a refuge for rare plants & insects - see how we are doing. Book at www.bbowt.org.uk/events

Want to learn about INSECTS? 🦗🪲🦋 As Insect Week begins, Phil Bruss is back to take us on a tour through a world of six-legged wonders. Keep an eye on our socials this week for more videos from Phil, or watch in full here: buff.ly/wjKtMd0

On R4 Woman's Hour just now a flower-grower reffed "dreaded Brexit" & presenter immediately said 'that's your opinion, others disagree'. Ofc it was opinion (tho impact on flower trade undeniable) but striking (if small) e.g. of incredible twitchiness in BBC re possible Brexit bias (even from guest)

These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.

‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds

Thank goodness for Ox-eye Daisies, very attractive to a wide range of insects and tall enough for me to avoid kneeling down!

As is the annual tradition, we hope many of you will take the opportunity to use the Climate Stripes this week to start important conversations about the risks from, and solutions to, climate change. Officially, #ShowYourStripes for 2026 is on Sat 20th June. www.ShowYourStripes.info

Fast, fierce aerial predators; can you spot them? 🪰 Join @kitenet.bsky.social for this talk exploring UK Robberflies species; from dune specialists to the giant Hornet Robberfly 🌎 🧪 📅 Thu 8 Oct 2026 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

Our @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend volunteers enjoying a well-earned break yesterday after path clearance & invasive blackthorn control. In addition to the usual biscuits there were two birthday cakes & chance to see a few remaining plants of the 90+ Fly Orchids and our first Bee Orchids of the year

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Elon's SpaceX IPO is now priced its initial 555.6 million shares at $135 ea raising $75 billion -valuing the company at a staggering $1.77 trillion Elon Musk is now the world's first paper trillionaire, -boosting his net worth past $1 trillion @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great (They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)

We're hiring! 📣 Wildlife Club Leader Do you love wildlife and enjoy inspiring young people? Join our team at College Lake and help inspire young people to engage with and learn about wildlife, conservation and the natural world around them. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/wildlif...

Geoff Kibby and Mario Tortelli's New book on Russula is available to preorder from @summerfieldbooks.com #MycoBookClub #fungi #mycolgy www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/the-...

The tanks supplied water to around 20,000 residents in the city of Kuhestak + 10 surrounding villages in the Bemani district of Iran. Temperatures in the region are currently between 45 and 50°C. The situation for people there is unthinkable. www.ft.com/content/155d...

Our wonderful Patron, Roger Jefcoate, brought together a lovely group of supporters recently to meet our Chief Executive Estelle Bailey MBE at College Lake, including special guest Nikki Ross, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire!

I think this might be favourite comment ever on a post.

It's a delicate area but I do think that just for form's sake the FCDO should consider calling the US ambassador in for a meeting without biscuits.

Soil is a miracle material providing us food and medicine, and in one teaspoon of soil there are more micro-organisms than people on the Earth. On #WorldEnvironmentDay, discover what soil does for us. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJUj4Aa2kM

The last couple of weeks have been tricky for walking my UKBMS butterfly transect at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend Extension. Luckily the sunken track we excavated and the latest chalk scrape nearby have provided shelter and abundant food plants for Small Blues - not bad for an ex-arable field!!

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.