Mark Bridges
@mbridges.bsky.social
📤 328
📥 833
📝 78
London again, after a spell (20+ years) in The United States.
reposted by
Mark Bridges
kottke.org
8 days ago
Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976). This “must-watch” 90-minute show is more than a year before their first album and includes songs like Psycho Killer, Thank You For Sending Me An Angel, and Love → Building On Fire.
[kottke.org]
loading . . .
Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976)
In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at The Kitchen in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles in this video. The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and
https://kottke.org/26/06/early-live-performance-by-talking-heads-1976
0
38
7
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Patrick Barkham
8 days ago
Can we please have a late Swallowtail surge in Britain's Favourite Butterfly poll? If you haven't voted yet, please use your democratic power before June 7th!
britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk
add a skeleton here at some point
1
26
8
Brimstone last weekend at Heartwood
9 days ago
0
7
1
Local Tesco with a Generous interpretation of a Fruit Cup
9 days ago
0
1
0
Yesterday at Heartwood Forest with
@bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
and The Woodland Trust. Pictured Small Blue, Large Skipper, Painted Lady, Small Heath.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
11 days ago
0
5
1
A Painted Lady this morning. Paused just long enough to photograph, moving through Kew Gardens at a good clip.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@kewgardens.bsky.social
18 days ago
0
2
0
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/c...
loading . . .
A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/climate/a-very-lonely-caterpillar-the-sacramento-mountains-checkerspot-has-died.html?unlocked_article_code=1.klA.xXEn.Dkkp3ZjaTYDN&smid=nytcore-ios-share
19 days ago
0
2
2
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Matthew Aldridge
24 days ago
I’ve written more about statistics of the Guardian’s 100 best novels list, including: – Books that just missed out – Two errors in the data (Cather and Camus lost out) – Best novelists – Alternative rankings – Weirdest and least-weird ballots
mpaldridge.github.io/blog/guardia...
loading . . .
Guardian 100 best novels (stats and errors)
The website of Dr Matthew Aldridge, Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Leeds
https://mpaldridge.github.io/blog/guardian-novels.html
18
165
79
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Andrew Fusek Peters
22 days ago
Scarce Swallowtail flight sequence, Corfu. OM1mk2 and 50-200
@omsystem.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@ionianbutterflycon.bsky.social
0
19
3
My Vote was for:
britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/sm...
loading . . .
Small Tortoiseshell - Britain’s Favourite Butterfly
The Small Tortoiseshell is one of the 60 beautiful butterflies found across the UK. Will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly?
https://britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/small-tortoiseshell/
27 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Richard Fox
27 days ago
There’s a lot of politics in the news at the moment, but this is the vote that really counts: which species will be crowned the UK’s favourite butterfly? 🦋 👑 Have your say at
britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk
1
28
7
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Hammersmith & Fulham Council
about 1 month ago
🐜The Wormwood Scrubs Nature Day is this weekend. There will be a bat walk on Saturday evening, followed by a whole day activities on Sunday, following botany, bat box painting, insect rails and more! More info:
www.friendsofthescrubs.uk
0
3
1
A wonderful walk earlier today through Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Especially delighted to see several Green Hairstreaks. Thanks to
#FriendsofTowerHamletsCemeteryPark
for organising the walk. # @fothcp
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
0
3
1
reposted by
Mark Bridges
martinswarren.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough. It is a measure of this great man that amongst his many commitments he found time to support a small NGO like
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
and attend many events. Here opening a reserve in 1999, at the Big Butterfly Count in 2011, and Moths Count launch 2007
0
45
12
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Reform Party UK Exposed
about 1 month ago
‘Nigel Farage’s Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed ‘Demise’ of UK Countryside’
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
loading . . .
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/nigel-farages-plan-to-scrap-nature-protections-would-speed-demise-of-uk-countryside/
5
116
68
Bright and beautiful morning at Wormwood Scrubs for Parkrun today.
#parkrun
about 1 month ago
0
9
0
Peacock enjoying today’s sunshine in Hammersmith Park, London W12.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
0
7
1
Speckled Wood, Ravenscourt Park, London. (last Friday).
about 2 months ago
0
5
1
Wormwood Scrubs bright and early this morning for Parkrun.
#parkrun
about 2 months ago
0
11
1
Barbican Centre last night for a fine Anohni concert.
#anohni
about 2 months ago
0
3
0
last night, Screening with Q&A of “Searching for Satyrus”, a wonderful film by Rena Effendi, at the Regent Street Cinema, London
#@regentstcinema.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
0
3
0
Holly Blue earlier today, Ravenscourt Park, London W6.
about 2 months ago
0
2
0
reposted by
Mark Bridges
UKBMS
about 2 months ago
UKBMS results out today! Results from fifty years of butterfly monitoring! The UKBMS data reveals declines in 33 species over the last 50 years. Check out the full story below
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
And the full 2025 statistics can be found here:
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/off...
loading . . .
Fifty years of data reveal specialist butterflies disappearing across UK
An extraordinary dataset of over 44 million records from 782,000 volunteer surveys has revealed what has happened to the UK's butterflies as the national landscape has changed over the past 50…
https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/fifty-years-of-data-reveal-specialist-butterflies-disappearing-across-uk
1
54
41
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Richard Fox
about 2 months ago
50 years of the incredible UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
@ukbms.bsky.social
- amazing citizen science showing the decline of the UK’s butterflies
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
loading . . .
Butterfly numbers are dropping but here are five species you may see more of
A warming climate has helped some to flourish, researchers say, but the outlook is troubling.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75kk7p41npo
1
38
17
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Prof. Eliot Jacobson
about 2 months ago
Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 13, 2026 ~ The long goodbye. "Gray whales are beginning to break their long-established migration patterns, venturing into risky new territory like San Francisco Bay as climate change disrupts their Arctic food supply."
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
loading . . .
Gray whales are entering San Francisco Bay and many aren’t surviving
Gray whales are beginning to break their long-established migration patterns, venturing into risky new territory like San Francisco Bay as climate change disrupts their Arctic food supply. But this un...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260413043127.htm
8
116
53
reposted by
Mark Bridges
HCGA
2 months ago
Phoenix Farm in White City drop in sessions start this Saturday 10-1pm. All welcome
0
2
1
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Andy Lewis
2 months ago
If you live in, say, Finchley and want to send a birthday card to someone in, say, Brixton, it's now cheaper to get the bus there and stick the card through their door yourself. At least you'd know it'd got there.
add a skeleton here at some point
11
194
69
Peacock, somewhat tattered, Easter Sunday, Henley-On-Thames
2 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Guy Shrubsole
2 months ago
In the BlueSky tradition of 'here's a nice thing but here's how it's problematic': Is Attenborough right to claim that gardens in England cover a greater area than all of our National Nature Reserves? Technically, yes: but I think it’s a misleading comparison that lets government off the hook...1/
13
121
43
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Glen O'Hara
2 months ago
It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇
www.ft.com/content/5032...
loading . . .
Management consultants are ruining UK universities
Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education
https://www.ft.com/content/5032f1bd-7196-4636-82b6-16ed040f99f1
14
321
161
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
2 months ago
Born on this day 1647, naturalist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian. Here, Teucer Owl Butterfly & Rainbow Whiptail Lizard among the bananas, from her book The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname, 1705.
1
89
17
reposted by
Mark Bridges
John Bistline
2 months ago
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
164
18377
7181
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Patrick Barkham
3 months ago
This is such a beautiful film - a must for butterfly lovers but everyone else as well. Screenings from April 19 - go and see it in a cinema!
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
loading . . .
Four wives, two passports and a very elusive butterfly: one woman’s search for her lepidopterist father
Rena Effendi’s film Searching for Satyrus began with a quest for the endangered insect that bears her family name. Before long, she was reckoning with secrets, lies and the mysterious life of her wayw...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/27/rena-effendi-searching-for-satyrus-butterfly-armenia-azerbaijan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
1
46
21
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Andrew Fusek Peters
3 months ago
The very gorgeous bank vole from my book Garden Safari, and also featured on the One Show!
@mammalsociety.bsky.social
@shropshirewildlife.bsky.social
@omsystem.bsky.social
0
21
2
reposted by
Mark Bridges
HCGA
3 months ago
HCGA are recruiting school gardeners due to an expansion of our programmes in west London. For more info
www.rootstowork.org
0
2
2
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Gail Myerscough
3 months ago
Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, T-shirts and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
loading . . .
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Explore bold and colourful designs by Gail Myerscough, featuring prints, homewares, and stationery. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
https://gailmyerscough.co.uk
7
190
334
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Ian Martin
3 months ago
Reposts appreciated, last day tomorrow, cheers. x
add a skeleton here at some point
4
12
15
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Gail Myerscough
4 months ago
I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please repost.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thanks!
7
220
210
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Butterfly Conservation Herts & Middlesex Branch
3 months ago
This is truly excellent news! Well done to all those involved!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@warrenfarmnr.bsky.social
loading . . .
Southall park confirmed as local nature reserve by council
Warren Farm in Southall is already home to nesting skylarks, wildflowers, butterflies and bees.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05v2d2qpp9o
1
20
6
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Mariposa Nature Tours
3 months ago
Sick of hearing miserable wildlife news? Yes, us too. What a delight to hear
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
declare Large Tortoiseshell is, for the first time in decades, a resident British breeding butterfly. Great piece by
@patrickbarkham.bsky.social
today:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
loading . . .
Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK
Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/09/large-tortoiseshell-butterfly-no-longer-extinct-uk
1
38
11
Cat at window observing a pigeon. I realised it was a plastic pigeon when I noticed it had’t move a muscle for a several hours. (can’t speak for the cat).
3 months ago
1
4
0
reposted by
Mark Bridges
The Guardian Climate News (unofficial)
3 months ago
Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities: Instead of removing plant-munching caterpillars, gardeners asked to take relaxed attitude to support the moths many of them grow into As spring unfolds and plants come to life, gardeners often fight a losing battle aga...
loading . . .
Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities
Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities: Instead of removing plant-munching caterpillars, gardeners asked to take relaxed attitude to support the moths many of them grow into As spring unfolds and plants come to life, gardeners often fight a losing battle aga...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/04/caterpillars-spring-moth-population
1
17
10
Comma, Shepperton, today.
3 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Mark Bridges
East Anglia Bylines
4 months ago
Food insecurity, poor quality diet, stress and lack of green spaces: all are linked to the obesity epidemic. Here's one holistic solution | Prof Neli Demireva
loading . . .
Community gardens: solving the problem of food security
Food insecurity, poor quality diet, stress and lack of green spaces: all are linked to the obesity epidemic. Here's one holistic solution
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/community/community-gardens-solving-the-problem-of-food-security/?fsp_sid=7064
0
13
7
reposted by
Mark Bridges
HCGA
4 months ago
HCGA was delighted to win an award from the Hammersmith Society for the planting and maintenance of the suds beds in King Street.
@hammersmithsociety.org.uk
0
3
2
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Best for Britain
4 months ago
Pochin's comments can never be excused.
loading . . .
4
87
26
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Mic Wright
5 months ago
NEW | This year is starting so grimly that I’ve taken a break from the present to travel back to 1978…. 'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/if-my-thou...
loading . . .
'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos
A strange edition of this newsletter for strange times.
https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/if-my-thought-dreams-could-be-seen
3
40
10
reposted by
Mark Bridges
martinswarren.bsky.social
5 months ago
The National Trust is halfway to their appeal to buy Giant Hill, one of the UKs top butterfly sites, also rich in insects and flowers. The last good habitat for Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Please donate if you can
@nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
loading . . .
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Nature Appeal
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Appeal so together, we can help restore the land, habitats and species that live there.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/appeals/cerne-abbas-nature-appeal
2
69
43
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Otto English
5 months ago
Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie
add a skeleton here at some point
142
2051
609
reposted by
Mark Bridges
Glennyrodge
5 months ago
Who to believe? It’s such a tricky one…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
loading . . .
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich College contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34
0
20
7
Load more
feeds!
log in