My final @pomscheme.bsky.social survey for the year completed today. Unfortunately breezy conditions meant not much activity recorded during the FIT counts but harvested crops makes placing and finding traps easier! #citizenscience #POMScheme

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree. youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

A beautiful Dark Green Fritillary today (actually the first time I've managed to photograph one!) and my first Gatekeeper of the year in Purbeck today #dorsetbutterflies @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Always a stunner - Volucella zonaria - the Hornet Hoverfly

IMPORTANT. Please sign and repost. This petition is based on our recent research which found that English rivers are universally contaminated with these potent neurotoxic insecticides, the source being treated dogs and cats. Link in comment below.

Think this could be Villa cingulata seen on Upton Heath today - understand it is seen on acid sites in some places and daren't hope it might be V. venusta (don't think darkened zone on foremargin of wing is wide enough and a bit early maybe) @kitenet.bsky.social possible to confirm? #insectweek

Creeping Thistle a great nectar source for insects right now #pollinators #dorsetwildlife

Nice to see my first Clouded Yellow of the year this afternoon in Purbeck #dorsetbutterflies @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

We've had a wonderful few days camping at Knepp. A highlight was this magical moment with a purple emperor (uncropped phone pic!), at the edge of a muddy pond!

@kneppwilding.bsky.social highlights - definitely the butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #ukbutterflies #kneppestate #kneppholiday

New plants to me at Knepp this week - Water Violet and Water Chickweed were nice to see alongside all sorts of other fantastic wildlife @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some great Knepp moments so far but highlights include the closest Purple Hairstreak I've seen, resting on an Oxeye Daisy in the meadow at the Wilding Kitchen and Shop #kneppholiday @kneppwilding.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Proper tick season now! 😱 #dorsetwildlife #surveyseason #botanicalsurvey

Pyramidal Orchids on Holes Bay just starting to flower #holesbaynature #dorsetbotany #30dayswild #ukorchids

Published in 1960 (Ladybird book). Streams thick with eels. Now they're criticaally endangered. Shifting baseline.

Interesting reading: Fluralaner, the potent insecticide in Bravecto flea treatments for dogs/cats, has a half-life in sandy loam soil of 989 days -so highly persistent & likely to accumulate. V. likely excreted in poo, hence into soil. 1/2

Busy and snowy morning for the office feeders #winter #birdfeeders