Monitoring a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest this morning for @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @edhorncastle.bsky.social using a remote camera to get detailed footage of food sources with minimal disturbance. Adults averaging a feed every 3.6 minutes, with a mix of invertebrates, predominantly aphids.

Bogs are beautiful…. Muskeg is marvelous…. Peat is neat…. …..and they all stabilize our climate. Please thank a bog today.

Dartmoor fog laying deep in the valley...

Twilight fog in the woods... #dartmoor #temperaterainforest #relaxation

First light on a Dartmoor winter morning...

We are pleased to be working with Simon Gillings at BTO on this exciting project to use acoustic monitoring to help detect the presence of elusive Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers.

Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds. Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest. @SongBirdSBS @SussexUni @CannelleTassin

It’s gone public… beavers are back in the Somerset Levels, specifically in the Avalon Marshes area - spreading naturally from other populations. Woohoo! We look forward to them spreading throughout the Levels, and they will always be welcome if they turn up on our sites. Somersetwildlands.org

Hello Bluesky! Here's my first post! I write the monthly night sky guide for the beautiful Almanac book, here's December night sky for you stargazers out there 😊✨🌕 Wishing you clear skies, warm toes and lots of magic ✨👋🏻 Hannahbella www.instagram/Hannahbella_nel

From a couple of weeks ago before the wind and rain swept away much of the autumn colour...

Dartmoor autumn...