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Interested in natural history, particularly ponds. Yorkshire based.
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Rob Yaxley
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Bristly millipedes out and about at Garvestone church today.
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Wendy English
3 days ago
After the devastating wildfire on Fylingdales, it's interesting to see the appearance of some fungi specialising in fire sites, and a liverwort growing on bare damp soil.
@fylingdalesed.bsky.social
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martinswarren.bsky.social
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I would have thought this was a bit premature? They turn up in small numbers but we cannot rule out releases for many sightings. I would have thought Clouded Yellow was a better candidate as we have larvae confirmed breeding on cliffs of Bournemouth most winters
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NEYEDC
6 days ago
Our team had an uplifting afternoon this past Friday at the Hull and East Yorkshire Nature Recovery Conference, celebrating the launch of the region's LNRS. We particularly loved the video produced to introduce the strategy - you can find it (+ lots of other resources) here:
heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/
🌿
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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy - Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Partnership
Contribute to Hull & East Yorkshire's Nature Recovery Strategy. Discover priority habitats, explore funding opportunities, and support local biodiversity today.
https://heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭
7 days ago
“If this biological pump didn’t exist, atmospheric CO₂ levels would be roughly twice those as they are at the moment. So the oceans are doing a pretty good job”
#ClimateEmergency
#Biodiversity
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon
Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628nnz3rp9o
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The Irish Pages Press
8 days ago
“When all this is over I mean / to travel north...” ~ ‘Lochan’, a beautiful
#poem
by Kathleen Jamie 🍃 Our
#Scotland
issue, co-edited by Kathleen, is available here:
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
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Edward Pollard
9 days ago
"There's five times as many butterflies on cattle grazing sites compared with sheep grazed sites,"
@bcyorkshire.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yorkshire Dales sheep and cattle swap boosts biodiversity - studies
Natural England began switching to cattle grazing at its Ingleborough site in the Dales in 2004.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rzz924rxlo
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Yorkshire Naturalists' Union
9 days ago
The full programme for the YNU Conference on 21st March has now been released! For full details (and to get your tickets!) see the YNU website:
www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...
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British Beekeepers Association
15 days ago
The first credible sighting of a yellow-legged Asian hornet has been reported by the National Bee Unit/Defra on 26.2.26 in the Doncaster area of South Yorkshire. Please stay vigilant. NB the Wrexham, Wales nest found in January has been officially listed in 2025 data
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Yorkshire Naturalists' Union
30 days ago
Join us for this year's YNU Conference on Saturday 21st March at The Priory Street Centre, York: 'Recording Yorkshire's natural history - beyond ‘The State of Yorkshire's Nature’ report'. Purchase your tickets here:
www.ynu.org.uk/join-the-ynu...
or contact
[email protected]
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Nic Wilson
about 1 month ago
When there are limpet shells in your thatch, you know something's not quite right with the weather. Today's
@theguardian.com
country diary by
@tomallanwriter.bsky.social
considers storm damage in a beleaguered Devon village.
#countrydiary
#naturewriting
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Country diary: How much bad weather can one village take? | Tom Allan
Torcross, Devon: 2026 has been defined by storms here. My job of repairing a thatched roof is simple compared with the wider recovery
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/12/country-diary-how-much-bad-weather-can-one-village-take
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Jean-Lou Justine
about 1 month ago
New paper published today in
@peerj.bsky.social
Based on simple observation and citizen science, we show that cats and dogs can contribute to the spread of invasive land flatworms—no molecular data needed.🧪 Open access:
peerj.com/articles/207...
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Dr Marcus Rhodes
about 1 month ago
Three-lobed Crowfoot is at peak flowering just now in the Mediterranean temporary ponds on the Lizard Heaths.
#WildflowerHour
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William Bishop
about 1 month ago
Andricus sieboldi. The Barnacle Gall. Wasp gall on oak sapling. Bayfordbury, Herts today. Always near the base of the plant.
#galls
#galling
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@scarpermac.bsky.social
for info following your recent post about this book
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A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
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A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
https://theconversation.com/a-uk-climate-security-report-backed-by-the-intelligence-services-was-quietly-buried-a-pattern-weve-seen-many-times-before-274325?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
about 1 month ago
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Dr Victoria Xiaoxiao Ma
about 1 month ago
Tuesday
#morningread
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British Arachnological Society
about 1 month ago
For
#WorldWetlandsDay
, we're shining a light on four of the 25% of Britain's threatened spider species that are wetland specialists. They're entirely dependent on aquatic habitats remaining wet, unpolluted and growing, not shrinking, in size and connectivity
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On
#WorldWetlandsDay
here is a spring-fed woodland pond In Elloughton Dale on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
@freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social
@carlsayer.bsky.social
@chrismcgregor.bsky.social
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Convention on Wetlands
about 1 month ago
Happy
#WorldWetlandsDay
! Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years,
#WorldWetlandsDay2026
calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mc...
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World Wetlands Day 2026
YouTube video by The Convention on Wetlands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_MciI5xiqo
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John Pemberton
about 1 month ago
I very deliberately keep my feed personal and separate from work but today is an exception. Today we published Yorkshires 1st Local Nature Recovery Strategy. If you don’t like it don’t spam me here! The
#Hull
and
#EastYorkshire
LNRS is a plan. Next step is the action.
heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/#LNRSDOC
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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy - Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Partnership
Contribute to Hull & East Yorkshire's Nature Recovery Strategy. Discover priority habitats, explore funding opportunities, and support local biodiversity today.
https://heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/#LNRSDOC
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DrZP
about 1 month ago
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Ecosystem destruction will force the UK to tackle food security
The UK’s approach to food makes it increasingly vulnerable in an unstable world. A great food transformation with a focus on resilience is urgently needed, argues Paul Behrens Last week the UK gover...
https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s199
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NEYEDC
about 1 month ago
We're now just a few months away from this year's City Nature Challenge, which will be running for the 4th year in Hull. Find out all the details for how to get involved on our website:
www.neyedc.org.uk/hull-cnc-2026
and visit our iNaturalist project here:
uk.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
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@norfolknats.bsky.social
Have you come across Tufted Ducks being called Arps?
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Tufted ducks, according to Google AI, are called "Arps" (or "Harps") on Norfolk & Suffolk Broads as a local dialect contraction of their scientific genus name, Aythya. Is this 'origin' of Arps name correct?
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What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00238-z
about 2 months ago
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John Walters
about 2 months ago
Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers | Science | AAAS
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers
Study of parasitic blister beetles reveals a new form of chemical deception
https://www.science.org/content/article/bee-hunting-beetles-are-first-animals-known-fake-smell-flowers
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Dr Craig R McClain
about 2 months ago
We have no idea what it does down there yet. Predator? Menace? Vibes-only organism? Classic deep sea: shows up, breaks the rules, refuses to explain itself. Watch video at
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
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NOAA Scientists Virtually Discover New Species of Comb Jelly Near Puerto Rico
The comb jellies were recorded two and a half miles below sea level using NOAA's Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/noaa-scientists-virtually-discover-new-species-comb-jelly-near-puerto-rico
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Chris McGregor
about 2 months ago
After five years in the making! All proceeds going directly back into supporting more conservation. To secure yourself a copy, please send an email to
[email protected]
£25 for an amazing hardback with full colour photos and illustrations is an absolute bargain!
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Ian Beavis
about 2 months ago
Tunbridge Wells' very own Rev Thomas Stebbing monographed the crustaceans from the Challenger expeditions. He never went to sea himself, but studied the specimens at his home, Ephraim Lodge on Tunbridge Wells Common
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Sarah Land 🌱
about 2 months ago
If people are starting to browse through seed catalogs I can recommend fennel. It germinates easily and grows well even up here at 650 feet and look at all those visitors it had 🌱
#YellowThurs
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Great Silver Water-beetle found in moth trap at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, Sept 2025
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Norfolk Ponds Project
2 months ago
Rare plants often turn up in restored Norfolk farm
#ponds
: Translucent Stonewort (Nitella translucens), Tassel Stonewort (Tolypella intricata), Bladder Sedge (Carex vesicaria) & Marsh Speedwell (Veronica scutellata). Very special species usually confined to nature reserves
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The Reptile Who Plays Possum - bioGraphic
www.biographic.com/the-reptile-...
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The Reptile Who Plays Possum - bioGraphic
Grass snakes fake death to avoid predation.
https://www.biographic.com/the-reptile-who-plays-possum/?utm_campaign=biographic_regular_20260109&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mailjet
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Jellyfish sleep like humans — even though they don’t have brains
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Jellyfish sleep like humans — even though they don’t have brains
Studying ancient sea creatures’ snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of sleep.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00044-7
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AJCann
2 months ago
Up Close and Personal: Macrophotography Methods - Alan Cann Online via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 22.01.2026 Register here:
www.naturespot.org/node/262955
#Insects
#entomology
#macrophotography
#macro
#OMSystem
#photography
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Up Close and Personal: Macrophotography Methods - Alan Cann | NatureSpot
The wildlife and wild places of Leicestershire and Rutland
https://www.naturespot.org/node/262955
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Yorkshire Naturalists' Union
2 months ago
Join us for our first 2026 Zoom Chat this Friday 9th January at 19:00! We'll be joined by speakers Andy Baxter (spiders), Sandy Whitton (bumblebees) and Joyce Simmons (aurora borealis). All are welcome! To register and access the meeting, follow the link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8767327519...
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James Gilbert
2 months ago
In the frosted stillness of today’s dawn, the perched-proud silhouette of a mistle thrush, atop a leafless lime tree, mistletoe bedecked; the wolf moon at his back, low & lucent in a pastel-pink sky.
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Kleingewässer-Netzwerk 🇩🇪🇪🇺
3 months ago
@epcn.bsky.social
startet das „Foto des Monats“, um die Vielfalt der
#ponds
in Europa hervorzuheben. Senden Sie bis 3 Fotos (≤1 MB oder 1200–1600 px) mit Ihrem Namen und einer kurzen Beschreibung an
[email protected]
. Es wird auf der EPCN-Webseite und Bluesky veröffentlicht.📸💦🌱
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Norfolk Ponds Project
2 months ago
Happy NY!!! Since 2014 we have pioneered the restoration of overgrown ponds & lost infilled
#ghostponds
in the UK. Our methods, learnt from a wonderful farmer (Richard Waddingham), are mega successful & lead to massive biodiversity gains for aquatic & terrestrial species. Please support us in 2026 🎉
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Geoff Morgan
3 months ago
Found my first y-larva (Facetotectan) yesterday- a mysterious and parasitic sister group to the barnacles. No-one has seen an adult and no-one yet knows their hosts… This is a naupilus stage and maybe a moulted exuvia
#marineplankton
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NEYEDC
3 months ago
The countdown is over! 🎉 Blog #100 in our
#YorkshireIn100Species
series is now live on our website, completing the project! For our final instalment, we have an uplifting conservation success story from Reserve Manager Craig Ralston, starring the elusive Corncrake:
www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/...
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#100 Corncrake by Craig Ralston — neyedc
Craig’s chosen species is the elusive and enigmatic Corncrake Crex crex . Craig has worked in the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve for over 30 years, and is currently Senior Reserve Man...
https://www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/2025/12/17/100-corncrake-by-craig-ralston
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Rosemary Mosco
3 months ago
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
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German Hairy Snail
www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...
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Project begins to save London’s hairy ice-age snail | The Zoological Society of London
London locals team up with scientists to find fuzzy, finger-nail sized snails
https://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/news/project-begins-save-londons-hairy-ice-age-snail
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Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
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Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
https://www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack-animals/?utm_campaign=biographic_regular_20251212&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mailjet
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Carl Sayer
3 months ago
A wooded multi-channel
#chalkstream
in a Norfolk (eastern England) military training area that has avoided tidying & dredging. Lots of fallen wood & bankside trees. Sparkling gravel patches, sands & leaf packs. Crystal clear waters fed by healthy local springs. Everything we have lost & want back
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NEYEDC
3 months ago
We had a great first meeting last week of our City Nature Challenge working group, planning for the 2026 event which will run from 24th - 27th April in Hull. If you're a recorder, we'd love if you could download
@inaturalist.bsky.social
& join our project:
uk.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
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City Nature Challenge 2026: Hull
Welcome to the Hull City Nature Challenge 2026! The aim of the City Nature Challenge is to promote the collection of biological data that can help inform the way we understand and make decisions about...
https://uk.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2026-hull
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A marine midge with an interesting story. Timing is everything.
www.mpg.de/25083746/coe...
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Midges Divide Time and Space
Lunar rhythms combined with the tides can help separate midge strains and set the stage for new species to evolve
https://www.mpg.de/25083746/coexistence-by-moonlight-how-midges-divide-time-and-space
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Carl Sayer
4 months ago
Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known?
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
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Ghost pond resurrection – the most successful ecological restoration ever known? — Freshwater Biological Association
Carl Sayer is Professor of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL. We were delighted that Carl was able to attend the FBA ASM to deliver a keynote talk on ghost ponds. These pond resurrections are ...
https://www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ghost-pond-resurrection-the-most-successful-ecological-restoration-ever-known
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