Booking for this event has just been released. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lancashire...

The Lancs LNRS went live today. It introduces a new strategy for nature recovery in the local area. It's two and a half year production has has involved and provided the opportunity for input from private and public sector organisations, the public and eNGOs. www.lancashire.gov.uk/council/stra...

Please also report dead or sick birds to BirdTrack via www.birdtrack.net for monitoring purposes. Please share this message far and wide with friends and birding communities. Thank you.

Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Well deserved.

For my museum contacts - please share with anyone who may be interested. This is an exciting phase for our Trust and for Settle. thefolly.org.uk/about/the-tr...

Inaction by successive governments is simply ridiculous.

Almost a BRANCH insect? What an amazing species. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With Belinda, Marion and Andy at Latitude

This just in from a c.70 yr old member of my #climbing club who was arrested this weekend for peacefully caring about inequality, injustice and suffering. #Palestine #Gaza #Action #PoliceState #OreadMC #PalestineAction Please share.

Interesting results of study on CO2 and forests in the UK. theconversation.com/we-pumped-ex...

At long last we are close to this happening - just need the government to implement it promptly now! www.wwt.org.uk/news-and-sto...

Great to hear about Golden Eagles returning to Cumbria and Northumberland from Mike Pratt of @northwildlife.bsky.social on R4 Today this morning.

A few finds from our Gait Barrows field trip, speckled yellow, Duke, rose chafer, Microdon mutabliis ant hill hoverfly @savebutterflies.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social

Out yesterday with the #Tanyptera team yesterday, installing vane traps on a site in N Lancs. Excited to see what saproxylic insects we find over the year.

There are loads of active recorders out there - how about nominating someone? nbn.org.uk/news-events-...

Sounds really interesting, but unfortunately behind a pay wall.

Excellent job opportunity for an entomologist. ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

Great to see the new building at Lunt Meadows yesterday. Thanks Lancashire Wildlife Trust and your team and volunteers. Brilliant job.

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... New paper - England’s Biodiversity Net Gain policy could easily and inadvertently harm invertebrate populations because it doesn’t value habitats, condition, connectivity, or scale in ways that invertebrate populations respond positively to.

Attended my first BRC recording scheme conference in York today. Great to be part of monitoring change in our wildlife, even if a lot is quite negative at present. But not all...

A flea treatment of a medium-sized dog contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees About 80% of the UK total of 22 million cats & dogs get regular over-the-counter worm & flea treatment, whether suffering from an infestation or not www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I've just deactivated my Twitter account - 30 days and it'll be dead, deceased, be no more, ceased to be, it will be an ex-X!! 🤣 - I hope...

Between 1-3 invertebrate species are going extinct in Australia every week, a new study finds. “This matters to every person as invertebrates are the foundation of all healthy environments and a livable planet,” said lead author Prof John Woinarski. @jessmarsh.bsky.social 🌍🧪

We held the 1st Lancashire Wildlife Recorders Conference at Blackburn College today. 70 enthusiastic people, huge success. Lots of great presentations.

Study done in Germany, but an important habitat around Morecambe Bay too.

And they are 1000s of times more toxic than DDT! Now they are spreading through our rivers, are they in other ecosystems,

A monumental achievement indeed from Andrew Duff. Time to carve out a few more inches of bookshelf space!

First post on Bluesky. Looking forward to immersing myself in new communities! Never happier than soaking up the natural world...