Shelvinsky, a 48-year-old veterinarian, has built the Free Wings rehabilitation center around his house on the outskirts of Lviv. He takes care of approximately 470 birds — some found injured in nature, and others entrusted to Shelvinsky's care by their owners due to the circumstances of war.

Lovely water shrew. Britain’s only venomous mammal. Having fun in the rain.

This #HighKey image fits the alternate #BirdoftheDay theme of #OpenWings. I've posted a few images from this morning of photographing snowy egrets on an overcast foggy day. White birds on white background was a real challenge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birds

#BirdOfTheDay #Groups #ArtAdventCalendar #WildlifeWednesday #Birds #Nature #Wildlife ##OnlyBeautifulThings #PeacefulPost #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #AltText

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What an early female Hazel flower! Worth a revisit for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt ?😃 ❄️ @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @mikekally.bsky.social @cedar-ni.bsky.social #Botany #WinterPlants @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Scotland hosts some of the rarest dragonfly species in Britain. Now, an assemblage of Bog Pool specialists has been added to the Scottish Biodiversity List. Find out more and why this is important: british-dragonflies.org.uk/importance-o...

Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted. No database can record what was never discovered. Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction. news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...

Soil is a living system, not just dirt to grow plants in.

Cobalt crust fungus brightening up a dull morning. Coed Lletywalter Llanbedr. #fungifriends

Since I saw a picture in a book a couple of years ago, I’ve been looking all over the place for Cobalt Crust. I finally spotted it in a neighbour’s front garden this afternoon! What an amazing colour 💙 I wonder how many times I’ve walked past it 🍄‍🟫 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #DailyNature #Fungi

Waxcap 24 - Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus). Our commonest white species. Very variable and multiple named forms but always with strongly decurrent gills and no obvious smell.

Love is with you always. It is a 🌈 in a dark night, shining bright with colours. Arise, 🌈, Arise. Banish the night and reign.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript... If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more. Thank you #essexbirding

What frightens me most about Halloween cobwebs isn’t how they look…..it’s that they catch the living. Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.

The Bronzed Tiger Beetles (Cicindela repanda) scampering along the Mississippi River beaches have subtle iridescent colors when you look closely.

Last few days to apply for this great post in #NorthernIreland! Please spread the word to the botanists and ecologists you know. @organicbotanic.bsky.social @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social @martinebrennan.bsky.social @donnarainey4.bsky.social @bto-ni.bsky.social @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social #Irishbotany

Three young birdwatchers have raised and donated £1,112 to a charity close to their hearts, after completing a five-day Welsh cycling tour

In Switzerland, they've introduced tertiary treatment of sewage and are reaping the rewards of cleaner rivers + lakes. 4/5 www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

Most likely a hybrid Orache, one of hundreds of a hybrid swarm, probably Atriplex x taschereaui with Atriplex glabriuscula nearby, but no sign (as usual) of A. longipes. Cargreen Cornwall. Common on the highest tide lines in estuaries here, often mistaken for Spear Lvd Orache.

Can't imagine that Gentiana could survive this for more than a couple of years. At least I know many chalk grassland sites with similar management and no Gentiana which was widerspread once.

Out of interest, are the leaf rosettes emerging with the flower spikes? I noticed the leaves are coming through on a damper lawn in Bournemouth - but not on the dry turf in the New Forest.

Ein sicherer Weg, in diesem nordwestdeutschen Heidemoor die letzten 10 Pflänzchen Lungenenzian zu eliminieren, besteht darin, rotierende Schafskoppelweide einzurichten. Da bleibt garantiert keine Blütenpflanze außer Pfeifengras mehr stehen und nach 10 Jahren fragt man sich, warum der Enzian weg ist.

Last Sunday the Cornwall botany Group found Turkish Stonecrop growing on the recently mown grassy ramparts of a fort built in 1860 at Cawsand. Only the 3rd record for Cornwall and the 9th UK record. It's not in Stace or Sell & Murrell, though the 1st record was in 2008 from Devon. Sedum pallidum

The strange and wonderful Vapourer moth caterpillar on my willow. So many fashionable features it should be on a catwalk! #moths #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Good afternoon Bluesky. Urban landscape.

Perennial knauwel seen on yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Two weeks to go! Pythefnos i fynd!

Indonesia starts a program to deploy 100 GW of solar and 320 GW of battery storage, with 80 GW in 80,000 villages. Wow! Solar brings cheap, clean power to places with little electricity. It combats energy poverty more than any other generation tech. www.pv-tech.org/indonesia-ta... #energyflak

De zon gaat schijnen dus vandaag gaan we de wespen tellen in de tuin. wespenstichting.nl/wespentelling/

@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social Standing in the middle of a river. River Wye at Builth disappearing! Elisabeth Harris

Get outside and get recording in Chiswick this summer for the chance to win a £50 voucher for Hilliers Garden Centre in WildChiswick's Species Recording competition. Records will be shared with GiGL so it's a win for nature too! wildchiswick.com/naturesurvey/

Biddy Baxter’s love for nature helped the very first Big Garden Birdwatch take flight in 1979. By sharing it with Blue Peter viewers, she inspired over 34,000 children to take part , launching a tradition that’s still connecting people with nature today. A true pioneer. Thank you, Biddy. 💚

41/22 3NFY VC13 #TeamMoth Heliothis peltigera. Bordered Straw Parapoynx stratiotata. Ringed China-mark Pyrausta despicata. Straw-barred Pearl My first Bordered Straw in the garden and only my second seen. Quite a beauty.

The incredible photography of Glen @glengrambo.bsky.social !!

@bramblebotanist.bsky.social RE: Cirsium x subspinuligerum David has added his photo to the POWO website. He said that the other 3 photos he sent to me were taken by you. You also have his specimen in collection. Are you OK for your photos to be added also? They could do with a few more.

The lead researcher was removed from her own water quality project, seemingly related to her science communication efforts. Had really hoped what I wrote about risk and reward in Heart of SciComm would get better and not worse, but certainly anecdotally it’s really getting worse.

🌱Wild blueberries and raspberries from my backyard. It's not the biggest harvest nor the largest berries, but probably the best I've ever tasted. The birds seem to think so too; the robins and juncos have been filling up on them the past few days.

No one is pro #nuclear waste. “Largest amount of untreated nuclear waste is at the Sellafield plant in the UK” - will take more than a century and cost billions. nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...

France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution theconversation.com/frances-plan...

Pesticide-free public spaces are already the norm in Paris, and in Denmark, showing chemicals aren't needed to maintain them Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free Time for a ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New research from Pesticide Action Network reveals the extent of pesticide use by UK councils. These are poisons being sprayed in your street, your local park. Pls share. For links to the full report & to find out what you can do, follow the link below www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-fr...

Meet the Spotted Sandpiper, our wind-up toy of the shoreline. Always bobbing, never just walking. Known as the “Teeter-peep,” this solo travelin' bird of the week spans the Americas. 🏖️ Their tell-tale sharp “weet-weet-weet” call gives them away. 🔗 Discover more in our library: bit.ly/4kTulNd

Los sírfidos del género Spilomyia están a otro nivel en lo de imitar a avispas. Esta es S. digitata (si no me equivoco), que está volando estos días en localidades de altura. Aquí la tenemos comiendo en flores del ajo silvestre Allium scorodoprasum, cuyas flores son como un potente imán de moscas.

I had a serious case of envy watching these Goldfinches earlier. Next in were a Robin and a Blackbird, with 2 Woodpigeons waiting in the wings. #Heatwave #UKBirding

4 orchids from #Kenfig today. Marsh Helleborine, Marsh Fragrant, Soutgern Marsh & and Early Marsh Rhodochila ? Nice to spend some time with Neil Donaghy on site. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @floraconuk.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

*IMPORTANT* Please read & share, it could save you or a loved one from a lifetime of chronic system-wide illness. 🙏❤️ Today I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease.😔 I was bitten by 4 ticks 30 days ago & had a red rash come up around one of the bites, that soon started spreading... *Continued below

Sad day folks. One of my wild flower plants in the graveyard has been stolen. Others moved, one has had its contents removed. I found the pot nearby and my grass vetchlings seedlings were emptied out. Such contempt for wild flowers is evil. Just removed a lot this evening In memory of

Oh seedlings of hope.

@the-dandy-man.bsky.social Hi Jon Are you selling Taraxacum seed? I sent you a message on X. I am interested in growing maculosum, ronae and inopinatum (dune). I will send an SAE also. Thanks.