Rescued chimpanzee thanks Jane Goodall by giving her a hug Vale Jane ….thankyou for everything you did in your amazing life ⚜️💙⚜️👏⚜️💙⚜️

In the garden today :- Red Admiral(s) One of the White family of butterflies ... and two red damselflies mating and laying eggs in the pond! Not what I was expecting when getting close to October. Thought I saw a Swallow overhead but not 100%. Certainly saw them not many days ago though.

Interesting explanation of why fungi are not plants (or animals)

TIL plants can 'hear' and respond with specific chemical defense mechanisms "2014 study revealed that Arabidopsis thaliana could distinguish betw. the vibrations caused by wind or harmless sounds & those created by a caterpillar chewing on its leaves." www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/this-plant-c...

Reposting as it's the time of year to resist the cutback urge.

"Help! The European Commission wants to weaken environmental legislation. Time is running out. You have until September 10th to have your say!"

•Provide shade; let your garden overgrow during a heatwave; • Plant various-shaped flowers to suit diff. insects but keep similar flowers in clumps; • Move a grounded bee to a fresh flower or offer white sugar/ water 50/50 mix. (No honey or brown sugar). littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/mob...

80 Years ago we defeated fascism. Today, through complacency and outright corruption we face the same threat again. Remember what we fought for and resist the destruction of democracy. Take a stand, be bold and never let up. #useyourbrain 🇬🇧☮️🕊️

Every morning I wake up and check the news to see how many people have been killed overnight in Gaza, wondering when the world will decide to bring it to an end. It feels very hopeless, and writing a song to call it out seems like a very small thing. Anyway, that's what we did.

Yes another great thing about bloody plastic grass! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trying to match enthusiasm for wanting to grow our own with what our teens want to eat... They like crispy iceberg lettuce so I tried 'Reine des Glaces' and the first harvest has passed the teen test. #GrowYourOwn

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi... ❤️🤸❤️🤸 This is the gymnast who inspired me to get along to my local adult gymnastics club after watching her in the 2016 Olympics.

The invasive non native Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) is devouring a huge range species of European invertebrates species (around 1500) including several threatened ones. The honey bee is the most frequent prey but not the worst impacted. The most at-risk species are wild pollinators and recyclers.

How little we understand about the #biodiversity that we are fast trashing www.sciencealert.com/strange-cell...

The Swallows and sparrows are loving the long grass😁

Some good news for a change. Phew!🙂 Too late for the 800 I planted but hopefully some of the self-seeded saplings will survive.🤞 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So much shocking and scary stuff coming out of the USA atm and I'm only really seeing it on here by looking for reliable sources. Just can't imagine this happening in a so called free country #ICE

I know it's hot, but please don't let your dog swim if you have treated it with a spot-on flea treatment in the last 28 days www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/v...

"... chances are you have heard of the furry dolls that have become a global sensation - Labubu." Nope, never heard of them. Wish I hadn't. Seems like yet another waste of materials and vain worship at the alter of the god of consumerism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stop scrolling the news, it's all so ghastly 😰 - instead, take a couple of mins to listen to this soothing folk song, you'll feel SO much better for it..🙂👌 sarahdeere-jones.bandcamp.com/album/the-th...

Importing poultry from Gulf states? Have we learned NOTHING about welfare or disease issues? Or about undermining our own higher standards? Jeez, I've heard it all now...😡

The EU imports 90 percent of the materials that go into tech products such as batteries and wind turbines. But a new law stipulates that 25 percent be derived from recycling in the next five years, up from just 1 percent today.

Please take a minute to sign this open letter to the 2nd United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice calling for *ecocide* to be added to the list of crimes adjudicated at the International Criminal Court. Thanks 🌊 www.stopecocide.earth/ocean-open-l...

The Labour government has decided to ignore the spiralling cost of building a nuclear power station & the absence of infrastructure or environmental impact assessment when it announced today it would invest £14.2 billion to fire up a new facility on the Suffolk coast. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can't get over how well my hedge has come back after I laid it in February. It was over 20ft tall before laying. Now the bottom has bushed out so much I can barely see into most of it.🙂

#MothsMatter 🥰 Give them a helping hand and plant native 🌿

Appalling quality photos, but what are these pale grey moths that flutter endlessly over the surface of my pond? They never seem to land or touch the water and there can be over 20 of them. Light was poor and they never stop still - should have picked a better day (and lens) for photos.

Another one of my oaks has fallen victim to Grey Squirrels.😢 Just about the whole trunk has been stripped clean.

I think this is probably Germander Speedwell, growing in the gloom below the canopy of my trees in my wildlife area. #photography #nature #wildflowers

Just a quick reminder of one of the many ways that "science" is not just some abstract thing, unrelated to daily life. Cut back on science and we know less about what's happening in the world we live in.

This is my "hide", situated by a pond in my wildlife area. I could hear a lot of alarms calls from various birds and thought there was a cat about, so was following the sounds. What I disturbed wasn't a cat but a Tawny Owl! Which 30 seconds before this photo was sitting on a branch over the door.

Confirms not only that "America First" means "America Only" but also that tax cuts for billionaires is more important than the lives of starving children. I suppose the money for a new ballroom and "touches of gold" at the White House has to come from somewhere.🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Did you ever watch I Claudius? There is a scene where a senator confronts Sejanus with the line "I had never before realised how a small mind, allied to unlimited ambition and without scruple, can destroy a country full of clever men".

We had the "Boris Bounce", could this be the "Farage Flounce"?

Just walked a 5.2km circle from house, along single-track country lanes. I saw :- 3 cars, 3 vans <30 birds, including distant/overhead (mostly one colony of crows) 6 butterflies (1 alone, 2 together, 3 together) 1 bee 0 wasps 0 hoverflies Did hear occasional unseen buzzing. Scary. #SilentSummer

I've heard/read about this for some time now. Glad it's finally made its way to a major news site. I've heard of at least one person who never buys British veg (only EU) for exactly this reason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Did u know? This unremarkable looking little slip of snot, is actually very remarkable indeed. It's the larva of a Marmalade hoverfly. It feeds on aphids - another reason why you don't need to spray your plants with pesticides. Nature will always do the job for you...& everyone gets fed. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍

“We are going to stop this crime,” the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, posted on X in August. (regarding "Chemtrails") In an amazing coup Kennedy has stopped something happening so effectively that it never happened in the first place! Trump "end war in 24hrs" must be so jealous.

Labour’s 1.5m new home target is vital but we don’t need new planning laws to achieve it. Bats and newts are not the blockers - property developers are. There are 1.4m homes consented and waiting to be built in Britain right now - why? buff.ly/au9tsaY

“The most hazardous building in the UK” from the Public Accounts Committee on decommissioning nuclear Sellafield. Delays to infrastructure build, failure to invest, unsafe, environmental hazard, escalating costs — familiar? committees.parliament.uk/committee/12... #Nuclear #Energy #Sellafield

Our amphibious garden helper is here to remind everyone that especially after #NoMowMay using handtools to cut long grass gives them the headroom to avoid the blades. Please no strimmers. #garten #frosch #GardeningTips

Having finish completed "No Mow May" and started "Let it bloom June" the "lawn" is now nearly waist high in places. But it's a lot more attractive and interesting than stripes or a bowling green! #photography #nature

Ladybird larvae on a grass stem. One of the many advantages of letting your grass grow. #photography #macro #insects

This is so important! Dog owners, challenge vets when offered these unnecessary & deeply harmful treatments. I’ve had dogs all my life, & never had to use them. Ticks can be removed easily & safely, & dogs treated (& kept away from water) only IF they get fleas! @davegoulson.bsky.social

I first thought this was Leucozona lucorum, but the thorax is shiny black, not brown and hairy. ... most likely Volucella pellucens. Which is apparently found in wooded areas and is "very fond" of bramble blossom. So it's probably right at home! #photography #macro #insects #flies

From a humanist perspective, we can't argue with this sage advice. Party on (it's Friday!) 🎉

What happened to the human psyche that caused our ancestors to separate from the natural world? It's evident in cave paintings between ~30-10,000 years ago; animals depicted as large and majestic became gradually smaller until the human dominated the image and wildlife were only painted as prey.

The eyes have it! I think this may be Dolichopus popularis. One from my foray to inspect my laid hedge today. I've seen very few beetles this year. Anyone else find that? #photography #macro #insects #flies

Not yet ID'd this fly. Looks a bit like Chloromyia Formosa, but not sure it is. Also on my hedge this afternoon. #photography #macro #insects #flies

I've been surprised and delighted at the regrowth of the hedge I laid in February. I had a few minutes spare and took the camera in search of insects. However, this Dog Rose caught my eye. #photography #nature #flowers