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Damian Carrington
8 months ago
Bradford clean air zone saves health service £360,000 in first year - Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25%
#airpollution
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/07/bradford-clean-air-zone-saves-nhs-over-30000-a-month-in-first-year
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Great news on one level... but also an example of nature being pushed to the absolute fringes, in isolated, inaccessible places. Is this as good as it gets for nature in Britain? Are railway and roadside verges the few places nature can exist in modern Britain?
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martinswarren.bsky.social
8 months ago
Important new study on the reintroduction of the Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon to England. The two Belgium sources did very differently (not sure why the link shows Orangutans!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Genomic Monitoring of a Reintroduced Butterfly Uncovers Contrasting Founder Lineage Survival
Genetic factors can have a major influence on both short- and long-term success of reintroductions. Genomic monitoring can give a range of insights into the early life of a reintroduced population an...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.70074
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Butterfly Conservation West Midlands
8 months ago
Most nature depleted country in Europe yet the Gov gives the go ahead to a major development adj to one of the most important wildlife sites in Worcs. Home to important populations of White Admiral, White-letter Hairstreak, Silver-washed Fritillary & Purple Emperor. 🤬
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BSG Göttingen
9 months ago
Poplar Admiral / Großer Eisvogel (Limenitis populi) for
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One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula. 📸 Toni Kasiske
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BadgerlandCoUk
8 months ago
The Labour government overturns one Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB. This terrible poison - a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, is to be outlawed in UK in line with EU
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide
Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators
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On 31st December 2025 I will be closing my
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. Who else with a passion for British and European
#Butterflies
has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!
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UK Butterflies
9 months ago
When studying the life cycles of British & Irish butterfly species, I was amazed to find that the pupae of Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown remain attached to their last larval skin, rather than reattaching themselves to a silk pad (the approach usually taken by species whose pupae hang head-down)!
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Lattice Brown (Kirinia roxelana), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024.
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Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyn) and Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024
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Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), Archaeological site of Dion, in the foothill of Mount Olympus, Greece. May 2024.
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'Butterfly Conservation - the Warwickshire Approach' by Mike Slater and Keith Warmington is a trailblazing book and highly recommended. Review at:
https://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=188
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