Police execute search warrant on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park in relation to hen harrier persecution.

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DEFRA Ministers Coffey & Benyon's backroom dealing with GWCT on gamebird licensing was unlawful - Wild Justice wins latest legal challenge ⚖️

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The Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) is one of our species to look out for this month 🤩

This magnificent moth rests with wings open and half-raised and forewings slightly curled. Learn more 👉 butrfli.es/2TyvBsB

📸: Iain H Leach Pete Withers, Andrew Cooper
#MothMonday

Can't be emphasised enough! 😊🌿

Ringed Carpet Cleora cinctaria. Several trapped earlier this week D&G SW Scotland (VC73).

New Moth Book. My copy of the much anticipated book 'The Larger Moths of Scotland' by Roy Leverton and Mark Cubitt arrived today. It does look really good and will be of interest to many moth recorders in D&G, Scotland and beyond. Definitely recommended!

It's here!
Mark Cubitt & Roy Leverton's impressive new book, The Larger Moths of Scotland.

Beautifully designed, packed full of info and with a refreshing Scottish focus. Look forward to getting stuck in!

You can buy it here 🐛 atroposbooks.co.uk/the-larger-mot…

#MothMonday #MothsMatter

Amazing work, as always 👌👌

The weather has been a little bit better of late so I've had the moth traps out in the garden a few times (VC73 Newton Stewart). The usual selection of early spring moths. Best of the bunch was Grey Shoulder-knot - still scarce in Scotland but my third record here.

This #MothMonday we're putting the spotlight on the Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)

The male of this common species flies from February to April. The female is almost entirely wingless!

Learn more 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/moths/dotted-b…

📷: Iain H Leach, Patrick Clement
#MothsMatter

BBC News - 'Gamechanger' Scottish wildlife law passes final vote.
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📢BREAKING NEWS: An historic day as Scottish Parliament votes through grouse moor licensing!

We did it! Bloody well done, everyone! 👏👏👏

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ANOTHER satellite-tagged hen harrier ('Shalimar') disappears in suspicious circumstances in the notorious Angus Glens.

Yet another example why today's vote on the Wildlife Management Bill is so desperately needed, Jim Fairlie MSP SNP

New blog ⬇️⬇️
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Last Carrick work party of the winter season BC Glasgow & South-West Scotland 🐛🦋 started dull and ended in bright sunshine and warmth today. Eight great volunteers cleared gorse to help Butterfly Conservation 🦋 on the scenic Solway Coast. Well done all who have helped this season!

Superb day at the BC Scotland Spring Gathering in Perth yesterday with a full house. Great speakers and fascinating moths to see outside. Wonderful to meet so many friends again in person. A huge thank-you to speakers, exhibitors and organisers! BC Glasgow & South-West Scotland 🐛🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Elect Conservatives again = continue the decade-long policy disaster that is the badger cull. I’ve read the consultation doc and I’m shocked by its dishonesty. Can’t quite believe govt scientists are putting their names to this. They should be ashamed. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Moth Monday: Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) is the most widespread hawk-moth in the UK & its distribution increased 27% 1970-2016. The caterpillars feed on the leaves of poplars & willows in a wide range of habitats. (📷Iain H Leach) #MothMonday

Happy #InternationalWomensDay

This kind of sneaky vileness goes on all the time. It's not the nets or the trawlers or habitat loss or pollution or siltation of spawning grounds. Nope it's always another species with the solution desired by the narrowest of dark, medieval mindsets being the ability to kill.

Scottish officials have also said they can produce 18 piglets per litter. An unhinged claim with no scientific basis. My book GROUNDBREAKERS busts this myth & various others bloomsbury.com/uk/groundbreak…