Magpie Inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) uncommon in the UK, and usually found in small loose clusters, fruiting in Hampshire in hundreds. Stunning. British Mycological Society #mushrooms #fungi #mycology

Fame at last- a bit of footage on microplastics supporting a WWF report Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton

Purple Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) Mansbridge, Southampton. This beautiful #Parasite provides early spring forage for our pollintors. Very busy with insects #wildflower #nature

Early #Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), a tiny female worker, busy in Purple Toothwort. #Wildlife #Southampton

NEW MUSIC...NEW VIDEO...NEW ERA! So pumped to share our new single FLUX with you today. Out now on Reveal Records, available exclusively at thelittleunsaid.bandcamp.com Video stars the AWESOME Sarah Golding Directed by Rick J Sims Supported by Shoreditch Town Hall youtu.be/hbXE2ngo8_c

I've #justsponsored The India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development, who's fundraising for The British Asian Trust to provide much needed oxygen masks to those suffering with covid. You could donate too: justgiving.com/fundraising/uo…

Painted Lady in my garden today. Happy to provide nectar after its long journey. #butterfly #GardenersWorld #wildlifephotography

The NHS is facing serious threats right now. Please sign the petition and retweet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5925… (Here's why we need to act now: x.com/MrMarkEThomas/… )

A stunning Sulphur #Beetle, Cteniopus sulphureus #Appledore North Devon. #wildlife

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A nature reserve in Southampton is one of the worst cases of micro plastics pollution in the country, environmental campaigners have said. bbc.in/3TsSOwF

The scientists coaxing back nature with sound bbc.com/future/article… via BBC Future

Green-eyed flower bee (Anthophora bimaculata) Wonderful little bee, curious not shy, buzz surprisingly loud for it's 7mm. New one for my garden.

Think I lost about a stone chasing Ruby-tailed wasps in the sun this lunchtime. Was it worth it? I'll let you decide...

Lovely little poem in the buglife (Buglife) bugbites e-newsletter this month.

Brimstone #butterfly on Zinnia #wildlifephotography #garden Second brood seems to be doing well. I love that the light picks up the veining on the wing. I think brimstones have a cartoony face. This photo isn't colour enhanced.

Wasp (spp. unknown) on echinops. Look at those huge eyes, a pixar wasp perhaps. I can see a wasp book purchase in my near future. Any chance of an ID folks? Richard Jones BWARS #GardenersWorld #wildlife

Bush cricket with shaddow. Perhaps the greenest picture I have ever taken. #garden #wildlifephotography

"Thames Water scraps plan to become net zero by 2030." TW have also admitted they're not going to complete 105 sewage upgrades which they are legally obliged to delivery by 2025 at a cost of £1.134bn, your money. And the regulators do what exactly? telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…

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