A Nepali/Danish team has re-sampled some of the Himalayan rivers we sampled in the 1990s - revealing how some patterns have been stable over 30 years, but also changes linked to increasing vegetation and reduced snow cover. Sneak preview here: researchgate.net/publication/38…

V few moths again last night - but Hydropsyche in their hundreds and the largest ever catch here. Another reminder of the importance of the aquatic subsidy to terrestrial ecosystems

Male (L) and female Orange Swifts - from last night’s moth trap #MothsMatter

Gorffen y diwrnod Uniwersytet Jagielloński - sefydlwyd 1364. Yma addysgwyd Pab Ioan Pawl II; hefyd Copernicus a ddatblygodd y ddamcaniaeth haul-ganolog. Yma hefyd arestiwyd a carcharwyd 183 o athrawon prifysgol gan y Natsiaid ar 6 Tachwedd 1939 am fod yn ysgolheigion wedi derbyn graddau.

Two pebbles. Pebble Hooktip and Garden Pebble - from completely different groups of moths #MothsMatter

museum.wales/cardiff/whatso… If you are in Cardiff on Saturday the Unknown Wales Conference celebrating Welsh Wildlife (the wonderful, secretive Scarce Yellow Sally stonefly may even get a mention!) is worth the trip! Natur am Byth! Dr Will Leo Hawkes Steve Ormerod 💙 Amgueddfa Caerdydd

Head-starting #Curlew to top up breeding numbers. Please report colour-flagged birds, so that scientists can measure cost-effectiveness ... ... and encourage further Natural England funding. More here (blog from 31 Aug 2022 🎂 2⃣) wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/wil… #ornithology

First Centre-barred Sallow in the trap: a distinctly autumnal moth #MothsMatter

Should do for another year…

Another dimorphic moth: Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing male (L) and female. Life cycle is unusual involving a period of aestivation from July to now-ish #MothsMatter

Delighted to have our native Hornet buzzing around the moth trap tonight. What a magnificent beast.

Last night’s Hornet (or one very like it) was back in the trap this morning - and doing a bit of self-maintenance

Meeting today in our CU Water Research Institute to discuss pharmaceutical pollution, environmental impacts and health

And now the autumnal Pink-barred Sallow #MothsMatter