Love nocturnal beetling! Especially for saproxylics as no need to damage habitat 🙂 surveyed reserve next door last summer and recorded around 120 saproxylic beetle species including number of County firsts. And not a single bit of bark removed or log broken open. Win-win!

I support Ancient Tree Forum, an amazing Localgiving #charity localgiving.org/charity/ancien…

I stand with RSPB. RSPB Minsmere faces harmful impacts from Sizewell C. @KwasiKwarteng @beisgovuk please do the right thing for nature. #LoveMinsmere

The answer to the current problems for farming is to go further & faster, not turn back the clock: wcl.org.uk/three-basic-di… My blog's a response to this important report by Helena Horton of political threats to the transition to sustainable farming: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Possible Xeris spectrum? Found drowned in rainwater in our VC30 garden by Bex yesterday. Black coxae. On its way to you @nature_spotter 🙂

Is this just Melinopterus prodromus or possible consputus? Weak lateral angles to head and slight orange colouration in front of eyes suggests consputus? But short hairs on elytral apex would suggest prodromus. Assuming I'm in right genera of course!? British Scarabs

Not what I was expecting to see floundering upside down on bathroom floor just now 😬 Only second time I've ever seen Panagaeus bipustulatus! Still as excited second time around 😀

THREAD: Worrying and growing outbreak of avian flu among Scotland’s seabirds. We went to the Bass Rock, the largest northern gannet colony in the world, to find out what was unfolding there. Here’s the TV piece: ⁦RSPB Scotland⁩ ⁦Scottish Seabird Centre⁩ ⁦Jon Dunn 🇺🇦⁩

"All we are saying, is give weeds a chance!" "Weeds" get a bad press but they can be nectar and pollen sources for #bees #butterflies and other #pollinators So put away the #glyphosate & other #herbicides & learn to live with them. RT if you think we should #GiveWeedsAChance

Grasslands are important for diversity, climate resilience, and human livelihood. Yet they are threatened globally. In Science Magazine, Elise Buisson @SallyArchibald @AleTFidelis and I take on the idea that grassland restoration is quick, recovery rapid. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

As the government does a U-turn on environmental commitments, what does this mean for the environment and net zero targets? Read my latest paper, 'Going backwards – the retreat from environmental commitments' here: bit.ly/3SQognF #NetZero #environmentalsustainability

How can we solve the housing crisis without smashing the carbon budget & harming those on low incomes? Article from me, josh ryan-collins Christine Corlet Walker talking through findings of our paper "A home for all within planetary boundaries" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… theconversation.com/englands-housi…

🔍 Curious to uncover the myths around burning wood for energy? 🌲🪵 Check out the latest episode of the #EconomicsForRebels podcast, where Matilda Susan Gettins talks with Dr. Mary Booth about the power and politics in bioenergy. ecolecon.eu/new-podcast-ep…

We’re speaking up for #bumblebees to warn about the potential dangers if we get mass tree planting and woodland creation wrong 🌳🐝 Full statement 👉 bumblebeeconservation.org/tree-planting-… #BeeFriendlyTreePlanting 🧵1/8

NEWTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: ARC’s views on government planning proposals 👇 arc-trust.org/planning-refor… 📷 Great crested newt caught during a survey. by Jim Foster/ARC