Is the #AMOC approaching a tipping point? Here's my take after researching this topic for over 30 years. Open access, peer-reviewed, in full colour & understandable for non-experts. tos.org/oceanography/a…

This is the system Fartage wants!!

The Derbyshire Moth News Bulletin for June 2024 can be viewed here - simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk/sbam/category/… Zoe Randle Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC EastMidlands DaNES Insects

I found this glorious mating pair of Purple-bordered Gold on a Purbeck mire earlier today, having watched the male repeatedly return to a patch of heather hiding a (presumably pheromone releasing) female - absolutely stunning insects #TeamMoth Dorset Moths

Why Scottish grouse moors will have to stop slaughtering golden eagles - opinion piece in The Scotsman 👇👇 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/07/15/why…

Female Silvery Leafcutter Bees Megachile leachella rocking Restharrow flowers so they can gather the pollen. They store this on the underside of their body ready to carry back to their nest burrow. The Maer, Exmouth, Devon

Female Pantaloon Bee Dasypoda hirtipes using her super furry hind legs to clean out her burrow in the sand. The Maer, Exmouth, Devon

I've just signed this, and would urge everybody to do so. We don't need to spray poisons in our streets and parks. Pls RT pesticidecollaboration.org/go-pesticide-f… #GoPesticideFree PAN UK

Astonished to find the 1.5km of River Lark from Mildenhall to Worlington includes glorious prime #chalkstream, silken with River Water Crowfoot. I indulged in it sans wetsuit (H2O 19°C) the last 2 eves, 1st entering top left. Here's a cooling🧵on the wonders found. #MySwim 1/22

The Conservatives have criticised Labour’s plans to give more money to public sector workers, because 14 years of giving public money to your mates worked out so well for Britain

today's malachite green gem from the moth trap Staurophora celsia looking pretty minty fresh at breakfast #MothsMatter #WildlifeTravelling in #Mongolia with Sarah Lambert and Philip

Migrant Hawker at Hoe Grange today. Dave Newcombe Richard T Taylor Clive Ashton Dan Martin Christopher Jackson DaNES Insects Kieron Huston Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Birch Sawfly larvae at Hoe Grange Quarry yesterday Dave Newcombe Richard T Taylor Clive Ashton Dan Martin Christopher Jackson DaNES Insects Kieron Huston Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏♥️ To make it worth sharing, here's a Fieldfare stretching for the tastiest berry! 😀🐦 Thank you very much! ♥️

Numerous Common Pine Sawfly (Diprion pini) found locally in Belper this afternoon. Only the second county record as far as i can see. Dave Newcombe Richard T Taylor Clive Ashton Dan Martin Christopher Jackson DaNES Insects Kieron Huston Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

After yesterday at altitude, we spent today on the plains towards Durgun Lake 10 typically skittish Mongolian Saiga were stars of the day, along with a pair of Mongolian Ground Jays Rarity of the day, an out-of-place Oystercatcher on the lake shore #MammalWatching #Mongolia

here be beasts #WildlifeTravelling #Mongolia #MammalWatching #SleepyWolf

Small tortoiseshell has been conspicuously absent this year. Insects face multiple pressures and action is long overdue on pesticide use and habitat loss to name two. BBC News - Wildlife charity declares 'butterfly emergency' bbc.com/news/articles/…