The great Rosie Holt is onto something here. There are quite a few old people I see in the chemist when I go to pick up prescriptions. I've always suspected them of something. Now I know what it is I suspect them of. Thanks, Rosie!

Delighted to get photos of this female brown hairstreak #butterfly on the Cuttle Brook nature reserve in #Thame today BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre River Thame CT

Too little, too late? Should have happened months ago!

England are the Champions of Europe! Again! Well done Lionesses #Euro2025

Europe is burning much faster in 2025: 237,153 ha already scorched — nearly double last year! 1,250 wildfires — up from 861 in 2024 8.24 Mt CO₂ emitted — a major climate feedback Climate action isn’t optional. It’s urgent. #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #EUfires

To identify #butterflies it is often necessary to see the underside of the wings and not just view them with wings open. This silver spotted skipper was photographed yesterday BBO Wildlife Trust Grangelands BC Upper Thames Chilterns National Landscape Butterfly Conservation 🦋

The large scabious mining bee, Andrena hattorfiana, on field scabious photo yesterday BBO Wildlife Trust Grangelands Chilterns National Landscape #wildflowerhour

Carline thistle flowers - not #ByTheSea but on chalk grassland in Buckinghamshire for #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

The leaves and ripening brown fruits of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis, photographed yesterday.

The common medlar, Mespilus germanica, has larger brown fruits which are edible once softened by frost (bletted). Photo taken yesterday.

"Thames Water says £1.5bn emergency loan will run out by Christmas." I could never understand why anybody ever thought that turning a company that was £19 billion in debt into a company that's £22 billion in debt was going to fix anything. Maybe I'm just not clever enough.

A brightly coloured male southern hawker #dragonfly resting on hawthorn berries in Chiltern Society Bottom Wood this morning. Chilterns National Landscape

Noticed these large hexagonal papery cells of a European hornets nest at the base of a hollow beech tree, with plenty of hornets flying around. By Chiltern Society Bottom Wood.

Imagine taking your child to the hospital. The doctor explains that your child has an illness, but your level of medical care does not cover this illness. This is the American system which Farage wants. The NHS treats any illness free of charge regardless of your income.

Leaving the ECHR doesn't just strip asylum seekers of rights - it's strips EVERYONE of their rights.

Repealing the Human Rights Act would hit every person in the UK. The Human Rights Act and the ECHR guarantee basic freedoms we all rely on, such as the right to life, freedom of expression, privacy, and a fair trial. humanists.uk/2025/08/26/wit…

Ed Davey mentioned Brexit contributing to small boat arrivals today Context: Pre-Brexit the UK was a part of a returns arrangement with the EU - so very few/no small boat arrivals That was not included in the Brexit deal, so once we left the EU, small boat crossings went up

Jersey tiger #moth seen last week BBO Wildlife Trust Aston Clinton Ragpits BC Upper Thames