What a amazing turn out for #MARCHFORCLEANWATER lovely to bump into so many people I know and hopefully get the message out to get something bloody done about the state of rivers The Rivers Trust WildFish

A bit of 21stC waste disposal going on today, is this the best we can do? New Forest NPA Environment Agency

Lots of complaints about new pylons blighting people's views. But not adding cables leaves us with existing fossil fuel infrastructure and transport with all the health and environmental impacts that implies.

Saw a Coal Tit chasing a fluttering Red Admiral, almost caught it but the RA closed its wings and spiralled to the ground like a leaf. Tit landed by it but could not find it so flew off. An excellent predator avoidance strategy and not one I had seen before. Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Hey Southern Water where is the update promised on your website by 3:00pm? It is not helpful to promise what you can't deliver.

Does anyone know why iRecord input for a moth list has lost the input lines and rolled the species list page and location page into one? I can't seem to find out how to actually enter any records. Has it been updated and I am just missing something?

So essentially the Southern Water issue at Testwood is a failure to invest in infrastructure leading to the system falling over. The company chose to pay out to investors rather than invest effectively, customers will now pick up the tab and suffer loss of service.

Inadequate people, but mostly men, exercising power for self affirmation has never served anyone well at any level of society.

US politics seems to be Blackadder recast for the 21stC, but with only Prince George and Baldrick.

Delighted to report 1st GYB of 2025 seen today on Mullet Peninsula by Dave S feeding on apple blossom - 9 days later than last year. After 2 wet summers, with low numbers of GYBs recorded especially in '24, we are keeping fingers crossed for a better 2025. Thanks to Dave for vid.

The Wildlife Trusts Craig Bennett BBC Countryfile Are you blooming serious? A strip of non-native Phacelia? How unimaginative & uninformed can you get? Who's peddling this crap? Limited value for pollinators. Zilch value for wildflowers & herbivorous insects. Here's what a wildlife-friendly arable margin should look like.

I come across more and more "dens" in the Forest these days but this one near Penerley Lodge was huge and had a fire site within it. new forest ranger New Forest NPA

Are there login problems with iRecord? I cannot get into my account, I keep getting "invalid response" messages, or if I do get in records won't upload. The backlog is getting serious!

I am assuming this is an unusually dark specimen of Ectophasia crassipennis, there were lots of typically coloured ones about too. In S. Hants this afternoon. Dipterists Forum

When you get drought deep rooted perennials will win out everytime over annual "Meadows". Long season nectar sources that don't need replanting year after year.

What appears to be Thecophora cinerascens at #LepeCP, Hants this morning, a site with soft cliff habitat and suitable hosts. Opinions welcome. Dipterists Forum Steven Falk

Inula hookeri, a plant I would not want to be without in the garden. Fabulous for inverts, especially butterflies and solitary bees. Epeolus, Pantaloon, Green-eyed FB & Mason bees all in the mix this morning. Not so popular with Honey-bee.

What chance that this is Andrena rosae? I have never seen it but seems promising and habitat would appear suitable too. #bees Steven Falk

Small Whites like this one seem to be trying to complicated things! Still a Small by my reading of things but with a lot more black along the outer wing than is typical. Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Can you be over-strutted?