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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Don't allow anyone to tell you that reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands cottage in front of a crackling fire during a raging storm whilst enjoying a plate of freshly-baked emotional support scones and multiple cups of tea "doesn't classify" as self-care.

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The Louis Theroux documentary Manosphere is vital watching. These men are so broken and desperate. Teaching other men they lack value because they're not born with breasts and then teaching them to punish women / hold them down to feel better about themselves and make $$ is peak tragedy. #manosphere

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Bat Research Team @bat-cesco.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

[NEW TEAM PAPER] 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 We showed that wind farm age, habitat, and season influence persistence, but substantial unexplained variability persists. Local trials and tailored estimators remain essential

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Habitat and site age drive carcass persistence at wind energy facilities: Evidence from a large-scale analysis

Accurately estimating wind turbines' direct impact on biodiversity remains challenging, as many carcasses are scavenged or displaced before detection.…

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Disused mines Via Gellia, #Derbyshire. This year's NBMP #bat #hibernation surveys are mostly complete. We've had good numbers of bats in old mines and caves we survey every year. Important data to track trends for bat numbers and species hibernating at known Derbyshire sites. Bats and the team. 🖤

Mine entrance surrounded by moss and in woodland

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Tell me #bats aren't cute again. I dare you. 🖤🦇

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Poole's cavern, #Derbyshire. This year's NBMP #bat #hibernation surveys are mostly complete. We've had good numbers of bats in old mines and caves we survey every year. Important data to track trends for bat numbers and species hibernating at known Derbyshire sites. Behold, cute bats.

M. nattereri - cute hibernating bat in rock

M. mystacinus/brandtii - cute bat asleep in rock

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Trump has invaded a country, is threatening to bomb Iran, and now his gestapo forces are gunning people down. You can't do all that and be celebrated on the global stage. It's time to boycott Trump's World Cup. action.eko.org/a/boycott-tr...

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Boycott Trump's World Cup

ICE agents are operating like the Gestapo – arresting kids, ripping families apart, and openly shooting and killing unarmed people. It is terrifying to witness Trump’s unhinged crackdown, but we have

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

In today's things that will never happen again. Pool side for 8am in the villa. I love the colours of #Menorca.

Colourful deckchairs lilos and beach ball against ochre walls and greenery beside a swimming pool.

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Still my best playlist for driving long hours in autumn 🍁 weather... open.spotify.com/playlist/7er...

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Spotify – Web Player

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Following yesterday's news of 2 HHs vanishing from RSPB Geltsdale Reserve Cumbria, suspected shot on nearby grouse moor, here's another one, 'disappearing' on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park, one of the UK's worst raptor persecution hotspots. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/05/21/s...

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Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier ‘Sita’ vanishes in suspicious circumstances on grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Further to yesterday’s news about the disappearance of two breeding male Hen Harriers from the RSPB’s Geltsdale Reserve in Cumbria, suspected to have been illegally killed whilst away h…

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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

🚨Huge🚨 ✅✅ Just brilliant - GB News exposed by @rupertread.bsky.social 👏👏 😡😡 Funded by fossil fuels - a media enabler of the arsonist power clique leading the charge towards climate breakdown 💯💯 We can't let them, and others burn our future for profit ⚠️⚠️ Next Telegraph, BBC, Mail

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms. This is where we are now... Money/power can push science and data-based decisions to improve public health out of the way, and put health and lives at risk, while the government kowtows. tinyurl.com/bdzm7bd7

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UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Historical side note: Nancy Grace Roman was NASA's first female chief executive, serving as Chief of Astronomy throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was also the driving force behind development of the Hubble Space Telescope, selling the idea to NASA leaders and Congress and organizing the program.

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman with a model of the Large Space Telescope that was eventually developed as the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA.

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This is what roadside verges should look like in April. These are not weeds - they are wildflowers essential to the survival of early Spring bees.

Roadside verge with a mass of dandelions.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Great thread of posts on species associated with Cuckoo Flower

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We think this is criminal: A world biodiversity hotspot, loaded with cultural heritage. Drinking water for 24,000 people. 1875ha of old growth forest in Mitchell River National Park, lit up by #FFMV yesterday #GunaiKurnaiCountry 📷 EGCMN

https://plannedburns.ffm.vic.gov.au/burn-site/3010032

The falls following rain (photo courtesy of Josie Patterson) and
East Gippsland Conservation Management Network

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

How will bats respond to climate change? Our new paper shows that Nathusius's pipistrelles are likely to expand their European range, but most other bats will lose out. Things look particularly bad for the pond bat, which is already declining rapidly. 🌍🦇#bats #climatechange doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 06/04/2025

New look at the landscape beneath Antarctica 🇦🇶 Without the 27.17 million km³ of ice. This clearly shows that much the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet is below sea level. That's why it melts rapidly in a warmer climate, like it did ~120,000 years ago during the Eemian interglacial.

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This is a dandelion appreciation post 💛 Often overlooked, the humble dandelion has a vital part to play in providing valuable nectar for early butterflies and moths, as well as food for their caterpillars. 📷: Small Tortoiseshell - Sophie Hall 📷: Brimstone - Tamás Nestor #DandelionAppreciationDay

Brimstone butterfly feeding on a dandelion

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on a dandelion close to the ground

Bird's-eye view of three dandelion flowers in the sun

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

White tailed eagle Stiorra on Countryfile. Absolutely stunning bird. I appreciate the falconer explaining that WTE are scavengers and will take "dead lambs". Read that again. I love what he's doing with Maremma guardian dogs. Saw these constantly while living in Italy! #Countryfile #sheep #raptors

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The FWC, an agency charged with conserving Florida’s wildlife, is considering having a bear hunt without current bear population estimates or justifiable cause for a bear hunt. #bears #florida chng.it/K5ZnBYBLCJ

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STOP THE FLORIDA BEAR HUNT!!!

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This is super interesting research. My own experience with bats in care suggests some UK species intensely dislike the UV spectrum of light and will avoid. Perhaps best studied with caution. I love that we're finding numerous species of animals and plants which fluoresce.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The richest 150 people in the UK are making £2m EACH every single day, on which they pay next to no tax and greater than 90% goes to tax havens. You want to worry about that, not Disabled people.

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Martin Lines @linesmartin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Great to see a pesticide reduction target finally published. It’s a step in the right direction especially recognising toxicity. But to make real progress, we need proper support for farmers to shift to nature-based approaches that work for people, food & wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Use of pesticides on UK farms to be cut by 10% by 2030 to protect bees

Campaigners welcome long-delayed proposals to reduce pesticide-related harms to pollinators

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

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Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE

Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Bitterns are BOOMING! 💚 283 males were recorded booming in 2024 - a 20% rise on 2023 and the biggest jump since monitoring began. Once extinct as breeding birds in the UK, they're making an incredible recovery. More in the video below, sound on...🔊

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Richard Benwell @richardbenwell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Once again, over half of UK fisheries catch limits agreed for 2025 are above scientific advice. Just 36% were in line with a precautionary approach. Overfishing is bad for wildlife & self-defeating for the economy. Time to reduce & police catch limits and let the ocean recover.

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rosie400.bsky.social @rosie400.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We'd love it if all your bat group get involved! We've nominated 24th May our national day to raise awareness of the threat to nature and we're asking people all over the country to wear the t-shirts/badges and arrange activities

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Appeal Court *very slightly* reduces sentences on some of the 16 peaceful climate protesters, jailed for total of 41 years. This isn’t justice. People desperate for climate action to save lives treated like organised criminals, while big oil & gas get away with ecocide @defendourjuries.bsky.social

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Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal

Sixteen climate protesters were jailed last year for their roles in Just Stop Oil demonstrations.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A small Proboscis Bat hanging out along a waterway in the Amazon river basin. These bats can be found in small groups along rivers and streams and range throughout much of South America east of the Andes Mountains. Check out the tiny tail! 🦊 #ThowbackThursday

A dorsal view of a small brown bat clinging to the bark of a tree trunk. It has a wavy light pattern on its back, a longish nose, and a tiny tail.

A side view of a small brown bat clinging to the bark of a tree. It has a pointy nose and looks a bit like a tiny flying fox.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🦇Happy #WorldBookDay!!! What is your favourite bat-related book? We are very lucky for the support of some lovely book authors who donate part of their sales to our to help bats. Find more here: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

4/ Who owns land is England’s oldest, darkest secret. Land ownership has always been bound up with wealth and power, with 1% of the population owning half of England. So it’s hugely welcome that Labour wants to open up the Land Registry for the first time in its 163-year history.

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Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Excited to share this new paper led by PhD student Cinthia Pietromonaco, exploring age estimation in bats, with a focus on Australian flying foxes. doi.org/10.1071/WR24... 🦇 Turns out, that we don't all mean the same thing when we use the term "adult" or "juvenile". Why should we care? 1/

A young black flying fox pup peeking out at the camera from amongst a blanket

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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

BREAKING NEWS! The Scottish Wildlife Trust has acquired a 7,618ha estate in the Highlands. Read the full story: buff.ly/3QD6hBu #WorldWildlifeDay

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The tide is high at the #EuropeanOceanDays as the ocean is reaching a breaking point. The #EUOceansPact is a once-in-a-generation chance to: 🌊 Restore marine ecosystems ⚖️ Ensure a just transition to a low-impact blue economy 🌐 Establish EU leadership in global ocean governance

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows - Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis @influencemap.bsky.social #climatecrisis #carbonmajors www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

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Dr Rose O’Neill @roseoneill.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Real leadership from Welsh Government with a 5% rise in National Park Authority funding, contrasts with news of a staggering 9% CUT in England. This, after a decade of austerity, and coupled with inflation and NIC increases, will cut very deep and undermines delivery of nature and climate goals.

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Clare L @batecology.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Last weekend we conducted a second NBMP bat hibernation survey at old disused mines in Derbyshire. Plenty of myotids including daubentons, and 2 BLE. Similar numbers to last year, maybe slightly down when added up. It's always a privilege (and a responsibility) to be this close to bats in torpor. 🦇

A single myotid bat in hibernation between rock faces.

A single myotid bat in hibernation hanging from rock, covered in water droplets.

A single brown long eared bat in hibernation in rock faces, with ears tucked in.

A single myotid bat in hibernation on rock faces.

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vwtireland.bsky.social @vwtireland.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

@batlifeeurope.bsky.social is hosting Kate McAney, VWT’s Ireland Mammal Programme Manager, for a webinar on conserving lesser horseshoe bats in Ireland. Learn about innovative strategies used by VWT+others to protect this rare bat. Date 17 February 2025 Time 18:30GMT Register here lnkd.in/evhmZ5u3

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T C Wagner 🇪🇺 @tcwagner.org · 22/01/2025

Plant translocations and reintroductions for conservation purposes are often unsuccessful. Sandrine Godefroid and colleagues have summed up the outcome of over 3000 plant translocations across Europe, their outcome and reason for success or failure. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🦇 We are #recruiting! Seasonal Bat Advisors to work as part of the National Bat Helpline and play a vital role in advising and inspiring the public and other key stakeholders about bats in the UK, by sharing your passion for conservation. Deadline: 9am, 10th March www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

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