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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Would you agree this is Burgers Clouded Yellow at Malling Down Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve Lewes East Sussex. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wow those forcasts could exceed or match the warmest October day on record #weather #October

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The results are in 🦋📢 A huge thank you to the 101,565 of you who took part in this year's #BigButterflyCount! While many widespread butterfly species had a good summer, drought and record heat could impact next year’s populations. Read the full results 👉 buff.ly/V75ZHi7

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's time to break the grip of the billionaire-owned media on our democracy. Please sign & share parliamentary petition : mediasovereignty.org/petition An independent, free press is vital to tackling the climate, poverty, democratic & nature crises

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Petition - Media Sovereignty Act Campaign

Sign the Parliamentary Petition Do YOU want Britain to take back control of our media and democracy from the international billionaires who have hijacked it? They use it to force our politicians to ac...

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ivy in bloom and attracting pollinators in the final days of August! #wildflowerhour That's about 3 weeks early, isn't it? What blooms will still be around early October, any? Falmouth area, Cornwall.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A metaphor for life as we know it 😆 Watch the second hand after 7 seconds

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Millions in UK could face power cuts at short notice. 16%-20% of electricity imported. In hot weather & high winds, solar farms, wind turbines turned off. Poor electricity transmission/storage infrastructure. National Grid makes record profits, investment neglected. Wonders of privatisation.

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Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice

Exclusive: Grid operator Neso can now respond with rolling blackouts as last resort without need for government powers

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My 3rd Small Tortoiseshell of 2026. 1st at Breany Common, Cornwall Tuesday, 2nd & 3rdWeat Dorset they look a bit old to be summer generations?

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Voting for Britain's Favourite Butterfly may have closed, but the vote for banknotes has just begun! 💷🦋 We're thrilled that the iconic Marsh Fritillary butterfly has made the Bank of England's shortlist for the next series of banknotes.

A Marsh Fritillary butterfly on a £5 note. Text above reads 'Butterflies on a banknote'.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Today's welcome rain was the most I have recorded in a day since 18th February. It was a rather wet January and Feb, like 2025. The first 9 months of 2022 were really dry!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

It's a fantastic time of year blossom, bird song, butterflies and sunshine 🌞 Lots of Dingy skipper, Grizzled skipper, Wall brown, Comon and Holly blue at Malling Down. Nightingale too. Surprisingly no Painted Lady. A good butterfly year so far 🦋

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Yay, Corfe Common is alive with Painted Ladies! Here are 4 of 20+ in 30 mins at 17:45, several getting stuck into Bluebell as the only nectar source! Assume these have come direct from Africa seeing as my car is covered in Saharan dust! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 01/05/2026

Significantly below-average temperatures will linger through the weekend for much of the eastern & southern regions of the U.S. Temperatures in the Southern Plains & Southern Rockies could drop around 30 degrees below the seasonal average potentially setting record-low daily maximum temperatures.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I think I just saw a Meadow Brown! That's crazy early! Has anyone else seen one so far this year? I guess it could be the earliest ever? Definitely seen Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Peacock

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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 23/04/2026

New University of Sussex research finds pesticides in 100% of garden birds tested — including eggs & chicks. The source? Common pet flea & tick treatments. Researchers are calling for better regulation and more awareness to protect both pets & the environment. Read more: ow.ly/f8X550YOnOx

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Butterflies on the @sussex.ac.uk campus today: Orange Tips, Small Whites,Large White, Green Hairstreak Red Admiral, Peacock and Speckled Wood. It's a fantastic day on a beautiful campus

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Green Party propose a 1% wealth tax on people with over £10m that would bring in £50-60bn a year for our Public Services. RT if you would like to see it.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I'm still astonished by the fact some Hawthorns have berries on from last year and are in bloom almost a month early. This isn't normal! When will the berries drop? Photos taken Falmer village and university of Sussex campus

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Did you know that a male Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) can smell a female more than 7 miles away? 👃 These winged wonders can be seen across the UK in open countryside such as heathland and moorland between April and May. 📷: Julian Dowding #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Two Emperor Moths on a bramble with wings open: one larger and grey (female) and the other smaller and orange (male)

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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 01/04/2026

People in Britain want energy security that doesn't depend on what's happening thousands of miles away... 🧵 (1/4) @financialtimes.com

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Malling Down @sussexwildlife.bsky.social reserve. Loads of Brimstone, Grizzled Skipper, Peacock, St Marks fly and lots of Greater whitethroat singing.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Why are they waiting months? Are they too stupid to figure out how? Spain and Germany have been doing it for some time already.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

HOTTEST 2026 DAY IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 45.4C at Banda in INDIA on Friday Brutal heat from Turkey to China In SE Asia deadly humid heat worsens with 43.5C in THAILAND. On the weekend historic warmth also in Koreas and Japan.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I wonder, if like last year, we will get early berries? Hawthorn berries developing in June and turning colour by July? Perhaps 🤔 Along with the amount of blossom, the conditions in spring 2025 was perfect for pollinators- sunny settled and dry. So this year? And will berries remain on bushes again?

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Amazing to see so much Hawthorn in bloom already! Some still have berries from last year! Even some Blackthorn and Dog rose at Knepp have 2025 sloes and rosehips! Wayfaring in bloom at the same time as Blackthorn peak! Also apple a d cherry in bloom now. So advanced and together!

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I was really suprisised to find this Woodcock in the greenhouse compound at work.

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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Excited to share that @lucyholland.bsky.social and I are hosting the revamped @britishecologicalsociety.org Conservation Ecology SIG podcast! 🌱 For our first episode in #ConservationConversations we interviewed Professor Helen Roy, covering all things ladybirds and more! Listen here: bit.ly/4sxf6xz

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Does anyone know how I can schedule my FoxESS battery to charge from the grid at night when energy is cheapest? Since the fox app was updated I can't see how to set it to charge at night. It was easy to set before the update! #FoxESS, #FoxCloud2.0

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Not sure I remember a year when there's been so many Hawthorn berries on the trees as leaf buds are opening! One with flower buds and a lot of them! Not what I expected after the dry summer and autumn.

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £1,467,023,332 so far this year! wastedwind.energy

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Wasted Wind

Britain wastes millions a day switching off wind turbines. See how much has been wasted today, and in 2025.

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

For folks in #Ecology and #Evolution, we are hosting a conference here in Cornwall UK! Great chance for a summer staycation June 29-July 3. Plus, we've managed to make it affordable: £250 + £49/night for accommodation. #EvolBiol #EcoEvo sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/

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Welcome

ExE 2026 is a 3-day conference aimed at evolutionary ecologists from around the world, hosted by the University of Exeter in beautiful Cornwall. It provides a friendly and inclusive platform for all c...

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A30 Devon, bullace plum in bloom, Sallow in bloom (month early), some Hawthorn in 1st leaf (month early), some Hawthorn still have berries from last year and I saw an Apple tree at the side of the road with loads of Apple still on it! #spring2026

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The latest Hydrological Summary for the UK looks back at warm and wet December 🌧️. 🔗 Full detail (PDF): f.mtr.cool/dupyophozf #rivers #rainfall

Map of the UK and Ireland showing river flow conditions in the UK for December 2025. Gradient of colour with Blue dots indicating high flows, and red dots low flows.

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🧵2/5 A recent study by Chase et al. @royentsoc.bsky.social provides compelling evidence that soil properties — specifically sand content — can strongly shape bee communities. It challenges the widespread assumption that flowers alone determine where bees live and thrive. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/icad...

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Soil sand content is a driving force in structuring bee communities

We conducted a carefully designed observational study across three soil sand content categories using Dalea purpurea that attracts a wide range of bee species and grows in different soil types. Soil...

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Crispin Holloway @crispinhollway.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Here is my interpretation of how last year’s weather affected nature. 🌿 A year of contrasts, recoveries, and surprises—from blossom and berries to butterflies and slugs! I’d love to hear your thoughts, memories, or observations. What did you notice where you live? www.facebook.com/crispin.holl...

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By now, we all know that 2025 was hotter, drier, and sunnier than average—indeed, sunnier than the springs of both 2020 and 2003. January experienced above-average rainfall, but most of the remaining....

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Netanyahu getting absolutely cooked. It's hilarious how he melts when he meets any journalists he doesn't own.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

So much about X is unacceptable which is why many of us left ages ago. Not something that govt departments and quangos have done. Why not! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’

Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM

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Katana-Smirk 🔞 (God Emperor of Snek) @katana-smirk.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I will say this once on the matter, I might catch shit for it, but here it goes: For those who say “but my audience is on X” I think it’s time to twist said audience’s arm and say “too bad”. Things are criminal on x now and you need to tell your followers you’re leaving, and they need too as well

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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

UKBMS data feeds into UK government statistics to measure biodiversity. Each year, @jncc publish Biodiversity Indicators - giving a snapshot of how our biodiveristy is faring buff.ly/Cw71ZAY You can view the latest Biodiversity Indicators here - buff.ly/cyuIo2G

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UK biodiversity continues to decline, 2025 bioindicators show

Wallingford scientists contributed to the 2025 indicators with analysis of animal and plant trends.

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I was lucky enough to see some of these frogs last month. Rights of Nature are still alive and kicking in Ecuador, despite government efforts to undermine them. 🌎🦤🐸

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Essentially every country in the world in a party to the UN Convention on Climate Change. Including autocracies, coal and oil producers All except one, now Hard to have better evidence that the USA has become a rogue state www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups

The White House says the decision was taken because those entities

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Malcolm Hull @malcolmhull.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Butterfly numbers booming in St Albans! Managing meadows with low mow techniques and sowing wildflower seeds have resulted in a big increase in butterfly number. Congratulations to St Albans Council @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Michael Brooks @drmichaelbrooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Was thinking of taking out an Economist digital subscription until I realised I already had one through my local, tax-funded public library. Sometimes you forget how great these things are #publiclibrariesFTW

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 29/11/2025

People sharing on social media made the petition impossible to ignore. Through shares and reposts, the call for an inquiry into Russian influence became a national demand. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures

A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures

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