Reposted by Edward PollardMiles King @milesking.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Latest figures from Defra show 8% of English farms produce 62% of output (ie food) from 33% of farmland. Conversely 11% of output is produced from 30% of land. There is no question that there is plenty of space for nature on English farmland. Yet we still hear "every acre must be maximised". 33110
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nice to hear @chrisboardman.bsky.social extolling the benefits of right to roam during his commentary of the cycling World Championships today. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social 130
Reposted by Edward PollardWilliam (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Paper written by a team of funders describing how they can and are encouraging the embedding of tests into practice. doi.org/10.1111/cobi...doi.orgRole of funders in embedding tests in conservation practiceEffective conservation practice requires decisions based on reliable and relevant evidence, but significant gaps in the evidence base exist. Incorporating well-designed tests of the effectiveness of ... 053
Reposted by Edward PollardSwallowtail and Birdwing Butterfly Trust @sbbtrust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Purchase one of our exclusive Swallowtail pin badges with all profits going to the conservation of Swallowtail & Birdwing butterflies around the world. sbbt.bigcartel.com Choose from British Swallowtail, Queen Alexandra's Birdwing and Ulysees butterfly. Shipping worldwide. www.sbbt.org.uk 023
Reposted by Edward PollardGreat Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 25/09/2026We're sharing the power of #paludiculture at the Cambridge Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival this Sunday! Free entry. Parker's Piece, Cambridge | Sunday 27th September | 10:30 - 16:00. See you there! 055
Reposted by Edward PollardDavid Bradley @sciencebase.com · 24/09/2026Meanwhile, a friend spotted a massive flux of 100+ Clouded Yellow on mixed alfalfa/clover/trefoil fields in a nearby village. It would have been rude not to check them out. I counted about 50 CYs, and got an in-flight snapshot of one the males haring about #UKButterflies #MigrantSpecies 1385
Reposted by Edward PollardRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026De video waarvan Meta niet wil dat je ‘m ziet 371054443
Reposted by Edward PollardEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory 4571266
Reposted by Edward PollardRichard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026📣 New paper alert. Latest study by @mingrui-li.bsky.social as part of his PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social on the impact of public access to land on #CitizenScience butterfly recording. 🥾⛔️📋🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comModelling spatial deficits in citizen science recording: a case study from UK butterflies - Journal of Insect ConservationAbstract Citizen science data are increasingly used to infer species distributions and monitor biodiversity at large spatial scales. However, recording effort is often uneven across space, potentially... 2218
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The international system of units would like a word. Then again metric system is too modern for the USA. And they currently aren't all that interested in anything international either 141
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Shifting baseline can quite disorienting. Just this morning (22nd Sept) while hanging the laundry in my Cambridge garden I had a Raven fly over, and Hummingbird Hawkmoth nectaring. Both unimaginable in my youth @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social 4182
Reposted by Edward PollardChris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.eurosky.social · 21/09/20262026 gave us more butterflies on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects than 2023 and 2024 (these years were the worst since 1990), and a little bit more than 2025, especially in August. But beware of shifting baseline, numbers in most years in the 1990s were often twice as high as nowadays. 14817
Reposted by Edward PollardRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ash Dieback in Monks Wood NNR. Hectares of the canopy completely dead, but dense thickets below are thriving in the light. 1182
Reposted by Edward PollardSussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Do you know something about wildlife or conservation action within 1km of a railway track? Network Rail want to hear your views. survey123.arcgis.com/share/24c3937c… 0810
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I've not done nearly enough training for the Chariots of Fire tomorrow. But that doesn't matter. It's not about the time. It's about remembering Judah. He was one of the good ones ❤️ @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social www.justgiving.com/page/running...justgiving.comRunning for JudahHelp Edward Pollard raise money to support Arthur Rank Hospice Charity 070
Reposted by Edward PollardEdward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Two years ago our dear friend signed up a group of aging runners to help him with a Cambridge bucket list activity. The Chariots of Fire relay run. On a very wet Sunday we got together and ran with him. #forjudah @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social www.justgiving.com/page/running...justgiving.comRunning for JudahHelp Edward Pollard raise money to support Arthur Rank Hospice Charity 152
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Interesting set of posts about the spread of one of the more unfortunately named butterflies. Nothing 'Lesser' about it in my books. 030
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Blimey. He's going after the pubs in Cambridge now! 090
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I like this article about the Big Butterfly Count by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social Doesn't just repeat the press release, but also informed opinions from @richardfoxbc.bsky.social and Matthew Oates. Latter is optimistic that next year won't be a disaster after all. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRecord heatwaves bring Britain’s second-best butterfly season in 16 yearsVolunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and moths, with painted ladies up 335% on last year 3316
Reposted by Edward PollardRichard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Big Butterfly Count results are out 📈 📊🦋 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...butterfly-conservation.orgBig Butterfly Count results 2026: Heatwaves help butterflies but could kill caterpillarsThe results of Butterfly Conservation's 2026 Big Butterfly Count have revealed it was a great summer for butterflies, but what comes next could be dire.With the Met Office confirming it ‘increasingly ... 02811
Reposted by Edward Pollardcop17arm.bsky.social @cop17arm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🌿 COP17 Armenia is now live across social media. Follow the official channels for conference updates, Armenia’s biodiversity, and stories of action for nature. bit.ly/m/cop17armenia 📍 Yerevan | 19–30 October 2026 Follow. Share. Take Action for Nature. #COP17Armenia 031
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's getting pretty worrying in Indonesia. The fires are spreading into the undisturbed forest now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comIndonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in BorneoCritically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blaze 030
Reposted by Edward PollardAndrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A lovely Goat Moth caterpillar crossing the road at Upware, Cambs, this morning. Luckily the road is closed so it made it across safely. 1396
Reposted by Edward PollardMr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Pulloxhill Marsh purchase campaign by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants. This 12½ acre Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is a fragment of ancient countryside that has somehow escaped the impacts of modern agriculture and development... www.wildlifebcn.org/pulloxhillwildlifebcn.orgPulloxhill Marsh | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & NorthantsCan you help save a piece of ancient countryside? 063
Reposted by Edward PollardWildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · 14/09/2026🌾Pulloxhill Marsh survived. Help us protect it forever. 👉 Donate today at www.wildlifebcn.org/pulloxhill Just a few fields from our Flitwick Moor nature reserve, lies Pulloxhill Marsh. A fragment of ancient countryside that has somehow escaped the impacts of modern agriculture and development. 062
Reposted by Edward PollardNature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 14/09/2026📢 Big news: on 13 October the Nature Positive Initiative will release the final outcome of a two-year global consensus-building process. This update is synchronized with the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures and the Science-Based Targets Network. ...🧵 122
Reposted by Edward PollardPlantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The UK’s largest citizen science fungi survey, #WaxcapWatch, is back!🍄 It’s really easy to take part. Just head out to a grassy spot and record any waxcaps and grassland fungi you find. Join today 👉 www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/ 22915
Reposted by Edward PollardClive Baker 🏴 🇮🇪 @elyclive.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A colleague of mine found this very squashed insect on her Road in Norfolk this weekend and was looking for identification, I am thinking it could be a Migratory Locust?, I know they are rare but perhaps after the Hot Summer it’s possible. Anyone able to to confirm or dismiss. #Insects 334
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Two years ago our dear friend signed up a group of aging runners to help him with a Cambridge bucket list activity. The Chariots of Fire relay run. On a very wet Sunday we got together and ran with him. #forjudah @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social www.justgiving.com/page/running...justgiving.comRunning for JudahHelp Edward Pollard raise money to support Arthur Rank Hospice Charity 152
Reposted by Edward PollardDavid Harris @cycle4nature.bsky.social · 13/09/2026#FavouritePlant #2 2026 — Bee Orchid f. bicolor. My wife and I found 39 in a single colony on private land this summer — an extraordinary number for a form so rarely seen in Britain, especially in VC29. And we hadn’t even searched the whole colony. Still slightly mind-blowing! 😅 #WildflowerHour 1376
Reposted by Edward PollardDr Marcus Rhodes @marcusrhodes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thrilled to find a Queen of Spain Fritillary in Cot Valley, St Just, this afternoon! My first encounter with this wonderful butterfly on British soil. 61217
Reposted by Edward PollardGreat Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 11/09/2026Just over one week to go until our Heritage Open Days event at the Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen🏠 Step inside this historic building, learn about the history of the area and explore this beautiful nature reserve! www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-... 043
Reposted by Edward PollardGreat Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 11/09/2026Please join our community consultation at Ramsey Library on Tuesday 15th September, from 11.30am-2pm. We'd love to hear what you already know about the Great Fen, what you'd like to know, what we could offer you in future and any other ideas or feedback you have! 143
Reposted by Edward PollardSuffolk Biodiversity Information Service @suffolkbis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Once extinct in Suffolk, the polecat is making a comeback – find out more about this elusive and charismatic mustelid. >>> storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...storymaps.arcgis.comThe SBIS Species of the MonthExplore some of Suffolk's fascinating wildlife species with us. 025
Reposted by Edward PollardDavid Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Can anyone recommend an authoritative but accessible book, chapter, or online resource about wetlands? I particularly need stuff on how different kinds of wetland are classified + the associated geomorphology. 7108
Reposted by Edward PollardRoss McNally @rossmcnally.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is an excellent video on a project that has probably gone under the radar for most people. I wrote about Tauros myself a while back, discussing their ecology, how they differ from bison and domestic cattle, and their potential role in rewilding Europe. sussexbylines.co.uk/news/environ...sussexbylines.co.ukCan Europe accept wild cattle again? We’ll soon find outIntroduction of the Tauros, bred from domestic cattle to replace wild aurochs, will test Europe's commitment to rewilding 1126
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ludwig game Find a scene (not inter-shot) actually filmed in Cambridge 330
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is going to be brilliant. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social delivering the Reith Lectures. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...bbc.comRobert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith LecturesThe acclaimed writer will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world, in order to shape a more hopeful future on Earth 22410
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What a great story. Nice work @petemrcooper.bsky.social and everyone at Lower Ure Conservation Trust. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGlowworms shine again in North Yorkshire after larvae reared in garden shedVolunteer ‘glow-getters’ overseeing reintroduction of endangered beetles at Nosterfield nature reserve 0164
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Essex Queen of Spain Fritillaries have sparked some discussion as to whether they will survive the winter and become established. Assuming they are of Dutch origin they should be might be better suited to the Thames estuary climate than previous rogue releases of unknown provenance 1123
Reposted by Edward PollardRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Year 25 of the Monks Wood Marsh Tit demographic survey has begun! It's raining, but @martamaziarz.bsky.social & I are out trapping & ringing. How has heat & drought affected survival and productivity? Has the 11 yr old male survived to challenge the national longevity record? #ornithology 1494
Reposted by Edward PollardBirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Two impressive raptors pictured side by side feature in this week's Photo of the Week: f.mtr.coolPhoto of the Week: 1-6 September 2026BirdGuides Photo of the Week for 1-6 September 2026 features two impressive raptor species, Red Kite and Osprey, pictured side by side. 2245
Reposted by Edward PollardChris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026Migrant butterflies are having a good year on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects, with high numbers of Red Admiral and Painted Lady in summer, and lots of Pale Clouded Yellow now (the best year since the start of monitoring in 1990). Clouded Yellow is having an average year. 1215
Reposted by Edward PollardButterfly Conservation - Cambs & Essex @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Queen of Spain Fritillary in Essex Sadly we will never know their provenance. But east winds, and an apparently bumper year on the near Continent means these have to be as good as any. They might be around for a few more weeks 192
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026RFI Does anyone know if there are Brown Hairstreak in the grounds of Worcester College, Oxford? @upperthames.bsky.social 102
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026 The volunteers risking their lives to defuse Indonesia's wildfire 'carbon bombs' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukIndonesia fires: The volunteer firefighters risking their lives to defuse 'carbon bombs'Peat fires in Borneo are releasing ancient stores of carbon - and sending a toxic smog across South East Asia. 121
Reposted by Edward PollardClare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It's 5 years since Douglas died. Some lovely friends organised a fundraiser for their birthdays with the proceeds going to the Diarsia fund run by @savebutterflies.bsky.social to fund research into UK lepidoptera declines. Feel free to contribute here. Thank you. www.justgiving.com/page/tom-ter...justgiving.comTom & Tereza's fundraiser for Butterfly Conservation (The Diarsia Awards)Help Tom Hayek raise money to support Butterfly Conservation 13816
Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I've heard that the sightings book at Wicken Fen has a report of Camberwell Beauty on 1st September. Does anyone know anything about this? @ajaytegala.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social 134