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Flora Conservation UK

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Elisabeth A. Harris PhD. [Viruses in Marine Algae]. Founder of Flora Conservation UK. A project that encourages gardeners to plant wild flowers for wildlife and pleasure. Has written articles for Dipterists Digest, AES and Natur Cymru. #ukbirding

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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Renewable energy has broken through another key milestone on Australia’s main grid, meeting more than 80% of demand for the first time on Saturday afternoon." reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-h... via @gilesparkinson.bsky.social 🔌💡
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Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time - despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
Updated: Renewables met more than 80 per cent of total grid demand for first time over a weekend that also saw record levels of rooftop PV and new demand lows.
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One Hashtag Birds @one-hashtag-birds.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Western Sandpiper #birds
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Garden just right for Holly blue. Very keen on great burnet. So one to plant for the summer. Great colour too.
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
August is your last chance to see all of the Big Eight bumblebees 🎱🐝 Of the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, these eight are the most common. Have you spotted any bumblebees recently? How many species have you seen? 🔎 Brush up on your bumblebee identification skills: ow.ly/11BQ50ZoP6O
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James CBR @jamescbr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The last of the Green-winged Orchid. Winks Meadow, Suffolk. For the #OrchidChallenge by #WildFlowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @floraconuk.bsky.social
Purple flower head of the Green-winged Orchid among out of focus grasses and buttercups. Anacamptis morio.
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Churchyard project in full bloom. Great for us and pollinators. It should be rolled out across the country. Like if you agree.
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🇸🇪Henrik Frietsch 📸🐦🪲🦧 @henrikfrietsch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
For Rob's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Paridae! Always love the chance to post Crested tits! Definitely one of my all time favorites 😁 Here is one from my local Coniferous forest #Birds #Photography #ECK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #SonyAlpha #Nature #BirdLife #Sweden
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Brent geese doing well here in Wales.
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@judywebb.bsky.social Hi Judy. Hope all well with you. Spring is flying by. Just a quick Q. Were all the T. lambinonii specimens you found without pollen?
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Artemis II Moon mission lifts children's ambitions. 🔭 🧪 #ArtemisII www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Artemis II Moon mission lifts children's ambitions in Cornwall
Seeing Artemis has made space careers a reality for children, says a woman who promotes STEM jobs.
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Cornwall / Kernow 〓〓 @cornwalluk.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Cornwall Council announces new 20mph speed limits in residential areas #Kernow #Cornwall
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Cornwall Council announces new 20mph speed limits in residential areas
Cornwall Council has announced plans to implement new 20mph speed limits in main residential areas across the Caradon Community Network Area (CNA).
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Anna Quent @annaquent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Das heutige alternative Thema zum #BirdOfTheDay von @alan678.bsky.social ist #RareEncounters Ich habe nur wenige Goldhähnchen fotografieren können. Heute ist mir eines begegnet.
Goldhähnchen im Baum, zwischen Zweigen und Blütenständen einer Hainbuche.
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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A white Red Dead-nettle seen today was an unusual treat, and also a great example of why capitalisation of species names is a good aid for clarity in writing. @graemelyons.bsky.social
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
HAPPY ST DAVID'S DAY EVERYONE. MAY OUR WILDLIFE EXIST AND THRIVE EVERYWHERE.
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social Just found this photo. Can't see anything against Male Chloromyia formosa Wings brownish, pale hairs on scutum, eye hairs and leg colour. 8 July 2010 Builth Wells, Wales, LD2 3BE
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 27/12/2025
Shelvinsky, a 48-year-old veterinarian, has built the Free Wings rehabilitation center around his house on the outskirts of Lviv. He takes care of approximately 470 birds — some found injured in nature, and others entrusted to Shelvinsky's care by their owners due to the circumstances of war.
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This place in Ukraine keeps birds safe from the war
KOZHYCHI, Lviv Oblast — When approaching the quaint yard of Viktor Shelvinsky's house, one can scarcely believe it serves as a haven for hundreds of birds of all kinds. But quickly, the entry gate gi...
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Somerset Wildlands @somersetwildlands.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Lovely water shrew. Britain’s only venomous mammal. Having fun in the rain.
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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This #HighKey image fits the alternate #BirdoftheDay theme of #OpenWings. I've posted a few images from this morning of photographing snowy egrets on an overcast foggy day. White birds on white background was a real challenge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birds
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debbywitha_y @debbolita.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
#BirdOfTheDay #Groups #ArtAdventCalendar #WildlifeWednesday #Birds #Nature #Wildlife ##OnlyBeautifulThings #PeacefulPost #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #AltText
The photo captures a serene, misty morning  scene at a lake. The calm water reflects the light and the dark silhouettes of the trees on the far bank. Ripples are visible across the surface. A number of geese are gathered and swimming in groups on the :A bank of dense fog hangs low over the water and the distant shoreline. The background features a dense line of bare, dark trees.The sky above the trees has soft hues of yellow, orange, and blue.
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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
That should read latest not last!
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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
What an early female Hazel flower! Worth a revisit for @bsbibotany.bsky.social's #NewYearPlantHunt ?😃 ❄️ @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @mikekally.bsky.social @cedar-ni.bsky.social #Botany #WinterPlants @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
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British Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Scotland hosts some of the rarest dragonfly species in Britain. Now, an assemblage of Bog Pool specialists has been added to the Scottish Biodiversity List. Find out more and why this is important: british-dragonflies.org.uk/importance-o...
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted. No database can record what was never discovered. Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction. news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
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Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Soil is a living system, not just dirt to grow plants in.
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Mawddach walks @maffro2000.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Cobalt crust fungus brightening up a dull morning. Coed Lletywalter Llanbedr. #fungifriends
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Michael Jones @mixaeljones.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Since I saw a picture in a book a couple of years ago, I’ve been looking all over the place for Cobalt Crust. I finally spotted it in a neighbour’s front garden this afternoon! What an amazing colour 💙 I wonder how many times I’ve walked past it 🍄‍🟫 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #DailyNature #Fungi
A vibrant blue crust fungus on a dead tree branch. The crust covers most of the branch, but there are gaps showing the bark
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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Waxcap 24 - Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus). Our commonest white species. Very variable and multiple named forms but always with strongly decurrent gills and no obvious smell.
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Love is with you always. It is a 🌈 in a dark night, shining bright with colours. Arise, 🌈, Arise. Banish the night and reign.
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Essex Birdwatching Society @essexbirdnews.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript... If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more. Thank you #essexbirding
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
What frightens me most about Halloween cobwebs isn’t how they look…..it’s that they catch the living. Enjoy the season, but keep the plastic webs indoors; or skip them altogether.
Downy woodpecker entangled in plastic artificial decorative Halloween spider webs.
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John Carlson @johncarlson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
The Bronzed Tiger Beetles (Cicindela repanda) scampering along the Mississippi River beaches have subtle iridescent colors when you look closely.
A brown beetle stands on sand. There are white curly lines on the elytra scribbled in from the lateral margins. When you look closely at the brown parts of the elytra, thorax and head you see red and green iridescent sparkles
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BSBI Ireland @bsbiireland.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Last few days to apply for this great post in #NorthernIreland! Please spread the word to the botanists and ecologists you know. @organicbotanic.bsky.social @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social @martinebrennan.bsky.social @donnarainey4.bsky.social @bto-ni.bsky.social @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social #Irishbotany
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 16/09/2025
Three young birdwatchers have raised and donated £1,112 to a charity close to their hearts, after completing a five-day Welsh cycling tour
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Young birders complete 200 mile charity cycle across Wales
Three young birdwatchers have raised and donated £1,112 to a charity close to their hearts, after completing a five-day Welsh cycling tour. After meeting on a Youth Camp in Pembrokeshire in 2024, orga...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
In Switzerland, they've introduced tertiary treatment of sewage and are reaping the rewards of cleaner rivers + lakes. 4/5 www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Streams of medicines: how Switzerland cleaned up its act – podcast
In the second of a two part series, Phoebe Weston travels to Switzerland to find out how the country has transformed its rivers, from sewage-filled health hazards to pristine swimming spots. She tells...
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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Most likely a hybrid Orache, one of hundreds of a hybrid swarm, probably Atriplex x taschereaui with Atriplex glabriuscula nearby, but no sign (as usual) of A. longipes. Cargreen Cornwall. Common on the highest tide lines in estuaries here, often mistaken for Spear Lvd Orache.
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Herbert Nickel @herbertnickel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Can't imagine that Gentiana could survive this for more than a couple of years. At least I know many chalk grassland sites with similar management and no Gentiana which was widerspread once.
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Vinny Blood @orchidvinny.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Out of interest, are the leaf rosettes emerging with the flower spikes? I noticed the leaves are coming through on a damper lawn in Bournemouth - but not on the dry turf in the New Forest.
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Herbert Nickel @herbertnickel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Ein sicherer Weg, in diesem nordwestdeutschen Heidemoor die letzten 10 Pflänzchen Lungenenzian zu eliminieren, besteht darin, rotierende Schafskoppelweide einzurichten. Da bleibt garantiert keine Blütenpflanze außer Pfeifengras mehr stehen und nach 10 Jahren fragt man sich, warum der Enzian weg ist.
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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Last Sunday the Cornwall botany Group found Turkish Stonecrop growing on the recently mown grassy ramparts of a fort built in 1860 at Cawsand. Only the 3rd record for Cornwall and the 9th UK record. It's not in Stace or Sell & Murrell, though the 1st record was in 2008 from Devon. Sedum pallidum
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Tara @wildtara.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The strange and wonderful Vapourer moth caterpillar on my willow. So many fashionable features it should be on a catwalk! #moths #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Gardener🪴 @lat611.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Good afternoon Bluesky. Urban landscape.
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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Perennial knauwel seen on yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Perennial knauwel plant
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Welsh Ornithological Society @birdsinwales.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Two weeks to go! Pythefnos i fynd!
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Indonesia starts a program to deploy 100 GW of solar and 320 GW of battery storage, with 80 GW in 80,000 villages. Wow! Solar brings cheap, clean power to places with little electricity. It combats energy poverty more than any other generation tech. www.pv-tech.org/indonesia-ta... #energyflak
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Indonesia new programme targets 100GW solar PV, 320GWh BESS
The government of Indonesia has launched a programme that aims to build 100GW of solar PV and 320GWh BESS in the coming years.
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Marco @mvbelz.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
De zon gaat schijnen dus vandaag gaan we de wespen tellen in de tuin. wespenstichting.nl/wespentelling/
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Nationale wespentelling - Wespenstichting
Doe mee met de jaarlijkse Nationale Wespentelling. Help de Wespenstichting bij het tellen van wespen in Nederland. Jouw bijdrage telt!
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Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social Standing in the middle of a river. River Wye at Builth disappearing! Elisabeth Harris
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Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC @gigl-lerc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Get outside and get recording in Chiswick this summer for the chance to win a £50 voucher for Hilliers Garden Centre in WildChiswick's Species Recording competition. Records will be shared with GiGL so it's a win for nature too! wildchiswick.com/naturesurvey/
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Biddy Baxter’s love for nature helped the very first Big Garden Birdwatch take flight in 1979. By sharing it with Blue Peter viewers, she inspired over 34,000 children to take part , launching a tradition that’s still connecting people with nature today. A true pioneer. Thank you, Biddy. 💚
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Alan Salter @alandcs.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
41/22 3NFY VC13 #TeamMoth Heliothis peltigera. Bordered Straw Parapoynx stratiotata. Ringed China-mark Pyrausta despicata. Straw-barred Pearl My first Bordered Straw in the garden and only my second seen. Quite a beauty.
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