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Rob Seago

@lepimann.bsky.social
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Retired scientist and very fond of the natural world and conservation.

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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There are numerous Ivy Bees this autumn.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Again George nails this. I so much agree. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My first Rye sourdough pizza attempt.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thorn Apple, a poisonous plant that often comes up near my neighbours muck heap.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In this year of wide ranging Wall butterflies I found a lovely fresh one. After retuning home for lunch I was amazed to see another in thegatden
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lots of insects come in and perish in my conservatory. Pity it was a very scarce Wall butterfly, I had never seen one in my garden
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My mother died in April. This article includes several observations I start to understand. Less outward grief now than when she went into a care home in 2000 for example. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby Hinsliff
There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraid, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I will go along with this one.
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Subscriptions you can’t easily cancel, sales that aren’t sales – I’ll end the rip-offs that British people hate | Andy Burnham
These everyday hassles are small, but they add up – especially in a cost of living crisis. That’s why my government will tackle them head-on, says UK prime minister Andy Burnham
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Clouded Yellows at St Osyth today
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
youtube.com/@dredmundhal... If you are interested in ecology, regeneration, succession, paleontogy, plant diseases, and much else, then give this prodigious stream a try. While AI brings questions, I think content is sound. AI is to me another intriguing aspect.
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Dr. Edmund Hale
Welcome to the world of Edmund Hale — ecologist, conservation biologist, and passionate advocate for rewilding the planet. With a PhD in ecology and years spent studying the delicate balance between w...
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
At Piper's Vale today.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Monbiot nails it again.
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Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot
Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Ben Jennings on Andy Burnham becoming prime minister – cartoon
The member for Makerfield becomes Britain’s seventh PM in just a decade
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hey! I've just counted 14 butterflies using the Big Butterfly Count app and I thought you'd be interested! www.bigbutterflycount.org/count/32473192
bigbutterflycount.org
Big Butterfly Count
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Lots of Meadow Brown activities today
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This Small Heath has probably recently emerged but roosting with a heavy shower on its way.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
As fresh as they come. White Admiral at Great Holland Pits today.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Sign the Petition
Save RSPB Rye Meads Nature Reserve
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just back from Teesdale
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Hi everyone, I seldom post things about contentious issues here, but for those who don't know, I have long been emotionally engaged about Ukraine. As media in UK does not often report, I want to suggest this cast with this young freelance journalist. youtu.be/hYa7H1EmpCM?...
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My interview with the President of Ukraine
YouTube video by Caolan Robertson
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Mary Seago, my mother died last night. She had her 97th birthday a week ago today. She gradually became frustrated as she could do ever less. At rest now.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Even on a grey day in early spring some things produce colour like this lichen at Colne Point.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
That is very early for Sea Campion. Colne Point today.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We have our first known Kingfisher nest at Great Holland Pits. They built their own in preference to the one we built some years ago
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I never got any photos of the blues(probably Holly), so you have a mozzie, one of those that irritated me at Barcelona International Airport!
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@europebutterfly.bsky.social I am returning from Barcelona tomorrow, mostly quiet, but I went too early in year. Just one new species Euchloe crameri
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Hi all, I since largely leaving X (twitter) I have stopped posting political stuff, but I but Monbiot as ever is must reading IMV
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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I don't approve of these, but I but they are rather glam!
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
An old enclosure hedgerow ( c 1825) at Great Holland pits now surrounded by a sea of more recent thorn scrub.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Flowering Saporro Elm, a latval food plant for White Letter Hairstreak. Eggs are laid by scar buds where flowers develop.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A new farm / fishing reservoir has been built, not a km from my home.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The new and restored ponds with the sun shining today. Give them a year or two.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I often wondered what would happen to our pseudo climax scrub community, (thorn trees with no bigger trees present such as Oak. They tend to ail and gradually fall. Not obvious what will progress next. Elder is the only obvious tree species. Otherwise, nettle etc
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As you can see our new pond is close to overflowing.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I visited the site of the only Roman Circus known in UK at Colchester for the second time today, and was even more delighted with the museum and brilliant volunteers than the first time.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
12 years ago at Colne Point. An amazing storm front, racing low over the sea as the sun was setting.
Three photos of an amazing storm
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
These fungi, like the miwings from the EWT forage harvester, mostly grass and herb stems, small Blackthorn and Bramble, heaped up in October. Is it a Peziza species?
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
@europebutterfly.bsky.social I am visiting Barcelona for a week in mid march, and hope to see butterflies. I walk cycle and use public transport. Can anyone suggest good spots.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My first homemade kombucha.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Lower ground next to Holland Pits, has a much bigger catchment to gather water.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This is a pond restored autumn 2024:- A brilliant success. This is near the top of the locsl landscape, but has responded very well to the month or so of above average rainfall here. At Holland Pits several perched ponds very low.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Our 2 new ponds are filling. Most etablished ponds though are still empty or have a long way to go.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I glimpse my first butterfly of the year Peacock probably. Also a Cetti singing at Great Holland pits today.
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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance
With some of Ukraine’s most valuable biodiversity sites and science facilities under occupation, experts at Sofiyivka Park in Uman are struggling to preserve the country’s natural history
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