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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They would literally have to freeze my bank account to stop me donating to MSF.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's just the problem of getting from where we are to where we want to be?

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Maybe folks got bigger. Ever seen a European car from the 1970s?

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Swapped my 4 x 4 pickup for a small van as too expensive to run. Was useful though as I'm a farmer. I'll manage though (until winter snow and ice lol)!

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tinned sliced peaches and evaporated milk for afters.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ah, Interrail. I'd do it again. Surely no-one who went Interrailing ever voted for Brexit.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Mostly committing rather than scary, except the last part. A long moment of doubt watching the guide traverse away under the overhangs, so there was no going back (or up or down) from there anyway. But he knows my capabilities well enough now, and it was fine (but very exciting!).

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A Dream of White Horses. That's me - the little figure on the rock near the centre of the photo fulfilling a long-held ambition. A little late on in life but finally got there. #rockclimbing

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Great post from Jack Schit for brains.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My latest on Substack (free). How one incredibly stupid Excel error broke Britain. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-spread...

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The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain

The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So long as we don't lose field skills.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Why governments keep failing youtu.be/F3mcah3KPno?... Why have we failed to tackle climate change and so much else when we knew what had to be done? Could it be that vested interests are comfortable with the way things are, despite the consequences for most people and the planet?

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Why governments keep failing

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Many conservation scientists think that improving connectivity will allow species to escape climate change Dispersal abilities are often too limited to deal with the velocity of climate change Which is why we may need to help species move besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Revisiting the case for assisted colonisation under rapid climate change

Maintaining functioning ecosystems in a hotter world will require mass-scale assisted colonisation, so appropriate conservation policy, legislative frameworks and regulating bodies must be urgently d...

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I remember finding it fairly frequently on road verges (motorways/trunk roads) when I was surveying 20 or so years ago.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Absolutely. Trends are the issue.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Some species are up this year, some are down. We'll see the impact more clearly next year.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It doesn't change my anti-monarchy position in general, but that starting point, the lack of detail in The Guardian article, and a few other things may have led me to an overly jaundiced view of the management of The Crown Estate.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I stand corrected. Thank you for this. (I have had a quick look at the Annual Report, something I clearly should have done sooner).

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Your 12% figure roughly corresponds with the article, but not the "rest goes to the Treasury" bit.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How did we get to the point that the King owns the sea bed? £1.2bn profit from Crown Estate land, of which 40% goes to the Treasury. What happens to the remaining 60%. Nearly a third of that 40% goes back to the King for "official duties". It's a fucking scandal.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Yes. Colin was studying Large Copper whilst I was on Chequered Skipper at Birmingham Uni. I've not seen him for over 20 years but heard he's still about.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I don't seem able to start a chat with you, but yes I would really like to read your paper. So many questions! Wonder if Colin Nicholls is aware? (I was a student with Colin a long time ago).

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Is the article available online?

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Is the larva feeding on Hemlock? If so, would that likely make it from a European migrant butterfly?

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

FYI You can see it's a male by the fully orange forward facing parts of the antenna clubs.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Do you think they were actually nectaring? I'm currently doing some work on Cheq Skip nectar use. AFAIK Dandelion is not previously recorded, Red Clover is, White Clover rarely, Bistort in Belgium only. Blue/Pink/Purple flowers seem preferred.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Nectaring on Bistort might be quite an interesting observation for Chequered Skipper in Scotland.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Woohoo, lifer! Black Hairstreak, Castor Hanglands,04/06/26. #UKButterflies

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

How is that those who gave the Chinese Character its "common name" so resolutely ignored it's most obvious defining feature?

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

25 or so Alder Moth to the trap last night (South Shropshire). #teammoth

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Try being a consultant ecologist working on development mitigation.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It is impossible to see what the Labour Party think the problem is if Streeting is their answer to it.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I think we might have been in some trouble with our Chequered Skipper studies if their life cycle stages overlapped. Thinking about the limestone grassland sites in France/Belgium.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This the former Wain Common labelled as Waun on the old 1840s map. No longer common land and now with ghost enclosure field boundaries. Designated Open Country and still nice habitat although heavily trampled by cattle in winter. You can see Redgate towards bottom left of old map.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

2 of 2 here in S Shrops. HC and Muslin. New moth trap barely getting a try out.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If I lived outside the UK I'd probably laugh at the nonsensical nature of it all. Sadly, I don't .........

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Remind me again what got Steve Bell sacked from The Guardian.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

1000t + walking draglines have always been electric fed by a cable. I guess they move around a lot less than these excavators, although some have been walked quite a few miles.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I was surprised to discover a few years back that the giant walking draglines were/are electrically powered. www.rocks-by-rail.org/2020/05/04/c...

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Corby Ironstone Quarry Memories: The Giant Walking Draglines – rocks-by-rail.org

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Love this. I've just spent the day on the peat bog with Tir Natur.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I was very disappointed that the string players in my amateur orchestra gave up masking as fast as they could. Not much woodwind and brass could do except separate and ventilate. As a flute player I had to give up doing something I loved.

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Apparently there is a national need for more chicken meat. At least that's what Shrops CC claimed when approving one near Clun. Also "no other suitable site for the development" was taken to mean the applicant had nowhere else to build it.

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