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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

So we have just received a small grant to develop an educational escape room, in partnership with Cardiff University, Swansea University, Public Health Wales and several secondary schools across South Wales. Watch this space!! 🦠🧫🔬🧩💷

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Bugs Bunny Counting His Money

ALT: Bugs Bunny Counting His Money

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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In case you missed it, you can now stream the superb lecture by @lucyvandorp.bsky.social on Bentham and Beyond: Genomes, Collections and Collaboration where she explores the extraction of DNA from historical objects and people. Watch it now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwYt...

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Bentham and Beyond: Genomes, Collections and Collaboration

YouTube video by UCL Lunch Hour Lectures

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"EVERY SINGLE English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals" I knew things were bad, but this beggars belief @andyburnham.bsky.social you must take swift and immediate action to tackle this latest assault on English nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows

Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

1st outing of pen LED moth trap from #falconmothtraps here at Slapton ley. Modest 2hr trap produced nice mix of migrants amongst 19spp. Can anyone ID the grass moth please? @mothiduk.bsky.social #teammoth

Dark Sword-Grass moth, a migrant species

Clear longitudinal white stripe to this grass moth, but uncertain what species it is?

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

BirdLife International has received a £7.5m grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund to support conservation along the African–Eurasian Flyway, one of the world’s most important migration routes. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/.../article/... 📸Christian Gelpke

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

1/ Kemi Badenoch says she isn't a climate denier. Let's take her at her word. Here are five findings she wrote around this week as though they don't exist. 🧵

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 28/07/2026

Channel 4 News also has this... “On this episode of The Fourcast, Matt Frei is joined by environmentalist @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, @proflizbentley.bsky.social from the Royal Meteorological Society and Fiona Macklin, Head of Climate at Apolitical.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQat...

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Europe is BURNING - why are politicians not acting?

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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CleySpy @cleyspy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm sure you'll have heard the sad news by now, of the passing of Britain's Most Famous Birder - the absolute Legend #BillOddie. For kids of my generation, watching Bill on TV was the reason that we became birders.

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Quite sad about this - someone with so much talent and the author of surely the funniest ever book about birding, including this classic account of seawatch dialogue, surely recognisable to anyone www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85

Text from Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book (1980) describing dialogue during a seawatch:

"Diver!" "Where??" "Flying west." "Which is west?" "Right." "So it's flying left to right?" "Yes." "How far out?" "I daren't take my telescope off it." "Try to pin point it." "Can you see the boat?" "There's hundreds of boats!" "A red boat." "Yes. A big red boat?" "No. A little red boat." "A little red boat, with a green sail?" "Yes." "I've got that." "Well it's gone passed that." "How far past?" "Have you still got the boat?" "The little red one?" "With a green sail?" "Yes." "OK, come past that... keep going right and you'll see a kittiwake." "On the water ,or flying?" "On the water." "There's fifty kittiwakes on the water!" "OK, second kittiwake from the left." "That's a Common Gull." "No; next to the Common Gull." "OK. I've got it. A Kittiwake, next to a Common Gull." "Right, now, go eleven o'clock from that, and you'll see a buoy." "I can't see a buoy." "Eleven o'clock from the kittiwake. A small boy- swimming." "That's not a boy. It's a girl!" "Oh yes. And she's not swimming. She's drowning!" "Never mind that, have you got her?" "Yes." "Right then. Count one... two, three...er...ten,eleven....twelve...twenty-five,twenty six,twenty-seven...er,er....thirty three, thirty four,thirty-five waves to the right, and there's a bit of drift wood, with a Great Northern Diver flying over it..... Now!" "Er.... I've got the boat!"

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Liopleurodon was a fearsome marine predator that lived during the Jurassic Period. 🌊 It was famously portrayed in the 1999 BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs as reaching lengths of up to 25 metres, but recent estimates suggest it was more likely around 6 metres long.

An illustration of what Liopleurodon may have looked like. It is swimming in the ocean and has four flippers, a short tail and a long head with a row of sharp teeth.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"We were never told that taking back control of our borders would involve controls at our borders."

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

BREAKING: the climate. "July is on course to be the driest on record in Wales for nearly 200 years." But please, let's expand oil drilling in the North Sea 🤪 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Drought declared in parts of Wales as July on course to be driest in nearly 200 years

Government agency confirms status in north Wales and Upper Severn after series of heatwaves and lack of rainfall

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Afternoon dog walk generally kept to the shade round #Longrunmeadow Taunton, but stumbled into Small-leaved Lime #tree with fruit held above leaves & tufts of orange hair in vein axils. Thankyou Jon Stokes & @princetonupress.bsky.social @thetreecouncil.bsky.social

Image of whole Small-leaved Lime tree, showing fruits lying on top of leaves in a bit of suburban grassland, Taunton

Underside of Lime leaf, highlighting tufts of orange hairs wedged into spots where veins diverge

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The dog-owning birders' club For the birding dog-owner, the challenge of ensuring that a pet doesn't cause disturbance to wildlife is one that David Campbell has experienced in recent years:

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David Campbell: the dog-owning birders' club

For the birding dog-owner, the challenge of ensuring that a pet doesn't cause disturbance to wildlife is one our that columnist has experienced in recent years.

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Carl Sayer @carlsayer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

POND GHOSTS & ZOMBIES. A film on our #pond #restoration #Ghostponds work in @uclgeography.bsky.social by RAZOR Science featuring Norfolk Ponds Project, Helen Greaves, myself & many. Pond restoration achieves nature recovery so quickly: youtu.be/SYkbDdaUMBY?...

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Bringing 'ghost' and 'zombie' ponds back from the dead

YouTube video by RAZOR Science Show

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🦇 If you're looking for a fun activity to in summer evenings why not take part in our Sunset Survey? It's the perfect bat survey for beginners and you can do it from your garden, window or local park! More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/nat...

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I have waited 40+ yrs for an encounter with this butterfly & it was so worth it. Brown Hairstreak in Taunton; a living jewel & what a boster? @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @mariposanature.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #butterflies #Somerset

Brown Hairsteak nectaring on Creeping Thistle, I think

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New Zealand, one of the global conservation superpowers, will vaccinate its endangered birds to protect them against deadly foreign disease www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I Love Patrick's prose. A well balanced article & clear evidence rewilding can work for the benefit of nature, people & places. @theguardian.com

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dog walk to Fyne court early am @nationaltrust.org.uk just outside Taunton. 10+spp of butterfly as we kept out of the sun. Purple Hairstreak & Ringlet notable, as was old 'Hairy knees' Holcus mollis, a grass I see less often than distribution suggests @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Ringlet. Distinctive eye-spot Underwing pattern on display

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#Longrunmeadow has produced 20 butterfly spp in last 4weeks, but encounter with this Fritillary today was somthing special @savebutterflies.bsky.social #butterflies

Silver-washed Fritillary. A female I think

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Anyone know if this is Bhutan Pine, Pinus wallichiana. Needles v long & in GPS of 5, but cones are v impressive. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #conifers @thetreecouncil.bsky.social #trees

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s impossible to take this government seriously over online harm whilst it remains on X.

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

What a great idea; Birds in Greenspaces day. Thank you @btoengland.bsky.social There's even an app!

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Up to 40 Swift over the Millpond during the last few evenings have drawn in a Hobby to try its luck with them or hirundine. #birdingWales

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Please don’t put out hair for bird nests. Chicks get entangled in hair balls. Just had to cut hair strands that were tying 3 blue tit chicks together, and wrapped round the throat of one skinny chick that couldn’t swallow food. Hopefully saved in time 🤞

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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Join the Big Rock Pool Challenge National BioBlitz 2026! Taking place from 23–31 May, the event challenges participants to head to their local coastline to uncover the fascinating life hidden in rock pools. sign up here! www.therockpoolproject.co.uk/nation…

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 14/05/2026

Absolutely fuck you, Amazon. When I bought this device there was no mention of my purchase being time limited at your discretion. It does not require software updates, so the only "support" necessary is that kindle books are available in a format that can be sent to it. This shouldn't be legal.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for being a
longtime Kindle customer.
We're glad our devices have
served you well for as long as
they have. Starting May 20,
2026 - 14 to 18 years after
their initial launches - we are
discontinuing support for
Kindle devices released in
2012 or earlier. Here's what
this means for you:

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Today's S Pembs coastal walk produced a few Wall #butterflies but also some hedgerow #caterpillars grouped into webs. Can anyone help with ID? @savebutterflies.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social #lepidoptera

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Pride of place to this nfg & lifer; Waved Umber. Amongst 34 of 21 from the garden actinic this morning in vc45 @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Waved Umber. A strikingly patterned Geometrid.

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Birding gods enabled 6 yr ticks today, including Am Wigeon, cracking Summer plumage Little Stint, pr of Garganey & Spoonbill. What a great reserve? @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #birdsinWales

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I just signed Dame Judi Dench's petition, calling on the urgent restoration of our ancient woodlands. Please sign this important cause and share it: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

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Stand with Judi Dench - Sign the Petition

Join Dame Judi Dench and help save our ancient woodlands. Add your name to the petition and share it with friends and family.

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Afternoon in sunshine at Broad Haven South dunes. Started with a nicely patterned Silver Y, then Hairy Rockcress & Common Twayblade, with a great Glow worm larva to finish. @wwbic1.bsky.social #Biodiversity #Pembrokeshire

Lovely pallette of colours on this Silver Y

Common Twayblade, with flower spike slowly emerging

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Showy 1st Lesser Whitethroat of spring only a day ltr than my 1st Whitethroat, yet still no hirundine staying around Pembroke Millpond! Year list stuttered to 124 #BirdsinWales

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

1st Orchid of the season, Anacamptis Mario or Green-winged Orchid for ##wildflowerhour From Fresh East dunes, Pembs. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Bath Nature @bathnature.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Three-cornered Leek. It might look pretty, but is an invasive species. It's now dominating a large area of a local wood and has completely wiped out the native woodland flora. There are now thousands of plants, they cover the area so densely that almost no other plants get a chance.

A woodland floor, covered in Three-cornered Leek

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I’ve given Bert the day off! I’m here until 4pm - Sally

Just a gentle reminder: you don’t have to read fast, finish the longest book or have the prettiest shelf, if reading bring you peace, you’re doing it right.

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Last night's garden actinic produced 32 of 16, including only my 2nd Small Mottled Willow in 7yrs; better photo this time. March moth was hiding in plain sight! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Found what I thought was male Violet Oil-beetle day before yesterday on Stackpole estate, Pembs. Can anyone confirm / correct my ID? #Coleoptera @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Despite overnight chill, garden actinic in Pembroke produced 21 of 8 last night. This includes the Dotted Border hiding in plain sight on window ledge. #Teammoth @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social

Nicely marked Dotted Border. A geometrid moth

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Sandy Hill @phoenixsandy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Wood Anemone, Anemonoides nemorosa for #wildflowerhour this week. A member of buttercup family, with pink-suffered tepals, ensures almost luminous presence on woodland floor. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Wood Anemone flower, highlighting 6 pink flushed tepals & sunburst of central stamens

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