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Habitat management and conservation volunteer in Rugby UK rugbywildlife.info

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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 1m
A favourite bird spotted typically atop a shrub (Guelder Rose) by the drive @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh today. Stonechat :-).
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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 10h
This plant-trees-mania is all part of our relentless need to DIY due to our lost connection to Nature and profound loss of humility in deference to her and her ability to do it so wisely herself.
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 7h
Artificial pitches rubber crumb infill used in artificial sports pitches is feeding into plastic pollution. Microplastics from these have been identified as one of the largest sources of intentionally added pollution (c16,000 tonnes released over a 20yr period).. fidra.org.uk/projects/mic...
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Artificial Pitches - Fidra
Artificial pitches are a major source of microplastic pollution
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 1h
Meat and data centres!!
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 23h
#TwosDay Great White Egrets at Brandon Marsh.
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's always good to see a Kestrel. This one was hunting over Kilsby Lane LWS when I got to the acess gate this morning. Rugby Wildife had a busy work party to look forward to, at the furthest point from this gate........
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A request! We can't grow this account fast enough. So please follow us if you aren't already, and please share this post to spread the word. Help us do our bit to share positive solutions to the nature & climate emergencies, and bring more nature into people's lives. Thank you 😊🐝
A bumblebee on a yellow dandelion
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Flies can be hard to identify. Here is some potential help!
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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really beautiful- I especially like the idea of using 'shed' parts of plants such as alder cones. Wondering now if it's possible to dye fabric/yarn with non-native invasives... apparently Japanese knotweed gives yellow/green/ ochre/pink depending on the plant part used & pH. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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David @duckinwales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pleased with the results of yesterday's natural plant dying course. Great fun and now have 17 colours of wool to play with!! Plant used: madder root, alder cones, goldenrod and fennel. #botany
Skeins of different coloured wool hanging on a clothes dryerMore skeins of wool, mostly yellows and greens.
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Prof Duncan Westbury @duncanwestbury.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Scarifying perennial wildflower strips & meadows every 4-5 yrs is a great way to rejuvenate the sward in the absence of large herbivores. Look how this has encouraged new seedlings whilst retaining much of the original plants. Yes it bounces back!
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2 Small Copper and a Speckled Wood #butterflies spotted at Warks Wildlife Trust Brandon Marsh today. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MallardMonday @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beanpoles anyone,or hedge stakes.? #Coppicing
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British Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🐉 Odonatography – the wonders of dragonfly flight Join Steve Cham at our Annual Meeting to explore how photography can reveal the incredible aerial agility of dragonflies as they hunt, fight and mate. 📅 14 Nov | 📍 Milton Keynes 🎟️ british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/bds-an...
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Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are still looking for someone to volunteer a few hours 5-6 times a year to support our branch meetings. No experience needed & we are a friendly group. Get in touch to learn more 🙏 Pretty please 🥺 #volunteer
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Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good with numbers? Have an eye for detail? We need your help! We are looking for a volunteer to help with our Branch finances. This role can be done from your home and we are a friendly & supportive group. Get in touch if you have any questions 🙏 volunteer.butterfly-conservation.org/opportunitie...
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Branch Treasurer (Warwickshire)
The Branch Treasurer is a key role within the Branch where you will help advise on the financial implications of their decisions. You will also be a key contact for our Finance Team, working with them...
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Despite thedrought vegetation at #AshlawnCuttingLNR has grown lush and long. Another day into the annual cut and rake saw good progress by our Sunday crew.See before and after pics... We even saw a Brimstone changing position but couldn't find it in the Ivy!
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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please do not cut all seed heads down in Autumn .. from lady blue 🙏
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A few hours spent in a worked out gravel quarry by the Northamptonshire R.Nene. A striking landscape full of wonders. See ALText.
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Willow Emerald #damselflies and Migrant Hawker #dragonflies on the bypass leat where it runs by the spillway. At Stanford reservoir... @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @stanfordbirder.bsky.social
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Todaywas a Speckled Wood day at Stanford Reservoir with double figures seen on the Northamptonshire side including a life first...I've never seen 2 Sp.Wood this close together ! @butterfliesonfilm.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Skylarks and Sandwich Terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’... #rewilding www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’
National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Annual main cut at #AshlawnCuttingLNR continues....we'll be leaving about half uncut and returning to cut half of that uncut area in Spring.
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social Ryton Wood Meadows this morning. Beautiful female Common Blue and a diaphanous Green Veined White
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No butter just #flies... these Marmalade Hoverflies were visiting Devil's Bit Scabious flowers @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social Ryton Wood Meadows. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #WebsWild....
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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If we resist treating every piece of wood with anti-rot solutions or paints, they will last longer yes, but then we probably won't have the pleasure of watching our insectivorous birds as they search for little tit-bits among the rotting wood. #rethink #embracedecay for #life #allotmentlife
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The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our team member Marianne has recently passed her British Sign Language Level 1 qualification. She shared some of her learnings with us this #InternationalDayOfSignLanguages. Marianne was motivated her to start learning BSL to make her events more inclusive and make everyone feel welcome at them!
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We could do with the water from the roof of the gym club building for the pond but it's mixed with grey water and conducted to the Rainsbrook at the Southern boundary of KIlsby Lane LWS. We brush cut round the pond and nearby to control bramble spread today.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
‘Worse than the scramble for Oasis tickets’: England’s sustainable farming funds run out in just six hours
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‘Worse than the scramble for Oasis tickets’: England’s sustainable farming funds run out in just six hours
Entire £233m budget for 2026 allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers disappointed
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
After our river survey lesson we decided to visit nearby Newbold Quarry and found a few #butterflies on the way round. The Peacock looked like it's been round the block a few times!!. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excited to be part of the new Rugby River Champions group. We'll be kick sampling & testing Nitrate & Phosphate in watercourses in the borough. Project led by Caroline Roper of Birmingham Uni. A steep learning curve to ID creaures found in our samples. Pics of a Demoiselle nymph and fish Leech.
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ARG UK @argroupsuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please help Emily out with her PhD project on herp translocations supported by UKRI in partnership with the University of Reading and @froglife.bsky.social . Link is here: bit.ly/moving_herps_survey
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Fuck it. Just announce it. We own the Government and news media plus the NFL just started so no one's paying attention. Now let's hit the links."
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Harebells on Borough Hill,Daventry. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hoping to find Whinchats but surprised by the number of Clouded Yellow #butterflies 'topping at BoroughHill in Daventry.7 recorded including 3 Helice. @butterfliesonfilm.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dragon and Damsel flies spotted at Stanford reservoir near Rugby.. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Common DarterCommon Blue MIgrant Hawker
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Geese sticking together on the dam at Stanford reservoir. They are social creatures and the domestic goose is now amember of the gang. @stanfordbirder.bsky.social
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Deep in Scotland's Pentland Firth, a grid scale tidal turbine at the MeyGen site just set a massive milestone: over 6.5 years of continuous operation without a single unplanned maintenance stop. ​Operating 40 meters underwater in one of the fastest tidal currents on Earth.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Philip Amies @philipamies.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
We know Little Owls were introduced, not sure the public views Brown Hare as introduced, both species will be seen by many as worthy of conservation in Britain, human species introducts entangle with cultural values, influence our concept of a baseline. bsky.app/profile/chik...
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Duck impersonator 😀 @everyheron.bsky.social
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Garden Ivy is flowering and attracting Ivy bees. It was noisy there this morning :-). #pollinators
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Terry & Judy Wood @tandjwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please help save the precious habitat of Pulloxhill Marsh. We have.😊 www.wildlifebcn.org/pulloxhill
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Pulloxhill Marsh | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
Can you help save a piece of ancient countryside?
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Main annual cut and collect continues at #AshlawnCuttingLNR. Descriptions in ALT #conservation
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"This is the first time in more than 50 years that there has been no growth in India’s coal power over a two-year period, even as electricity demand grew overall." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...
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Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026.
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Around 1 million species now face extinction, many within the next few decades. We are facing multiple crises at the same time. No time to waste. Protect nature and ourselves. #ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #nature #rewilding #animals #cop16 #cop16cali
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Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I 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/...
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Record heatwaves bring Britain’s second-best butterfly season in 16 years
Volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and moths, with painted ladies up 335% on last year
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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Lepidopterans Seen at Brandon Marsh today,Silver Y moth was a surprise find. How many of these will we see next year following this year's droughts and dessication of larval food plants. Pressures that are likely to become the new normal.... @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
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