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@wilded63.bsky.social
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Retired MFL teacher. Now record Moths, Odonata and Butterflies locally for UK monitoring schemes.

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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Building genetic resistance to Dutch elm disease could help mitigate some impacts of climate change. 🌎🌿🧪
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John Fody @j-fodi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I do not want to devalue farmland, but it is great to see the reconstruction of natural habitats. 🌍🌰
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 02/07/2026
Absolutely scandalous - Andy Burnham must unpick this mess and stand up for the UK. Why should we accept 229,000 excess deaths to please Donald Trump? @globaljusticenow.bsky.social @justtreatment.org vist.ly/59sy8
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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Rise and shine! Today's #DawnChorusClub challenge is in... On your next wander outdoors, send a friend a voice note or recording of any birdsong you hear. 🎵 (Bonus points if you share here too).
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🚨 It’s official!!! 🚨 The U.K’s National Energy System Operator has just confirmed that on 22 April 2026 Britain set a new record of 98.8% zero carbon electricity…🇬🇧♻️⚡️🔋💡💪🥳
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Mavis Bickle @mavisbickle.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
With temperatures plummeting from 11° last night to 1° this morning I imagine that most of the 22 moths came earlier in the night to the actinic. 7 Muslin moths made up the numbers but there we are there’s two NFYs- Waved Umber and Scorched Carpet 24/4/26 22:11 VC33 #teammoth
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/04/2026
It’s not enough for the UK to attend and make empty promises. Starmer is still failing to step up on climate, so we’re taking legal action. Join us 👇 goodlaw.social/h5ik
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wilded63.bsky.social @wilded63.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Love that Trio deck. I had one back in the 80s. My first quality deck.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS! “Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.” Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry #SecretGarden
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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Its week three! You can walk your transect on any day of the week. But its best to walk during the first suitable weather window - some weeks you may not get a second chance! Remember the minimum temp 🌡️ is 13oC in sunshine, 17oC if its overcast.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15/01/2026
Withdraw South East Water's licence, bring it into special administration then PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Our demand in the Guardian blog today 👇https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jan/15/uk-gdp-economy-growth-stagnation-november-rachel-reeves-pound-ftse-100-business-live-news-updates
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it “home” #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it “home”
When we picture the open Pacific, we imagine endless blue water and not much else. Marine researchers, however, are now seeing something very different: places like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where plastic waste has built a kind of artificial shoreline far from any land. In the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the huge rotating current
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Butterfly Conservation (Dorset Branch) @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great news that the National Trust hopes to buy Giant Hill, one of the most important butterfly sites in Dorset. Please support the appeal if you can. Our Branch have been monitoring the site for decades and helping to maintain species like the Duke of Burgundy www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
Deal expected to pave way for further scientific study, boost conservation and open up access to Dorset chalk figure
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Good news! Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... bsky.app/profile/guys...
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National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
Deal expected to pave way for further scientific study, boost conservation and open up access to Dorset chalk figure
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I’ve been trying to work out if the Government are on track to meet their ambitious target to create or restore 250,000 hectares of habitats outside protected sites by 2030, announced yesterday. Turns out the Government themselves don’t yet have a way of measuring this! www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Roman Yeremenko @roalyr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#Ukraine #UkrainianView
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Roman Yeremenko @roalyr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#Ukraine #UkrainianView
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Mavis Bickle @mavisbickle.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Just 3:3 last night, Turnip poss migrant, another Epirrata agg and Yellow-line Quaker, only my 2nd in the garden and NFY Prompting a tongue twister for today Red-line Yellow-line #teammoth
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Pirjo Sundqvist @pirjosundqvist.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew: Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew. 💛 ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings #BlueSkyMonday #ArtChallenges #photography #EastCoastKin
A view through the tops of the yellowing leaves of deciduous trees towards the blue sky.
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Another good moth night with two Merveilles du Jour, Sallow, Green-brindled Crescent, Dark Chestnut and Dark Sword-grass.
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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
With 2 weeks until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary conference we're sharing details of the talks and speakers. We're pleased to welcome Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja from the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. Book your free place here ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
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Th[Ominous Whoosh] @mrmoth.eurosky.social · 16/08/2025
Why don't we just build data centres in the sea? Use the seawater to cool them and wind/tides to power then, seems like an easy win. Why do we have to build them in, like, Leeds?
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
💧 Today, the Water Commission drops its final report. We’re one of 37 organisations calling on Keir Starmer and Steve Reed to fix the broken system flooding our waters with sewage. It is time to change the water industry! 📄 👉 bit.ly/40ZcUn6 @sascampaigns.bsky.social #EndSewagePollution
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Rob Stephens @tillingtonchum.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Hoping for a year record 10 butterfly species in the garden today, and in late afternoon, this Common Blue got us there. Holly Blue Brimstone Green Veined White Gatekeeper Large White Comma Small White Red Admiral Speckled Wood Common blue #butterflies #WildlifeGardening #ento #UKwildlife
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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
GOOD NEWS: Lead shot will be banned! RESULT! After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife. Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
Quote from Chris Packham: “In pipes, paint and petrol, we said goodbye to lead poisoning in humans years ago. But down to the cruel belligerence of the shooting industry, which ironically and pathetically postures as pro-conservation, 100 thousand wild birds a year have been dying through the accidental ingestion of lead shot. I don’t call that conservation, I call it a colossal, wilful waste of wildlife. Top work from Steve Reed and Emma Hardy - thank you.”
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling The ongoing repercussions of @sarahfinch.bsky.social’s Supreme Court ruling www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
Exclusive: Future of further projects uncertain after Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were found to have been unlawfully granted
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Simon Phelps @simonphelps.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I'm looking forward to the UK Moth Recorders Meeting on Saturday. It is an annual highlight for me, always full of interesting talks. Great that @savebutterflies.bsky.social organise it for the moth recording community. butterfly-conservation.org/moths/uk-mot...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/02/2025
"It would take an awful lot of fried fish and chips..." Natalie Bennett challenges the Government on its claim that airport expansion can fit within legal climate commitments thanks to so-called 'sustainable aviation fuel'.
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GreenJJNews @greenjjnews.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
"Water Companies have a job to do and if they fail to do it, then we put them into Special Administration." Regular dumping of sewage is a failure. Ecoli in the drinking water is failure. Tourism industry damaged by polluted beaches is a failure. Jenny's amendment 99 to Water Bill.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
3/ However, it's important to recognise that land *ownership* in the uplands is highly concentrated in a small number of very large estates. This is because of Victorian fashion for driven grouse shooting, leading to poor outcomes for nature in uplands... www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
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Grouse moor owners in England - Google My Maps
Map & investigation by Guy Shrubsole. Last updated Nov 2021: 82 estates mapped, 572,952 acres. For more info, see whoownsengland.org. Google spreadsheet with more details at: https://docs.google.com/s...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far! An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
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