Purveyor of woodland ecology and herp facts to the discerning. And anyone else, to be honest. Entomophile, bryo-lover, occasional runner seeking lost mojo.
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Found this in my bath, but it seems happier now in the spare room. Textrix denticulata @BritishSpiders?
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Anyway, never mind the bollocks, here's a nice story of the efforts of one man and his sons to conserve a very beautiful snail. It'd be worth conserving even if it wasn't beautiful of course, but it is, so that's a bonus. @MalacSoc theguardian.com/environment/β¦
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But everyone knows 1976 was much hotter right? Except that the hottest day in the UK that year was 35.9ΒΊC, which isn't even in the top 10 now. The hottest day on record in Britain was 40.3Β°C in 2022. The five hottest are all since 2000.
May 26
This article says climate change is βbelieved to have played a roleβ in the UK's extreme heat this week.
As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.
First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.
And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.
In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely βplayed a role.β Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.
Here's the bottom line:
Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. Thatβs the bad news.
The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!
But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.
Thatβs the opportunity this reporting missed.
bbc.com/news/articles/c8xwwpβ¦
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Wonderful #WildflowerShow along the Caledonian Canal for #WildflowerHour, with Sweet Cicely, bluebells, hawthorn and more!
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#tinyplants for #WildflowerHour: lesser trefoil and the most beautiful little forget-me-not along the Caledonian Canal in Inverness
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Sad to see that this is @ScotPollinators' last blog. Many thanks to Jim and Athayde, for sharing their knowledge over the years.
A good summary, from Athayde: "life as we know it on planet Earth depends on insectsβ success in facilitating sexual intercourse between plants"
May 13
Pollination: wonder, beauty and services. That the topic in Athayde's blog this morning. Blog @ scottishpollinators.wordpresβ¦
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Jeanette Hall - ask me about woods π³ and newts π¦ retweeted
May 11
Thanks for sharing this Steven.
May 11
Fantastic new resource for European bees, hoverflies and butterflies from the Pollinator Academy pollinatoracademy.eu/pollinaβ¦. Invaluable for anybody involved preofessionally with pollinators or keen amateur recorders/researchers.
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Good show of #CarrotsandPeas for this week's @wildflower_hour, with hogweed, gorse, broom and, to add to the culinary theme, bacon and eggs!
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May 6
Here is a little plea that in the week of David Attenborough's centenary, we remember his achievements beyond the natural world, important as those are. tinyurl.com/fkt2jd8n
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Got distracted at work yesterday by this cute little Pseudeuophrys lanigera - also known as House Jumping Spider. A name that I feel would benefit from a carefully placed hyphen. Or maybe that would be dull.
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Is it possible to say if this is Bombus muscorum or pascuorum? It looks pretty ginger to me but how ginger is enough? In Inverness this afternoon.
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Jeanette Hall - ask me about woods π³ and newts π¦ retweeted
I'm giving a talk on 18th June... in Stirling!
'Tis a long way from Cornwall, I know, but I'm visiting my daughter @DearUniverse_cs
that weekend, so why not?
Do please share with anyone you know who lives in/around #Stirling π
Details & tickets π
tickettailor.com/events/madeβ¦
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Ash, wild cherry and lesser celandine flowering in a hedgerow near Inverness for #WildFlowerHour #HedgerowChallenge
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Saw this, thought of @HPluckrose. It's true for everyone else as well though and possibly the most valuable thing you'll see on TwitterX today.
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Apr 24
A trip to @RBGE in Edinburgh makes a trip to our wonderful capital city that bit more special. As well as meadows, and adapted mowing regimes, their winter garden management practices for established beds are being modified to provide standing stems for overwintering insects.
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Apr 20
A bumble bee out and about in a garden near you flies thanks to complex evolutive adaptations that allow her to keep her temperature under control, so that she may carry on with her pollination work. See Athayde's latest blog @ scottishpollinators.wordpresβ¦
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The thing with the #Cabbagefamily, is that there are a LOT of names for some species! Hedge garlic/ garlic mustard/ jack-by-the-hedge/ Alliaria petiolata, and cuckoo flower/ lady's smock/ milkmaids/ Cardamine pratensis for this week's #WildflowerHour
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Spring has definitely come to North Yorkshire! Lovely to see these #WoodlandPlants in the woods below Roseberry Topping last week #wildflowerhour
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I loved this article about lost pronouns! The dual we/us/our is quite a loss. Made me think of @WeirdMedieval and @susie_dent bbc.com/future/article/20260β¦
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Lovely to see the pasqueflowers coming out at Barnack Hills and Holes today. I reckon it'll be a week or so before they're in their full glory but there are already some great patches.
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