Arizona is building the first solar canal in the U.S. . Solar-covered canals will generate renewable energy and save water in this notoriously dry area: buff.ly/3wEcF5h
We have so many solutions to this crisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
I very rarely spend a day indoors but today's Recorder's Meeting organised annually by Ecology Team VC38 Biological Records centre was one such. So many friends ,naturalists,conservationists,volunteers and professional (paid)staff refilled the cup of enthusiasm. @warwickshirecc.bsky.social
Sneak preview.
For more you'll have tobuy a copy.
Sample page of the forthcoming New Atlas
Book launch will be in Charlecote VC38. Be there or be square....
@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social VC38 Macro moth recorder and living legend among moth..ers David Brown announcing the publication of our new moth atlas. 20 years to the day since the last one. @warwickshirecc.bsky.social biological recorder's meeting today.
Looks great,plenty of good stuff going on there :-).
Useful work Will,good job!
A female Small Copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) egg-laying on Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Two eggs of the Small Copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) on Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Excited to see one of my PhD chapters now published! We found a trade-off between the quality of host plants and how warm they were for a declining grassland butterfly (Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas) and looked at how this shaped their egg-laying choices: doi.org/10.1111/een....
Little Egret and Primroses
Bright orange sand recently ejected from a badger Sett
New diggings next to the access path.
Little Egret waits for walkers,runners,cyclists and dogs to pass bybbefore returning to feed .
An increase in #Badger activity is very noticeable and the Little Egret is back after a brief absence. at #AshlawncuttingLNR. @everyheron.bsky.social @warksmammalgroup.bsky.social
The results of the advertising and promotion of the seals in East Norfolk as a tourist attraction for the income it generates.
And better than posting on Facebook, have a word and stop it.
www.facebook.com/reel/1966420...
Later this month new Government legislation comes into force clamping down on harm caused by dogs in the countryside.
The SSSI and Ancient Woodland is home to a range of rare wildflowers, birds, butterflies and other species.
Holly Blue butterfly feeding on forget-me-nots
Speckled Wood butterfly on forget-me-nots
Spring is springing! 🙌
More butterflies are beginning to make an appearance, with the first Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) of 2026 spotted on 25 February.
📷 Photos from archive: Nigel Ball, Anna Wheeler
Won't let msign "session expired"
The only butterfly that stayed still long enough for a photo today #AshlawncuttingLNR Goldfinches still feeding on Burdocks that we left for them over Winter....
Brush cutting and raking some of the vegetation we had left over Winter
Coppicing Ash saplings making a small scallop on this bank. Denser Ivy covered scrub either side left untouched. Material used to build up a dead hedge aound wet woodland nearby
Finishing off laying sparse regrowth to form a new hedge.
Ray removes bent over Willow in the marsh . A stitch in time before it puts down roots where it touches down
Lovely weather for it today at #AshlawncuttingLNR SeeALT
People see conservation as an exciting, romantic field to work in
But it's a tough life watching the places you love, study and fight for being destroyed
Glad you got your butterflies Sue,Brimstones weren't stopping to pose today were they? WE hope to see you agan at our reserve.
Lovely photos Sue , thanks for sharing!
Nice to see you today Sue. We hope you enjoyed your first visit to #AshlawncuttingLNR. Thanks for shring your pics and reports of mud puddling Peacocks.
#Peregrines on a local church spire. Sadly the ringer who introduced me to tthis nest site and its falcons passed away recently. I hope the study of the breeding birds continues.RIP Dennis,last pic shows him holding 2 Owlets that were half of a brood in a box we helped put up. @btobirds.bsky.social
Too chilly today ,butterfly duvet day
One of my most favourite birds.
Whether it’s a first Lesser Celandine flower of the year or Elder leaves unfurling. The first #WildflowerHour challenge of the year is to spot #SignsOfSpring! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm. Below is the link if you would like to record your #NaturesCalendar sightings ⬇️ @bsbibotany.bsky.social
And the #Epsteinfiles
Probably an "improvised" drain from a sump taking water from the Pitches.
The end ogf this pipe lets fluid gush into a field boundary dith and ultimately a tributary brook down slope!
Rubber crumb,PFAS from the artificial football pitches
Contractor's tractor seemstohave an oil leak:-(.
Besides the light pollution and litter there's other concerns re.the drainage and pollution from artificial pitches and a tractor flail that did some work on the site recently. e hope these problems can be sorted out/mitigated or removed.
Planted Rowan trees donated by the council to give some shade from the floodlights of the football club
Hand cutting scrub like this Briar and small Thorns to recover more grassland.
Brushcutting and raking a previously unmanaged area of the site.
A brushcut strip along which we planted the Rowan trees
Today on our 1st work party at Kilsby Lane LWS we planted Rowans on the spoil heap of scrapings when the artificial pitches were laid. Mitigating light pollution. And did a bit more grassland and scrub mangement using our battery brush cutter and hand tools. Good to be back but the site has "issues"
All it takes is some warmth and sunshine and the overwintering butterlies that were waiting it out emerge. Most numerous were brimstone,followe by Comma and a few Peacock. At a sheltered #AshlawncuttingLNR today. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @warwickshirewt.bsky.social #Springtime
CHOUGH CRITICAL BREEDING PERIOD. Please avoid posting photos of the Choughs during the breeding season and divulging their location and nest sites from 1st March to 31st July. #Choughs #CornishChoughs #Palores #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature
When deadwood is not just dead wood
🪵 The Dead Wood Society emphasizes the importance of dead and decaying wood for wildlife, supporting countless invertebrates and fungi.
Read the blog: https://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/will-masefield/when-deadwood-not-just-dead-wood
Before
Letting a bit of light through today by coppicing along the main drainage ditch at #AshalwncuttingLNR "Healthy Living Walk"
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