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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · 1d

Red-backed Shrike from yesterday afternoon, Portland Bill @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike, taken late yesterday afternoon at Portland Bill.

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · 20d

Sorry to that. Hope you are both OK

Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · 22d

Curlew Sandpiper from the Visiter Centre, Radipole RSPB, Weymouth @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · 28d

Ruby Bollette seen in a neighbours front garden, Weymouth, Dorset @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @thedetermin8or.bsky.social

Ruby Bollette mushroom seen in a neighbours garden, Weymouth, Dorset

Showing the gills and stem of the Ruby Bollette

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good morning Thick trunk Tuesday #thicktrunktuesday

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Michael Pocock @mjopocock.bsky.social · Aug 23

Doing moth trapping in the UK this weekend?
Can you help us gather lots of images of moths on egg cartons from your trap?
Help us develop a tool making moth recording easier for more people
Tks! #mothsmateer #teammoth
@richardfoxbc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@upperthames.bsky.social

Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join us today and get your first year of membership for half price!

Your membership ensures our vital pollinators can survive and thrive, preserving the beauty of our natural world for generations to come. 🦋💚

Use code BBC2550 👉 buff.ly/bvFoLRP

📷: Nigel Symington

Painted Lady butterfly resting amongst dark green vegetation with wings open

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British Birding Weather @britbirdweather.bsky.social · Aug 11

We’re back! Autumn is starting to get going with plenty of waders in the last few weeks, this week should see the first ‘Scandi Drift’ migrants passing through with high pressure over there and a nice south easterly airflow for the next few day

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are looking for new trustees to join the board @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social - if you or anyone you know might be interested please take a look at the details here
www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/trustee (and please share this!)

Trustee | Dorset Wildlife Trust

Dorset Wildlife Trust is governed by a council of trustees elected at the Annual General Meeting. The voluntary role of trustee is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the effectiveness of our or...

www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Jul 11

Just hatched Six spot Burnet, Eight Kings Quarry, Portland
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Six Spot Burnet Moth, just hatched, Eight Kings Quarry, Portland,Dorset

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · Jul 10

*IMPORTANT*
Please read & share, it could save you or a loved one from a lifetime of chronic system-wide illness. 🙏❤️

Today I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease.😔
I was bitten by 4 ticks 30 days ago & had a red rash come up around one of the bites, that soon started spreading...

*Continued below

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St Aldhelms Birder @staldhelmsbirder.bsky.social · Jun 5

I written to my Labour MP, Lloyd Hutton, to express my frustrating at this by DEFRA, the PM & the Labour government @labouruk.bsky.social @protectthewild.bsky.social

Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · Jun 5

Government officials have approved a fresh wave of badger culling to begin immediately, despite clear opposition from their own chief scientific adviser.

protectthewild.substack.com/p/badger-cul...

Badger cull expanded – against advice of own science chief

Government officials have approved a fresh wave of badger culling to begin immediately, despite clear opposition from their own chief scientific adviser.

protectthewild.substack.com

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great photo John

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Jun 4

“Imagine flattening an irreplaceable grade I listed building like the Royal Albert Hall, replacing it with karaoke machines in various towns & then telling the public this is a ‘win-win’ for architecture & music” - brutally accurate analogy from @ruthtingay.bsky.social @wildjustice.bsky.social

Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals

Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn

www.theguardian.com

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · May 23

WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …

Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes

MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

www.theguardian.com

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · May 21

Great photo John

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Paul Weddle @onemantess.bsky.social · May 17

I'd appreciate it if this could be re posted by as many people as possible to highlight this greedy firm. Apparently if your Husband is rushed to hospital and you get there urgently (following the ambulance) you still have to read the conditions on the sign & appeal failed. @england.nhs.uk use them

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Apr 7

Great photo John

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Mar 29

Dotterel feeding and showing well on grass to the right of Chesil Visitor Centre, Portland @birdguides.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetbirdtours.bsky.social

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Mar 26

Hoopoe in horse paddock field at end of Haylands, Portland @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Simon 📹 🎸📷 @therockinbirder.bsky.social · Feb 28

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments

Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny Shepherd @green--jenny.bsky.social · Feb 16

Please sign and share the Parliamentary petition to protect #sphagnum and natural #CarbonCaptureandStorage #blanketbog by banning #windfarms on protected #peatland in England petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Infrastructure construction is one of the biggest threats to #wetland #biodiversity.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Feb 20

Sadly, this fantastic Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS PRO lens has to go. For further details, please visit www.richardlewington.co.uk Repost appreciated

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Jill @bonxie.bsky.social · Feb 16

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