Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative
@collieryspoil.bsky.social
Nature conservation initiative aiming to raise awareness of the #biodiversity value of #collieryspoil sites (coal tips & former collieries) in South #Wales Valleys and beyond. Posts by @liamolds.bsky.social.
Thanks to your support, we’ve helped shine a light on these misunderstood places and put colliery spoil biodiversity on the map.
💚 As we celebrate this milestone, we’re also looking ahead. A new chapter begins this Friday… and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Watch this space 👀
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💚 As we celebrate this milestone, we’re also looking ahead. A new chapter begins this Friday… and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Watch this space 👀
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November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thanks to your support, we’ve helped shine a light on these misunderstood places and put colliery spoil biodiversity on the map.
💚 As we celebrate this milestone, we’re also looking ahead. A new chapter begins this Friday… and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Watch this space 👀
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💚 As we celebrate this milestone, we’re also looking ahead. A new chapter begins this Friday… and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Watch this space 👀
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Over the past decade, these incredible landscapes have featured on BBC and ITV programmes, in books, articles, conservation plans, and nature conservation policy - and our surveys have even revealed species new to Wales and Britain.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Over the past decade, these incredible landscapes have featured on BBC and ITV programmes, in books, articles, conservation plans, and nature conservation policy - and our surveys have even revealed species new to Wales and Britain.
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🟣 Berytinus crassipes & B. montivagus (stilt bugs)
🟣 Doratura stylata & Rhopalopyx adumbrata (leafhoppers)
Once again, colliery spoil is proving just how special it is — supporting species you won’t easily find elsewhere. There's real ecological value in these overlooked landscapes. 💚
🟣 Doratura stylata & Rhopalopyx adumbrata (leafhoppers)
Once again, colliery spoil is proving just how special it is — supporting species you won’t easily find elsewhere. There's real ecological value in these overlooked landscapes. 💚
July 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🟣 Berytinus crassipes & B. montivagus (stilt bugs)
🟣 Doratura stylata & Rhopalopyx adumbrata (leafhoppers)
Once again, colliery spoil is proving just how special it is — supporting species you won’t easily find elsewhere. There's real ecological value in these overlooked landscapes. 💚
🟣 Doratura stylata & Rhopalopyx adumbrata (leafhoppers)
Once again, colliery spoil is proving just how special it is — supporting species you won’t easily find elsewhere. There's real ecological value in these overlooked landscapes. 💚
Today's survey was a great success, turning up a number of uncommon invertebrates, including:
🟣 Feathered Stem-moth (Ochsenheimeria taurella)
🟣 Top-horned Hunchback (Acrocera orbiculus)
🟣 Adelphocoris seticornis (plant bug)
🟣 Feathered Stem-moth (Ochsenheimeria taurella)
🟣 Top-horned Hunchback (Acrocera orbiculus)
🟣 Adelphocoris seticornis (plant bug)
July 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Today's survey was a great success, turning up a number of uncommon invertebrates, including:
🟣 Feathered Stem-moth (Ochsenheimeria taurella)
🟣 Top-horned Hunchback (Acrocera orbiculus)
🟣 Adelphocoris seticornis (plant bug)
🟣 Feathered Stem-moth (Ochsenheimeria taurella)
🟣 Top-horned Hunchback (Acrocera orbiculus)
🟣 Adelphocoris seticornis (plant bug)
One day for sure 😊
June 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One day for sure 😊