Keith Gittens
@bladetail.bsky.social
North Yorkshire County Dragonfly Recorder, naturalist, conservationist.
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Tickets are now on sale for our conference, 'Networks for Nature', which will be held on Sunday 7th December at York Hospitium 🎉 We'd love for you to join us - purchase your tickets here: neyedc.org.uk/c2n!
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Tickets are now on sale for our conference, 'Networks for Nature', which will be held on Sunday 7th December at York Hospitium 🎉 We'd love for you to join us - purchase your tickets here: neyedc.org.uk/c2n!
Hundreds of Small Red-eyed Damselflies at a private site in the Howardian Hills today. With many in tandem egg-laying sites were in high demand!!
July 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hundreds of Small Red-eyed Damselflies at a private site in the Howardian Hills today. With many in tandem egg-laying sites were in high demand!!
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I've been arguing for many years that dogs bathing in ponds severely impact aquatic invertebrate communities, even where habitat quality appears good. The effects seem very persistent.
The journal article is here: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The journal article is here: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Swimming emissions from dogs treated with spot‐on fipronil or imidacloprid: Assessing the environmental risk
Background Fipronil and imidacloprid are increasingly recognised as contaminants of concern in aquatic environments. This study aimed to quantify swimming emissions from dogs treated with spot-on fi...
bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I've been arguing for many years that dogs bathing in ponds severely impact aquatic invertebrate communities, even where habitat quality appears good. The effects seem very persistent.
The journal article is here: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The journal article is here: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Keith Gittens
Spot-on flea treatments: "even after 28 days, the amount of pesticide coming off a single large dog in this time frame would be enough to exceed safe levels if mixed into a 100-cubic-metre body of water"
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment
When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment
www.newscientist.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Spot-on flea treatments: "even after 28 days, the amount of pesticide coming off a single large dog in this time frame would be enough to exceed safe levels if mixed into a 100-cubic-metre body of water"
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
One of three very fresh Large Red Damselflies at Strensall Common today. First of the season.
April 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One of three very fresh Large Red Damselflies at Strensall Common today. First of the season.