Enid Barrie
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Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
www.newscientist.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
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Cold weather can freeze garden ponds, lowering oxygen for wildlife.
Keep a small area ice-free to prevent winterkill: float a ball before freezing, or gently melt a hole with a hot pan (never smash ice).
Brush off snow for light and leave leaf piles and shelters undisturbed.
Keep a small area ice-free to prevent winterkill: float a ball before freezing, or gently melt a hole with a hot pan (never smash ice).
Brush off snow for light and leave leaf piles and shelters undisturbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Cold weather can freeze garden ponds, lowering oxygen for wildlife.
Keep a small area ice-free to prevent winterkill: float a ball before freezing, or gently melt a hole with a hot pan (never smash ice).
Brush off snow for light and leave leaf piles and shelters undisturbed.
Keep a small area ice-free to prevent winterkill: float a ball before freezing, or gently melt a hole with a hot pan (never smash ice).
Brush off snow for light and leave leaf piles and shelters undisturbed.
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2025 was the year of the pseudoscorpion as far as I'm concerned. I managed to see 14 species in Norfolk, mostly by cycling round to various churchyards but I also got a lift out to a few places by car. Over 100 churchyards visited by bicycle though. Photo montage of species, map of 2025's records.
January 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
2025 was the year of the pseudoscorpion as far as I'm concerned. I managed to see 14 species in Norfolk, mostly by cycling round to various churchyards but I also got a lift out to a few places by car. Over 100 churchyards visited by bicycle though. Photo montage of species, map of 2025's records.
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Reform unveiled their latest Conservative recruit Nadhim Zahawi - unfortunately he forgot to delete his old tweets accusing Farage of racism...
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Reform unveiled their latest Conservative recruit Nadhim Zahawi - unfortunately he forgot to delete his old tweets accusing Farage of racism...
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Mitella pentandra, our Alpine Mitrewort, blooming near Sawmill Pond #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 10 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 10 🌿
January 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Mitella pentandra, our Alpine Mitrewort, blooming near Sawmill Pond #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 10 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 10 🌿
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Please sign the @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. foe.uk/eb6h3
Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act
Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to enjoy clean lakes,...
foe.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Please sign the @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. foe.uk/eb6h3
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Very sad news that Roger Maskew has passed away.
Roger had been one of our #BSBImembers since the 1980s, was our in-house expert on Roses & co-authored (with Gareth Knass) 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland', the #BSBIHandbook published last year.
More info here:
bsbi.org/about/news/l...
Roger had been one of our #BSBImembers since the 1980s, was our in-house expert on Roses & co-authored (with Gareth Knass) 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland', the #BSBIHandbook published last year.
More info here:
bsbi.org/about/news/l...
January 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Very sad news that Roger Maskew has passed away.
Roger had been one of our #BSBImembers since the 1980s, was our in-house expert on Roses & co-authored (with Gareth Knass) 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland', the #BSBIHandbook published last year.
More info here:
bsbi.org/about/news/l...
Roger had been one of our #BSBImembers since the 1980s, was our in-house expert on Roses & co-authored (with Gareth Knass) 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland', the #BSBIHandbook published last year.
More info here:
bsbi.org/about/news/l...
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The east side of Barra looking beautiful in the snow today. Our highlight was a pod of at least 3 Orca heading south offshore this afternoon, our second sighting in just over a week.
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The east side of Barra looking beautiful in the snow today. Our highlight was a pod of at least 3 Orca heading south offshore this afternoon, our second sighting in just over a week.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
38d.gs
December 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
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Lax-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora in the Channel Islands last summer, including a few colour forms #orchidchallenge #wildflowerhour
December 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lax-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora in the Channel Islands last summer, including a few colour forms #orchidchallenge #wildflowerhour
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Song Thrush - this bird is newly-arrived in the garden today - perhaps coming over from the continent.
Such markings - what a gorgeous bird.
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
#ukwildlife #birds 🦉
Such markings - what a gorgeous bird.
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
#ukwildlife #birds 🦉
December 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Song Thrush - this bird is newly-arrived in the garden today - perhaps coming over from the continent.
Such markings - what a gorgeous bird.
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
#ukwildlife #birds 🦉
Such markings - what a gorgeous bird.
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
#ukwildlife #birds 🦉
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Thinking this is Diaea dorsata, which I am sweeping/seeing repeatedly at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire at the moment, so it must be well-established up here now? @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thinking this is Diaea dorsata, which I am sweeping/seeing repeatedly at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire at the moment, so it must be well-established up here now? @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
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Sounds like a recipe for pernicious chemical chaos.
'The EC is proposing changes that would allow unlimited approvals for all pesticides – with no mandatory safety reviews and no requirement to consider new scientific evidence on the harmful impacts...'
The petition action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
'The EC is proposing changes that would allow unlimited approvals for all pesticides – with no mandatory safety reviews and no requirement to consider new scientific evidence on the harmful impacts...'
The petition action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
EU Commission: NO unlimited pesticide approvals
Europe’s wild bees are in a death spiral – and the EU is about to make it much worse.The European Commission is proposing changes that would allow unlimited approvals for ALL pesticides – with no mand
action.eko.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sounds like a recipe for pernicious chemical chaos.
'The EC is proposing changes that would allow unlimited approvals for all pesticides – with no mandatory safety reviews and no requirement to consider new scientific evidence on the harmful impacts...'
The petition action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
'The EC is proposing changes that would allow unlimited approvals for all pesticides – with no mandatory safety reviews and no requirement to consider new scientific evidence on the harmful impacts...'
The petition action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
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Light pollution affects insects《Diptera were strongly attracted towards green & blue light, while moth species displayed phototactic responses mostly towards ultraviolet emissions. In addition, increased intensity levels positively affected the strength of attraction, irrespective of light colour.》
Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon‐dependent manner..
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon‐dependent manner
We measured the phototactic responses of insects to light at night using LED traps emitting light at four narrowband wavelengths of three intensity levels of relatively equal photon emission. Our da...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Light pollution affects insects《Diptera were strongly attracted towards green & blue light, while moth species displayed phototactic responses mostly towards ultraviolet emissions. In addition, increased intensity levels positively affected the strength of attraction, irrespective of light colour.》
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Labour's blinkered 'Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return, conservation charities warn.
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places | The Wildlife Trusts
• ‘Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return • Four years on from Environment Act, nature policy is in a much darker place • Charities representing more than two...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Labour's blinkered 'Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return, conservation charities warn.
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
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Peacock butterfly underwing just for fun.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Peacock butterfly underwing just for fun.
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One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone.
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone.
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
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A recent late afternoon walk in mown amenity grassland at Ferry Meadows where I was delighted to find my first intensely green Parrot Waxcaps of the year, a waxcap without a single trace of green, lots of Field Blewits and a tiny dull-looking bonnet, maybe Drab Bonnet
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November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A recent late afternoon walk in mown amenity grassland at Ferry Meadows where I was delighted to find my first intensely green Parrot Waxcaps of the year, a waxcap without a single trace of green, lots of Field Blewits and a tiny dull-looking bonnet, maybe Drab Bonnet
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It’s nearly December. Down beside the Conwy estuary, it’s time for the… err… Hawthorn to burst into bloom!! #Conwy #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s nearly December. Down beside the Conwy estuary, it’s time for the… err… Hawthorn to burst into bloom!! #Conwy #WildflowerHour
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I spent 5 minutes at the Ant nests at Hanningfield Reservoir NR filming Wood Ants on Monday and here are a few clips I filmed
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I spent 5 minutes at the Ant nests at Hanningfield Reservoir NR filming Wood Ants on Monday and here are a few clips I filmed
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Thank you to @bertjonkhans.bsky.social for sharing this - a swimming #FoxOfTheDay ! Top work !
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Thank you to @bertjonkhans.bsky.social for sharing this - a swimming #FoxOfTheDay ! Top work !
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Mijn witte Paardenbloem, waarschijnlijk Taraxacum albidum, bloeit weer 😍
Als je goed kijkt zie je knobbeltjes op de buitenste omwindselblaadjes, iets wat in NL typerend is voor Paardenbloemen in de sectie Erythrosperma, de Zandpaardenbloemen.
Als je goed kijkt zie je knobbeltjes op de buitenste omwindselblaadjes, iets wat in NL typerend is voor Paardenbloemen in de sectie Erythrosperma, de Zandpaardenbloemen.
April 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Mijn witte Paardenbloem, waarschijnlijk Taraxacum albidum, bloeit weer 😍
Als je goed kijkt zie je knobbeltjes op de buitenste omwindselblaadjes, iets wat in NL typerend is voor Paardenbloemen in de sectie Erythrosperma, de Zandpaardenbloemen.
Als je goed kijkt zie je knobbeltjes op de buitenste omwindselblaadjes, iets wat in NL typerend is voor Paardenbloemen in de sectie Erythrosperma, de Zandpaardenbloemen.