Richard Moyse
@kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Kent-based naturalist, with a particular affection for plants, Orthopterans, aculeates, birds. Retired after a career in conservation. I'm here for wildlife, but can't promise not to repost the occasional political piece.
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If only all Labour MPs would listen to this young man and support the Lords amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure bill.
'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If only all Labour MPs would listen to this young man and support the Lords amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure bill.
I love #thewinter10 and the way it makes you get out and look. Definitely satisfying to get these together. Names in alt text. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I love #thewinter10 and the way it makes you get out and look. Definitely satisfying to get these together. Names in alt text. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
The Tachinid Ectophasia crassipennis was a surprise visitor to the last remaining Ox-eye Daisy in the garden today. Apparently new to Britain in 2019, and now widespread in Kent according to the NBN atlas. #flies #diptera #KentNature
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Tachinid Ectophasia crassipennis was a surprise visitor to the last remaining Ox-eye Daisy in the garden today. Apparently new to Britain in 2019, and now widespread in Kent according to the NBN atlas. #flies #diptera #KentNature
Queen Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum, in the garden just now. #bees #bumblebees #hymenoptera #KentNature
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Queen Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum, in the garden just now. #bees #bumblebees #hymenoptera #KentNature
My morning constitutional took me through the parkland at Doddington Place. Heard my first Fieldfares of the autumn. Plus Redwing, Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, etc. Very pleasant. #KentNature #KentBirds
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
My morning constitutional took me through the parkland at Doddington Place. Heard my first Fieldfares of the autumn. Plus Redwing, Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, etc. Very pleasant. #KentNature #KentBirds
Darn you, Bluesky - look what you've got me into! Delivery this morning from @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social. @vc40orthops.bsky.social @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Darn you, Bluesky - look what you've got me into! Delivery this morning from @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social. @vc40orthops.bsky.social @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
A couple of bugs tapped out of a cypress tree in Doddington Churchyard today: Juniper Shieldbug and the smart red-and-black Corizus hyoscyami. They were also accompanied by a Common Green Shieldbug and a Box Bug. #bugs #truebugs #hemiptera #KentNature @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A couple of bugs tapped out of a cypress tree in Doddington Churchyard today: Juniper Shieldbug and the smart red-and-black Corizus hyoscyami. They were also accompanied by a Common Green Shieldbug and a Box Bug. #bugs #truebugs #hemiptera #KentNature @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
Interesting-looking fungus growing from moss atop a tombstone in Doddington churchyard. I took it for dead leaf at first. ObsIdentify says it's Arrhenia spathulata. #KentNature #fungus #fungi @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Interesting-looking fungus growing from moss atop a tombstone in Doddington churchyard. I took it for dead leaf at first. ObsIdentify says it's Arrhenia spathulata. #KentNature #fungus #fungi @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
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We agree - the climate & nature crises are linked & must be addressed together.
⚠️But again, there's a species-rich 'grassland gap' in vital government strategies!
To deliver, the UK government must commit to developing a Grassland Action Plan 👉 loom.ly/IGb6j_Q
⚠️But again, there's a species-rich 'grassland gap' in vital government strategies!
To deliver, the UK government must commit to developing a Grassland Action Plan 👉 loom.ly/IGb6j_Q
🚨 The Govt has just published its Carbon Budget Delivery Plan - we are calling for nature to be at the heart of net zero
“Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’, by restoring landscapes with woodlands, peatlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows"
Read here👇
www.wcl.org.uk/only-nature-...
“Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’, by restoring landscapes with woodlands, peatlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows"
Read here👇
www.wcl.org.uk/only-nature-...
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We agree - the climate & nature crises are linked & must be addressed together.
⚠️But again, there's a species-rich 'grassland gap' in vital government strategies!
To deliver, the UK government must commit to developing a Grassland Action Plan 👉 loom.ly/IGb6j_Q
⚠️But again, there's a species-rich 'grassland gap' in vital government strategies!
To deliver, the UK government must commit to developing a Grassland Action Plan 👉 loom.ly/IGb6j_Q
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Discussing the conservation of arable plants at Plantlife’s wonderful reserve in Kent. youtu.be/bZaUAsvrHS0?...
Conservation of arable plants
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Discussing the conservation of arable plants at Plantlife’s wonderful reserve in Kent. youtu.be/bZaUAsvrHS0?...
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How do you get to the nation’s favourite holiday destination, Spain, without flying? 🇪🇸
Our Director Anna has just come back from a holiday (ahem, research) in Malaga - just two days from London by train (three from most other UK destinations) 🚄
Our Director Anna has just come back from a holiday (ahem, research) in Malaga - just two days from London by train (three from most other UK destinations) 🚄
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do you get to the nation’s favourite holiday destination, Spain, without flying? 🇪🇸
Our Director Anna has just come back from a holiday (ahem, research) in Malaga - just two days from London by train (three from most other UK destinations) 🚄
Our Director Anna has just come back from a holiday (ahem, research) in Malaga - just two days from London by train (three from most other UK destinations) 🚄
Still the occasional final instar Spurge Bug (Dicranocephalus medius) nymph warming itself on the south-facing front wall of the house. #KentNature #TrueBugs #bugs #Hemiptera
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Still the occasional final instar Spurge Bug (Dicranocephalus medius) nymph warming itself on the south-facing front wall of the house. #KentNature #TrueBugs #bugs #Hemiptera
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Well, that was a great day! Always so much useful networking going on at an event like this.
Rounding off our conference - the wonderful @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social on urban flora - the subject of his latest book. #KentNature #urbanflora #urbanplants #botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Well, that was a great day! Always so much useful networking going on at an event like this.
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Valuable synthesis - shows that where seed source is present, natural regeneration generally gives more complex structures and better biodiversity outcomes but can be helped by hybrid approaches and limited planting. #Rewilding #Biodiversity
New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Valuable synthesis - shows that where seed source is present, natural regeneration generally gives more complex structures and better biodiversity outcomes but can be helped by hybrid approaches and limited planting. #Rewilding #Biodiversity
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A long-held myth about a mosquito evolving in the London Underground has been debunked! 🦟
The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.
Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.
Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Origins of the London Underground mosquito revealed | Natural History Museum
New research reveals that these insects likely evolved in the Mediterranean basin more than 1,000 years ago.
www.nhm.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A long-held myth about a mosquito evolving in the London Underground has been debunked! 🦟
The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.
Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.
Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Rhyparochromus vulgaris on the bedroom curtain this morning. We must have put a dozen of these out of the house over the last month or two - unless the same ones keep sneaking back in! #KentNature #bugs #Hemiptera @britishbugs.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Rhyparochromus vulgaris on the bedroom curtain this morning. We must have put a dozen of these out of the house over the last month or two - unless the same ones keep sneaking back in! #KentNature #bugs #Hemiptera @britishbugs.bsky.social
Tawny Cockroach nymph, tapped from Ivy at the local churchyard this afternoon. Nice find - I haven't seen enough of these this year. #KentNature #Dictyoptera #Cockroach
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tawny Cockroach nymph, tapped from Ivy at the local churchyard this afternoon. Nice find - I haven't seen enough of these this year. #KentNature #Dictyoptera #Cockroach
OK - am I seeing things, or does this bird have pale margins to its feathers, giving a scaly appearance? Doesn't show in the photos, but the flanks clearly looked scaly to the naked eye. It was very tame, allowing me within a few feet. *Awaits reply saying 'It's a Blackbird, you nana.'*
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
OK - am I seeing things, or does this bird have pale margins to its feathers, giving a scaly appearance? Doesn't show in the photos, but the flanks clearly looked scaly to the naked eye. It was very tame, allowing me within a few feet. *Awaits reply saying 'It's a Blackbird, you nana.'*
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Nature at a Crossroads in the Lords
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
Planning & Infrastructure Bill: Nature at a Crossroads in the Lords | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill progresses through the Lords, we highlight the issues that still remain with Part 3, what must change, and how to keep nature at the heart of decisions.
www.hiwwt.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Nature at a Crossroads in the Lords
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
Nothing uncommon, but it's nice to see fungi appearing locally, including this False Deathcap Amanita citrina and Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus. #fungi #waxcaps #KentNature
October 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nothing uncommon, but it's nice to see fungi appearing locally, including this False Deathcap Amanita citrina and Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus. #fungi #waxcaps #KentNature
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Just heard my first Redwing of the autumn, over the house. #KentNature #KentBirds
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just heard my first Redwing of the autumn, over the house. #KentNature #KentBirds
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Last chance to book for the Kent Wildlife Conference on 25 October. tinyurl.com/kentwildconf
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Last chance to book for the Kent Wildlife Conference on 25 October. tinyurl.com/kentwildconf
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Intensifying grassland management leads to massive loss of arthropod species. However, total arthropod numbers remain more or less stable. Many losers, few winners. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Intensifying grassland management leads to massive loss of arthropod species. However, total arthropod numbers remain more or less stable. Many losers, few winners. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...