David Tomlinson
@profdrt.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, Manchester University, UK. Formerly active researcher - peripheral nervous system disease. Lepidopterist, committee member of the Cheshire & Wirral Branch of Butterfly Conservation; birder & wildlife photographer - www.lepis.org.uk.
Canary-shouldered Thorn. I can't rationalise it, but somehow this picture reminds me of Willie Whitelaw.
December 6, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Canary-shouldered Thorn. I can't rationalise it, but somehow this picture reminds me of Willie Whitelaw.
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All welcome at Butterfly Conservation’s free online UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (Saturday 25 January 2025 on Zoom). Reserve your place now bit.ly/3Z2MOzc There’s a fab line-up of speakers: bit.ly/3Z2MxfE #TeamMoth please repost to spread the word!
December 5, 2024 at 5:47 PM
All welcome at Butterfly Conservation’s free online UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (Saturday 25 January 2025 on Zoom). Reserve your place now bit.ly/3Z2MOzc There’s a fab line-up of speakers: bit.ly/3Z2MxfE #TeamMoth please repost to spread the word!
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Some days I wake up and I really find myself yearning for the sort of stimulating discourse you can only find on X.
December 6, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Some days I wake up and I really find myself yearning for the sort of stimulating discourse you can only find on X.
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A butterfly with baubles on its wings! For day 6 of the Mariposa #AdventCalendar, bringing a daily dose of colour and joy to your timelines, the mighty Apollo. We see this enormous insect on many of our mountain tours in the Alps, Pyrenees & Picos de Europa. Every encounter as special as the last.
December 6, 2024 at 8:00 AM
A butterfly with baubles on its wings! For day 6 of the Mariposa #AdventCalendar, bringing a daily dose of colour and joy to your timelines, the mighty Apollo. We see this enormous insect on many of our mountain tours in the Alps, Pyrenees & Picos de Europa. Every encounter as special as the last.
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Kemi Badenoch, who has been in the job for five minutes, refused to announce any policies, and fluffed every single PMQs she's taken part in, is named the Spectator's "Leader of the Year".
December 4, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Kemi Badenoch, who has been in the job for five minutes, refused to announce any policies, and fluffed every single PMQs she's taken part in, is named the Spectator's "Leader of the Year".
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I of course understand the opposite - that the left wants Macron to own the mess he largely triggered
But in the end politics still impacts people’s lives. Budgetary decisions have to be taken. So on balance I hope the left (or a part of it) seeks a way to govern short term
But in the end politics still impacts people’s lives. Budgetary decisions have to be taken. So on balance I hope the left (or a part of it) seeks a way to govern short term
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I of course understand the opposite - that the left wants Macron to own the mess he largely triggered
But in the end politics still impacts people’s lives. Budgetary decisions have to be taken. So on balance I hope the left (or a part of it) seeks a way to govern short term
But in the end politics still impacts people’s lives. Budgetary decisions have to be taken. So on balance I hope the left (or a part of it) seeks a way to govern short term
Living up to its name...December Moth; came to light on 1/12. I know it's common, but it is handsome and so very hairy and well insulated. A welcome end to the year's mothing.
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Living up to its name...December Moth; came to light on 1/12. I know it's common, but it is handsome and so very hairy and well insulated. A welcome end to the year's mothing.
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Also a big decline in UK. Became extinct in my home county of Dorset in 1980s, but still doing OK in a few well managed woods and bracken slopes in north and west
Butterflies extinct in NL: Pearl-bordered Fritillary (zilvervlek, Boloria euphrosyne). Always rare, only 219 records. Would pop up at a site (from D or B?), could be abundant for a few years, and then disappeared again. Last collected specimen from 1959, after that only a few claims without evidence
December 3, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Also a big decline in UK. Became extinct in my home county of Dorset in 1980s, but still doing OK in a few well managed woods and bracken slopes in north and west
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Very very unexpectedly good night for moths. 52 of 10 species in SE Hants VC11. Nothing new and only one migrant a Diamond Back. 26 Nov Moth agg, 12 Feathered Thorn (mostly puddle rescues). Most surprising was a Blastobasis adustella
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Very very unexpectedly good night for moths. 52 of 10 species in SE Hants VC11. Nothing new and only one migrant a Diamond Back. 26 Nov Moth agg, 12 Feathered Thorn (mostly puddle rescues). Most surprising was a Blastobasis adustella
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Did you know? ... Looking like a beautiful Fabergé egg, the volume of the Scotch Argus egg relative to its wingspan is 3.1% and is the largest ratio of all of the British and Irish butterflies (the smallest ratio belongs to the Meadow Brown, which is just 0.31%).
November 25, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Did you know? ... Looking like a beautiful Fabergé egg, the volume of the Scotch Argus egg relative to its wingspan is 3.1% and is the largest ratio of all of the British and Irish butterflies (the smallest ratio belongs to the Meadow Brown, which is just 0.31%).
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“Winter Lagoon”
Winter is perfect for black and white photography, don’t you think? 🤔
Winter is perfect for black and white photography, don’t you think? 🤔
November 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
“Winter Lagoon”
Winter is perfect for black and white photography, don’t you think? 🤔
Winter is perfect for black and white photography, don’t you think? 🤔
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The moments between night and day are ethereal 💙
#fog #landscapephotography #nature #longexposure #lake
#fog #landscapephotography #nature #longexposure #lake
November 22, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The moments between night and day are ethereal 💙
#fog #landscapephotography #nature #longexposure #lake
#fog #landscapephotography #nature #longexposure #lake
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Ullswater, Lake District
January 22, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Ullswater, Lake District
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A little tribute to the #Bluesky logo 😊🦋. I'm glad to be here.
~ Among the Flowers ~
A Glanville fritillary [Melitaea cinxia] in the early morning among many marguerites.
#butterflies #insects #naturephotography #macrophotography
~ Among the Flowers ~
A Glanville fritillary [Melitaea cinxia] in the early morning among many marguerites.
#butterflies #insects #naturephotography #macrophotography
November 24, 2024 at 11:56 AM
A little tribute to the #Bluesky logo 😊🦋. I'm glad to be here.
~ Among the Flowers ~
A Glanville fritillary [Melitaea cinxia] in the early morning among many marguerites.
#butterflies #insects #naturephotography #macrophotography
~ Among the Flowers ~
A Glanville fritillary [Melitaea cinxia] in the early morning among many marguerites.
#butterflies #insects #naturephotography #macrophotography
Please read Ian Dunt's substack today (iandunt.substack.com). It's about assisted dying and it brings together information from sources that are not at your fingertips. It is wise and kind and it uncrystallised then recrystallised my thoughts.
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November 22, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Please read Ian Dunt's substack today (iandunt.substack.com). It's about assisted dying and it brings together information from sources that are not at your fingertips. It is wise and kind and it uncrystallised then recrystallised my thoughts.
Excellent substance from Peter Kellner this morning (kellnerp.substack.com), gives an objective demonstration that Starmer & Reeves must stop being spooked by the EU and get us back in the single market - well worth reading.
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November 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Excellent substance from Peter Kellner this morning (kellnerp.substack.com), gives an objective demonstration that Starmer & Reeves must stop being spooked by the EU and get us back in the single market - well worth reading.
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Do you remember these same people’s reaction any time a Labour shadow minister supported a junior doctors’ picket?
“When WE do it, it’s patriotic…”
“When WE do it, it’s patriotic…”
Naturally, all those people who screwed farms with Brexit, not replacing EU subsidies, letting climate change wreck the countryside, and doing terrible deals that put farms at a competitive disadvantage, are today on the front of their picket line, all bad blood forgotten. ~AA
November 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Do you remember these same people’s reaction any time a Labour shadow minister supported a junior doctors’ picket?
“When WE do it, it’s patriotic…”
“When WE do it, it’s patriotic…”
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Did you know that, when it comes to the resident butterflies of Britain & Ireland ...
5 overwinter as an adult
9 as an egg
31 as a caterpillar
11 as a chrysalis
1 (Speckled Wood, 📸 below) as both a caterpillar and chrysalis?
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_phen...
5 overwinter as an adult
9 as an egg
31 as a caterpillar
11 as a chrysalis
1 (Speckled Wood, 📸 below) as both a caterpillar and chrysalis?
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_phen...
November 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Did you know that, when it comes to the resident butterflies of Britain & Ireland ...
5 overwinter as an adult
9 as an egg
31 as a caterpillar
11 as a chrysalis
1 (Speckled Wood, 📸 below) as both a caterpillar and chrysalis?
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_phen...
5 overwinter as an adult
9 as an egg
31 as a caterpillar
11 as a chrysalis
1 (Speckled Wood, 📸 below) as both a caterpillar and chrysalis?
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_phen...
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'Cloud Surfer'
I had to lay flat on my belly on the hard stony riverside for this shot and effect. So, the backdrop is basically all stones. As for the main subject, it's a male Odalisque damselfly (Epallage fatime) and this is the only species of the genus.
Rhodes, Greece 🇬🇷
I had to lay flat on my belly on the hard stony riverside for this shot and effect. So, the backdrop is basically all stones. As for the main subject, it's a male Odalisque damselfly (Epallage fatime) and this is the only species of the genus.
Rhodes, Greece 🇬🇷
November 19, 2024 at 6:33 AM
'Cloud Surfer'
I had to lay flat on my belly on the hard stony riverside for this shot and effect. So, the backdrop is basically all stones. As for the main subject, it's a male Odalisque damselfly (Epallage fatime) and this is the only species of the genus.
Rhodes, Greece 🇬🇷
I had to lay flat on my belly on the hard stony riverside for this shot and effect. So, the backdrop is basically all stones. As for the main subject, it's a male Odalisque damselfly (Epallage fatime) and this is the only species of the genus.
Rhodes, Greece 🇬🇷
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If some of these statements that Trump made about plans for universities come off it is grave news for the sector. Targeting courses that address Dis/mis-information, measures to assess edi will be out too and accreditation for standards. 🧪#academicsky
What are Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul US colleges and universities?
Republican president-elect says he wants to dismantle the US education department and fire ‘radical left accreditors’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:14 AM
If some of these statements that Trump made about plans for universities come off it is grave news for the sector. Targeting courses that address Dis/mis-information, measures to assess edi will be out too and accreditation for standards. 🧪#academicsky
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Good morning from Greece. Let me share some of our light & sunshine with you all...
This is a Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) nectaring on Woody Fleabane (Dittrichia viscosa).
For photography/technically minded folk, this is a full frame uncropped image, shot with a telephoto lens at about 400mm.
This is a Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) nectaring on Woody Fleabane (Dittrichia viscosa).
For photography/technically minded folk, this is a full frame uncropped image, shot with a telephoto lens at about 400mm.
November 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Good morning from Greece. Let me share some of our light & sunshine with you all...
This is a Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) nectaring on Woody Fleabane (Dittrichia viscosa).
For photography/technically minded folk, this is a full frame uncropped image, shot with a telephoto lens at about 400mm.
This is a Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) nectaring on Woody Fleabane (Dittrichia viscosa).
For photography/technically minded folk, this is a full frame uncropped image, shot with a telephoto lens at about 400mm.
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Delighted to share our latest in @discovimmunol.bsky.social with @kathelse.bsky.social Holly Shiels, Iris Mair & Susanne Shultz. Climate change, pollution and changing land use impact immune function, driving chronic inflammatory disease and create exposure to infections (new & old). 🧪 #Immunosky
November 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Delighted to share our latest in @discovimmunol.bsky.social with @kathelse.bsky.social Holly Shiels, Iris Mair & Susanne Shultz. Climate change, pollution and changing land use impact immune function, driving chronic inflammatory disease and create exposure to infections (new & old). 🧪 #Immunosky
Don't dump your pet goldfish in the pond. They are dangerous and disruptive. Interesting commentary by Lena Fehlinger in the journal Global Change Biology - doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Beautiful Killers—The Goldfish Effect
A commentary article highlighting findings on the drastic effect of introduced goldfish in historically fishless permanent ponds. Furthermore, the findings are being put into context of the problemat...
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Don't dump your pet goldfish in the pond. They are dangerous and disruptive. Interesting commentary by Lena Fehlinger in the journal Global Change Biology - doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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Important new paper on the rare endemic Piedmont anomalous blue (Polyommatus humedasae), threatened by woody encroachment, climate change, fires and collection.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 20, 2023 at 7:26 AM
Important new paper on the rare endemic Piedmont anomalous blue (Polyommatus humedasae), threatened by woody encroachment, climate change, fires and collection.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...