Richard Evans
@richardev.bsky.social
#Butterflies, wildflower meadow restoration in Lancaster and the Lune valley.
More information on our restoration of Hermitage Field at https://hermitagefieldcommunitymeadow.com
#wildflowers #rewilding
More information on our restoration of Hermitage Field at https://hermitagefieldcommunitymeadow.com
#wildflowers #rewilding
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Oh, BBC. Jenrick urging British people to 'join the Reform movement' is not news. It's propaganda. Also 'writing in the Telegraph' behind a paywall is not a public announcement. Is it, BBC? Lead story on R3 at half-six.
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Oh, BBC. Jenrick urging British people to 'join the Reform movement' is not news. It's propaganda. Also 'writing in the Telegraph' behind a paywall is not a public announcement. Is it, BBC? Lead story on R3 at half-six.
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The National Trust is halfway to their appeal to buy Giant Hill, one of the UKs top butterfly sites, also rich in insects and flowers. The last good habitat for Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Please donate if you can @nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Nature Appeal
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Appeal so together, we can help restore the land, habitats and species that live there.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The National Trust is halfway to their appeal to buy Giant Hill, one of the UKs top butterfly sites, also rich in insects and flowers. The last good habitat for Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Please donate if you can @nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
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Gotta love Yorkshire....
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gotta love Yorkshire....
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Nearly half way to the target. Please support this appeal if you can, it’s an amazing place
Fast-forward to 2025 and Sir Stephen Fry is supporting our appeal to safeguard the Giant’s lair.
Your donation today will help us raise the funds we need to rise to the occasion: buff.ly/j1w0Mbn
Your donation today will help us raise the funds we need to rise to the occasion: buff.ly/j1w0Mbn
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nearly half way to the target. Please support this appeal if you can, it’s an amazing place
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"What promotes biodiversity often doesn't align with human perceptions of beauty and order": interesting 🧵on disturbance in grassland. Translate button at bottom of each post.
Von Schwarzwild 🐗 aufgebrochene Wiese.
Der Landwirt ist unerfreut, sieht nen Schaden. Will den Bereich walzen + nachsäen.
Ökologisch sind diese Störstellen allerdings großartig.
Warum?
👉 Weil hier viele Arten 🪻🌿🌼 keimen können, die in einer geschlossenen Wiesenarbe in der Regel chancenlos sind.
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Der Landwirt ist unerfreut, sieht nen Schaden. Will den Bereich walzen + nachsäen.
Ökologisch sind diese Störstellen allerdings großartig.
Warum?
👉 Weil hier viele Arten 🪻🌿🌼 keimen können, die in einer geschlossenen Wiesenarbe in der Regel chancenlos sind.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"What promotes biodiversity often doesn't align with human perceptions of beauty and order": interesting 🧵on disturbance in grassland. Translate button at bottom of each post.
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Butterfly numbers booming in St Albans! Managing meadows with low mow techniques and sowing wildflower seeds have resulted in a big increase in butterfly number. Congratulations to St Albans Council @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
The butterfly population at our summer meadows has increased by 350% in just three years thanks to a major wilding project.
Forty key grassland sites across the District were seeded with wildflowers and mowed only once to boost biodiversity.
More info: www.stalbans.gov.uk/news/butterf...
Forty key grassland sites across the District were seeded with wildflowers and mowed only once to boost biodiversity.
More info: www.stalbans.gov.uk/news/butterf...
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Butterfly numbers booming in St Albans! Managing meadows with low mow techniques and sowing wildflower seeds have resulted in a big increase in butterfly number. Congratulations to St Albans Council @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Hay meadows once covered the UK; now 97% are gone! 🌾
Join us to explore how traditional management can bring these rich habitats back.
Hay Meadow Restoration webinar with Carol Edmondson on Thursday, 29th January 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
Join us to explore how traditional management can bring these rich habitats back.
Hay Meadow Restoration webinar with Carol Edmondson on Thursday, 29th January 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hay meadows once covered the UK; now 97% are gone! 🌾
Join us to explore how traditional management can bring these rich habitats back.
Hay Meadow Restoration webinar with Carol Edmondson on Thursday, 29th January 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
Join us to explore how traditional management can bring these rich habitats back.
Hay Meadow Restoration webinar with Carol Edmondson on Thursday, 29th January 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
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Huge congrats to community group Bridestones Rewilded, who this week brought Bridestones Moor in west Yorkshire into community ownership:
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
'A huge milestone' - Community group takes ownership of Bridestones Moor
Bridestones Moor, the dramatic 114-acre expanse above Todmorden, has been officially brought under community ownership.
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Huge congrats to community group Bridestones Rewilded, who this week brought Bridestones Moor in west Yorkshire into community ownership:
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
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Like pulling the plug of a bathtub: an incredible mass of #glacier ice disappearing at Griesgletscher (🇨🇭/🇮🇹) in one century.
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Like pulling the plug of a bathtub: an incredible mass of #glacier ice disappearing at Griesgletscher (🇨🇭/🇮🇹) in one century.
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
It felt emotional to visit the exact same spot @swisstopo cartographers chose in 1919. The view was so different.
Simply unbelievable!!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
My first walk into the field for 5 weeks and there's a Clouded Yellow right by the path. First I've seen for around 20 years. #ukbutterflies #ukwildlife
September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My first walk into the field for 5 weeks and there's a Clouded Yellow right by the path. First I've seen for around 20 years. #ukbutterflies #ukwildlife
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(Not Birds…) At least 40+ Small pearl-bordered fritillary seen on the Claife, Cumbria afternoon… seem to like the thistles in the emerging bracken… #ukbutterflies #butterflies
May 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
(Not Birds…) At least 40+ Small pearl-bordered fritillary seen on the Claife, Cumbria afternoon… seem to like the thistles in the emerging bracken… #ukbutterflies #butterflies
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Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...
A Ribbon of Wildness Between Road and Pasture
At first glance, the scene is an ordinary roadside wall – a strip of stone edging the tarmac footpath, with a fence and pasture beyond. Yet the top of this wall tells a richer, more hopeful story. …
forktail.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...
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‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home
‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home
The Guardian’s former north of England editor returned to Morecambe after 25 years to discover the place where she grew up has even fewer amenities for young people – and the feeling of being ‘left behind’ is stronger than ever
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home
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UK Butterfly abundance Indicators for 1976-2024 have been released, showing an 18% decline in overall butterfly abundance for the UK. Habitat specialists have fared worse, declining by over a third.
Check out the full statistics here ⬇️
buff.ly/1AIDB3J
Check out the full statistics here ⬇️
buff.ly/1AIDB3J
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
UK Butterfly abundance Indicators for 1976-2024 have been released, showing an 18% decline in overall butterfly abundance for the UK. Habitat specialists have fared worse, declining by over a third.
Check out the full statistics here ⬇️
buff.ly/1AIDB3J
Check out the full statistics here ⬇️
buff.ly/1AIDB3J
Long time since we've seen multiple Small Tortoiseshell #butterflies in the garden. A joy to see 5 of them on a self-sown buddleia between us and our neighbour. #ukwildlife
August 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Long time since we've seen multiple Small Tortoiseshell #butterflies in the garden. A joy to see 5 of them on a self-sown buddleia between us and our neighbour. #ukwildlife
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🌿 The secret to saving Yorkshire’s wild plants? It starts in a tiny upland nursery! 👀
Read @jackwallington.com’s blog to discover how this hidden gem in #WildIngleborough is growing hope for our upland habitats. 🌱
www.wildway.info/p/wild-ingle...
#NatureRecovery
Read @jackwallington.com’s blog to discover how this hidden gem in #WildIngleborough is growing hope for our upland habitats. 🌱
www.wildway.info/p/wild-ingle...
#NatureRecovery
Wild Ingleborough's upland plant nursery
Set within Yorkshire's stunning uplands, conservationists and volunteers help to restore a wild landscape
www.wildway.info
August 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌿 The secret to saving Yorkshire’s wild plants? It starts in a tiny upland nursery! 👀
Read @jackwallington.com’s blog to discover how this hidden gem in #WildIngleborough is growing hope for our upland habitats. 🌱
www.wildway.info/p/wild-ingle...
#NatureRecovery
Read @jackwallington.com’s blog to discover how this hidden gem in #WildIngleborough is growing hope for our upland habitats. 🌱
www.wildway.info/p/wild-ingle...
#NatureRecovery
This morning's view while washing up the breakfast things: a female sparrowhawk dismembering and eating a jay on the garden wall. #ukwildlife
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This morning's view while washing up the breakfast things: a female sparrowhawk dismembering and eating a jay on the garden wall. #ukwildlife
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July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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On a mud-puddling site hundreds or even thousands of butterflies can gather for minerals (mostly males). During 40 years of butterflying I have see quite a few, but this site in SE France can now be added. Mostly Chalkhill Blue (P coridon).
July 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
On a mud-puddling site hundreds or even thousands of butterflies can gather for minerals (mostly males). During 40 years of butterflying I have see quite a few, but this site in SE France can now be added. Mostly Chalkhill Blue (P coridon).
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Multiple Ringlets, Small copper & Large yellow underwing all on Ragwort.
July 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Multiple Ringlets, Small copper & Large yellow underwing all on Ragwort.
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As someone who's putting considerable effort into changing perceptions of wasps from "kill" to "appreciate", I often feel at odds in the company of pest controllers.
But Steve Light is a pest-controller who I hope represents a change. Read his blog.
#WaspLove
shire-pest-solutions.co.uk/wasp-talk/
But Steve Light is a pest-controller who I hope represents a change. Read his blog.
#WaspLove
shire-pest-solutions.co.uk/wasp-talk/
Wasp Talk - shire-pest-solutions.co.uk
I deal with wasps almost every day. So attending a wasp talk dedicated to saving wasps felt strange but hearing Professor Seirian Sumner.
shire-pest-solutions.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As someone who's putting considerable effort into changing perceptions of wasps from "kill" to "appreciate", I often feel at odds in the company of pest controllers.
But Steve Light is a pest-controller who I hope represents a change. Read his blog.
#WaspLove
shire-pest-solutions.co.uk/wasp-talk/
But Steve Light is a pest-controller who I hope represents a change. Read his blog.
#WaspLove
shire-pest-solutions.co.uk/wasp-talk/
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