Steven Wright
@stevenwright58.bsky.social
Habitat management and conservation volunteer in Rugby UK
https://rugbywildlife.info/
https://rugbywildlife.info/
Just in time for sunset at Honey Hill today. Looking into #Warwickshire from #Northamptonshire
December 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just in time for sunset at Honey Hill today. Looking into #Warwickshire from #Northamptonshire
I wasn't the only one enjoying clear blue skies at Bubbenhall Meadows. @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I wasn't the only one enjoying clear blue skies at Bubbenhall Meadows. @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
Not bad for a brownfield site!! Paget's Pool in former sand/gravel workings. Later landfill tip nearby @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Ryton Pools Country Park
December 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Not bad for a brownfield site!! Paget's Pool in former sand/gravel workings. Later landfill tip nearby @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Ryton Pools Country Park
Also note that in years time unregistered public rights of way will be lost!!
The @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government needs to differentiate between a new walk, which it is not, and renaming an existing walk, which it is!
December 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Also note that in years time unregistered public rights of way will be lost!!
Astonishing!!!
Yikes, a Boxing Day Speckled Wood in Boscombe. The 2025 season will certainly break some records with flight periods! www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/12/spec...
Speckled Wood, Boscombe
Paul sent in this photo saying: I was rather surprised to see this fresh-looking Speckled Wood flying around near Boscombe Pier on Christmas Day, 25/12/2025. Yet more evidence of global heating I s…
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December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Astonishing!!!
Spent a delightful morning stalking Redwings before a delightful meal with old friends. #Christmasday #blessings
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Spent a delightful morning stalking Redwings before a delightful meal with old friends. #Christmasday #blessings
Best Wishes to everyone at Christmas time and in 2026 and beyond.
December 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Best Wishes to everyone at Christmas time and in 2026 and beyond.
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The International Space Station will make two passes tomorrow morning, one at 0618 then again at 0752
Sprinkle a little magic on your Christmas morning and pretend it’s Santa, leaving our skies to deliver presents to the other children of the world 🌎
Nadolig Llawen!
Sprinkle a little magic on your Christmas morning and pretend it’s Santa, leaving our skies to deliver presents to the other children of the world 🌎
Nadolig Llawen!
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The International Space Station will make two passes tomorrow morning, one at 0618 then again at 0752
Sprinkle a little magic on your Christmas morning and pretend it’s Santa, leaving our skies to deliver presents to the other children of the world 🌎
Nadolig Llawen!
Sprinkle a little magic on your Christmas morning and pretend it’s Santa, leaving our skies to deliver presents to the other children of the world 🌎
Nadolig Llawen!
Little Egret aloft at #AshlawncuttingLNR,Rugby. @everyheron.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Little Egret aloft at #AshlawncuttingLNR,Rugby. @everyheron.bsky.social
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Govt response an emphatic 'NO', so the recommendations will not be taken forward. Presumably improved protection of wildlife does not fit with Labour's 'growth' obsession: "we will not be implementing the proposed amendments to the Act as set out in JNCC’s advice".
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Government response to JNCC’s advice following the seventh quinquennial review of species protections under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
www.gov.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Govt response an emphatic 'NO', so the recommendations will not be taken forward. Presumably improved protection of wildlife does not fit with Labour's 'growth' obsession: "we will not be implementing the proposed amendments to the Act as set out in JNCC’s advice".
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Made from brash on a compost heap and a few fallen leaves this wreath looks better than a bought one. No distribution costs or pollution involved and satisfaction for the crafter who gave it to me. Conservation produces a lot of material that's better used than left to rot. Responsibly foraged...
December 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Made from brash on a compost heap and a few fallen leaves this wreath looks better than a bought one. No distribution costs or pollution involved and satisfaction for the crafter who gave it to me. Conservation produces a lot of material that's better used than left to rot. Responsibly foraged...
We had a day at the once abandoned Kilsby lane local Wildlife site today. Mission to drive a new path from the Northern boundary through to the Southern one by the brook. Paths will help us to access and better manage encroaching scrub so we can maintain a mosaic of unimproved grassland and scrub.
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We had a day at the once abandoned Kilsby lane local Wildlife site today. Mission to drive a new path from the Northern boundary through to the Southern one by the brook. Paths will help us to access and better manage encroaching scrub so we can maintain a mosaic of unimproved grassland and scrub.
A few pics from toady's circuit of an atmospheric and silvery grey Stanford reservoir. On the Leics/Northants border. See ALT.
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A few pics from toady's circuit of an atmospheric and silvery grey Stanford reservoir. On the Leics/Northants border. See ALT.
A fine start to a walk round Stanford reservoir on the Lecs/Northants border. A flock of 100 or so Fieldfare were flying and settling between and in the hedge and trees near the car parkin area. #Birdwatching
December 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A fine start to a walk round Stanford reservoir on the Lecs/Northants border. A flock of 100 or so Fieldfare were flying and settling between and in the hedge and trees near the car parkin area. #Birdwatching
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Day 21 of #InsectAdvent
Christmas is a time of over-eating. But we're not the biggest feasters. Hermetia illucens (Black-Soldier fly) larvae are capable of eating up to 2x its own body mass in food per day - the best bio recyclers consuming our waste
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Christmas is a time of over-eating. But we're not the biggest feasters. Hermetia illucens (Black-Soldier fly) larvae are capable of eating up to 2x its own body mass in food per day - the best bio recyclers consuming our waste
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Day 21 of #InsectAdvent
Christmas is a time of over-eating. But we're not the biggest feasters. Hermetia illucens (Black-Soldier fly) larvae are capable of eating up to 2x its own body mass in food per day - the best bio recyclers consuming our waste
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Christmas is a time of over-eating. But we're not the biggest feasters. Hermetia illucens (Black-Soldier fly) larvae are capable of eating up to 2x its own body mass in food per day - the best bio recyclers consuming our waste
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
#WinterSolstice work party in the wetland at #AshlawncuttingLNR. Coppicing Willow and dead hedging. A good day :-).
December 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#WinterSolstice work party in the wetland at #AshlawncuttingLNR. Coppicing Willow and dead hedging. A good day :-).
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🌞 Happy Winter Solstice everyone 🌞
The darkest day that gives way to longer days & the return of spring. Winter is certainly not over yet but more light lifts spirits.
#wintersolstice #21december #light #winter #redsquirrel #snow #forest
The darkest day that gives way to longer days & the return of spring. Winter is certainly not over yet but more light lifts spirits.
#wintersolstice #21december #light #winter #redsquirrel #snow #forest
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🌞 Happy Winter Solstice everyone 🌞
The darkest day that gives way to longer days & the return of spring. Winter is certainly not over yet but more light lifts spirits.
#wintersolstice #21december #light #winter #redsquirrel #snow #forest
The darkest day that gives way to longer days & the return of spring. Winter is certainly not over yet but more light lifts spirits.
#wintersolstice #21december #light #winter #redsquirrel #snow #forest
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😀 a small clip from the song & the planting of the Warwickshire Drooper plum.
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
😀 a small clip from the song & the planting of the Warwickshire Drooper plum.
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Supermarkets - the problem at the heart of our broken food system
#Farming #Food #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #Agroecology
#Farming #Food #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #Agroecology
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Supermarkets - the problem at the heart of our broken food system
#Farming #Food #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #Agroecology
#Farming #Food #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #Agroecology
Cheery #Ragwort in flower at Draycote Reservoir nr.Rugby. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Cheery #Ragwort in flower at Draycote Reservoir nr.Rugby. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
A chilly sunset this evening from Honey Hill,East of Rugby. #Wintersolstice tomorrow .....
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A chilly sunset this evening from Honey Hill,East of Rugby. #Wintersolstice tomorrow .....
Popped out for a walk before going for a festive lunch with friends and was nearly late having got engrossed in stalking Jays . #Birdwatching
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Popped out for a walk before going for a festive lunch with friends and was nearly late having got engrossed in stalking Jays . #Birdwatching
Hard to pin down and in these cases hard to see but maybe all the more satisfying to find hungry Redwing and my 1st Fieldfare of the season in Hawthorns @wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys this afternoon.
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hard to pin down and in these cases hard to see but maybe all the more satisfying to find hungry Redwing and my 1st Fieldfare of the season in Hawthorns @wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys this afternoon.
Whata contrast to yesterday! @wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys among friendly birders sharing sightings like this Pintail that I'd have missed without a tip off. Don't see them over our way so it was a treat :-)
December 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Whata contrast to yesterday! @wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys among friendly birders sharing sightings like this Pintail that I'd have missed without a tip off. Don't see them over our way so it was a treat :-)