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Bradford clean air zone saves health service £360,000 in first year
- Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25%
#airpollution
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25%
#airpollution
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Bradford clean air zone saves health service £360,000 in first year
- Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25%
#airpollution
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25%
#airpollution
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great news on one level... but also an example of nature being pushed to the absolute fringes, in isolated, inaccessible places. Is this as good as it gets for nature in Britain? Are railway and roadside verges the few places nature can exist in modern Britain?
Duke of Burgundy is "now stable and expanding" in Buckinghamshire. Wonderful to see a collaborative conservation effort making real headway for this threatened butterfly!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Duke of Burgundy butterfly 'expanding' in Buckinghamshire
Network Rail says wildflowers and trees planted along tracks help create a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great news on one level... but also an example of nature being pushed to the absolute fringes, in isolated, inaccessible places. Is this as good as it gets for nature in Britain? Are railway and roadside verges the few places nature can exist in modern Britain?
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Important new study on the reintroduction of the Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon to England. The two Belgium sources did very differently (not sure why the link shows Orangutans! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Genomic Monitoring of a Reintroduced Butterfly Uncovers Contrasting Founder Lineage Survival
Genetic factors can have a major influence on both short- and long-term success of reintroductions. Genomic monitoring can give a range of insights into the early life of a reintroduced population an...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Important new study on the reintroduction of the Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon to England. The two Belgium sources did very differently (not sure why the link shows Orangutans! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Most nature depleted country in Europe yet the Gov gives the go ahead to a major development adj to one of the most important wildlife sites in Worcs. Home to important populations of White Admiral, White-letter Hairstreak, Silver-washed Fritillary & Purple Emperor. 🤬
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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We are dismayed to hear that the Orchard Farm development next to #TiddesleyWood has been given permission. We have long campaigned against this harmful development in #Pershore.
Read our statement 👇
www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/our-position...
Read our statement 👇
www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/our-position...
January 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Most nature depleted country in Europe yet the Gov gives the go ahead to a major development adj to one of the most important wildlife sites in Worcs. Home to important populations of White Admiral, White-letter Hairstreak, Silver-washed Fritillary & Purple Emperor. 🤬
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Poplar Admiral / Großer Eisvogel (Limenitis populi) for
#butterflymonth / #vlindermaand @europebutterfly.bsky.social
One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula.
📸 Toni Kasiske
#butterflymonth / #vlindermaand @europebutterfly.bsky.social
One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula.
📸 Toni Kasiske
January 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Poplar Admiral / Großer Eisvogel (Limenitis populi) for
#butterflymonth / #vlindermaand @europebutterfly.bsky.social
One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula.
📸 Toni Kasiske
#butterflymonth / #vlindermaand @europebutterfly.bsky.social
One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula.
📸 Toni Kasiske
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The Labour government overturns one Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB. This terrible poison - a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, is to be outlawed in UK in line with EU www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide
Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Labour government overturns one Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB. This terrible poison - a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, is to be outlawed in UK in line with EU www.theguardian.com/environment/...
On 31st December 2025 I will be closing my #AntiSocialMedia #X #twitter account, moving to @bsky.app.
Who else with a passion for British and European #Butterflies has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!
Who else with a passion for British and European #Butterflies has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!
January 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
On 31st December 2025 I will be closing my #AntiSocialMedia #X #twitter account, moving to @bsky.app.
Who else with a passion for British and European #Butterflies has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!
Who else with a passion for British and European #Butterflies has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!
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When studying the life cycles of British & Irish butterfly species, I was amazed to find that the pupae of Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown remain attached to their last larval skin, rather than reattaching themselves to a silk pad (the approach usually taken by species whose pupae hang head-down)!
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
When studying the life cycles of British & Irish butterfly species, I was amazed to find that the pupae of Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown remain attached to their last larval skin, rather than reattaching themselves to a silk pad (the approach usually taken by species whose pupae hang head-down)!
Lattice Brown (Kirinia roxelana), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Lattice Brown (Kirinia roxelana), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024.
Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyn) and Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024
December 31, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyn) and Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024
Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), Archaeological site of Dion, in the foothill of Mount Olympus, Greece. May 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), Archaeological site of Dion, in the foothill of Mount Olympus, Greece. May 2024.
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'Butterfly Conservation - the Warwickshire Approach' by Mike Slater and Keith Warmington is a trailblazing book and highly recommended. Review at: https://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=188
December 2, 2024 at 8:10 AM
'Butterfly Conservation - the Warwickshire Approach' by Mike Slater and Keith Warmington is a trailblazing book and highly recommended. Review at: https://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=188