Edward Pollard
@epollard.bsky.social
🌲 Biodiversity conservationist living in Cambridge, UK.
🦋 Cambridgeshire butterfly recorder so this account will mainly about butterflies and other general natural history
🦋 Cambridgeshire butterfly recorder so this account will mainly about butterflies and other general natural history
"Let us build a future where nature is valued and where every child inherits a world of prosperity, not peril. Let us rise to this moment with the clarity that history demands of us. Let us be the generation that turned the tide, not for applause, but for the quiet gratitude of those yet to be born"
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Let us build a future where nature is valued and where every child inherits a world of prosperity, not peril. Let us rise to this moment with the clarity that history demands of us. Let us be the generation that turned the tide, not for applause, but for the quiet gratitude of those yet to be born"
He saw one again today on the same stretch of river (nr Elizabeth rd bridge)
Worth checking out
Worth checking out
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He saw one again today on the same stretch of river (nr Elizabeth rd bridge)
Worth checking out
Worth checking out
Context shot. Zoom in to see the Otter mid stream
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Context shot. Zoom in to see the Otter mid stream
Central Cambridge Otter!
My friend @w-mcewan.bsky.social just saw this Otter near the boathouses! (31 Oct '25)
Incredible!
@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @jonheath.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social
My friend @w-mcewan.bsky.social just saw this Otter near the boathouses! (31 Oct '25)
Incredible!
@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @jonheath.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Central Cambridge Otter!
My friend @w-mcewan.bsky.social just saw this Otter near the boathouses! (31 Oct '25)
Incredible!
@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @jonheath.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social
My friend @w-mcewan.bsky.social just saw this Otter near the boathouses! (31 Oct '25)
Incredible!
@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @jonheath.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social
I think someone needs to look up "natural" and "pristine" in the dictionary
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think someone needs to look up "natural" and "pristine" in the dictionary
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Not the best photo of an #amazingtree but this a rare tree indeed. A large Ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri) in Borneo. The hardest wood in the forest, prized for house foundations, and coffins. Previously also found occasionally in extensive natural monocrops.
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Not the best photo of an #amazingtree but this a rare tree indeed. A large Ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri) in Borneo. The hardest wood in the forest, prized for house foundations, and coffins. Previously also found occasionally in extensive natural monocrops.
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) is a truly #amazingtree. Fish nursery, coastal protector, land builder. A tree that grows in the sea.
For me it is a formative tree. My first tropical experience was measuring it along transects in the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania.
For me it is a formative tree. My first tropical experience was measuring it along transects in the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania.
October 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) is a truly #amazingtree. Fish nursery, coastal protector, land builder. A tree that grows in the sea.
For me it is a formative tree. My first tropical experience was measuring it along transects in the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania.
For me it is a formative tree. My first tropical experience was measuring it along transects in the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania.
Some #amazingtrees are famous. That doesn't stop them from being amazing. My day in the Coastal Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), California in spring 2002 will stick with me for ever. So vast. An all encompassing calm
October 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Some #amazingtrees are famous. That doesn't stop them from being amazing. My day in the Coastal Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), California in spring 2002 will stick with me for ever. So vast. An all encompassing calm
Trees really are amazing, aren't they
September 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trees really are amazing, aren't they
ahh - fair enough.
I love this painting that's at Anglesey Abbey showing what Newmarket Heath looked like in c1750.
I love this painting that's at Anglesey Abbey showing what Newmarket Heath looked like in c1750.
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
ahh - fair enough.
I love this painting that's at Anglesey Abbey showing what Newmarket Heath looked like in c1750.
I love this painting that's at Anglesey Abbey showing what Newmarket Heath looked like in c1750.
The tinge of sadness as one book ends is offset by the excited anticipation of the next. But what will it be....
@christhorogood.bsky.social @dunnjons.bsky.social @henrydimbleby.bsky.social
@christhorogood.bsky.social @dunnjons.bsky.social @henrydimbleby.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The tinge of sadness as one book ends is offset by the excited anticipation of the next. But what will it be....
@christhorogood.bsky.social @dunnjons.bsky.social @henrydimbleby.bsky.social
@christhorogood.bsky.social @dunnjons.bsky.social @henrydimbleby.bsky.social
Life might have got in the way a bit and so it took a year to read. But wow it was worth it. I've been a fan of A R Wallace for 25 years, but this made me even more in awe. Bravo Jim Costa. A magnificent book
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Life might have got in the way a bit and so it took a year to read. But wow it was worth it. I've been a fan of A R Wallace for 25 years, but this made me even more in awe. Bravo Jim Costa. A magnificent book
Gosh!
I hope they find them soon. I wonder if they've looked down the back of the sofa?
I hope they find them soon. I wonder if they've looked down the back of the sofa?
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Gosh!
I hope they find them soon. I wonder if they've looked down the back of the sofa?
I hope they find them soon. I wonder if they've looked down the back of the sofa?
I've been off for a week or so. Home now and here's a Brownsea Island Red Squirrel
August 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I've been off for a week or so. Home now and here's a Brownsea Island Red Squirrel
Anyone else thinking of this?
August 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Anyone else thinking of this?
Finally!
I was beginning to think I was the only person in the country with a passing interest in lepidoptera who hadn't seen a Jersey Tiger this year.
Garden tick too (and first Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the year and a Red Underwing in garden today)
I was beginning to think I was the only person in the country with a passing interest in lepidoptera who hadn't seen a Jersey Tiger this year.
Garden tick too (and first Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the year and a Red Underwing in garden today)
August 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Finally!
I was beginning to think I was the only person in the country with a passing interest in lepidoptera who hadn't seen a Jersey Tiger this year.
Garden tick too (and first Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the year and a Red Underwing in garden today)
I was beginning to think I was the only person in the country with a passing interest in lepidoptera who hadn't seen a Jersey Tiger this year.
Garden tick too (and first Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the year and a Red Underwing in garden today)
Spotted in Cambridge.
Wishful thinking that these would ever have been seen in a meadow in Cambridge. But lovely images.
Wishful thinking that these would ever have been seen in a meadow in Cambridge. But lovely images.
August 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spotted in Cambridge.
Wishful thinking that these would ever have been seen in a meadow in Cambridge. But lovely images.
Wishful thinking that these would ever have been seen in a meadow in Cambridge. But lovely images.
Always fascinated by this painting in the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge.
How many species of bird can you identify?
(One for you @amiesphilip.bsky.social )
How many species of bird can you identify?
(One for you @amiesphilip.bsky.social )
August 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Always fascinated by this painting in the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge.
How many species of bird can you identify?
(One for you @amiesphilip.bsky.social )
How many species of bird can you identify?
(One for you @amiesphilip.bsky.social )
Here's the heat map for Meadow Brown.
There are large parts of Cambs that I have had no records of any species for the last 5 years.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @jamescbr.bsky.social @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
There are large parts of Cambs that I have had no records of any species for the last 5 years.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @jamescbr.bsky.social @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Here's the heat map for Meadow Brown.
There are large parts of Cambs that I have had no records of any species for the last 5 years.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @jamescbr.bsky.social @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
There are large parts of Cambs that I have had no records of any species for the last 5 years.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @jamescbr.bsky.social @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
Lovely impromptu visit to Salcey Forest, Northants.
A Wood White almost immediately after hitting the ride. And a rather excellent notice board
@davebjames.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
A Wood White almost immediately after hitting the ride. And a rather excellent notice board
@davebjames.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lovely impromptu visit to Salcey Forest, Northants.
A Wood White almost immediately after hitting the ride. And a rather excellent notice board
@davebjames.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
A Wood White almost immediately after hitting the ride. And a rather excellent notice board
@davebjames.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Quick walk along Fleam Dyke before the weather turned. Impressive start to chalk grassland restoration by @wildlifebcn.org (seen to the right of the Dyke in the photo), plus plenty of Chalk Hill Blues (best south of the A11), and the Juniper, apparently the last in East Anglia, looking healthy
July 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Quick walk along Fleam Dyke before the weather turned. Impressive start to chalk grassland restoration by @wildlifebcn.org (seen to the right of the Dyke in the photo), plus plenty of Chalk Hill Blues (best south of the A11), and the Juniper, apparently the last in East Anglia, looking healthy
HOUSE!
First time I've managed to see all 38 regularly butterfly species in Cambridgeshire in a year. Achieved today with Wall, and Clouded Yellow at Engine Bank. 3 Clouded Yellows, including a white 'helice' form.
First time I've managed to see all 38 regularly butterfly species in Cambridgeshire in a year. Achieved today with Wall, and Clouded Yellow at Engine Bank. 3 Clouded Yellows, including a white 'helice' form.
July 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
HOUSE!
First time I've managed to see all 38 regularly butterfly species in Cambridgeshire in a year. Achieved today with Wall, and Clouded Yellow at Engine Bank. 3 Clouded Yellows, including a white 'helice' form.
First time I've managed to see all 38 regularly butterfly species in Cambridgeshire in a year. Achieved today with Wall, and Clouded Yellow at Engine Bank. 3 Clouded Yellows, including a white 'helice' form.