Malcolm Hull
@malcolmhull.bsky.social
Passionate about butterflies, plants and all wildlife. I split my time between conservation, recording, rewilding, campaigning and engagement. Chair of the Herts &Middx branch of Butterfly Conservation. Retired Chartered Surveyor. All views are my own
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
The Moth Wonderful Time of the year - free, online event to join....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-moth-w...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-moth-w...
The Moth Wonderful Time of the year
Did you know not all moths fly at night? Join Dr Richard Fox to learn everything you need to know about our UK moths at this free webinar!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Moth Wonderful Time of the year - free, online event to join....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-moth-w...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-moth-w...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
'Flying Tiger'
A female Danaus chrysippus. Common names are Plain Tiger, African Monarch, or Sultan, depending on where you are in the world. That hints at the how widespread a species it is.
A female Danaus chrysippus. Common names are Plain Tiger, African Monarch, or Sultan, depending on where you are in the world. That hints at the how widespread a species it is.
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
'Flying Tiger'
A female Danaus chrysippus. Common names are Plain Tiger, African Monarch, or Sultan, depending on where you are in the world. That hints at the how widespread a species it is.
A female Danaus chrysippus. Common names are Plain Tiger, African Monarch, or Sultan, depending on where you are in the world. That hints at the how widespread a species it is.
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
1/2 The next 4-5 days/nights should be the most productive spell for North African migrants that we've seen so far this year (not difficult, I know!!!). Tuesday and Wednesday in particular look very interesting. [NB, any resemblance to male appendages in the charts is purely coincidental] #teammoth
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
1/2 The next 4-5 days/nights should be the most productive spell for North African migrants that we've seen so far this year (not difficult, I know!!!). Tuesday and Wednesday in particular look very interesting. [NB, any resemblance to male appendages in the charts is purely coincidental] #teammoth
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
The Invisible Toll of Bird Flu on Wildlife. Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
The Bird Flu Story No One Is Telling
Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands
www.scientificamerican.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Invisible Toll of Bird Flu on Wildlife. Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees. A common farming practice is spreading toxic pesticides into the environment: harming pollinators, wildlife and ecosystems - and we've known of the damage for years... ☠️
environmentamerica.org/articles/how...
environmentamerica.org/articles/how...
How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees
A common farming practice is spreading toxic pesticides into the environment: harming pollinators, wildlife and ecosystems.
environmentamerica.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees. A common farming practice is spreading toxic pesticides into the environment: harming pollinators, wildlife and ecosystems - and we've known of the damage for years... ☠️
environmentamerica.org/articles/how...
environmentamerica.org/articles/how...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns
Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Great to see so many fellow butterfly enthusiasts at the @upperthames.bsky.social Members Day, listening to fascinating talk by Peter Marren on butterfly names, which go back to 1700s
October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Great to see so many fellow butterfly enthusiasts at the @upperthames.bsky.social Members Day, listening to fascinating talk by Peter Marren on butterfly names, which go back to 1700s
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Pesticide cocktails can be highly damaging to insects and other wildlife. It’s truly shocking that they are still so widely used in a manner which contaminates people, the countryside and wildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
This might also explain the slow and steady decline of common insects. I am sure they cannot avoid these pesticides either and low levels could disrupt behaviour or reduce survival rates www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure
Silicone wristbands worn by volunteers in the Netherlands captured 173 substances in one week
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Pesticide cocktails can be highly damaging to insects and other wildlife. It’s truly shocking that they are still so widely used in a manner which contaminates people, the countryside and wildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar
Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
It seems that Robins are partial to Box Tree Moths!
October 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It seems that Robins are partial to Box Tree Moths!
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Excellent day in Nottingham celebrating the 50th anniversary of the fabulous @ukbms.bsky.social
We’re kicking off the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme @ukbms.bsky.social 50th anniversary in style! 🦋
Firstly a video from our volunteers about why they take part. A huge thank you to all involved - we couldn’t do it without you!
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Firstly a video from our volunteers about why they take part. A huge thank you to all involved - we couldn’t do it without you!
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Excellent day in Nottingham celebrating the 50th anniversary of the fabulous @ukbms.bsky.social
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2.15 pm
Suffolk Branch Members' Afternoon 2025
at Earl Stonham Village Hall, IP14 5HJ
Pete Eeles will be our guest speaker. He runs the UK Butterflies website & has recently published British and Irish Butterfly Rarities
See suffolkbutterflies.org.uk
Suffolk Branch Members' Afternoon 2025
at Earl Stonham Village Hall, IP14 5HJ
Pete Eeles will be our guest speaker. He runs the UK Butterflies website & has recently published British and Irish Butterfly Rarities
See suffolkbutterflies.org.uk
September 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2.15 pm
Suffolk Branch Members' Afternoon 2025
at Earl Stonham Village Hall, IP14 5HJ
Pete Eeles will be our guest speaker. He runs the UK Butterflies website & has recently published British and Irish Butterfly Rarities
See suffolkbutterflies.org.uk
Suffolk Branch Members' Afternoon 2025
at Earl Stonham Village Hall, IP14 5HJ
Pete Eeles will be our guest speaker. He runs the UK Butterflies website & has recently published British and Irish Butterfly Rarities
See suffolkbutterflies.org.uk
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Oil trade faces ‘crude awakening’ as rising seas threaten global ports...
www.eco-business.com/news/oil-tra...
www.eco-business.com/news/oil-tra...
Oil trade faces ‘crude awakening’ as rising seas threaten global ports, report warns
Nearly 90 per cent of the world’s largest oil ports could be overwhelmed by sea level rise by 2070, a study by CWR warns. The Strait of Malacca is particularly vulnerable.
www.eco-business.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Oil trade faces ‘crude awakening’ as rising seas threaten global ports...
www.eco-business.com/news/oil-tra...
www.eco-business.com/news/oil-tra...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Butterflies need two things to thrive: good weather and a healthy environment ☀️🌱
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
September 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Butterflies need two things to thrive: good weather and a healthy environment ☀️🌱
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Butterflies need our help.
If you’re in the UK please sign and share.
🦋
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#pesticides
butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...
If you’re in the UK please sign and share.
🦋
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#pesticides
butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...
Join me in supporting the Remove Pesticides from UK Shelves Campaign
Join the Butterfly Rescue Mission
Sign our open letter to UK retailers, asking them to remove synthetic pesticides from sale, for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come.
The UK ...
butterflyemergency.good.do
September 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Butterflies need our help.
If you’re in the UK please sign and share.
🦋
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#pesticides
butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...
If you’re in the UK please sign and share.
🦋
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#pesticides
butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Help support the rescue mission for #butterflies and moths! 🦋 We've partnered with
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
September 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Help support the rescue mission for #butterflies and moths! 🦋 We've partnered with
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Want to know how you can help? Have your say on the Big Insect Rescue Plan, our collaborative plan championing your voice and ideas so we can save the insects that our ecosystems depend on, together. 🦋
Take part here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/big-insect-r...
Take part here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/big-insect-r...
September 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Want to know how you can help? Have your say on the Big Insect Rescue Plan, our collaborative plan championing your voice and ideas so we can save the insects that our ecosystems depend on, together. 🦋
Take part here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/big-insect-r...
Take part here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/big-insect-r...
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
We need insects, but today, insects need us to take action 🚨
We've united with Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to sound the alarm for insects, by launching a Declaration on UK Insect Declines.
Find out more about why it’s so important we speak up now 👇
We've united with Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to sound the alarm for insects, by launching a Declaration on UK Insect Declines.
Find out more about why it’s so important we speak up now 👇
Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨
This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
1/5
This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
1/5
September 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We need insects, but today, insects need us to take action 🚨
We've united with Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to sound the alarm for insects, by launching a Declaration on UK Insect Declines.
Find out more about why it’s so important we speak up now 👇
We've united with Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to sound the alarm for insects, by launching a Declaration on UK Insect Declines.
Find out more about why it’s so important we speak up now 👇
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
The #BigButterflyCount results are in and it's official...
2025 was an average year for butterflies.
See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇
https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025
2025 was an average year for butterflies.
See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇
https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The #BigButterflyCount results are in and it's official...
2025 was an average year for butterflies.
See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇
https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025
2025 was an average year for butterflies.
See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇
https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025
Innovative analysis of the Big Butterfly Count, starts at 5 mins 40 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
The News Quiz - Series 118 - 2. Cards revealed and Reshuffle - BBC Sounds
Daliso Chaponda joins for the panel quiz show, all about the news of the week.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Innovative analysis of the Big Butterfly Count, starts at 5 mins 40 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
LANG'S SHORT-TAILED BLUE (Leptotes pirithous), taken in a light trap at Lizard, Cornwall on 7/9. Perhaps the 4th UK record (3rd likely genuine vagrant) #ukbutterflies #savebutterflies
September 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
LANG'S SHORT-TAILED BLUE (Leptotes pirithous), taken in a light trap at Lizard, Cornwall on 7/9. Perhaps the 4th UK record (3rd likely genuine vagrant) #ukbutterflies #savebutterflies
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Small heaths in the mood for love at Landguard today #butterflies
September 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Small heaths in the mood for love at Landguard today #butterflies
Reposted by Malcolm Hull
Tax avoidance is unpatriotic.
Just wait until the BBC, Sky, Mail, Telegraph, Express, Sun, and GBeebies get hold of this story of obvious and deliberate tax avoidance!
JUST WAIT!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
JUST WAIT!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Tax avoidance is unpatriotic.