But also, in part, I think conservation is a beauty contest. It is perfectly understandable that people want to donate money to a project for the cute or showy, but I also think we need to do the conservation work that needs to be done for the small, subtle and shy.
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This is why I wrote Endemic. It’s a journey via thirty or so British endemics, the stories of their discovery, the dedicated people working to conserve them, and as a way to raise the profile of the species found nowhere else on the planet.
Available now: bloomsbury.com/uk/endemic-97…
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Inside story of the secret deal with Warwickshire Hunt
channel4.com/news/inside-sto…
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Exotic animals are frequently used on #Imacelebrity, and over its many seasons animals have been crushed, eaten, confined to cramped spaces. We have serious concerns OFCOM is failing in its regulatory duties.
Read our insight 👉animallawfoundation.org/insi…
#AnimalLaw – at London, England
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Our next @daera_ni funded Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project webinar is on Tuesday 10th December:
'An Introduction to the Horsetails of Fermanagh, Ireland, and the UK'
Horsetails are weird looking and simply awesome, so grab a ticket now:
tickettailor.com/events/bota…
Reminder that Iain likes to play wise, but also spreads misinformation: teapaw.org/theiaincameron/status/…
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This free series of webinars starts on Tuesday 5th with 'Getting started with Plant and Leaf Anatomy'. The whole series of our @daera_ni funded talks can be seen and booked from here: bsbi.org/botanical-skills-we…
Excited to announce ten brand new ID webinars over the winter months, part of the @BSBIbotany Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project: free to attend & open to all! Starting on 5 Nov, with 'Getting Started with Plant Anatomy'. Check out bsbi.org/field-meetings-and-… for more info.
ALT Field scabious Knautia arvensis, Wiltshire, photo by Quirky Junket
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I've only just discovered that there's a set of superb Danish books on bugs (Miridae, Lygaeidae and shieldbugs) and lacewings freely downloadable from
larsskipper.dk/. Very generous! In Danish, but amazing pics
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De-extinctifying something is a pretty special feeling, de-extinctifying something in your home country (#Wales) is even more so, writing about it for @Love_plants 100th issue of their ‘Plantlife’ members magazine was quite emotional!
Great article on the recent re-introduction of Rosy Saxifrage to Eryri in the current edition of Plantlife magazine. It goes to show, there is always hope.
Well done @fossilplants 👏👏
Hi @BritishBugs, I've been puzzling over this one - could it be Ortholomus punctipennis? Found in Essex at the weekend.
Hi @BritishBugs, I swept this a couple of hours ago from Mugwort & have been trying to March it to a species on the website. After a bit of googling I found a note in HetNews mentioning Dicyphus tamaninii with a picture that seems to match - but I'm no expert! What do you think?
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Hi @BritishBugs, I swept this from a mixed patch of aspen and white poplar. Looks like Idiocerus tremulae on your site, but is it safe to record?
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Argyresthia sp. - bonnetella? pruniella? spinosella? I'm not sure exactly what I need to look at to distinguish them.
@MOTHIDUK @FlyinginFordham
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