Alex Handover photography

Wildlife photography addict got a YouTube channel too!, SW based.

[The Internet Fish @TheInternetFish]

"I'M FUCKINGGGG RICHHHHHH"

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Swiss farmers planted flowers between their crops and watched pest damage drop by over half. The UK is now running the same trial across 15 farms. The reason this works is embarrassingly simple.

A Swiss study on winter wheat found that fields with wildflower strips had 40 to 53% fewer leaf beetle pests than fields without. Crop damage dropped 61%.

The mechanism is simple. Wildflowers feed hoverflies, lacewings, parasitic wasps, ladybugs, and ground beetles. Those insects eat the aphids, beetle larvae, and caterpillars that farmers would otherwise spray for. A few meters of wildflowers hosts an unpaid pest control crew that would jump at the chance to whoop some aphid ass.

In apple orchards where no insecticides had been used for five years, plots with wildflower alleyways had 9.2% damaged fruit. Control plots without flowers had 32.5%.

The UK is now running a five-year trial across 15 farms placing 6-meter flower strips through the middle of fields, not just at the edges, because the beneficial insects can't reach the center of a large field otherwise.

This works the same way in a backyard vegetable garden as it does on a commercial farm. Plant native flowering species near your tomatoes, beans, and squash. The pests still show up, but the predators show up too.

Study doi: 20151369

[Alex Handover photography @AlexHandover]

@MCCCANM F40 every time at my home base (it’s short!)

[Alex Handover photography @AlexHandover]

Peregrine falcon chase #peregrinefalcon

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.

[Paul Baker @BakerBoySOG]

FOUND SD CARD today 14th June WESTLETON HEATH.

Photos were taken on a Canon EOS R6 and include Kingfisher, Egrets, Deer from Minsmere area with some taken today.

SanDisk Ultra 32GB.

Happy to post it back if we can find the owner. Please Retweet.

@DavidWalsh22

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle 'disappeared' on Snilesworth Estate, in the North York Moors National Park.

Link to a feature article in The Guardian & some additional commentary from me ⬇️

https://t.co/KrdZsKRMCG

[Alex Handover photography @AlexHandover]

@miami_rick 🤣

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

The reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles to Exmoor has been given the green light by Natural England, with up to 20 birds due to be released across the national park from this summer!

#birdwatching #birdguides #birding #birds

[Natural England @NaturalEngland]

Britain's largest bird of prey is returning.🦅

We've approved a new licence to release white-tailed eagles in Exmoor National Park. This builds on the existing Isle of Wight programme led by @forestryengland and @RoyDennisWF.

https://t.co/G4Pz4fnvwF

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Brilliant, brilliant exposé by Alex Thomson @alextomo on @Channel4News last night, blowing the lid of the corrupt, and it is corruption of the @EnvAgency allowing water companies to walk away from criminal charges, jail time, unlimited fines and all for nothing more than a slap on the wrist and some blood money paid to local charities.

It's time to put an end to this nonsense, it's time to hold people to account, it's time to send the fat cats to jail.

https://t.co/ph5PFXUph5

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

And there is the reality.

All of the promises, all the rhetoric, all the empty, meaningless words.

Welsh Water at its finest.

[Dubs⛧ @onlydubsX]

Seth Rogen explains why he doesn’t want children, saying it seems like a dark, stressful life with small moments of joy, adding how much he enjoys life without them 👀🤔

“You don’t need kids.”

“The world won’t even be here in 30 years.”

[Brad Pitt @Bradpitfam]

Patience is about strength choosing to wait because your love is real, not because you're afraid to move on. It's staying because you believe there's something worth fighting for, even if the outcome is uncertain. In the end, waiting is not about whether you “win” or get

[Alex Handover photography @AlexHandover]

Visited the south coast for an overnight in the van and three white tailed eagles turned up! https://t.co/3oRQ27TwYn @chog_nature @RoyDennisWF @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife

[Alex Handover photography @AlexHandover]

Who the feck eats pheasant anyway? Just ban all forms of hunting

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Gamekeepers using night vision goggles to shoot roosting golden eagles and hen harriers, claims RSPB.

I can well believe it. These birds' satellite tag data have provided us with quite an insight.

New blog ⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/0brc1w5Tqy

[Samuel West 💙💛 @exitthelemming]

It’s the day at least some of you have been waiting for. SAM & ADE GO BIRDING, with me and @AdrianEdmondson, tonight, 8pm, @channel5_tv.

In Ep 1 we head to West Cornwall, the stocking-toe of England, in search of the Cornish Chough. And Ade teaches me to enjoy the common stuff

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people – and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.

[Alex Handover photography @AlexHandover]

This is such good news🦅🦅🦅

[Defra UK @DefraGovUK]

Golden eagles are coming back to England 🦅

Environment Secretary @EmmaforWycombe has approved an additional £1m of funding to explore a reintroduction programme for one of our most iconic birds.

Read more: https://t.co/5HZwSR776R

🎥: Restoring Upland Nature

[Mike King🦉🐺 @GlosterBirder]

Dear @EnvAgency can you please tell me why you think it necessary to send your people to strim the banks of Hock Ditch, Saul, Glos today in spring where birds are already nesting and wild flowers are just starting to bloom. 🤬#GlosBirds