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Invertebrates in central West Scotland. Clyde estuary shoreline, damp coastal grassland, woodland and wet cliff species.💙💛

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@Kate_Bradbury Perhaps the biggest thing you can do to help is vote for governments who will take the strongest action on climate. No other issue is more urgent.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

The House of Lords Appointments Commission *unanimously* objected to his peerage but Boris Johnson awarded it anyway. A few days after taking his seat in the Lords, Cruddas gave half a million quid to the Tory party.

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@wrenandbee Enchanting 😍

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@standing_green @CathHodsman Hi Stuart, Chloe/Zoe here. I would also respond to any of these wonderful plant names! 😀https://t.co/Paqhd9aPIT

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@VeganOlive1 @pandocruises A cruise?! What about the whales and dolphins?!!!! 😩😩
https://t.co/jsB4Um7BmI

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Behold, the mighty snug! New to science. https://t.co/D6Se42AsX8

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Good to see more research backing up what I think many of us feel is the case... https://t.co/JKsd8pPvCI

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@Bayer4CropsUK @PickledHoney Rachel, would you drink a glass of Atlantis Star? https://t.co/e6nulYt0qX

[Sussex Bat Group @sussexbatgroup]

EXTINCT BAT MAKING A COMEBACK? In 1992 greater mouse-eared bats were declared extinct from the UK. A single male has been recorded present since 2002 @sussexbatgroup were astonished to find a SECOND greater mouse-eared bat hibernating the important network of tunnels in Jan 2023

[James Bashford @wrenandbee]

A linguistic and cultural division exists between moths and butterflies that biology cannot justify. They all belong to an insect superradiation dating back to approximately 300 million years ago.

All require the same degree of protection today.

#MothsMatter @savebutterflies

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@capabilitycharl @PlasticsRebel Those that don't understand this have probably never been sexually assaulted, and can't take the word of the huge number of women who have, that it is an all-too-common occurrence. Some of them are likely to have committed sexual assault themselves. The others are enablers.

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@beachcombergran I love that! I shouldn't copy your resolution, but I want to 😂

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@Jazeyfantazy @PADI Thank you! It's so strange that some divers don't even notice, or make the connections between, terrible oceanic environmental degradations and the huge footprint of long-haul diving trips. How can they not see it?!🤦 Glad people are speaking out!

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@CathHodsman Ooh yes 😀

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The Starlings seem to concentrate on the area of lawn that is full of Catsear while hunting using their funny gape-mouthed technique - are there more grubs (perhaps Crane Fly?) among these roots than among rye grass roots?

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@gazzamagoo @TiggywinklesUK Ah! Possibly imitates a bee, not to scare but rather, to disguise. A honey thief! I think that was a hit song once.

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@gazzamagoo @TiggywinklesUK The rest of the pattern looks to be stinging wasp/hornet mimic so maybe:

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@thegyth @gazzamagoo @TiggywinklesUK

[Matthew jones @Matt_J_ecology]

Oh wow, this Strangler was found by a member of the group yesterday but noone knew what it was. It's since been identified as the Strathy Strangler (Squamanita pearsonii) 😍 This species is only known from 12 sites globally and I think this is the 3rd British record!