Graham Busby

Always interested in how literature motivates travel. Visiting Reader, University of Plymouth.

[Dr Sanjoy Kumar @drsanjoykumar]

Recommendations must become statute. Recent history tells us lessons are unlearnt quickly even by @rcpsych @JulianHendy

[West Oxfordshire Farmland Bird Project @WOXFarmBirds]

Little Ringed Plover are a rare breeding bird in Oxfordshire and we’re very lucky to monitor a site with three breeding pairs nesting in the drawdown zone of a small wetland complex. This week two of these clutches hatched revealing these beautifully camouflaged chicks.

[Prof Duncan Westbury @DuncanWestbury]

Please take TWO minutes to sign this petition, it takes 000’s of hours each year removing it to save native habitats from degradation.

https://t.co/4TgZgs5Qn1

[NestingUpNorth @NestingUpNorth]

A pair of Red-necked Phalaropes, thought extinct as a breeding bird on mainland Britain, copulating on a small pool in the Scottish Highlands.

(Observed with an S1 Licence holder)

Located with @BirderSouth.

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Turquoise blue, Vatochori, Prespa, 11.20, 8 June
@Greenwings
#lepidoptera

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Pelobates balcanicus.
Road beside Lesser Prespa lake.
23.00, 7 June.
@Greenwings

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Cardinal fritillary, above Psaradhes, 7 June.
@Greenwings
#lepidoptera

[Greenwings Wildlife Tours @Greenwings]

Thousands of Nettle Tree butterflies (Libythea celtis) are being enjoyed by our group in northern Greece right now. An amazing sight!

Video clip shot there a few years ago by @MattDoogue

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Exciting... With @Greenwings
In the mountain above Agios Germanos.
6 June.
#Brownbear

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Oberthur's Grizzled Skippers, perhaps!
Prespa,@Greenwings
5 June. Feeling very privileged
#lepidoptera

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Russian Heath, Agios Germanos, 4 June, @Greenwings
#lepidoptera

[Trees for Life @treesforlifeuk]

For more than 25 years, Rob has volunteered as a #RewildingWeek guide. His incredible contribution has been felt across Trees for Life - by staff, fellow volunteers, and the landscapes he has helped #restore.
Thank you! 🌳🌲#VolunteersWeek

[ACHUB PENRHOS / SAVE PENRHOS NATURE RESERVE 🍃💚🍃 @PenrhosSave]

Penrhos, home to Red squirrels here’s a beautiful close up of a red !
The second photo shows part of the SSSI that sides onto Penrhos showing yet again the importance of the area and why Penrhos should not be developed ! Map marks Beddmanarch – Cymyran SSSI in red
📸David Jones & Mark williams

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Spotted fritillary, north of Konitsa, day 2 Greenwings @Greenwings
#Lepidoptera

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

Orchids on the way to Konitsa, day one. Possibly the endemic one.

[Greenwings Wildlife Tours @Greenwings]

Good morning from the Pyrenees (France & Spain). The butterflies continue coming thick & fast - all target species & many more. And that's without mentioning all the other flora & fauna. What a fantastic time our group is having!

[Stephen Pullen @Stephen36307455]

House Martins and a few Swallows collecting mud for there nests next to Frampton-on-Severn church this morning. #GlosBirds

[Tim Scott @TimScot78560883]

Lapwing with 2 young on the reserve.All the first broods of Lapwing failed probably due to predation.the cold weather, lack of vegetation for cover.Looks like the second broods might be more successful.@NosterfieldLNR @HanbyAndrew @nybirdnews @HarrogateNats

[Chiltern Society @ChilternSociety]

Spotted at Ewelme Watercress Beds 🔎

These funky little Ermine moth caterpillars like cosying up with each other in webs for safety. They strip vegetation but it’s not a long-term problem and they are not harmful. Look for the ghostly silken webbing on sections of hedgerows.

[Anna Dillon @Anna_Dillon]

I am lucky to be part of a local Nature Recovery project in the East of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, which is a 7 hectar chalk grassland field. Today, I recorded this grizzled skipper, which is our first record. Small changes can enable big wins.
@TonyJuniper

[Graham Busby @GrahamBusby5]

@MichaelRosenYes A Very Peculiar Practice available on iPlayer. Interesting Vice Chancellors...