Stuart Parker

Environment & Wildlife especially Butterflies. Love the Scottish Highlands.. Sometimes political. No fan of Trump.
#Mull & #Hebrides

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Trump has just destroyed the US beef industry. No country in their right mind is going to import US beef.

After Trump cut funding for Screwworm monitoring programs, the dangerous flesh-eating parasite has been found in US cattle for the first time since 1966.

[Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social @ASPaton]

Song Thrush "foraging" on grassland, Argyll

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

💔 THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. COULD DARTMOOR TRULY LOSE ITS PONIES? 🐴📉

A devastating warning has been issued by campaigners who fear that up to NINETY PERCENT of Dartmoor’s iconic semi-wild hill ponies could completely disappear from the moorland.

Over 23,000 people have already signed an emergency petition demanding action to protect them.

New rules drawn up by Natural England mean that grazing limits across the moors are being slashed. But here is the catch: campaigners say the famous ponies are being lumped into the exact same livestock quotas as commercial cattle and sheep.

Because they are competing for the same reduced space, it's feared farmers will be forced to remove the ponies to make way for more financially viable livestock.

The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association warns that numbers have already plummeted from 7,000 to just 900 in the last 25 years. They are already listed as an officially endangered native breed. Campaigners warn that once they are gone from the moor, they are gone forever.

Natural England says they want to ensure "optimal numbers" remain and that ponies are vital for restoring the landscape—but officials confirm they must be included in the total livestock count.

Dartmoor simply wouldn’t be Dartmoor without the ponies. Do you think it’s fair to treat these historic animals the same as farm livestock?

📸 Ben Ivory / Getty Images

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

The Scottish people should be deciding this, rather than the smoke and mirrors agreements between government and tech giants.

[Dave Edwards jft97 🇺🇦 💙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🇪🇺 @eddyedwards6859]

Lonnnng day in the Lakes yesterday @RSPBLeightonM and Trowbarrow. Cetti's, Marsh Harrier pursued by bhg's. They were plucking the gull chick's from in front of Lillian's hide. Reed warbler and kestrel at Trowbarrow. Seen 2 bearded tit but couldn't lock the focus.

[Dave Edwards jft97 🇺🇦 💙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🇪🇺 @eddyedwards6859]

@BDSdragonflies Large red damselfly at Trowbarrow, Lake District.

[Richard Bowler @RichardBowler1]

Spent a pleasant hour photographing the Pied flycatchers before the youngsters fledge this morning.
Got accused of only caring for foxes and badgers. Pied flycatchers on our property have increased 400% since we started to manage the land for wildlife.
@BBCSpringwatch

[Stuart Parker @MadeinPerth1947]

When Silversands are not quite that anymore ?

https://t.co/0BN4yxxwEC

[Stuart Parker @MadeinPerth1947]

@pete_ar_fryn @RichardBowler1 "imagine* being the operative word...read yesterday how neonics have been allowed in some cases

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Government grants "emergency authorisation" for use of the neonic insecticide acetamiprid on sugar beet. Deja vu. Product label below.

[Stuart Parker @MadeinPerth1947]

@paul_vk6 @Undergotten Definitely getting more bonkers every day. I blame Trump.. Honest Democracy he ain't ... IMO anyway

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

This is utterly heartbreaking- what is wrong with developers?
The swifts are seen trying to return to their nests and the nests are no longer there

https://t.co/f3pRJMJM3T

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Great news from the Loch of the Lowes near Dunkeld in Perthshire. The first osprey chick has hatched. Fingers crossed for more.

Photo link: https://t.co/7EaRpzq1Ke

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A message to all sane Republicans:

He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals.
You said nothing.

He bulldozed the East Wing.
You said nothing.

He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing.

He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing.

He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing.

He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing.

He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing.

He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing.

His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing.

He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing.

His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing.

He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing.

He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing.

It’s time to start talking.

[Charles Cuthbert @CRCuthbert]

Beautiful Silver-studded Blues from the Suffolk Sandlings... just before the weather changed!
(1st June 2026)
@BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

WHY does the world grant Israel IMPUNITY when it carries out the most heinous war crimes, including GENOCIDE?

The world is destroying the entire edifice of international law for Israel's sake - WHY?

[Charles Cuthbert @CRCuthbert]

A few newly-emerged Silver-studded Blue butterflies from the dry heaths of the Suffolk Sandlings yesterday - mostly males, and just one female (1st June 2026)
@BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies

[Dave Edwards jft97 🇺🇦 💙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🇪🇺 @eddyedwards6859]

A trip to Speke Hall to test the lens out, seems OK. Any oof shots are now down to me! 😂 LTT, male blackcap, swallow and blue tit.