Mike Drew

Responsible for the 49 SSSIs on Anglian Water's land. I’m a member of CIEEM. Interested in all wildlife & ringing birds for the BTO. My page My views

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@Fauna_Flora1948 @NaturetasticWH @DragonflyHunts @BrianE_Cambs Yes it was a great evening, always wanted to visit the Orkney’s & Extremadura. Now they’re on the tick list! @NaturetasticWH you went to nursery with my daughter!

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

Bought a house back in June. Today I’ve been tidying the garden & came across this packet of crisps with a BBF date 28.07.18
@UKrubbishwalks

[Huntingdonshire Fauna & Flora Society @Fauna_Flora1948]

One of our members @michaelmas79 has spotted a Lizard Orchid still growing in the same place in Huntingdonshire. It’s been there for at least 5 years. Great pictures 👍 cracking species of Orchid.
@ukorchids @Britainsorchids #Orchid #UKorchid

[AW Coast & Country @AWCoastCountry]

At a chalk quarry site we own in North Lincolnshire we’ve had 2 piles of rubble dumped containing Japanese Knotweed. A treatment plan in place to try & halt the spread, set up no go areas & installed warning signs
@InvasiveSp @CheckCleanDryGB #INNSweek

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@katemacrae These are our 4 hens busy roaming the garden. They lay such delicious eggs. Can’t beat fresh free range eggs!!
#TheGoodLife

[Chas Holt 🌍🇺🇦 @chas_holt]

Ringing details received of a Nightingale caught at Abberton 🇬🇧 in May 2023 - ringed at Tanji, The Gambia 🇬🇲 in January 2020. 4 years, 8 migrations. Ace! 👌

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

A great job opportunity has opened up with @huntsdc as a Community Volunteer Coordinator, based out of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve.

For more info click on the link.

https://t.co/yjzNUKNqEn

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

I carried out a newt survey in my small garden pond the other night: 14 male & 5 female Smooth Newts, also 8 Cased Caddisflies. A few years ago I created a hibernaculum.
@ARGroupsUK @ARC_Bytes @Freshwaterhabs

[Huntingdonshire Fauna & Flora Society @Fauna_Flora1948]

We had an amazing talk by @AHunterPhotos about “The Flora & Fauna of the Alps” fab to find out about the wildlife at different altitudes & the various habitat types.

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@Fauna_Flora1948 @bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies Yes it was a bit of a surprise to catch it. It was nice to get the verification of the species confirmed 👍

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@CheckCleanDryGB Yep I’ve been out on the River Great Ouse this weekend. Kayak Checked ✅ Cleaned ✅ Dry ✅ (dried out in the sunshine ☀️) even getting into those hard to reach areas. No INNS being spread by me 👍
#CheckCleanDry

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

I’ve been enjoying the weekend in my new Kayak on the River Great Ouse. Now back, making sure I Check Clean Dry. Wouldn’t want to be transporting any Invasive Non Native Species about.
#CheckCleanDry #INNS
@DecathlonUK @CheckCleanDryGB @EnvAgencyAnglia @AWCoastCountry

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@rock_nester Nice looking Emperor moth caterpillar you’ve spotted there 👍

[Huntingdonshire Fauna & Flora Society @Fauna_Flora1948]

Tomorrow is the launch of the “Big Butterfly Count 2023” this is a UK wide survey to assess the health of the UK’s environment of Butterflies & day flying Moths. It takes 15mins to carry out the survey!
https://t.co/XQ2wz88dkm

@bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies @BeccasButterfli

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@CambsCC driving past a roundabout nr Sawtry before you cross over the A1 I couldn’t help but notice about 200 Bee Orchids growing on it. Can you please not cut it until they’ve finished flowering. There’s still good visibility 👍
@wildlifebcn @Love_plants @Britainsorchids

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@BumblebeeTrust I’ve found a bumblebee nest in my lawn which is really nice to see. It survived the mower before I realised it was there. To make sure it doesn’t get mown or accidentally stood on by my 9yr old it’s marked with a red flag 🚩.
#MakeSpaceForNature

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

Despite the wind it didn’t stop us from carrying out a spot of rock pooling at Longis Beach. Our most impressive find was this Sea Hare grazing on the seaweed. “Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but footprints; kill nothing but time”
@AlderneyWT
#LivingSeas

[Mike Drew @michaelmas79]

@ScrubUpBritain I’d say it’s a false widow spider. The picture attached are Cave Spiders but they do look quite similar though. These cave spiders were found in an underground chamber

[AW Coast & Country @AWCoastCountry]

Mike Drew our Biodiversity Advisor has recorded 80 species of bird today at Grafham Water for the Global Big Day Birdwatch he’s walked nearly 8 miles!!
@AnglianWater @global_birding @GrafhamWater1 @wildlifebcn
#GlobalBirding #GlobalBigDay #birdsuniteourworld

[AW Coast & Country @AWCoastCountry]

Meet Luke, Works Technician who’s in the Biodiversity Team for the Global Birdwatch.
@AnglianWater @global_birding
#GlobalBigDay #globalbirding #birdsuniteourworld