Tim Sexton

Entomologist, wildlife lover, happiest when outdoors

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

@MartinSLewis @itvMLshow the popular school lunch and school payment online purse company @sQuidcard is apparently leaving the UK! They have conveniently changed their refund policy so that balances under £10 can't be refunded, those balances over, incur a £10 admin fee!!! Help!

[Kate Mathers @mathers_kate]

Interested in aquatic invasion dynamics? Then check out our recent @lborogeog paper investigating non-native population dynamics of Dikerogammarus over multiple years and the wider implications for macroinvertebrate communities over time @ESAEcosphere https://t.co/szDCv61RkI

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

A great day with the volunteers water quality monitoring using aquatic invertebrates. Lots of different beetles including larvae and adult Screech Beetle!

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

Another new beetle species for Rutland Water Nature Reserve today - Black-clouded Longhorn Beetle agg. - Leiopus nebulosus agg. Hopefully can split it to species. Last year we recorded 610 species of beetle from just 8 survey visits!

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

All a glow at Ketton Quarry Nature Reserve. Glow worms are declining by as much as 75% in parts of Britain. Let's not let their light go out!

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

@CrossCountryUK Thank you. Will I need a reference number or anything else from you as confirmation? Really grateful for your help today

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

My train from Stansted
on 28/03 cancelled by @CrossCountryUK there is no alternative service with XC and can only get refund for half of return fare (£36). A new single with another operator is almost 3x as much (£104)! Advice/options please?

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

@CrossCountryUK Hi, thanks for that. It is very helpful. I will go with that option assuming there is enough time between the changes to allow for the usual short delays.

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

@CrossCountryUK Original plan was to get the 18:21 from Stansted to Beeston (flight arrives at 17:00 so can't depart earlier).

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

In the absence of a proper disco, here's some lemon disco! d-i-s-c-o

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

Creatures of the deep! Well, the little pond outside @LakesideArts. A Phantom Midge Larvae, a scary beast - if you are a water flea!

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

Birders who visit the famous Common Starling murmuration in Somerset are being asked by the RSPB to stay away this year due to COVID-19: https://t.co/kHOdUcCY6W

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

One advantage of all the rain I suppose. Some alternative photo opportunities!

[Tim Sexton @thetimsexton]

Look at a seed pod of a snap dragon upside down - it's a skull!