@JulesA4thJuly

So-so birder, beginner moth-er having returned to it after many decades, passionate about wildlife in general. Trying to help swifts and hirundines. W. Sx.

 Sussex, UK
Joined September 2016
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Obs having one of its occasional meltdowns 😁 @ivysuckle @ruth_newby
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Saw some interesting behaviour today which I thought might interest my parasite loving friend Dud @ivysuckle or perhaps @ruth_newby We have a camera now in our first occupied swift box. I noticed today that they are louseflies, Crataerina pallida were leaving the swifts 1/2
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and running around on the inside of the box. I wondered if it might be the heat driving them away from the birds. It was suggested they might be leaving to lay their eggs, but it seems a bit early in the season as the birds are only just back. Wondered if you had any thoughts?
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Found a couple of these critters in my kitchen. So tiny and fragile. They look like mini May flies. Is it possible to ID them? Got one broken antenna sadly @ruth_newby @ivysuckle
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Stumbled on this on iPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… I thought it was the most beautiful wildlife programme I’ve seen in a long time. Gorgeous photography, wonderful insights into bee life and humorous as well. Just enchanting ❤️

My Garden of a Thousand Bees

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

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Did you guys see it? @ruth_newby @ivysuckle
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Hi Dud and Ruth, do you remember the false widow that I had living behind my bookcase for about 9 months a year ago? I had to move the bookcase recently and as suspected found her little body. But also this egg sac + little white bits. Could they be hatched eggs? 🙂🕷️
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Hi Dud @ivysuckle I thought I would flag this up to you now that you’re back as I thought you might want to see the end of the saga 😅
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I love how she had made herself a sort of pocket of web ☺️
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Good to see Long Covid and ME getting some press. 1.3 million of us in the UK alone and yet it’s been almost completely ignored by the research community until the last couple of years. 😥 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8p…

Long Covid and ME patients 'hopeful' about Rosetta Stone study

The £1.1m Rosetta Stone study hopes to make a breakthrough by comparing both conditions.

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And the good news just keeps coming! 👏🏻 finally an end to ‘accidentally’ chasing foxes across the countryside and ripping them limb from limb! ❤️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9…

Trail hunting to be banned as part of new animal welfare strategy

The government says the practice is being used as a "smokescreen" for the hunting of wild animals.

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At last, some good news! 👏🏻
Hannah Bourne-Taylor
@WriterHannahBT20 Dec 2025
Wonderful to see this (real) victory. Congratulations ⁦@chloedaltonuk⁩ ⁦@BornFreeFDN⁩ ⁦@willtravers⁩ & all involved. Thank you so much! Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year | Hunting | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…

Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year

Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law

theguardian.com
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Just got an absolutely rave review from Chris Packham on Fb! taleofsilyan.com/

The Tale of Silyan | In cinemas from 12 December

taleofsilyan.com
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Woo hoo! 👏🏻 English Parliament hang your heads in shame!
Hannah Bourne-Taylor
@WriterHannahBT10 Dec 2025
AMAZING NEWS!!! (This is NOT the final result BUT)…the SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS THROUGH TO THE NEXT PHASE. The SNP government did not but THE OTHER PARTIES STOOD UNITED AND SHOWED ENGLAND HOW ITS DONE. SCOTLAND YOU BEAUTY! Thank you ⁦@markruskell⁩ !
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Great news! Well done Spain 👏🏻
dominic dyer
@domdyer7028 Nov 2025
Thank you Spain🇪🇸for just doing the right thing. No more heavy trawls scraping the seabed. No more constant pressure on the surrounding fragile fish and coral. This helps the dolphins there survive too. This expansion means 22.45% of Spain's waters are now protected, a huge step toward the EU's goal to reach 30% by 2030🌊👏🏼👏🏼🌊
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Love this! Played tricks with my mind when I first looked at it! My brain thought that’s water but hang on it’s wood too 😊 So beautiful 🥰
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How gorgeous is this?!? 🤩
Bernoid@bernoid27 Feb 2024
Stick a fork in me, I’m done. #mushroom #mural finally complete at Forest Fungi, South Devon. #mushroommural
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The actions of our government are beyond belief 😓
Zac Goldsmith
@ZacGoldsmith15 Nov 2025
Watch: The UK govt has abandoned the nature crisis, here and internationally. Its focus is entirely one-dimensional: carbon. On the real environment we are going backwards fast. There are some good people in Labour, some real nature champions. They need to flex their muscles
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Can they seriously not see that the eco system will collapse if we don’t start looking after it? If they don’t care, do they not care for their kids and grand kids? 😩
Helena Horton@horton_official13 Nov 2025
Steve Reed has told MPs to vote down an amendment to the planning bill which would protect hedgehogs and dormice theguardian.com/politics/202…

Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment

Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building

theguardian.com
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