Mountain ringlets out in abundance on Caudale Moor and Hartsop Dodd today. Well over 100 seen. @BC_Cumbria
#wildflowerID this appears to be mistletoe with red berries. Found today growing out of oak bark in a quiet corner of a Somerset churchyard. Could it be Californian mistletoe, Phoradendron californicum? I haven’t seen that there are UK records for that.
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"The pandemic has revealed how the medical-political complex can be manipulated in an emergency—a time when it is even more important to safeguard science"
Read this powerful editorial by @KamranAbbasi
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Thanks to our volunteer Derek for capturing this scene, and of course for helping our partners @nationaltrust to clear this mess up. We’ll be running litter squads to help us cope. If you’d like to volunteer, please send us a DM or email: [email protected].
"Cool boxes, lilos, mattresses, duvets - you name it "
The weekend saw hundreds of people ignoring lockdown restrictions and camping overnight in the Lake District, according @lakedistrictnpa.
This is what one voluntary ranger found next to Buttermere 🚮 👇🏼
📸: Derek Tunstall
Mountain ringlets on Hartsop Dodd and South West of Caudale Moor summit. Approx 22 counted in flight on 1st June, a warm sunny day.
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Prof Van Tam showing the backbone that we have desperately needed to see over the past week
“In my opinion the rules are clear and they have always been clear...they are for the benefit of all...and they apply to all”
Please RT if you agree with him
I hope I’m right this is a freshly dead Carabus nemoralis (wood ground beetle). Near Crook, Cumbria. 25mm or so length. #teambeetle @Buzz_dont_tweet
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We’re absolutely disgusted that Boris Johnson has put protecting Dominic Cummings above the health of this country
Please RT if you are too
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Thank goodness no one took a screenshot of said Tweet because it would be awful if it kept being reTweeted wouldn’t it?
#sackcummimgs
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DC’s resignation/sacking followed by sincere contrition would have enabled the PM to regain enough authority to steer us through the deadly Covid crisis. But now I seriously think the PM has to go. At this critical time he’s chosen loyalty to the elite over service to Britain.
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"It gives you a sense of pride" 🚚
↘ These @EddieStobartCom employees say it's the best time ever to be a lorry driver #KeepBritainMoving
More here: bbc.in/2xXPUuD
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#EarthDay2020 #EarthDay
These jewel-like paintings are executed on copper plates, which enabled an extremely high degree of finish & accuracy. In most cases the individual species can be easily identified.🦋🦗
Jan van Kessel I (Flemish, 1626-1679) Butterflies and other insects
