Peregrine on the north elevation of York Minster central tower at 17:00 today @YorkPeregrines @YorkBirding
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Check out this new scientific study by @moorsforfuture & @derbyshirebats who have been searching for evidence of bats 🦇 foraging on #KinderScout.
Analysis of audio recordings placed over the summer months has revealed some exciting new findings...
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Speckled bush-cricket in the garden today. Probably the little blighter that recorded thousands of files on my bat detector this summer! @DaNES_Insects @_BCT_ @DerbysWildlife
What long legs you’ve got! Lapwing admiring the GW egret at Venus Pool yesterday. Supporting cast of 2 little egret, green sandpiper & a stonechat in the wonderful arable field.
A nice little article about our joint @derbyshirebats & @moorsforfuture monitoring project. And yes there are bats at the top of Kinder Scout, the highest point in Derbyshire, on some nights, 6 species found so far. @_BCT_ greatbritishlife.co.uk/magaz…
Mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides} forming a large mossy cushion in Bradford Dale Derbyshire @peakdistrict this week. #WildflowerHour @BSBIbotany @DerbyshireFlora @promderby2
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Do you want to know more about the voice behind our #podcast #BatChat? Read this lovely interview from one of the podcast's sponsors @WildcareUK with our BatChat host @SteveRoeBatMan : buff.ly/4a4u3O9
Wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) flowering in Bradford Dale, Derbyshire Peak District this week #WoodlandPlants @wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany
Duck in a tree - has to be Mandarin. Bradford Dale today @Derbyshirebirds @NatureUK @DerbysWildlife @derbypromo
Great views of the waxwings at Hassop today. A special treat with over 100 feeding on hawthorn berries along the Monsal Trail @Derbyshirebirds @LukeStoppard @PaulDavidson936 @whitepeakrunner @peakdistrict
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This year's Pete Guest Award winner is @SteveRoeBatMan #natbatconf
Maiden pink (Dianthus deltoides) on old lead mining spoil, Bradford Dale in the Derbyshire @peakdistrict this week. Great species account at buff.ly/3XAESmy The twin curly styles appear later than the anthers - protandrous, a new word for me! #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany
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Congratulations to the @_BCT_/@SteveRoeBatMan for the BatChat podcast which has won the NGO Impact Award (sponsored by @wsp). The podcast has had over 48,000 downloads and has documented the considerable bat conservation work taking place in and around the UK #CIEEMAwards
Redwings, blackbirds and a blackcap feeding on our pink-berried rowan in Findern this morning @Derbyshirebirds @DerbysWildlife
A common pipistrelle on the wing in our garden last night. Bats recorded on 7 nights of eleven so far in December, in spite of the cold spell. @derbyshirebats @DerbysWildlife
This morning’s partial eclipse, projected through binoculars onto an envelope - two for the price of one!
Four still flowering this week in the Derbyshire @peakdistrict for #wildflowerhour. Hogweed, Water Forget-me-not, Red Campion and the ever-reliable Herb Robert adding a splash of colour @BSBIbotany
Wild celery (Apium graveolens), a new one for me, on the North Norfolk coast this week for #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany










































