Picture shows a bird called a Red-spotted Bluethroat, facing the camera with blue,red,blue and red rings round the throat standing on the edge of a muddy path next to green grass, at Swineham
Red-spotted Bluethroat, Swimeham from this morning showing well intermittently. #dorsetbirdclub
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2 Gadwall, 2 Gargany, 2Little Ring Plovers and 3 Hares at Hill Quary, Woodsford, Dorset @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
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Great to see the RHS/TWT promoting gardening for moths. They have a beautiful leaflet www.wildaboutgardens.org.uk/sites/defaul.... Also some good info here www.rhs.org.uk/wildlife/mot...
First Bluebell of the year, Radipole Gardens, Weymouth #wildflowerhour
Three legal reforms to stop the criminal killing of birds of prey - new petition to UK Minister from @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
Details & link to petition in blog 🔽
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/19/t...
Please download these signs, share them on social media and put them up near you to protect your local wintering birds.
If you would like A4, laminated copies of these signs please e-mail charlie@curlewaction.org, all you need to do is donate for postage.
www.curlewaction.org/wintering-wa...
The Fingleton Review could strip away vital protections for Dorset’s wildlife - from chalk streams to heathlands and ancient woods. ⚠️
Dorset Wildlife Trust's Chief Exec outlines why this matters and how you can speak up.👉 bit.ly/3NpTcNu ~ Jack
📸 Mark Heighes
The National Trust is halfway to their appeal to buy Giant Hill, one of the UKs top butterfly sites, also rich in insects and flowers. The last good habitat for Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Please donate if you can @nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
Happy Christmas everyone
📣 Call for videos and photos 📣 We urgently need visual resources to help advance our conservation mission. We would be so grateful for your 🎥videos and 📸photos, for non-commercial use.
More details here: https://projectseahorse.org/call-for-videos-and-photos/
🌊 Please help us spread the word!
I've emailed my MP to express my disgust for this Labour government. I hope some of you will also speak out, though I find there is a disappointingly high level of apathy in this country.
Lodmoor and Radipole to include some path closures PLEASE come and offer your opinions
Four new species for Dorset (and a belated one for Britain) are among the highlights of the Dorset Moths Annual Report 2024. Free PDF downland from dorsetmoths.co.uk
#teammoth
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Great find and photos many thanks for sharing
Yellow-browed Warbler, in garden, Rodwell, Weymouth @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Juvenile Red-backed Shrike, taken late yesterday afternoon at Portland Bill.
Red-backed Shrike from yesterday afternoon, Portland Bill @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Sorry to that. Hope you are both OK
Curlew Sandpiper from the Visiter Centre, Radipole RSPB, Weymouth @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Ruby Bollette mushroom seen in a neighbours garden, Weymouth, Dorset
Showing the gills and stem of the Ruby Bollette
Ruby Bollette seen in a neighbours front garden, Weymouth, Dorset @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @thedetermin8or.bsky.social
Good morning Thick trunk Tuesday #thicktrunktuesday
Doing moth trapping in the UK this weekend?
Can you help us gather lots of images of moths on egg cartons from your trap?
Help us develop a tool making moth recording easier for more people
Tks! #mothsmateer #teammoth
@richardfoxbc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@upperthames.bsky.social
Painted Lady butterfly resting amongst dark green vegetation with wings open
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We’re back! Autumn is starting to get going with plenty of waders in the last few weeks, this week should see the first ‘Scandi Drift’ migrants passing through with high pressure over there and a nice south easterly airflow for the next few day
A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.
Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
We are looking for new trustees to join the board @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social - if you or anyone you know might be interested please take a look at the details here
www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/trustee (and please share this!)
Six Spotted Burnet cocoon
Six Spot Burnet Moth, just hatched, Eight Kings Quarry, Portland,Dorset
Just hatched Six spot Burnet, Eight Kings Quarry, Portland
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*IMPORTANT*
Please read & share, it could save you or a loved one from a lifetime of chronic system-wide illness. 🙏❤️
Today I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease.😔
I was bitten by 4 ticks 30 days ago & had a red rash come up around one of the bites, that soon started spreading...
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I written to my Labour MP, Lloyd Hutton, to express my frustrating at this by DEFRA, the PM & the Labour government @labouruk.bsky.social @protectthewild.bsky.social
