Over the last few years there has been funding to try and get earthworm identification without killing. It can't be done, even experts fail.

iNaturalist will get you IDs for plants, birds, mammals and large showy insects.
iRecord will give you access to expert verification. You do need a stab at a name and lots of detail.
Find a local natural history society and ask for help.
Spend your money on books equipment and courses

Pigs are the answer to many of our problems, especially bracken.

I believe in pigs. They are the best hope against bracken, they will turn over the soil, exposd the buried seed bed. Not sure how they'll do against brambles and raspberry, but we're going to find out.

Take the colour filter off the RH picture. I suspect it shows no change, otherwise why do it?

They still need to be refined, which is the technology that all the world abandoned except for China

The lack of records for Staffs is largely recorder effort. I live in Derb but record in Staffs. But those records peak in the old coalfield area, which gets less effort than the Derwent, Dove and Wye valleys. So there is a real effect there. Leicestershire should match Derb but it is much lower.

I trust you. Found one on EBay, it's now with the courier, arrives Saturday.

AKA Windflowers

And in case you dont know, Normanton is one of the densest parts of Derby, your nearest city.

If you live in the middle of Normanton you have city buses getting you to parks, the Derwent, and the actual surrounding country.
Get out of your office and test out your claims.

I have a battery pack permanently connected. It doubles as a tether forcwhen I drop my phone

I've been verifying iRecord and iNaturalist records prior to their transfer the Ddb. These IDs are almost all based on 1 picture, with no text. Its persuaded me that I really must add more pictures to my App records.

I got in close to take pictures and found the smell overwhelming. I could say it was an almond tree, but that would be silly.

Give it a name, a size, a habitat. Show us what it could be confused with. Otherwise it could be any insect

Well written. My feeling is that the public interest aroused by beavers has waned and the lynx, elk and wolf enthusiasts are being treated with disdain.

The money and effort going into this could be doing so much good, so many habitats could be saved. But the rewilding marketeers need a new project.

Seriously, grass and forbs are what holds soil together. Its the fine fibres that do it. Trees exploit their work, and undermine it when they fall over. But humans love them.

That tree has very visibly lost it's grip on the soil that used to support it.

And available now, at the bottom of a hedgerow near you.

There is a difference though
Xi is always fully focused on China and promoting it's interests. Trump is fully focused on himself.
It means that China can and will negotiate, and.tgstvthey k ow that trust is the bedrock of future greatness.

It's working to the extent that it now says it is broken. Until Monday, indeed.

I just reread this. I'm reorganising 5 years of specimens, and the number of errors is a shock. Mostly locations, but several just plainly misidentified.

Does anyone know what's happening with iRecord. Unable log in from last night (now 08:30 on 10/01/2026)

But how did you get that picture. Epigynes always appear as a ge eral fuzz with no contrast or definite edges.

Be courageous! There's more money in rewilding than conservation. Stay on the bandwagon.

I read the map as showing that expansion is only likely in certain directions and not others. I have no problem with that, if we want an homogeneous world we should plant spruce

At last! Haven't delved in yet but the production is marvellous.

The Egrets and the Red Kite returned with continual protection and intervention. Pine Marten will do the same
What interests me is the way the Ravens have repopulated England, with no human support at all. Can we hope that Polecats one manage that same feat.

Not a total surprise. This is a paper that I must read in full