Mrs Bob and her legacy , The beaver family 2024, Part 7 YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Happy International Beaver Day!
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Mrs Bob and her lergacy , The beaver family 2024, Part 6 YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

In the safety of darkness the beaver kits have started to come out on a regular base, still staying close to either their parents or siblings. The adults and 1 year olds are busy bringing branches close to the lodge so the youngsters have lots to nibble on.
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Venomous spider killing a wasp YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Noble False Widow spider , Steatoda nobilis, predating a wasp that had got itself trapped in its web, biting and injecting the wasp with its venom to paralyse and eventually kill the wasp. #UKWildlife , #UKNature, #Invertebrates , #Stings'NWings , #Arachnophiles , #Macros
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This is a good guideline how to fill it out:
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Trail hunting set to be banned Trail hunting is set to be banned in England and Wales.

Please take a few minutes to fill out the consultation to stop the pervert and illegal hunts for good!!! (Unfortunately even Drag hunts and Clean-boot hunts are used as an excuse for illegal wildlife killing, so they will need to be banned too)
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Ant vs Ant - Fight to the Death YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Ant vs Ant - Fight to the Death
#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Wildlife, #Nature, #Invertebrates, #Ants

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Arachnids, but not spiders: Harvestmen , Opiliones YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Arachnids, but not spiders: Harvestmen , Opiliones

#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Invertebrates, #Arachnids
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Who is the boss? Courtship behaviour of the Eurasian teal , Anas crecca YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Who is the boss? Courtship behaviour of the Eurasian teal , Anas crecca
#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #BirdingUK, #Birds, #Wildlife, #Nature
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Our spikey garden helpers are awake: European hedgehog , Erinaceus europaeus YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

It is beginning of March and the weather is getting warmer which means animals will wake up from hibernation and torpor. One of those animals is the hedgehog.
#UKWildlife, #Wildlife, #Mammal
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Bird watching from a hide : Common reed bunting ,Emberiza schoeniclus YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Bird watching from a hide : Common reed bunting ,Emberiza schoeniclus
#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Wildlife , #BirdingUK , #Birds
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Alderfly larvae, Sialis sp YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

While doing some kick samples in the stream outside we found all kind of aquatic larvae. Beside Caddisfly and Mayfly larvae we also had many of these which are Alderfly larvae.
#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Invertebrates, #Insect, #Alderfly
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This was not some discarded orange peel : the Orange Peel Fungus , Aleuria aurantia YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

This was not some discarded orange peel : the Orange Peel Fungus , Aleuria aurantia
#FungiFriends , #Fungus, #Mushroom

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The rocks at night came alive : Chater's Bristletail , Dilta chateri YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Spending a few days on Portland we did an evening walk through Tout Quarry with its rock sculptures.Looking closer @ these rocks they started coming alive!Well,not the sculptures themselves but the animals which came out as soon as it got dark: Bristletails.
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A big dark purple hunter: Rough Violet Ground Beetle , Carabus problematicus YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

A big dark purple hunter: Rough Violet Ground Beetle , Carabus problematicus
#UKWildlife, #Wildlife, #UKNature, #Nature, #Invertebrates, #Beetle
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End the Badger Blame Game Petition - Protect the Wild End badger culling and badger vaccination for good. 260 people have taken action so far. Help us reach 10000 First name Last name Email Phone Subject Letter To Angela Eagle MP, Minister of State, Depa...

Please sign and share!
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Spreading like wildfire : Orange Porecap Fungus , Favolaschia claudopus YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Spreading like wildfire : Orange Porecap Fungus , Favolaschia claudopus
#FungiFriends, #Fungi , #Mushrooms , #InvasiveSpecies

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Kellogg's Scaly winged Barklouse , Pteroxanium kelloggi YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

Equipped with a macro camera we discover a lot of tiny insects and other invertebrates. Beside springtails and mites we found a type of barklouse on the apple trees in the old orchard. #UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Invertebrates
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No such thing as sustainable palm oil!

Yes, fully agree with you! There is no such thing as sustainable palm oil. All those companies do is bribe their way through to get a "sustainable" stamp and still continue to destroy the forests

Big fat Common toad, Bufo bufo YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

February - March is the time you will see the toads coming out on their way to their spawning grounds.
#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Wildlife, #Nature, #Amphibians
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We gave the Vale of Taunton & Banwell Harriers a shock today, when we showed up alongside Somerset Sabs.

In between crying about trespass and the drone, Wayne ‘Wingnut’ Gregory found time to beat the hounds, whilst Ross Cordery beat his horse. 01/03

Please do not buy anything with palm oil in it. Its not just food items but cosmetics, toiletries, cleaning products,...💚

This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.

Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract

Beavers to be released in south west in bid to 'restore nature' The animals were brought back to the wild in England last year.

Nothing like starting Sunday than with a beaver story...

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The time for change is now: end fox hunting Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign and share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...

A fierce predator with venomous front legs: the Centipede, Lithobiidae sp YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

A fierce predator, it feeds on small invertebrates such as insects and spiders. It is nocturnal, using its venomous front legs (forcipules) to paralyze prey.
#UKWildlife, #UKNature, #Invertebrates, #Macros, #Wildlife, #Nature
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Devil's Coach Horse Beetle , Ocypus olens YouTube video by Sylvia Meller

The Latin species name olens, meaning "smelling", refers to the two white stinking glands on the abdomen. This beetle has been associated with the Devil since the Middle Ages, hence its common name, which has been used at least since 1840.
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