Dr Stuart Green

youtu.be“A beautiful deal” and “a rotten fish”: how Trump’s diesel deal is being reported in Russia.YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

The news isn’t great but, as ever, it’s marvellous journalism from the BBC’s (our) man in Moscow.

Steve Rosenberg@bbcstever.bsky.social

“A beautiful deal”, "a rotten fish" and a very long journey back to Russia. My reflections on a dramatic week. And Valentina has sent me a present. #ReadingRussia

@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social

Misty at Malham Tarn this morning.

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One of nature’s greatest marine wonders may be about to vanish. An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms.. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.orgOne of nature’s greatest marine wonders may be about to vanishAn algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms

Visited the Somerset Levels last week. With a bit of help from the locals + some timely sunshine, we found Large Marsh Grasshoppers.

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norfolkwildlifetrust.org.ukNorfolk's nature - September 2026 | Norfolk Wildlife TrustOur Conservation Officer Robert Morgan shares how summer’s hot weather has affected Norfolk’s wildlife as we head into autumn.

7 Sept

Completed our annual mark-release-recapture population estimate for Large Marsh Grasshoppers at the Hop of Hope Project’s best established Norfolk site today. In this v dry summer, the core area pop’n fell from 410 adults in 2025 to 165 this year, a 65% decrease. Site wet again now, 🤞for 2027!

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24 Aug

Large Marsh Grasshoppers on a Cambridgeshire fen and a Norfolk bog today. Plus their sworn enemy! Before the “Hop of Hope” project, led by Citizen Zoo, LMG were last seen in East Anglia in 1968. So nice to have them back! @norfolknats.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @wildlifetrustbcn.org

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22 Aug

Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent... phys.org/news/2026-08...

phys.orgAntarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to preventThe companies fishing for Antarctic krill have harvested so much so quickly that the season had to close in August 2026, three months before it was scheduled to end. That's the second consecutive year...

17 Aug

A busy Sunday for the Hop of Hope Project, releasing home-reared Large Marsh Grasshoppers in the Norfolk Broads + Cambs Fens. Kudos to our volunteers, who have worked hard for 10 rainless weeks to find fresh grass daily for their ‘hoppers. + A sighting of Juniper in the Fens! @citizenzoo.bsky.social

10 Aug

Apparently, this “monster” touched my daughter’s bum when she sat down on the toilet in her holiday cabin and scared her! A marvellous Cliften Nonpareil (it’s the big one with the blue/grey band on its hindwings).

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10 Aug

bbc.co.ukMore than 120 firefighters battle to stop New Forest wildfire spreadingDrivers had to abandon their vehicles after the fire spread from a van that caught fire on Sunday.

10 Aug

Surveying Large Marsh Grasshoppers in the New Forest, the other weekend. Grasshopper numbers seemed to be slightly down on last year, but not by much. The bogs were still wet!

5 Aug

☀️Spent last weekend in the New Forest, surveying Large Marsh Grasshoppers (LMG) with @citizenzoo.bsky.social We always enjoy camping under the big oaks at Hollands Wood, with Wood Crickets chirping nearby. Sworn enemy of grasshoppers, this Wasp Spider recently bagged a LMG.😬 Otherwise, v enjoyable!

28 July

The bewitching power of moonlight over the Staffordshire moors.

Lindsay Trevarthen@morningoak.bsky.social

Moon

Last Thurs, I got back to nature by sleeping out in it! In a quiet corner of Norfolk, I spent the night in a paddock, by a pond, beneath trees. No traffic, the silence amplified the sounds of nature, with Tawny Owls hooting, a few deer barking. Above, the silent stars followed their lonely paths. ❤️

Not long after distant cockerels had started crowing, I realised that my air bed had gone flat! No matter.🙄

A few Derbyshire/Leicestershire butterflies from a day out in the sun yesterday. We saw 18 butterfly species, including my 1st ever close view of a Purple Emperor and Silver-washed Fritillary laying eggs on tree bark above violets.🦋

The first White-letter Hairstreak below has been pecked by a bird, but its distractor tail tips served their purpose! Look closely and you’ll see the Silver-washed Fritillary is ovipositing on tree bark, which was overhanging dog violets (the caterpillar’s food plant) growing on the ground below.

Just realised the 2nd one is a Purple Hairstreak.👀

nature.comThis El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

Profoundly unsettling. 🔥💵🎻🔥

Prof Phoebe Barnard@phoebebarnard.bsky.social

When @nature.com publishes articles with headlines like this, you know it’s time to batten down the hatches, reject incompetent self-serving politicians and buckle up for a bumpy ride. This #ElNiño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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21 July

Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself

theguardian.comTick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourselfExperts share tips to avoid the blood-sucking pests that can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses on to humans

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Also, I’ve never seen hornets attacking and chasing butterflies before! 😮

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30 June

Five tonnes of antibiotic florfenicol used last summer to treat disease, Tasmanian salmon industry says... #farmed #salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

abc.net.auFive tonnes of antibiotics used to combat disease in salmonMore than five tonnes of antibiotics were used to treat a disease that killed 9,000 tonnes of fish last summer, Salmon Tasmania says.

environmentjournal.onlineEU policies are failing pollinators, scientists warnEuropean efforts to halt the decline of bees, butterflies and other pollinators are being undermined by conflicting policies across agriculture, pesticides, land management and climate regulation, acc...

27 June

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26 June

Insects are often overlooked, yet they play vital roles in nature. Some, like bees and butterflies, help plants reproduce through pollination. One of the easiest ways to help? Put the mower away. Let lawns bloom and give pollinators food, shelter and space to thrive. 🌼🐝 #InsectWeek #LetItBloom

c.orgSign the PetitionSave Dundee Botanic Gardens and cafe

24 June

Totally agree with you Chris. A petition that is well worth signing!

ChrisGibsonWildlife@chrismothman.bsky.social

c.org/zJhSnx48VJ PLEASE consider signing this. I have visited many botanic gardens in Britain and Europe, and this is one of the best. It would be a travesty for an 'educational' institution to be allowed to desecrate it. Living heritage like this is arguably more important than fusty old mansions.

23 June

Agree with this 100%. I stopped eating “farmed” salmon approx 8 years ago. You should consider doing the same.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social

Fish farms • Consume vast amounts of industrially-trawled wild fish, wasting 75% • Turn rich seabeds below into deadzones • Give parasites & diseases to wild fish • Are horrific for farmed fish • Produce toxic, chemical-laden food • Are eyesores in beauty spots • Harm tourism & fishing jobs ENOUGH

theguardian.comIsraeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in LebanonMona Khalil led a decades-long effort to protect a nesting site for turtles near her home in the south of the country The Lebanese marine activist Mona Khalil, who became a beloved figure in the country for a decades-long effort to protect a nesting site for turtles near her home, has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike. Khalil, 76, ran a sanctuary called the Orange House Project near the Mediterranean city of Tyre. She hosted volunteers in her house to clean and monitor a mile-long beach and welcomed tourists to stay and learn about conservation. Continue reading...

Appalling. On top of all the other equally appalling civilian deaths in Lebanon, Gaza and beyond.

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Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon

My beloved dissection kit. 1/3

Acquired in 1977, when I started A level Biology, and was used to dissect several earthworms & locusts, a rat, and a few other unfortunate creatures in the name of science. It drew blood (mine, accidentally) at least twice! 2/3

Then gave good service through my Biological Sciences degree and later career as an entomologist. I always took it with me when working in Africa - along with my small Swiss Army Knife, it saved the day in various problematic moments! 3/3

theguardian.comCountry diary: It’s a painted lady summer, the stuff of lepidopterists’ legend | Phil GatesWolsingham, Weardale: These stunning butterflies are here in incredible numbers this year, yet what’s most remarkable is their multigenerational migration

19 June

My old chum Mike & I had a great day out enjoying nature in Yorkshire … in the heat! 🥵 At Fairburn Ings the highlight was seeing Spoonbills. At Brockadale butterflies galore, including approx 30 Marbled White sightings.

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13 June

11 June

My latest egg batch of rare Large Marsh Grasshoppers hatched this morning. Heading to Norfolk in a few weeks. “Small Marsh Grasshoppers”! 🥰

10 June

@brianecambs.bsky.social This made me think of you!

1 June

I had always thought the church at Helhoughton was unremarkable, until yesterday, when we observed approx 16 swifts hurtling around it squealing loudly. Devil birds definitely nesting there! House martins here favour the eaves of the old school/village hall, swallows nesting in people’s wood sheds.

31 May

Abundant butterflies in Helhoughton, Norfolk, today. It’s a great year for Painted Ladies, here seen on Purple Pimpernel. Male Speckled Woods were guarding their sunny patch territories against rival males, in airborne duels. Good numbers of Small Tortoiseshells seen and a solitary Green Hairstreak.

18 May

Country diary: A bug bacchanalia on an old lime tree | Kate Blincoe

13 May

Birdwatching bonanza at Bempton Cliffs, E Yorks, on Monday. In a strong, gusty wind, birds were whizzing around all over the place. But nearing their nests they would sometimes face into the wind and hang there, then slowly reverse in and land! 📷H Green

13 May

Guillemots.

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13 May

Poem by a Guillemot. youtu.be/Vg3BA2thqiA?...

12 May

Birdwatching on Bempton Cliffs, then a cliff top walk to Flamborough Head and back, in gusty conditions yesterday. Saw just 2 puffins, but hundreds of gannets, razorbills, kittiwakes and … guillemots! youtu.be/Vg3BA2thqiA?...

12 May

Gannet pics taken by my son yesterday, in the blasting cliff top wind.

11 May

We spent the night under “canvas” in E Yorks. It was pretty cold and it rained. But the sun’s shining this morning and we’re off too see puffins, gannets & razorbills.

11 May

The best sound in camping!

3 May

Norfolk Large Marsh Grasshoppers strutting their stuff on the BBC! 😮 In case you missed it, @citizenzoo.bsky.social ‘s “Hop of Hope” grasshopper rewilding project featured on The One Show (BBC iPlayer: Wed 29 April, approx 7.20-7.25). @norfolknats.bsky.social @wildkenhill.bsky.social