Alison

@Gnasher_65
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#education #environment #trees #poetry #photography
AHT in wonderful primary school. Lover of nature and photography. Tree hugger.
“English travel poster, 1930s” #midjourney #AIArt

Bee v Hoverfly

It’s on!

Quick guide.

The red arse on the right is a #bumblebee.

The dude that photo bombs is a #hoverfly.

Bee - long antennae
Hoverfly - generally very small antennae

Bee - compound eyes tend to be smaller relative to head size with more space between them.
Hoverfly - head is almost all large eyes that look like dodgy 90’s rock star shades.

Bee - 4 wings
Hoverfly - 2 wings

Bee - Females can sting
Hoverfly - can’t sting

Bee - cuddly
Hoverfly - not so cuddly.

#bees

We now have all the #Bylines publications on Mastodon.

Well - all except East Anglia Bylines! Don't worry, I'm on their case.

I think the progressive citizen journalism Bylines and federated community of Mastodon are a natural fit - so I'll be doing more to build them up in this place.

For now, if you could follow them all - that would be awesome. 🔥

@BylinesScotland
@northwestbylines
@northeastbylines
@YorkshireBylines
@centralbylines
@WEBylines
@sussexbylines
@KentBylines
@BylinesCymru

What a place this is! It’s a source of great joy to be one of the museum directors. I’ve never been involved with anything that has such extraordinary reach across disciplines. Meaningful connections made with professionals working in human health, zoology, microbiome, art, history etc etc the list goes on. The museum itself is tiny but visitors absolutely love it!!
And yes that’s a brown sign!
https://poomuseum.org
#museum #isleofwight #poo #science #fun #biosphere #microbiome
The National Poo Musuem

The National Poo Musuem
I’m an #Edutooter - teacher of English and general teaching & learning nerd.

Scotland will be designating a new national park by 2026. However, when it comes to protecting and restoring nature, our national parks are, in many ways, notional parks. We need our national parks to be bold and ambitious when it comes to halting the loss of nature.

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23152061.scotlands-national-parks-notional-parks-change/

#Rewilding #NatureRestoration #NationalParks #Nature #Scotland #Biodiversity

Harvest Mouse Appeal - The Mammal Society

Harvest mice need your help! Can you help improve the future of the harvest mouse? Classified as Near Threatened with extinction (Red List), the tiny Harvest Mouse needs your help! We're embarking on a multi-year project to build our knowledge about this tiny animal and deliver a plan to secure its future. Your donations will help to build a community of Harvest Mouse Heroes

The Mammal Society

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 🦋😍

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Carrifran, July 2022

@SussexWildlifeTrust Thanks for the introduction. Do you know of any other Wildlife Trusts that have joined Mastodon? I'm a member of Wiltshire and Dorset Wildlife Trusts.

#WiltshireWildlife #DorsetWildlife #WildlifeTrusts #Wiltshire #Dorset

Behold Susan Oglivy's wonderful paintings of bird nests

An interview with her about how she started the project: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/26/nests-susan-ogilvy-illustrations-bird-interview

tl;dr -- she found a nest while cleaning up the backyard, was astounded by its architectural complexity, and she was off to the races

Here's the book collecting all her paintings: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/nests-9780241481714

#bird #birb #art

Home tweet home: how an illustrator captured the intricacy of bird nests

When Susan Ogilvy starting painting nests in her garden she realised there were few pictorial accounts of these complex creations

The Guardian