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There's more to thistles than spines! Read the latest PoMS blog, from Rob Jaques of BTO Garden BirdWatch, about some of the many links between thistles, #pollinators & other wildlife: ukpoms.org.uk/thistles-suppo… & experience this for yourself by doing a FIT Count on your nearest thistle patch

Have you noticed an unusual insect in your garden, hovering by flowers? You might have seen a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. These large moths are being seen in unusually high numbers in BTO Garden BirdWatch Gardens this year, over 4 times higher than usual. 📸Jill Pakenham/BTO

Not sure on the plant let alone the gall. Hanging out of a Brecks garden. Any ideas? British Plant Galls

fun royal family fact: queen elizabeth had two severely disabled first cousins who were publicly pronounced dead in 1940 and 1961 respectively, but they both actually lived in a care home with no visits or support from the royal family until their actual deaths in 1986 and 2014

I’ve come up with an interim solution to the queuing issue to see the Queen’s coffin in Westminster, let me know what you think, it’s not perfect but I don’t see anyone else coming up with anything

SAVE GOOLE MUSEUM! I'm opposing plans set out by East Riding Council that represent a closure of Goole Museum, which will damage the community and put important history and heritage at risk. Sign my petition here: 👇 and please RT 🙏 change.org/p/save-goole-m… #SaveGooleMuseum 1/ 🧵

I NEED EVERY UCU MEMBER AND SUPPORTER TO RT THIS THREAD. Threats of unfair and immoral pay deductions for taking part for action short of striking continue. This thread exposes those universities that prefer to intimidate their staff than treat them with respect. #ucuRISING

Hey UPS UK my package delivery date has been pushed back 3 times for no apparent reason and when I try to arrange pick up the website won't let me because it insists I'm in the US. Why?

This is what the transphobic moral panic over toilets gets you: not safety for women, but women who don't fit feminine stereotypes being harassed and made to feel unsafe. itv.com/news/central/2…

A new study has found that birds build hanging-nests, particularly those with extended entrance tunnels, to help protect offspring against nest invaders like snakes and parasitic cuckoos. bit.ly/3XmxkSR

If you use a spot-on flea treatment like frontline on yr pet, here’s how its astonishingly toxic active ingredient fipronil & deadly breakdown products get into the environment. One dog-dose suffices to kill 60 million bees. It was found in every river recently tested. Think on.

Awful pictures but any ideas on this small mushroom growing out of moss? Small Moss Oysterling is the closest I can find.

This February has seen many records of Hummingbird Hawkmoths. Likely a result of last summer, where we saw our highest ever reporting rate of these charming moths, which allowed more to overwinter. The warm sun from last week lured them from their slumber.

TOMORROW: Three horses died, thanks to us!

What wader is this? 🤔 Are you unsure about identifying Curlew and Whimbrel, or Black- and Bar-tailed Godwits? Our online Wader ID course run by our expert team could be just the thing for you. Discover dates and book a place ➡️ bto.org/training #Ornithology #BirdID

Messingham SQ needs a new #WeBS volunteer. The best inland site in NW Lincs and the only pic I have of it. Female RN Duck in Feb this year. A great place to visit every month. Been doing WeBS for 13 years and it’s some of my most enjoyable birding. Pm me if interested.

This is who the transphobes are. They want to police all of us. Fuck Terfs. Love to trans people every day. Trans people have always been here and will always be here.