Phaeostigma notata, we believe, a Snakefly sp safely popped back into the garden...

Norfolk chicken farm plans draw objections from abroad..

Do those who eat meat still want factory farming in Britain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce95gd5lnd3o

Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending...

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166397

Who is protecting England’s drinking water?

A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security...

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/who-is-protecting-englands-drinking-water/

Ocean Conservancy created a Wildlife Impact Calculator to help you understand the real benefits of your beach cleanups....

https://www.fastcompany.com/91512361/ocean-conservancy-impact-calculator-beach-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Garden pond activity today...

A busy Large Red Damselfly pair....

Lots of juvenile Blue Tit calling away, demanding food from the adults this morning...

One of two Painted Lady in our garden today, dodging the heavy showers...

Can you help the Spider Spies project – Foraging Ecology Research Group - by taking photos of Flower Crab Spiders on their host flower and of the 1 m2 of habitat surrounding them?

https://foragingecology.com/spider-spies/

..a short clip - the bird is busy, constantly foraging...

Hardworking dad providing for yhe second brood...

A Large Red Damselfly in the garden pond...

An Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) in the garden pond...

A Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) perched on pondside vegetation in our garden today..

A wander through a wildflower meadow before lunch - a Speckled Wood in the hedgerow and five Painted Lady, but no Common Blue seen...

A good year for Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) in our garden...

Vote for Britain’s favourite butterfly 🦋

https://britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/

Along with three Red Admiral this afternoon, two Large White, and a Holly Blue and Speckled Wood (neither pictured) were about in our garden...

UK laws are failing birds of prey as widespread killing continues. New RSPB report backs tougher regulation through licensing for all gamebird shooting in the UK...

https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/uk-laws-are-failing-birds-of-prey-as-widespread-killing-continues