James

@MWeites I hope you enjoy!

Got my copy @JHM_23 😁

@lionhaven I really hope you enjoy!

Ordered!

This is why I wrote Endemic. It’s a journey via thirty or so British endemics, the stories of their discovery, the dedicated people working to conserve them, and as a way to raise the profile of the species found nowhere else on the planet. Available now: bloomsbury.com/uk/endemic-978…

But also, in part, I think conservation is a beauty contest. It is perfectly understandable that people want to donate money to a project for the cute or showy, but I also think we need to do the conservation work that needs to be done for the small, subtle and shy.

After four years of research, writing and editing (and procrastination, terror and imposter syndrome), my first book, Endemic, has now been released to the world.

@WallsendWild26 @NENature_ Any chance of a location for the earthstars? Two species I've not yet seen but would like to!

A whizz around Northumberland today got me 3 new species with Juniper Shieldbug, Barometer Earthstar and Daisy Earthstar also a nice Eyed Ladybird in Bothal Cemetery @NENature_

Inside story of the secret deal with Warwickshire Hunt channel4.com/news/inside-st…

Exotic animals are frequently used on #Imacelebrity, and over its many seasons animals have been crushed, eaten, confined to cramped spaces. We have serious concerns OFCOM is failing in its regulatory duties. Read our insight 👉animallawfoundation.org/insights/nbspi… #AnimalLaw

Our next @daera_ni funded Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project webinar is on Tuesday 10th December: 'An Introduction to the Horsetails of Fermanagh, Ireland, and the UK' Horsetails are weird looking and simply awesome, so grab a ticket now: tickettailor.com/events/botanic…

@theiaincameron To be fair to you, it's my understanding that part of your brain got eaten by a big worm. Just my opinion, not a lie.

@JHM_23 It's an opinion. Misinformation is something else entirely. I also don't hind behind the cloak of anonymity.

Reminder that Iain likes to play wise, but also spreads misinformation: x.com/theiaincameron…

This free series of webinars starts on Tuesday 5th with 'Getting started with Plant and Leaf Anatomy'. The whole series of our @daera_ni funded talks can be seen and booked from here: bsbi.org/botanical-skil…

I've only just discovered that there's a set of superb Danish books on bugs (Miridae, Lygaeidae and shieldbugs) and lacewings freely downloadable from larsskipper.dk. Very generous! In Danish, but amazing pics

@JimSmar98556729 @PeteMRCooper If you watched and listened very carefully then you could see shooting taking place closely followed by the discussion of shooting of a bird of prey.

@PeteMRCooper What footage ? Where in the 7 minute report was a bop shot ?

Amazing to see the apologists for raptor persecution still deflecting in the face of actual footage of a hen harrier being shot by a keeper. You couldn’t make it up.