Dr Peter Merrett
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Good to see Rose Chafer and the new(ish) Tachinid fly Ectophasia crassipennis along the N Cornwall coast yesterday...
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@theAliceRoberts @MaryPeevers These Nimes mean nothing to any of us!
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Well, I’m back here - and it’s still lovely! Temple-strewn Nimes!
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Herself, the Empress of Knepp, displaying on an oak trunk this afternoon, greatly admired by numerous visitors.
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@BladeoftheS @MaryPeevers I regret to say I never managed to vote him out of his Brentwood and Ongar constituency when he was there.
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There are calls for Lord Eric Pickles to resign from the House of Lords he complained to the Grenfell Inquiry that he was missing important lunches.
Like if he needs to resign.
RT if he needs to be fired.
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@VenCrane I had to go to Cardiff Museum to see these, although my sister in law only lives 10 miles away from Valley.
Richard Osgood@richardhosgood
1of2 Our Op Nightingale fieldwork at RAF Valley is featured on #diggingforbritain on Wednesday - our mission to see if there were elements of the Llyn Cerrig Bach assemblage on site. @cadwwales produced a fabulous comic on the 1942 discovery! cadw.gov.wales/sites/default/… in English..
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@mpoimakhetha Yay!
AfOx@Africa_Oxford
"Meet Mosebetsi Khobotlo, a @MastercardFdn AfOx Scholar from Lesotho, studying Global Governance & Diplomacy at @ODID_QEH, @UniofOxford. She is at @@StCrossCollege. More: afox.ox.ac.uk/person/mosebet… Apply: ox.ac.uk/admissions/gra… #GlobalGovernance #AfOxScholars #WelcomeToOxford
We should all visit The Saracen’s Head and drink beer!
leilani dowding 🌸🚜 ☮️@LeilaniDowding
This country is over. Just by the fact that a convicted terrorist Khalid Baqa can sue over the pub name “The Saracen’s Head” shows how low he have sunk .. Will they go after every pub in the country? As if it’s not hard enough for landlords right now….
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@PaulDolman3 @Buzz_dont_tweet @WildlifeTrusts @guardian @NFFNUK @FarmWildlifeUK @PAN_UK @PesticideCollab @WCL_News @bugsymac1 Yep, do bees even pollinate sugar beet?
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@Buzz_dont_tweet @WildlifeTrusts @guardian @NFFNUK @FarmWildlifeUK @PAN_UK @PesticideCollab @WCL_News @bugsymac1 If this is specific to seed treatment of sugar beet rather than treating crops that then flower, what is the way it could impact pollinators? Genuine question.
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⚠️ Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises & refuse pesticide application.
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theguardian.com/environment/20…
🐝Neonics are banned in the EU because they're toxic to bees but have been authorised for use every year in the UK since 2021.
#BuglifeCampaign #Pesticides
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Your metabolic age is the same as your actual age.
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@marktutton25 @HantsIoWBC Wasn't this the pair that lasted in cop for over 5 hours, establishing a new PE mating duration record???!!!
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Now, as what was a very poor butterfly season closes, my personal highlights were watching a wild female Purple Emperor emerge from its pupa, and watching a male follow a female to the top a tall oak where they mated - watched by a Purple Hairstreak! @HantsIoWBC
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Everything Epping Forest@eefnews
BREAKING: The Latton Priory development between Thornwood and the M11 roundabout has been talked about for ages. Now plans have been submitted, including up to 1,340 homes, a primary and secondary school, care home and community facilities. Read more at cutt.ly/EEFNEWS-2024-6…
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Excellent chemistry meme.
I hope it goes chiral!
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Alison Fisk@AlisonFisk
Wow, a 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box containing its original pigments! (Looks similar to a modern-day set!) The preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). An inscription on the wooden paint box tells us it belonged to Amenemope, who was Vizier during the reign of king Amenhotep II. As a member of the elite, he would have used it for painting for leisure. 📷 The Cleveland Museum of Art Read more: clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
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