A (sadly) rare sighting this morning - two Lapwing chicks just about fledged. Small patch of suitable habitat near Cilcain with a fab muddy pool. Great job by this tenacious pair! @birdsinwales.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingWales
In this French document www.biodiversite-auvergne-rhone-alpes.fr/documents/li...
It is said that Bombus Brodmannicus isn't seen since the 1970's.
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Pieter Haringsma
Mike Pollard
Our evolutionary tree for all world bumblebees paper on the cover of Insects! One conclusion: males with enlarged eyes and short antennae are evolutionarily convergent which may be associated with truly territorial mate-searching behaviour (competing for perches)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This flouf is one of 15 healthy California condor chicks to hatch at our conservation center this season. A new record!
#Condorable #KeepCalmAndCarrion
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Redstarts still busy feeding 4 youngsters @cofnod.org.uk
It’s magical to be surrounded by Willow Tit fledglings. This one left the nest yesterday morning and is now c. 330 m northeast with 6 siblings and 2 tired parents! Interestingly, they’re just c. 85 m away from another Willow Tit nest due to fledge tomorrow. It’s about to get busy in this woodland!
Bombus hortorum - a new gyne taking nectar from Phlomis russeliana flowers @cofnod.org.uk
First Small Heath yesterday, along with my first, and very worn, Painted Lady @cofnod.org.uk
..some impressive electrical activity over Denbigh, North Wales last night.
Weather for glow worms on the Clwydian hills. 'Unimproved' grassland after 10.30 pm or so. Found 4 in half an hour, one in my garden @cofnod.org.uk
