Responsible for the 49 SSSIs on Anglian Water's land. I’m a member of CIEEM. Interested in all wildlife & ringing birds for the BTO. My page My views
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Bought a house back in June. Today I’ve been tidying the garden & came across this packet of crisps with a BBF date 28.07.18
@UKrubbishwalks
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One of our members @michaelmas79 has spotted a Lizard Orchid still growing in the same place in Huntingdonshire. It’s been there for at least 5 years. Great pictures 👍 cracking species of Orchid.
@ukorchids @Britainsorchids #Orchid #UKorchid
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At a chalk quarry site we own in North Lincolnshire we’ve had 2 piles of rubble dumped containing Japanese Knotweed. A treatment plan in place to try & halt the spread, set up no go areas & installed warning signs
@InvasiveSp @CheckCleanDryGB #INNSweek
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Ringing details received of a Nightingale caught at Abberton 🇬🇧 in May 2023 - ringed at Tanji, The Gambia 🇬🇲 in January 2020. 4 years, 8 migrations. Ace! 👌
A great job opportunity has opened up with @huntsdc as a Community Volunteer Coordinator, based out of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve.
For more info click on the link.
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I carried out a newt survey in my small garden pond the other night: 14 male & 5 female Smooth Newts, also 8 Cased Caddisflies. A few years ago I created a hibernaculum.
@ARGroupsUK @ARC_Bytes @Freshwaterhabs
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We had an amazing talk by @AHunterPhotos about “The Flora & Fauna of the Alps” fab to find out about the wildlife at different altitudes & the various habitat types.
I’ve been enjoying the weekend in my new Kayak on the River Great Ouse. Now back, making sure I Check Clean Dry. Wouldn’t want to be transporting any Invasive Non Native Species about.
#CheckCleanDry #INNS
@DecathlonUK @CheckCleanDryGB @EnvAgencyAnglia @AWCoastCountry
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Tomorrow is the launch of the “Big Butterfly Count 2023” this is a UK wide survey to assess the health of the UK’s environment of Butterflies & day flying Moths. It takes 15mins to carry out the survey!
bigbutterflycount.butterfly-…
@bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies @BeccasButterfli
Despite the wind it didn’t stop us from carrying out a spot of rock pooling at Longis Beach. Our most impressive find was this Sea Hare grazing on the seaweed. “Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but footprints; kill nothing but time”
@AlderneyWT
#LivingSeas
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Mike Drew our Biodiversity Advisor has recorded 80 species of bird today at Grafham Water for the Global Big Day Birdwatch he’s walked nearly 8 miles!!
@AnglianWater @global_birding @GrafhamWater1 @wildlifebcn
#GlobalBirding #GlobalBigDay #birdsuniteourworld
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Meet Luke, Works Technician who’s in the Biodiversity Team for the Global Birdwatch.
@AnglianWater @global_birding
#GlobalBigDay #globalbirding #birdsuniteourworld
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The Global Birdwatch is going really well @GrafhamWater1 ,we’ve now started getting a few lists sent in.
@AnglianWater @global_birding @wildlifebcn
#globalbirding #GlobalBigDay #birdsuniteourworld
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The Biodiversity Team are taking part in the Global Big Day Birdwatch. We’ve got staff out recording birds on our operational sites.
@AnglianWater @GrafhamWater1 @global_birding @wildlifebcn
#globalbirding #birdsuniteourworld
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@michaelmas79 One of our members has been out & spotted the Lizard Orchid growing in its usual place in Huntingdonshire. Last yr we thought we lost it due to the hot weather as it was brown & crispy.
@Love_plants @BSBIbotany @ukorchids @Britainsorchids
I was at Grafham Water early yesterday (30.04.23) & I got to hear my first Cuckoo of the year, sadly only 1 Nightingale singing. Plenty of other birds to see, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed, Willow & Harden Warblers.
@GrafhamWater1 @wildlifebcn @Fauna_Flora1948 @_BTO @CambsBirdClub
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The Biodiversity Team had a great site visit at Tetney Blow Wells SSSI. Looking at the management of the site (we found a Harvest Mouse nest!!), discussion about our 50 year partnership & how this can be strengthened.
@AnglianWater @LincsWildlife @WildlifeTrusts
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The Barbados Osprey is becoming more famous by the minute! All being well I’ll be talking about it on @bbc5live at 6:50am tomorrow morning and then on @BBCBreakfast at 9:05am.
Amazing news! A Scottish Osprey, from a nest in Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, has been photographed in Barbados, having crossed the Atlantic on its first migration. Read the full story by @timmackrill on our website: roydennis.org/2023/03/24/a-t…
Photos: Michael St John
How ever you like your pancakes lemon & sugar or orange & sugar or chocolate spread or going savoury. Please think about what you do with the fat or oil that you’ve been cooking with. Don’t pour it down the sink!! Let it cool & bin it!
@AnglianWater
