Gustav Clark

I have a battery pack permanently connected. It doubles as a tether forcwhen I drop my phone

I've been verifying iRecord and iNaturalist records prior to their transfer the Ddb. These IDs are almost all based on 1 picture, with no text. Its persuaded me that I really must add more pictures to my App records.

I got in close to take pictures and found the smell overwhelming. I could say it was an almond tree, but that would be silly.

Give it a name, a size, a habitat. Show us what it could be confused with. Otherwise it could be any insect

Well written. My feeling is that the public interest aroused by beavers has waned and the lynx, elk and wolf enthusiasts are being treated with disdain.

The money and effort going into this could be doing so much good, so many habitats could be saved. But the rewilding marketeers need a new project.

Seriously, grass and forbs are what holds soil together. Its the fine fibres that do it. Trees exploit their work, and undermine it when they fall over. But humans love them.

That tree has very visibly lost it's grip on the soil that used to support it.

And available now, at the bottom of a hedgerow near you.

There is a difference though
Xi is always fully focused on China and promoting it's interests. Trump is fully focused on himself.
It means that China can and will negotiate, and.tgstvthey k ow that trust is the bedrock of future greatness.

It's working to the extent that it now says it is broken. Until Monday, indeed.

I just reread this. I'm reorganising 5 years of specimens, and the number of errors is a shock. Mostly locations, but several just plainly misidentified.

Does anyone know what's happening with iRecord. Unable log in from last night (now 08:30 on 10/01/2026)

But how did you get that picture. Epigynes always appear as a ge eral fuzz with no contrast or definite edges.

Be courageous! There's more money in rewilding than conservation. Stay on the bandwagon.

I read the map as showing that expansion is only likely in certain directions and not others. I have no problem with that, if we want an homogeneous world we should plant spruce

At last! Haven't delved in yet but the production is marvellous.

The Egrets and the Red Kite returned with continual protection and intervention. Pine Marten will do the same
What interests me is the way the Ravens have repopulated England, with no human support at all. Can we hope that Polecats one manage that same feat.

Not a total surprise. This is a paper that I must read in full

Got any chips for sale?

Good to see our people getting out there

Then I look at a grain of sand and wonder --- are you a real example of this purposeful universe

Good work. I'm surveying dung beetles in the UK and cattle dominate everything. I've been surprised as to scarcity of records, considering the ease of spotting their very concentrated habitats

But, we do know of many extinctions. What has been the impact of those? That should be the starting point for assessing possible extinction in the future.
Why should anyone accept a broad-brush assertion of risk with no evidence to back it up?

As examples, what is the impact of losing half of our Leiodes species, or one of the Giraffe subspecies. On the other hand, increasing biodiversity with spp like Alder Leaf Beetle or Rhodendron ponticum is a disaster.
We need evidence rather than slogans.

You could be wrong. They are not convinced by your arguments, but did you offer any evidence? We know that biodiversity is falling, but I have seen no link to increased mortality or ill-health. Doon't blame the economists for the lack of ecological evidence.

I'd guess the scutellum of bug, e.g. Kleidoceris

This is truly linking the landscape. DWT has a ring of sites round this, Middleton Moor links them and allows movement.

That's a lot of money, but after 2 day's campaigning its almost 1.5% there. The big money takes a bit of thought.

This would be a suitable sp to try and recreate. Plenty of closely related extant spp and a near certainty of fitting in to an ecosystem without reserves or zoos.