Extraordinary rainfall distribution in UK in September. Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire saw their wettest month in our 188 year series. But only 25% wetter than average overall despite many areas having 3x average rainfall. More details in Met Office press release www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Events that get folk out talking in the field are my favourite sort and Landscape Ecology UK (IALE UK) are good at them! Sadly I can't make this one, but would recommend this visit to a new natural flood management scheme on the Blenheim Palace Estate: iale.uk/event/field-...
French surrealist: ce n'est pas une tasse
Ah yes brilliant stuff happening in Hungerford too.
Slightly better news here in Newbury, where a wildlife rich parcel of land benignly neglected by Thames Water has been leased (basically for nothing) to a new conservation group founded by local residents.
A selection of impressive insects from a recent visit to Slapton Ley in Devon for a biodiversity field course with University of Reading students. Great Green Bush Cricket, the hoverfly Helophilus trivittatus, Poplar Hawkmoth, larva of the carrion beetle Silpha tristis
Wow, that Polycarpa is wild