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PHIL BINNIE

@phil_binnie

Man's fate is directly tied to the fate of nature

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Joined September 2013
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Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment. newscientist.com/article/248…
Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment | New Scientist

Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment | New Scientist

When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

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Less than a third of adult voters believe the Government is taking the nature crisis seriously enough (26%), is listening to local people in planning decisions (24%) and is achieving success in expanding nature-rich habitats (24%) #NotGoodEnough wildlifetrusts.org/news/plan…
Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises, say The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB | The Wildlife...

Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises, say The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB | The Wildlife...

New evidence shows nature does not block growth New poll: Voters say Labour’s failing nature Pull part 3 of the Bill: nature recovery pretence is ‘licence to destroy’

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Official launch day today. Hope it helps spider positivity
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Beautiful sequence from @MilesBinnie ! – at Tarifa, Spain
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New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻‍♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Andalucia, Spain, 8th October 2024. Stunning moth highlights included; Chevron Snout & Leucinodes laisalis. @JulieWilliamsBC @WillLeoHawkes @JLowenWildlife @FundacionMigres #spanishmoths #teammoth facebook.com/permalink.php?s…
The amazing looking Chevron Snout - Hypena lividalis - what a star moth! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2024. Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves

ALT The amazing looking Chevron Snout - Hypena lividalis - what a star moth! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2024. Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves

Leucinodes laisalis - is yet another stunning looking moth - doesn't look like any other moth!? - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2024. Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves

ALT Leucinodes laisalis - is yet another stunning looking moth - doesn't look like any other moth!? - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2024. Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves

Up on the hill tops above CIMA, here is the Malaise trap being used by Will Leo Hawkes with the Insect Radar programme and down in the valley you can see the light from one of my MV moth traps already switched on! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2024. Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves

ALT Up on the hill tops above CIMA, here is the Malaise trap being used by Will Leo Hawkes with the Insect Radar programme and down in the valley you can see the light from one of my MV moth traps already switched on! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2024. Fundación Migres · CIMA Centro Internacional de Migración de Aves

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I'm going to be telling stories all about the wonders of fly migration this weekend at @NHM_London !! Sign up here: dipterists.org.uk/news/agm-d…
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The #DipteristsForum AGM and Dipterists Day at the Natural History Museum, London on the 16th Nov 2024 In person or online - hear talks, chat flies, see some specimens - a perfect day! dipterists.org.uk/news/agm-d…
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Silver-striped Hawk-moth (H. celerio), to light (arrived at 5am) in South Somerset on night of 20/10. Jane Cole.
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Its been a wonderful week at my first Wildscreen Festival! I've learnt so much over the last few days and it's been a great pleasure to meet so many passionate people from across the industry. Looking forward to 2026! #WSF24
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It was an absolute pleasure to spend 9 days assisting @WillLeoHawkes with fieldwork in southern Spain. Thank you so much for the opportunity. I wish you all the best with your continuing research!
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Not every day that you see a Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos! with @WillLeoHawkes Thanks Stephen Knapp for trapping it - Casa Athene, Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on 14/10/24. @JulieWilliamsBC @JLowenWildlife @FundacionMigres #spanishmoths
Here it is - a very fresh looking moth on a lichen covered branch in Stephen Knapp's garden - Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos - moth-trapping at Casa Athene, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain - trapped on the 14th of October 2024.

ALT Here it is - a very fresh looking moth on a lichen covered branch in Stephen Knapp's garden - Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos - moth-trapping at Casa Athene, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain - trapped on the 14th of October 2024.

The same Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos - moth-trapping at Casa Athene, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain - trapped on the 14th of October 2024

ALT The same Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos - moth-trapping at Casa Athene, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain - trapped on the 14th of October 2024

And again with Will Leo Hawkes - Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos - moth-trapping at Casa Athene, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain - trapped on the 14th of October 2024

ALT And again with Will Leo Hawkes - Death's Head Hawk-moth - Acherontia atropos - moth-trapping at Casa Athene, near Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain - trapped on the 14th of October 2024

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#ManifestoForBugs victory 🗣️ A permanent Invasive Non-Native Species Inspectorate, #INNS, has been a long-term ask from Buglife & the @WCL_News INNS Group. 👇 buglife.org.uk/news/2024-gen… Watch this space for further information as & when we hear more!
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On this day, 74 years ago, Elizabeth and David Lack walked up to the Puerto de Bujaruelo mountain pass above Gavarnie on the border of France and Spain in the Pyrenees. They sat with their backs against a boulder and watched the migration. They saw hundreds of birds, thousands of butterflies, tens of thousands of dragonflies. But it was only after they had been there for an hour that they realised there was another migrant. One much smaller than the others but outnumbered them all hugely. These migrants were the hoverflies. And in their paper (first photo), published exactly 73 years ago, they described them as the most remarkable migrants of all. Standing on the shoulders of these giants, the team from the @UniExeCornwall (@KoralWotton, Toby Doyle, Richard Massy, @BugsWithBarnes, @OliverPoole_, @KdaviesEnto, @_ScarlettWeston and I) have been heading to the same mountain pass every year since 2018 to continue what the Lacks' started all those years ago. Earlier this year we published our findings in a @RSocPublishing paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… We found that every year 17 million insects migrate southwards through the pass. We recorded five different Orders of migrants, and nearly the 90% of them were the flies! The flies were the most remarkable migrants of all.
Image from Dr Will Leo Hawkes (@WillLeoHawkes)
Image from Dr Will Leo Hawkes (@WillLeoHawkes)
Image from Dr Will Leo Hawkes (@WillLeoHawkes)
Image from Dr Will Leo Hawkes (@WillLeoHawkes)
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Moss dragon.
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Skies full of house martins here on the very southern tip of Spain. They're all feeding on flying ants ready to cross the straits into Africa! Perhaps some came from our garden in North Wales @HawkesSj ?
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As I was walking back from Tarifa for an #insectmigration survey I spotted this gorgeous Spanish wolf spider, Lycosa hispanica. She's a mother & carries her babies on her back! She protects them for their first days, & also drops them off in various places to disperse them!
Image from Dr Will Leo Hawkes (@WillLeoHawkes)
Image from Dr Will Leo Hawkes (@WillLeoHawkes)
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#CCS This research on 180 year old trees is of great importance as it substantiates the major role for mature temperate forests in climate change mitigation. As a method of proven CCS, it calls for urgent increased protection for mature trees. Source: nature.com/articles/s41558-0…
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Dave found a brand new moth for the whole of Europe last year! The paper has just been published, read here: ia600402.us.archive.org/32/i…
dave grundy🇪🇺😷 (@dgcountryside) profile picturedave grundy🇪🇺😷@dgcountryside9 Oct 2024
Exciting news of publication of a paper of discovery of Tytroca dispar - a moth new to Spain & Europe. moth-trapping CIMA,Tarifa,Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on 30th November 2023. (I can't get twitter to accept the link though!) @JulieWilliamsBC @JLowenWildlife #spanishmoths
Tytroca dispar - a moth species new to Spain and Europe - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 30th of November 2023.

ALT Tytroca dispar - a moth species new to Spain and Europe - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 30th of November 2023.

Another view - Tytroca dispar - a moth species new to Spain and Europe - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 30th of November 2023.

ALT Another view - Tytroca dispar - a moth species new to Spain and Europe - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 30th of November 2023.

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Full of luck and very grateful to @FundacionMigres for allowing us to study insect migration here as part of @Birgen_Haest and @Vogelwarte_scie MoveInEurope project. The radar we use is in the courtyard & the malaise trap is in the lower middle of the photo. A beautiful place!
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