Ecrins National Park France, Ghost orchids in steep woodland. An overvisited site due to it's proximity to the road.

Great Crested Newt female @SteB777 Marlot today

Loss of the three previous years at this very place! 😰 2/

Aletsch Glacier has lost 4.6 m of ice thickness at Konkordiaplatz (2800 m) during this summer! 🧊😱 -It was 6 m during the absolute 2022 record year -4.7 m in 2023 -4 m in 2024 All years are now terrible... the new normal in the Alps! 🔥📈 Data by @matthias_huss @glamos.ch 1/

#wildflowerhour #favouriteplant in the dunes of Flintshire

Ghost orchids at all stages in the Haute Alpes this week. @thenewgalaxy @JohnAcid @murphy_about

However this sat for a moment 😀

Windy at Whixall today not many insects to see

#wildflowerhour Some Shropshire Helleborine @JohnAcid

Musk magic Gloucestershire

Dormouse action in the Yonne @JohnAcid

Flowers open

Epipactis microphylla today Haute Alpes @EuropeanOrchids @JohnAcid @GhostlyVision

Views of a Fly (hybrid)? In the Haute Alpes today Idea please @EuropeanOrchids @GhostlyVision @JohnAcid @SteveTandy3

A decent day in the Diois @EuropeanOrchids @GhostlyVision @JohnAcid

As the @covidinquiryuk Test, Trace, and Isolate Module comes to a close today, here is a look at some of the shocking evidence we have heard so far. A Thread 🧵 1/12

A computer is like air conditioning – it becomes useless when you open Windows.

Oxfordshire’s own Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) looking pretty fine today - on this year’s first trip for the ‘orkids’ ! #orchid

The Staffordshire Dactylorhiza season has begun @NE_WestMids @GhostlyVision @thenewgalaxy @JohnAcid @Botany2021

Kent Adder with forked tongue @JohnAcid @thenewgalaxy

Large Red Damselflies beginning to emerge @NE_WestMids @SteB777