Woke to the random realisation that it's nearly a decade since I won a Northern Writers' Award for a novel that has still never been published. I USED TO BE GOING TO BE SOMEBODY.

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This is a brilliant explanation of their paper. Butterflies avoid bird predation by having brightly coloured upperwings that fool birds they are going slower than they are. The comparison with the spiral barbers pole is genius. Add butterflies erratic flight means no birds have evolved to catch them

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The new (slightly revised) Red List of European Moths has been published by the EU. A summary and links to downloads can be found on our website. Moths play a vital role in ecosystems and there is also an important new document on how to plan for their conservation www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

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Crucial new information on the state of European larger moths. Still lots to lean but these two reports really advance our knowledge. Huge thanks to all involved

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This is devastating news. He was one of the world’s top ecologists and a founding member of Butterfly Conservation Europe. He was pivotal to our growth in the early stages and he will be deeply missed.

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