Some impressively low 850hpa temperatures of -6/7°C forecast tomorrow, in winter this would of seen snow showers down to relatively low levels along eastern areas. Instead wintry showers will be 300m + in the morning on #NorthYorkMoors , any accumulations unlikely.

And there it is. Wind (31.7%) overtakes gas (31.5%) as a percentage of total UK electricity generation over the past year. Another milestone. Look at the average wholesale cost over the year too - 7.4p/kWhr....

19th April 2024. ZA

I spent last Thursday in Sheffield Hallamshire hospital Ophthalmic Dept whilst a very good team of doctors put a plan together to help me fight post Covid attacks by my immune system on my own body. My eyes, skin and viral arthritis as well as my lungs and

Seems like this tiny weevil travelled all the way from New Zeeland just to take up residence in an old Beech Log near Birmingham (Warley Woods).
Euophyrum confine, a long way from home.

A marvellous start to our Spring Butterflies of Central & Northern Spain tour this afternoon, with good numbers of fresh Spring Ringlet and Berger's Clouded Yellow flying together over flowery hillsides. Happy guests, and happy tour leaders!

Wow.
Let's work through *all* the slides Yale School of Public Health shared...
🌎'What we know (and don't) know about Covid's effect on the immune system'
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'Michel Forst said he was alarmed at the restrictions being placed on defendants in climate trials, which include being prevented from mentioning the words climate change or fuel poverty'

theguardian.com/environment/20…

A wall of Beadlet Anemones (Actinia equina) waiting for the tide to return.
County Clare, Ireland.

Water-violet in an old coppice woodland pond #wildflowerhour

A gorgeous day for exploring Llanymynech Rocks. Lots of beautiful wildflowers to admire, from Early Purple Orchids, stately Cuckoo Pints, swathes of Greater Stitchwort and so many Cowslips & Primroses, their love child, the False Oxlip could also be found! #wildflowerhour

A wee montage #wildflowerhour montage from the coast this week

📸 Field Wood-rush, Early Forget-me-not, Henbit, Field Pansy, Creeping Willow, Wall Speedwell, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Scurvygrass and Hoary Cress.

The influence of #LaurenceSterne on Lord #Byron #TristramShandy #ASentimentalJourney

A cornucopia of spring blooms for #WildflowerHour - pic 1 W Lothian, 2 + 3 just outside Edinburgh, pic 4 central Edinburgh. Identities in alt text.

Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Alliaria petiolata #Wildflowerhour

Great Wood-rush flowering by the River Swale
#WildflowerHour

Galium odoratum, Sweet Woodruff #wildflowerhour

Fagus sylvatica, Beech, flowers #wildflowerhour

Thrift just coming into flower on the Sheeps’s Head today. #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Carex pendula, naturalised garden escape. (Not from my garden, I've no room for such a beast.) #wildflowerhour