Moon-gazing newts
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- 17-04-2026
Henry's Musings
Time is the master regulator but is it also a resource?
The Fundamental Niche is seldom realised – Homo sapiens is the ultimate ecosystem engineer, but are you occupying your goldilocks-zone..?
Presence / Absence – think: Motive, Means & Opportunity...
Evolution has no objective – Adaptation is more accident and mutation than design and intention…
The realised niche is imperfect – think: is the species there ‘because’, or ‘despite’..?
Newton's Third Law is a metaphor for ecological mitigation – every intervention has consequences that may benefit the target species while adversely affecting others…
Newts may mate in ponds, but they 'live' on land...
I am a Chartered Ecologist based in Barnstaple, covering North Devon, and the South West of England.