This is a fantastic site, and well worth supporting if you are able. As good as it is (& I’ve been watching it for c25 years) it has the potential to be even better with appropriate management. A great opportunity for nature recovery in this intensively farmed county #lincsbirding

Great to see so many present and former (like me) @jncc.bsky.social friends and colleagues at CITES CoP20 all contributing to positive outcomes. This is my tenth CITES CoP, covering 25 years, eight as a UK delegate, one as chair of Committee I and, now, supporting the CITES secretariat.

A pic from a few weeks ago now but the leaf colour on this pear has been outstanding. The leaves on this old Belgian variety usually go a dull dark red, not this good tho. No fruit this year and not the best quality in my opinion despite the description below. Text from 1884 ‘The Fruit Manual’

NEW – Analysis: UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Ug7Znf9

Delighted to hear this. Having worked with both Alison and Nichola on CITES for over 20 years, I cannot think of any more deserving recipients. My heartfelt congratulations!

A great talk last night about a great book. @drmjwarren.bsky.social mentioned a family link to south Lincs where there is a ‘Cranmore Drove’ (also farm & lodge) nr Deeping St James. Cranes breed c10km away at LWT Willow Tree Fen. Is this the closest cranes now breed to a place once named after them?

A big thanks to Hannah Dale at @wildwrendale.bsky.social for showing us (conservation strategy group of @lincswildlife.bsky.social) the progress of nature recovery on their Lincs farm. A thrill too to see signs of beaver activity in their large enclosure. Can only get better in years ahead

Good story - the use of song to retain indigenous knowledge and to restore Atlantic forest

🗣️ “The countries that buy gold without knowing where it comes from are also helping to kill Indigenous peoples” – Alessandra Munduruku A new research by @greenpeace shows: Illegal gold mines in the Indigenous Sararé territory in Brazil have almost doubled in 2023 to 2024.

An impressive study (and map) into the history of the 438 known massacres (& >10k people) of indigenous Australians (against 13 the other way) during colonisation by Europeans. The most recent in the 1930s - within my parents’ lifetime www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I like the way these brackets of Stereum hirsutum have colonised only the sapwood of these oak sawlogs, which have been lying at the trackside since being felled over a year ago. The logs were still capable of producing epicormic shoots in July (final photo). Temple Wood, Lincs

The indirect impact of our pets on wildlife #lincsbirding www.theguardian.com/environment/...