A project in Ireland is looking at how effective bat boxes are for increasing bats on farmland. They will also look at the insect species they feed on, and in particular to what extent they feed on crop damaging species. teagasc.ie/news--events...

Nearly every day, we find pink sea fans tangled in marine debris. This one has a covid mask attached. A soft coral, pink sea fans are nationally scarce and globally vulnerable. In the UK, they are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. #seafangle #covidarchaeology #hornycoral

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

#Heathrow #AirportExpansion #ClimateEmergency #FlyingToExtinction #GoFlightFree

Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record. @independentsage.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

People know exactly what‘s going on.

Tawny owl is back in its owl box today, surveying its lands…#birdoftheday #essexbirding

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The handle @educationgovuk is still available and tbh I'm tempted to take it just to show them how poor it is that they can't be bothered to post on here when most of edutwitter has moved. At least @ofstednews.bsky.social claimed their handle even if they're not posting. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

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As a Jew, I've always worried that "Never Again" would mean "Never Again TO US," but it's wild to see someone just come right out and say that.

It’s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.

Hey Labour Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety? We're still over here 👋

This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win

Above all it’s offensive that we should deliberately try to reduce the number of *successful* asylum claims. We are still a wealthy country. We welcome a (shamefully) tiny share of the world‘s refugees. It should be an honour & pleasure to welcome people who need sanctuary. Shame on Labour. /end

the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees

How do we, as a society, let companies get away with this behaviour?

UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only: -260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006 -140 Palestinians injured -150 attacks on olive harvesting -4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...

Very excited to report that an owl seems to have moved into the box we installed 3 years ago. Managed to get a better pic today of it peering out!

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌ We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration. The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.

Just some of the many plastic casings from fireworks we have picked up from Cornish beaches.

Whatta bookshop! Loved visiting the Norfolk Children’s Book Centre @childrensbooks.bsky.social this morning, so many books and super helpful staff. Thank you for the tea and biscuits!

Did a car write this

A simplified domestication history of apples for today’s #NationalAppleDay! Share to celebrate!

The proposed Nature Restoration Levy could accelerate the decline of vulnerable wildlife if applied to the wrong species🚨 We’re calling on Government to back up planning reforms with evidence & field trials to deliver on promise to boost nature & building in tandem 🏡 www.wcl.org.uk/evidence-bla...

A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More weight to @garius.bsky.social ‘s idea that McCartney’s The Frog Chorus (“We All Stand Together”) is the perfect anti-authoritarian protest song…

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old. There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

Quick orchard forage earlier resulted in this bounty, plus the added bonus of seeing a group of ladybirds hanging out in one of the damaged pears!

My Remarkable Birds (1st ed) was used to train AI. Anthropic has agreed to pay compensation to rights holders. I am part of a USA class action. Check if you qualify too secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup Remarkable Birds markavery.info/books/remark... Cover: Audubon

“My government has a relentless focus on looking after British citizens. Unless you’re kidnapped at sea, in which case good fucking luck I guess LOL”

The Sora thing is so bleak and shows how far we've come from AI companies pretending they did not train on copyrighted material www.404media.co/openais-sora...

For caring more about lining your own pockets than the deaths of NHS staff & patients? For being disgustingly cynical & avaricious - in the sharpest of contrasts to all those millions of ordinary, decent Britons across the country who stepped up with such courage & decency?

If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?

Wondering if this is meant to include small children on family visas (for instance). Insanely stupid and offensive idea.

We’ve given immense power to half a dozen dudes to force their midlife crises onto the whole of humanity

As Henry points out,a long piece about free speech in the UK that doesn’t mention the many, many people arrested for supporting Palestine Action and is entirely framed in right-wing talking points is a dereliction of journalism.

Too many celebrities think that keeping honeybees addresses the #BiodiversityEmergency. Such a shame, they could do so much more with their money.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Millions spent on Trump visit. Red carpets, Royals in coronets and golden dining services too. And all he offers in return are petulant racist insults about our capital city and our mayor. What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig

Basically, Farage is promoting fascism. I don’t see how anyone can deny it.

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

The citizens told the thugs that they were proud of their national flag and did not like how it’s used to create fear and division. They managed to clip 6 down, but were squared up to and verbally abused. If fascism has got as far as quiet villages we need to muster moral courage and not ignore it.

Incredible rainbow over our meadow last night!

If you want to be serious about combatting Reform it requires ensuring people seeking asylum can do so without irregular routes. It means providing them with the right to work once here, to cover costs, and it means combatting the racist narrative that they are to blame for people's problems. 9/