Despite the grey skies found some lovely things in the gardens and greenhouses at #WestDeanGardens #westsussex #gardens

Southern Water has apologised for the spill but Helena Dollimore, the MP for Hastings and Rye, wants it to go further by funding the cleanup and any future nature restoration. She is also calling for an independent investigation. “Southern Water cannot be trusted to mark their own homework”

Sparrowhawk on the garden wall. #raptors #Worthing @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Brilliant talk and Q&A by the wonderful @tzeporah.bsky.social of @fossiltreaty.bsky.social at #Rev21Earth online festival. Great to get a sense of the momentum behind the Treaty She also talked about the importance of art and culture in helping open peoples hearts. #artivism @rogerhallam.com

See the timetable for our Int. Online Festival this weekend: rev21.earth/festival/ Support the inevitable revolution rev21.earth/support/ Join online today at: tinyurl.com/rev21festival

I love this Whitebeam tree in a street near me, regrowing from a stump. #resilience #lovetrees #streettrees #Worthing

When asked, most people (72.4%) living near lynx in Norway say they LIKE living with lynx. Just 8.3% say they dislike lynx. In Scotland, where we're currently denied the opportunity to live near lynx, the majority of people WANT to see lynx reintroduced.

The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do. www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...

Great thread! @sussexbay.bsky.social is one of the projects they’ve supported. 👇

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We’re preparing to launch a pioneering Missing Species Programme to bring back four of Scotland’s lost keystone animals – lynx, beavers, red squirrels, and modern-day aurochs – to the Scottish Highlands. Read more 👉https://bit.ly/49kEjFo

And it's not over yet. We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them. A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.

Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down. Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections. Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.

Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected. MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative. If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it. Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢

The Planning Bill is back in Parliament today.‼️ From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats. Peers reduced some of those risks. Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.

Two little egrets fishing on the beach at West Worthing. Beautiful day (too warm for November). @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #shorebirds #waterbirds

Join us for a pre-AGM online social, where SoA members can informally chat with fellow members, SoA staff, and Committee members. Whilst we can’t promise drinks and nibbles, we’ll make every effort to ensure you meet new people and have meaningful conversations.

Join us tomorrow online or in Bélem for the 6th final session of International Rights of Nature Tribunal at #COP30 We will deliver the Tribunal’s final judgments and present A New Pledge for Mother Nature RSVP: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/a-new-pledge-for-mother-nature-tribunal-2025

Climate threat to the Broads - swathes of land will have to be given up to be used as floodplains, to protect homes in areas around Breydon Water and along the Waveney Valley from flooding.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November. Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇 Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org #NEB

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Just discovered the @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Mens Nature Reserve in West Sussex. It’s ancient woodland and there’s fungi everywhere! Such a brilliant place. #fungi #ancientwoodland #autumn

At the closing, a set of demands were released, including calling upon governments meeting at COP30 to support a Fossil Fuel Treaty. 🔥

🎨🌎Artists and activists from around the world gathered in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, for the Second Global Artivism Convening.

On the BBC News front page, you can find out how two prisoners were accidentally released last year, about a TV celebrity's cancer surgery, and about how to make veggie meatball soup But no mention AT ALL of the COP30 climate summit I am lost for words www.bbc.co.uk/news

If our years ran from November to October, 2025 would be the second warmest year on record. Probably in >100,000 years and potentially much longer. Sea Surface Temperatures are now likely already higher than during the Eemian warm period, when global sea levels were ~7.5m higher!

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, as the University's first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability at the Sussex School for Progressive Futures (SSPF).

Trying to sort some papers but Bootsy has other ideas! 🐾 #writerscats #catsky

“We realised that to protect and preserve this place, we had to make people love it,” Rognoni says. A first step was inviting local children to come for night walks to see the fireflies with their parents, a tradition that has continued. #fireflies #lovenature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great idea! Art gallery in Nottingham run by citizen’s assembly. “This neighbourhood is such a huge treasure of culture and of talent so we wanted it to play a key role, not just in terms of consultancy, but in real terms of coleadership.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

There’s a #RememberNature day tomorrow - Nov 4th - initiated by artist #GustavMetzger “Our task is to remind people of the richness and complexity in nature … and by doing so art will enter territories that are inherently creative. 🦋🦊🐸🌳🐌🦇🍄🦅 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Beautiful day on #BignorHill Found some of the wonderfully named yellow brain fungus (also known as yellow trembler and witches butter!) and an orange feather with black tip, not sure what bird it’s from. A blue and gold sort of a day. #autumn #fungi #westsussex

“With 470 trees planted and 4,000m2 of nature in the heart of the 14th arrondissement, the Place de Catalogne has been radically transformed in 2024!” — Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, continuing the green transformation of central Paris. Greening, cleaning and cooling the city for people.

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

#StitchingOurTime is now being exhibited at #TheGoodStitch in #Worthing This is one of the most joyful art projects I’ve ever been involved with. We asked people what they cherish and they wrote their responses on tissue paper. We then embroidered their words onto calico. #artivism #craftivism

Sad but not surprising that Britain ranks so low in this survey. “Nature connectedness is a psychological concept that measures the closeness of an individual’s relationship with other species.” 🐸🦇🌳🐌🦋🦊🍄 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So glad I made it to #Edinburgh National Gallery to see 50 years of #AndyGoldsworthy exhibition. Loved the site specific installations of oak branches, ferns, barbed wire, red clay…as well as his earlier work. Such a great connection with nature and place. Great to be in Scotland too! #landart

“It is alarming to see the government weaponise official departmental social media accounts to sneer at those who care about nature and the environmental safeguards that protect it.” #defendnature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great news and such a wonderful name! Paul Davies said: “We’ve been managing this rare limestone grassland for years to encourage a rich diversity of wildlife. To see that work paying off with the return of a species this rare is incredibly rewarding.” #spiders www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

I’m in Northumberland and the coast is beautiful. Seen curlews in the fields and on the river. #northumbria #curlews

So much gorgeous fungi @rspb.bsky.social #pulboroughbrooks The heathland trail has labels for many of them so I’ve learnt some of their wonderful names! These are: Tawny Grisette, Amethyst Deceiver, Turkeytail and The Sickener or Beechwood Sickener. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #fungi #autumn

BREAKING NEWS: Reports of a rare Isabelline Shrike @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Woods Mill. Pls park sensibly! Good luck! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @rarebirdalertuk.bsky.social

I grew this borage from seed that a friend gave me and am delighted to see it flower in late October! Such a beautiful blue. #wildflowers #blueflowers #lovenature

Great news! #rightsofnature “We’re in a biodiversity and climate emergency. The nature’s rights bill is a practical step that embeds nature into everyday decision-making so we prevent harm rather than clean up after it.” 🦋🐸🐌🦇🍄🌳🦊 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I live in #Worthing - I opened my window the other night and had to shut it immediately as there was a strong smell of smoke from wood burning stoves. People need to know how dangerous they are. #woodburningstoves #airpollution @mumsforlungs.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When @ursulakleguin.com started writing a new novel, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World is the first publication focusing on her maps. THE WORD FOR WORLD: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin is available in the US from @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social Here: ptreyesbooks.com/book/9781068...

Really enjoying Hamza Yassin’s #HiddenWildIsles Such a treat to see some of our beautiful wild creatures up close, some spectacular photography and filming. The song of a nightingale at dusk, bluefin tuna leaping, horseshoe bats, a fungi cave spider - amazing! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The increasingly uncommon toad - whose numbers have almost halved since 1985 - is one of my favourite creatures. One once sat on our doorstep every time it rained. Their decline is awful, but the existence of 100s of Toad Patrols is the most British thing ever: www.theguardian.com/environment/...