72% increase in non-native Pheasants since 1967 on spring/summer BBS surveys. Due to autumn releases for shooting, but shows many survive all year. Study in link found there's 20-100 per km2 on farmland in summer. More abundant than many native farmland birds. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Balanced approach to reintroduction advocated here by Lynx to Scotland, including nuanced discussion of risks to sheep farmers #rewilding #lynx www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/high...

Nice article on how pet flea & tick treatments end up in rivers: the-european.eu/story-57030/...

BREAKING - DOJ co-founder Tim Crosland physically ejected from court. Tim was carried out of court today for attempting to explain to the judge that his hearing, and 1000s of others, are unlawful due to lack of legally-required procedural evidence. www.defendourjuries.net

Dream seasonal contract! Seasonal shorebird monitoring & public engagement; 27th April – 4th September. Needs driving licence. #ornithology

HM Government. 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security. A national security assessment'. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e... Some people claim this is scaremongering or (worse) pure misinformation - a special place in Tartarus is reserved for them. 🧵

... including agricultural production, food processing, distribution and consumption. The UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock: a wholesale change in consumer diets would be required.>

<The UK is unable to be food self-sufficient at present, based on current diets and prices. Full self sufficiency would require very substantial price increases for consumers, as well as improvements in efficiency, waste reduction and resilience across the food system, ...

Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social 🧵1/n

Shocking to see that 52% of habitats are in unfavourable bad condition. These are our top sites and should be the Crown Jewels, but are sadly deteriorating. I hope NE can get stuck in to turning this around

When normalised by population size, the death toll of US troops in Afghanistan is broadly similar to that of four other countries, including the UK... and Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti...

Where are the trees? We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow.

Super new #OA meta-analysis, led by the terrific Grace Skinner and Joe Millard of @glitrs.bsky.social and out today in @natcomms.nature.com: effects of invasive alien species in insects doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Thank you to all who sent in polecat sightings during our fourth National Polecat Survey 2024-2025! Also a huge thank you to vols who collected samples from dead animals for use in genetic and dietary research. Any polecat sightings from 2024 or 2025 can still be sent in arcg.is/1TXqHC

More reasons to entirely boycott MDPI journals

Moorland association stating conclusions not from the paper. Study found Water Extractable Organic Material concentrations consistent across wildfires of different intensity and prescribed burns. Where is the evidence that regular controlled burns produce less ash overall than occasional wildfires?

This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable

Moorland association stating conclusions not from the paper. Study found Water Extractable Organic Material concentrations consistent across wildfires of different intensity and prescribed burns. Where is the evidence that regular controlled burns produce less ash overall than occasional wildfires?

🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England! 4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September. Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk. Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪

Fascinating blog - a Spanish montane localised endemic butterfly losing habitat to climate change and land use change - both abandonment and grazing intensification.

More reintroduction or introductions (depending on how you rate the sparse archaeological evidence) in the guise of ‘Rewilding’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ring-necked Parakeets spreading fast in UK. Risk assessment by Defra 2011: “the potential for impact on economic activities, (agriculture) and native fauna is high” Back then the population was 5,000, do nothing, take no action, population now 30,000 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More reintroduction or introductions (depending on how you rate the sparse archaeological evidence) in the guise of ‘Rewilding’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ring-necked Parakeets spreading fast in UK. Risk assessment by Defra 2011: “the potential for impact on economic activities, (agriculture) and native fauna is high” Back then the population was 5,000, do nothing, take no action, population now 30,000 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The ‘Countryside Alliance’ clearly does not represent the views of rural Britain

Hunger Strike: Day 50 These are the largest collective hunger strikes in Britain since the Irish republican strikes of the 1980s. Then, Martin Hurson died after 46 days on strike. Bobby Sands was elected an MP from prison; he died after 66 days. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

So often, radical land-use change and dietary shifts could counterbalance climate impacts. But are opposed by vested money interests that have more power than humanity or people’s wellbeing.

Let's get one thing straight. What's REALLY putting jobs at risk is owners of the big fishing boats insisting on being allowed to continue hoovering up tons of wild animals way faster than they can reproduce, using ecosystem-killing methods. *Nobody* else is to blame. share.google/CCiKK8WnQTCz...

This willow grove, arose from a single tree toppled by the October 1987 storm - 38 yrs on 13 trunks from distal branches form a grove c20 m across. The 2-3 m high stump we sat on then, to watch the sunset, has disappeared. Ecology is dynamic, life is change.

This willow grove, arose from a single tree toppled by the October 1987 storm - 38 yrs on 13 trunks from distal branches form a grove c20 m across. The 2-3 m high stump we sat on then, to watch the sunset, has disappeared. Ecology is dynamic, life is change.

The Landscape Partnership #EcologyVacancies We are looking for a graduate ecologist in Bedford and experienced ecologists in any of our locations, including London and Woodbridge (Suffolk), to start in the New Year - DM me if of interest.

What do houses, energy, and sixty-pound salmon have in common? All of them are currently scarce but could be plentiful with the right changes to policy and practice. 🧪🐟🏘️🔋 How do we get to this "conservation abundance" future for nature and people? I have thoughts! www.perc.org/2025/12/09/t...

UK Government sabotages Landscape Recovery; only 1% of £2.4bn pa ELMs funding. Most remains w. Broad & Shallow schemes that deliver less, if any, #Biodiversity benefit. Worse - Defra contracts can be revoked at any time, making LR risk unacceptable to farmers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK Government sabotages Landscape Recovery; only 1% of £2.4bn pa ELMs funding. Most remains w. Broad & Shallow schemes that deliver less, if any, #Biodiversity benefit. Worse - Defra contracts can be revoked at any time, making LR risk unacceptable to farmers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our paper in December's @britishbirds.bsky.social describes success in using sound recording for detecting Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. We found Lesser Spots still present in woodlands where they have not been seen/heard for years. This is very exciting www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...

Important rewilding initiative underway in the North Sea, with an Irish connection due to involvement of researchers at ATU. Ending bottom trawling in existing MPAs is an important first step. rewildingeurope.com/news/pioneer...

Fascinating study. Kids find Wolf much scarier than Lynx, but support for reintroducing Lynx only marginally higher than for Wolf; most are don’t know. Nature restoration a more familiar term than #Rewding 🌍

Great to see this cutting and scrub removal from a local fen. But habitat piles and burn sites destined to become nettle bed (already abundant), reducing the fen extent. Where possible, biomass removal is preferable.

What a fantastic initiative from Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Could this be Fuller’s Teasel Dipsacus sativus rather than Wild Teasel? Spines not greatly recurved. Growing in flushed gravel. #WildFlowerID

Poor show from Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Accepting advertising revenue from bird feeding despite massive evidence of negative impacts. Like a climate ngo taking money from big oil @alexanderlees.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social

£500m to be allocated to Landscape Recovery Projects in the Government’s revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) - good news for #biodiversity recovery www.theguardian.com/environment/...

£500m to be allocated to Landscape Recovery Projects in the Government’s revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) - good news for #biodiversity recovery www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great to see this cutting and scrub removal from a local fen. But habitat piles and burn sites destined to become nettle bed (already abundant), reducing the fen extent. Where possible, biomass removal is preferable.

Drax should be shut down

Importance of landscape configuration on nest predation explored here in @wadertales.bsky.social blogs by Graham Appleton bsky.app/profile/wade...