This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it? Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I've just signed up to take part in the #GreatUKWaterBlitz by @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social. Join the fight for healthy freshwater here: earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwater...

Encouraged by @darylrhymes.bsky.social posting about seeing Norfolk Hawkers along the Chelmer near Chelmsford I went for a look by Beeleigh toiday and found at least one - the first 100% local record. Unfortunately photo a bit rubbish. Also loads of 'not so' Scarce Chasers and a Mink.

Our rooks are saved!!! Maldon District Council has refused the Permission In Principle application to build houses within the strip of woodland alongside the car park at Morrisons. Many thanks to all those who took the time to object to the application on the planning website- it all helped!

Latest update on Maldon's Wildlife, covering the end of last autumn and this past winter. Not too many birds about but some good fungi and inverts. gannetrockbooks.com/autumn-2024-...

SAVE OUR ROOKS! An application has gone in for houses along the old railway line beside Morrisons, home for Maldon’s largest rookery. It's a Local Wildlife Site and acts as a reservoir of wildlife for nearby housing. Please object publicaccess.maldon.gov.uk/online-appli... (application 25/00222/PIP)

Red Grouse is our only endemic species of bird and we shoot it. How crazy is that? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber

So here I am now landed on BlueSky after getting generally hacked off with the politics of Twitter and its owner. And my first post here- my summary of Maldon's wildlife in Summer 2024. gannetrockbooks.com/summer-2024-... A poor year for many species but still new discoveries to be made.