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Alistair Boxall
5 months ago
An excellent piece out today by
@phoebeweston.bsky.social
at the Guardian on our NERC ECOMIX project which is exploring chemical pollution in Yorkshire's rivers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers
The list of everyday pollutants is a long one, and they could be as damaging to our water ecosystems as sewage spills
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/pesticides-antibiotics-animal-medicines-chemical-cocktail-britain-rivers-aoe
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Hello! What are the best wildlife cams out there? Looking for ones like this bear sanctuary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3aT...
or these storks
www.tvsyd.dk/storkereden?...
Please post links below 👇 If you are a wildlife cam obsessive or know one, please get in touch -
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Sanctuarul de ursi Libearty Zarnesti
YouTube video by Millions of Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3aTpIxIGDg
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Megan Gimber (Hedge Geek)
7 months ago
Thank you
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for such a wonderful and optimistic article on Hedgerows! It's great to celebrate the wonders we have, appreciate the legacy, and use that to inform our combined future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges
Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/17/england-ancient-hedges-wildlife
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Switzerland is leading the world in purifying its water of micropollutants. Hear how they are doing it in ep 2 of our Science Weekly series
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Streams of medicines: how Switzerland cleaned up its act – podcast
In the second of a two part series, Phoebe Weston travels to Switzerland to find out how the country has transformed its rivers, from sewage-filled health hazards to pristine swimming spots. She tells...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2025/apr/10/streams-of-medicines-how-switzerland-cleaned-up-its-act-podcast
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Richard K Broughton
7 months ago
It's been a hell of a spring for Blackthorn. Anyone doing aerial remote sensing (drone or plane) of woodland, hedgerow or rewilding habitats in past 10 days would have a bonus of easily mapping this pollen/nectar resource. Hawthorn might do the same favour when it flowers later this/next month.
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The UK is known for its national parks: areas of outstanding natural beauty with crystal-clear streams. But our most protected rivers are full of pharmaceuticals. I speak to
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for part 1 of our Science Weekly series on rivers
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Streams of medicines: what’s hiding in the UK’s waterways? – podcast
In episode one of a two-part series, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston tells Madeleine Finlay about the problem of chemical pollution in our waterways, and how it could be contributing to what the W...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2025/apr/08/streams-of-medicines-whats-hiding-in-the-uks-waterways-podcast
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‘We made everything bear-proof’: the Italian village that learned to love its bears. My feature on the town that went wild -
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‘We made everything bear-proof’: the Italian village that learned to love its bears
By learning to live with its ursine neighbours, mountainous Pettorano sul Gizio has drawn tourists and new residents, bucking a trend of rural decline
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/07/italy-bears-conservation-pettorano-sul-gizio-apennines-town-aoe
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Richard K Broughton
7 months ago
29 years of natural colonisation, woodland expansion. Oaks, hawthorns, blackthorns. This 2 ha of new woodland, all self-sown creates new habitat and future ancient woodland, but also buffers the existing woodland next door from drying winds and agri-spray drift. Win, win, win.
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Patrick Barkham
7 months ago
Gorgeous story by my colleague Phoebe Weston – look at those haystacks!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming?
Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/romania-carpathians-farming-nature-conservation-wildlife-rich-hay-meadows-aoe
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Patrick Barkham
7 months ago
Feel powerless and despairing about global affairs? Take back control by voting for Invertebrate of the Year 2025, here:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These wonderful animals live tariff-free.
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Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite
Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/invertebrate-of-the-year-2025-vote-for-your-favourite
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