I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...

Healing quietly in the dark Missing wounds with the cleansing cloth Not knowing which broken piece I should keep Not knowing what the finish will be Not knowing who I'll be It's not a specific task Healing something in the dark #vss365

Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers. At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture! 📷 Mel Peters

“The heroes of the Covid story are science and the NHS (and immigration, as even Johnson attested to, given the international healthcare team who treated him for severe Covid in hospital),” writes @profdevisridhar.bsky.social. Wise words as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some cautiously positive news from France, but systemic pesticides (like neonics) can persist in the soil for years, so it's early days yet. Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇 #neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Every little bit helps, including all reposts. Thank you. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good shout out! I heard about this on BBC R4 'Today' programme this morning. It is an opportunity to achieve some positive ecosystem change at such a threatening time for biodiversity nationally and internationally.

Bamburgh Storm Acrylic on a textured canvas. Now at The Fiona Dane Gallery, Craster

The Hon Mr Justice Fordham has released his written judgement about why he dismissed Natural England's attempt to increase our costs cap for our legal challenge against Badger cull licences 🦡⚖️ A v important judgement for all environmental groups! Details 🔽 wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...

There are 2 days left for National Trust members to vote in their AGM, for NT Council members. Once again the entryists from astroturf outfit Restore Trust are trying to get elected. Keep Restore Trust Out by voting for the recommended slate of candidates. nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/con...

An exciting project and a very worthy cause in a beautiful area. Please consider supporting it, if you can. 🙏 💚 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

We’ve had hotels, tents and boats. Yesterday it was ‘pop-up houses’, today army barracks. Open safe routes to process claims in Europe and let them work and contribute to society the moment they arrive here. These are people, not political pawns or cattle. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky&

Wonderful message for all.

We are bringing light into the places in our care. Diwali, widely known as the Festival of Light, is India’s most celebrated festival, observed by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs. While Diwali holds different meanings across religions and communities, it is united by themes of light, hope, and renewal.

Win for nature-friendly farming! UK Government’s one-year extension of some nature-friendly farming agreements in England gives breathing space for those making space for wildlife on farms. But it’s only a stop-gap, we need a long-term plan for the future 🧵 👇

Behind the Red Tractor logo lies a dirty truth. 🔎💩 ⚠️ A whopping 60% of Red Tractor assured farms inspected by the Environment Agency identified at least one breach of environmental regulations. The #greenwash has been exposed - tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor today! 👉 bit.ly/42G6YQV

Reminder 🇮🇱committed GENOCIDE. There has 2b accountability! “Art. IV of the Genocide Convention OBLIGATES States to PUNISH perpetrators, regardless of their official capacity, including political/military leaders+security forces personnel, who have directly+publicly incited others 2 commit genocide”

whatever else, it is fantastic news that the last living hostages have been freed after two years.

Patch workout this morning, following a clear arrival of Redwings during the early hours. From Seaburn to Whitburn and Cornthwaite Park- at least 300 Redwing; some deliciously smokey Blackbirds; lots of Robins and also Reed Bunting and Stonechat in the dunes. Zero warblers. #NEBirding #UKBirding

The first big arrival of thrushes this morning with large flocks of Redwings, Blackbirds, Fieldfares dropping in with the odd Ring Ouzel, 2 or 3 Hawfinch and several Brambling. #Spurnbirds @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

The grey dawn comes into being from a wraith of disguised images; all those ghosts of morbid thought lose terrorising power; such is fear, a strangling nonexistent cloak built in the lonely hours when we can't turn for reassurance. How can this liar sleep in truth's broad daylight? #poetry

Grey clouds and the fog horns steady soothing moan. Sea and shore and air fuse into a drifting watermarked world of blurred boundaries.

An interesting read about an amazing woman steadfastly leading the way despite all obstacles.

Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i... #Halloween

Friday #morningread Take care and keep warm!

One for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #AllWeathers Sharing the moment when I spotted this gorgeous Long-Tailed Silky Flycatcher eating berries in the pouring rain. We'd stopped for coffee on our journey back to the airport in Costa Rica so to see it then was so special! 💛 📷 🪶 #birds #Photography

We have all enjoyed a lovely summer but with tragic consequences as "we are shockingly underprepared for such extremes here in the UK."

We should all take a leaf out of Jane Goodhall's book. RIP compassionate person.

For one moment I'd like to speak to you from my heart tell you how much all you do is appreciated following me, the reposts likes and conversations all my old friends from a nameless place who reconnected those that came to me on here this place this blue sky haven I send you my love #poetry

England's King Harold defeated and killed brother Tostig & Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, at Stamford Bridge near York on this day 1066. Days later Harold was defeated by William of Normandy at Hastings, shifting England’s political focus from Scandinavia to western Europe.

The Anglo-Scottish border, first agreed at the Treaty of York on this day 1237, has proved one of Europe’s most enduring national land boundaries. The only modifications have been to the 'Debatable Lands’ north of Carlisle and to Berwick-upon-Tweed, retaken by England in 1482.

Major #AssistedDyingBill debate today. Nearly 200 peers are down to speak in what could be one of the largest debates the House of Lords has ever seen. We're outside Parliament, making sure peers know that the public is watching, and demanding compassion! humanists.uk/events/assis...

Monday night I wanted to end the game. Tears let me know sth has to die before the rebirth. The jump of Barnacle Goose has always been my spiritual booster. Grateful to my soul, which always answered my question at the right moment.

Great news, long awaited, for the North Yorkshire Moors and the Dales. 💚

A charm of Goldfinches in a local field.

✍️ The semantics of protesting in 2025 A silent march for Gaza’s victims became a protest against Britain’s complicity and its policing of dissent, echoing past and present repression of activists By Sarah Cobham

All things end Even this. From childhood to now. 50 years and more Telescoping into this, A darkened room And no owls calling From the holm oak. I will miss the light And what it did to the colours. Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate That's really hard. No bodhi svāhā Not yet. Not yet Just an end.

Purple moors are a sight of the past, now you have to search for sparse patches of heather. Much of the moorland looks like a razed war zone. It needs to be shouted loudly. Accurate and good read.

Early Morning The Garden St Margarets: watercolour from 2022

“In opposition, Labour vowed to introduce a right to roam. In govt, it U-turned on this promise… its plan to create 9 new ‘river walks’ is a paltry compensation.” Excellent Guardian leader on why we need a right of access to all rivers @righttoroam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka's beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand.

Despite the welcomed torrential morning rain, the sunflower has brought a little sunshine to the garden!☺️

Who's decision was this exactly? We're signing up for a weapons system that is controlled by a deranged psychopath? Excuse me? 😡

Quite simply, the @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social are doing AMAZING work for Irish forests. If you'd like to know more, to become a member, or to get involved as a volunteer, their website shows how: www.nativewoodlandtrust.ie

Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.

Defying #gravitree