Very well deserved!! 🌳🌳🌳

"10 years after the Paris Agreement, governments plan to produce more than double the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C" Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today www.sei.org/publications...

I would **love** to interview Walton Ford for the podcast… …if any one contemporary artist epitomises the juncture between art and nature (alongside my love of the absurd and grotesque!) then it is he; “John James Audubon meets Hieronymous Bosch” as someone once told me. @treesacrowd.bsky.social

Good news for Golden Eagles in south Scotland. What fate awaits the fledgling, 'Princeling'? (Apart from a trip to town to change his name by deed poll - Eagle McEagleFace would have been better than that!). #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/19/c...

Woke in Cumbria Grazing Herdwick gently purring Can I climb hill yet?

Today we're in court! Our case challenging overgrazing on Dartmoor will be heard over the next two days. Wish us luck. Read the press release from our lawyers: wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/legal-...

Spent the day promoting the Woodland Trust’s TREE OF THE YEAR 2025 competition on National and Regional Radio; and when I wasn’t doing that, I was gleefully finding baby caterpillars in fresh peas! VOTE: woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...

Becoming Earth, an essay by Robin Wall Kimmerer for @emergencemagazine.bsky.social & @humansandnature.bsky.social emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi... #naturewriting

Last year, I took a research trip to Cookham Dean - the place that inspired The Wind in the Willows, visiting the original Wild Wood - Bisham Wood - & walking the banks of the Thames. @davidoakes.bsky.social joined me for a charming podcast chat podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

'A rumbunctious new telling of Tolstoy’s story... epic and absorbing' ★★★★ The Times Anna Karenina adapted for stage by NHB author Phillip Breen is now on at Chichester Festival Theatre. Get your playscript copy at the venue, or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/anna-karenin...

Calling everybody who walks, runs, wheels, cycles and rides! Who's up for helping to create the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling & horse riding network for Britain and Ireland? Please check out, back and share our new #SlowWays crowdfunding campaign 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways ⭐

Thousands of protected places in England are at risk from the planning bill in its current form, according to legal opinion. We must all write to our MPs – only major amendments or a Labour rebellion will stop massive near-future wildlife destruction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Farmers trying to do the right thing are yet again getting frozen out by this government, which seems determined to make the wrong decisions at every opportunity. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Anna Karenina” opens at @chichesterft.bsky.social in just under 2 weeks time! 🌳 Come to see me, a man who is fascinated by nature, the shifting of the seasons and agricultural reform, play Levin - a man who is fascinated by nature, the shifting of the seasons and agricultural reform…

Keir_Starmer you say Labour is the party of work, why then is it, that for the first time in 15 yrs I’m being forced out of a job I love because of a DWP decision made on your watch? I desperately want to concentrate on my job but I can only work with the right support 4/4

For fuck’s sake… I saw Jess’ show at the Barbican around a decade ago. No single work of art has informed my perspective upon making the arts accessible more. This is an avoidable disgrace, one perpetrated by a government who should - in name at least - support those who wish to work.

The latest ECO Chamber podcast is out ⚡ This week the team is joined by RSK Wilding's legal counsel Alexa Culver to unpick the implications of the controversial Planning Bill and its legal impact on the UK's international obligations... Tune in now 🎧 www.endsreport.com/article/1917...

Daughter #1: “Who died first?” Answers on a postcard.

STOP PRESS! We have launched a crowdfunder to help support our legal challenge against the badger cull licences, which will be heard in the High Court later this year. Any help you can manage would be massively appreciated. Thank you! 🦡⚖️🔽 www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-c...

We are utterly dismayed by this news. The loss of ancient woodland to a development anywhere is shameful. To see it destroyed in a National Park beggars belief. This proposal contravenes multiple regulations and sparked vast opposition locally and nationally. 🧵 1/2 👉 buff.ly/OIP5tbf

*Copy one of Boris Johnson's stupidest and most self-destructive policies. *Ignore the massive wave of public fury it ignited. *Smear and attack anyone warning that it might not be a great idea. In this week's column I ask what the hell Keir Starmer is playing at. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Can anyone tell me what this government actually wants to fight for? This was an open goal, Labour. An open goal.

Attempt to protect rare chalk streams in Planning and Infrastructure Bill rejected by Labour MPs. Thank you @elliechowns.bsky.social for so passionately speaking up for this today. Very disappointed in the government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

VICTORY‼️ The Court of Appeal ruled Braverman’s anti-protest law was unlawfully made This ruling shows: ministers can’t rewrite law behind closed doors We demand justice for those targeted under these powers ✊🏽Solidarity with all who resist oppression in the streets & the courts! #DefendDemocracy

Went to see the boss today. We *SO* need a second marble alongside Charlie boy. @nhm-london.bsky.social

Delighted to have formalised my long-standing relationship with the Manta Trust. They’re a fantastic organisation, rooted in proper research and conservation science, and I look forward to pushing the value of such an enigmatic species for decades to come. www.mantatrust.org #MantaTrust

Scientists! Our planet needs your voice! I beg you to join me, Chris Packham & 100+ scientists on May 13th in a peaceful gathering in Parliament Sq, to put pressure on the government to be informed by - & ACT ON - science. tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 Pls help spread the word #BringScienceToPolitics

“…but, we need a scapegoat anyways, so…!”

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development The government’s own Impact Assessment for its Planning Bill states “there is very limited data on how environmental obligations affect development” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Set to be a very interesting discussion:

Before heading to rehearsals for an epic-theatrical adaptation of a Russian classic, I am concluding a report on amphibian behavioural research and potential conservation applications for mitigating the chytrid fungus panzootic. CAKE, AND EAT IT! Spoiler: Russian Romantics & Frogs both screwed.

1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

“Anna Karenina” rehearsals kicked off today. Utterly pleasant to swap my current ecology and conservation hat for Russian history and LOTS of emotions! @chichesterft.bsky.social

Cannot wait to get properly stuck into one of my favourite books (and with such a great cast and creative team too!) We enter the rehearsal room on Monday, the show opens in June, but tickets are available NOW from @chichesterft.bsky.social: www.cft.org.uk/events/anna-... #AnnaKarenina

Demand a wilder future for England's land ✊ Right now, the UK Government is working on the first-ever vision for how we use land in England – the Land Use Framework. 🧵1/4

The Planning Bill is not the win-win for nature & building we were promised 🚨 If the Bill proceeds unchanged, it will break new ground in the destruction of nature across England 🥀 Our full letter to Steve Reed and Matthew Pennycook 👇 www.wcl.org.uk/docs/2025/20...

1 in 20 children in the UK have been sexually abused. What can be done about it? Perhaps start by listening to these 29 minutes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In 20 minutes on Radio 4, there’s an essential bit of listening. It’s only 30 mins long. If you have the chance, please tune in: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you were cynical, you might say it’s pretty straight forward to sanction the release of Beavers into the wild once the wild is already full of Beavers… That said, very welcome news. 🦫! Just keep an eye on what this means in practice in regard to “handling” unwanted populations. 🔫?

Are big bad badgers driving hedgehog declines in Britain? Hot off the press.. short answer is no says @richardyarnell.bsky.social. Very weak -ve relationship between the species but absolutely dwarfed by other factors, esp. road casualties. Read whole paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #hedgehogs 🦔

Oh, AI; you are wonderful aren’t you!

GRAND THEFT HAMLET is out there, in the wild. Feeling a bit like Dr Frankenstein, watching his creation lurch off in the direction of an unsuspecting village. In case literally anyone wants to ask any questions - Sam, Pinny and I are doing a Reddit AMA tonight, at 8pm GMT!

Barbara Broccoli is a legend. Incredibly sad to see her stepping back from Bond. But, what a legacy…!

“Curry’s letter describes “an assault on scientific research…huge cuts in funding & regime of censorship (particularly with regard to equity, diversity & inclusion & climate) that is a direct threat to freedom of expression & academic freedom. These actions contravene the society’s code of conduct”

“This production contains strong language, gunshots, and adult content including themes and depictions of suicide, sexual activity and childbirth; references to adultery, pregnancy, stillbirth, and animal cruelty.” Anyone fancy a trip to the theatre in June? www.cft.org.uk/events/anna-...

You say you can’t balance food production and have lynx well @johnswinney.bsky.social you are failing Scotland as every other European country manages it. More about sheep and votes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sadly, the ophiologist (🐍) in me was left disappointed by what was lying in wait behind this door…:

Annual release of millions of non-native gamebirds for shooting? Sure, no problem, no licences/permission required, fill yer boots, do what you like. Carefully managed & licensed reintroduction of a native species? Not if its got sharp claws and teeth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just because you don’t know it’s there, doesn’t mean you won’t benefit. (Cue, Joni Mitchell…) Great bit of reporting from @wwf.org.uk: wwf.panda.org?13195966/wil...