‼️ UK nature is declining fast, yet the Fingleton Review proposes weakening vital protections. Wildlife can’t afford more loss. These plans aren’t law ... yet. There’s still time to act. Speak up now to protect nature 👉 buff.ly/NrsJZ4A

“The biodiversity target, which means stopping the decline of British species such as the hedgehog and red squirrel, will almost certainly not be met.” Huge fail by Labour. Where’s the Land Use Framework? Where’s the promised nature purpose for national parks? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🦋🌿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... 🧪

Did anyone else have this poster on their bedroom wall growing up? "Chalk Grassland." This was basically one of the gateway drugs into botany- not only the plants but importantly they communities they grew in. I loved this poster & it still lives vividly in my imagination. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Looking for a new challenge in 2026? Become a citizen scientist and collect vital information to help nature while having fun at the same time! 🔍 Here are some dates for your diary 👉 buff.ly/xMiL2dY 📷: Chelsea Mae Photography

Hear from BTO about the Ring-necked Parakeet population in the UK in this feature from @theguardian.com #Birds

With the year drawing to a close there’s no better time to think about the small changes we can make that multiplied up make a big difference to tackling the nature and climate crises.  This #12DaysWild make some New Year resolutions to help nature – we’d love to hear them!

Slime mould - a hidden wonderland brought to life in photos... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Restoring conservation grazing to Mill Hill LNR is making a big difference. More to do to knock the site back into its former chalk grassland glory but well done the Hetdwicks (and @southdownsnp.bsky.social and the grazier!) @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Good heavens, we've already posted 59 #NewYearPlantHunt Group Hunts & details of more are pinging in every day! From Jersey to Stirlingshire, from Sheringham to Hayle and from Sligo to Sussex... check them out! It's also fine to head out with family & friends or go solo! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.

"With any luck, by next year..." 📢Sign the petition today and help us #BinTheBeads https://f.mtr.cool/hrglwzlptd

A Xmas eve White-tailed Eagle at Pett Level in a strong easterly wind, being mobbed by a Carrion Crow. @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062

The Government has partially backed away from weakening Biodiversity Net Gain – but nature still loses out. Exempting developments under 0.2ha risks hollowing out one of England’s most important nature protections🐝🌱 1/4🧵

Hedgehog Champions check your inbox for December's Hedgehog Street e-news ✉️🦔Your final instalment of hedgehog news from 2025 awaits! 🎄 Not already a #HedgehogChampion? Sign up 👉 hedgehogstreet.org/register Hedgehog Street is run by us and British Hedgehog Preservation Society #HedgehogChampion?📸Gemma H

Bird place-name of the day 120: ERIDGE (Green), E. Ssx. OE earn + hrycg. ‘Eagle ridge’. White-tailed, specifically, which is back in Sussex now (saw them again on my last visit to my childhood home this weekend just gone). #PlaceNames #birdsandplace #naturewriting

🚨 SIGN THE PETITION 🚨 We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them. 👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.

www.helenadollimore.com/binthebeads petition against use of biobeads

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

I'd like to chat to one or two people, ideally women (I've already talked to a load of men) who've got into the Merlin app for identifying birdsong this year. For a nice positive story. Please drop me a line, thank you!

Collaboration is key at the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership & this pic shows the whole team: staff, management, Gatwick staff, vols, ecologists, wildlife recorders, SWT trainees & Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre staff coming together for an epic day organised for the local community this year.

FIRST YEAR OF WILDCAT RESTORATION HAILED AS BIG SUCCESS 🎉 New research confirms that Saving Wildcats' first year of breeding and releasing wildcats into the Cairngorms National Park was highly effective. Thank YOU, this project's supporters, for making this possible.

💔 BREAKING: Mackerel catch limits set above what is sustainable A 70% slash in quotas was recommended by science, but the estimated UK cut is just 60%. It's not enough. This is how fish populations collapse & coastal livelihoods are put at risk 🐟 ACT NOW👉 act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

Flavoparmelia caperata is a common #lichen found across most of Britain. It has been given the name Greenshield Lichen by some, and is usually found on deciduous tree trunks. Amazingly @sylviad.bsky.social has found another lichen nestling inside! #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity#brightonwildlife

CEO Chris' favourite wildlife programme this year was Hamza Yassin's wonderful BBC series Hidden Wild Isles (some was filmed on one of our nature reserves, & he worked with Trustee, filmmaker David Plummer too). Catch it on iPlayer 📷 Nigel Kingston

Are you ready to open door number 10? Let’s see who’s bringing the winter cheer today... #RSPBAdvent25

How did I miss this news story on pollution in the Medway last week?🤔 I must've been half-asleep. "The largest contaminant was caffeine, which can affect reproduction in aquatic wildlife. It is thought caffeine enters the waters via sewage treatment after being ingested by humans."

This brilliant documentary is a fabulous, funny and vital exploration of farming and rewilding, starring @derekgow1965.bsky.social & his farmer neighbour Derek Banbury. Its maker is seeking funds to show the film to the most important audience: farmers! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/derek-vs-d...

#Glyphosate - how much damage done in those 25 years, to #PublicHealth and #biodiversity. We have to stop this #pesticide merry-go-round of new-wonder-chemical, concerns, then obvious disaster. We need #agroecology www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Three reasons to avoid cutting back dead stems and seed heads this winter: 🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds 🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles ❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!

🎄Brighton’s most enchanting Festive Fayre! Join us at Brighton Toy Museum for handcrafted gifts, local makers, and Christmas nostalgia - plus a special Father Christmas visit (pre-book). Sun 7 Dec, 11–4

Tonight the Cold Moon rises 🌕❄️ Known too as the Long Night Moon or the Moon Before Yule, it lifts into the deepening dark as we head toward the year’s longest nights. It will be the last supermoon of 2025. Moonrise: 14:44* 📷 @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social

England’s most important nature sites are being failed.❌ Protected sites can and should be driving nature’s recovery. But today’s OEP report exposes the real problem: years of weak delivery, underfunding and political drift have left them unable to do the job the law intended.

As of the 1st of December The Government has announced an Access Green Paper, which will consult on how to ‘strengthen the public’s legal right to access’. This is welcome - but further delay isn't: Labour MPs & access NGOs are united on the need for access legislation now.

"Protected sites in England offer a golden opportunity to drive nature’s urgently needed recovery but they are failing to deliver the outcomes needed, says a new report,‘Review of implementation of laws for terrestrial & freshwater protected sites in England’, published by the OEP." 🧵 1/11

Out with the @southdownsnp.bsky.social volunteers today clearing bracken back from an area of former chalk heath. It was right next to part of Peacehaven golf course - plenty of balls found!

Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026! We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research. Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants

I promised listeners of my BSBI talk last night that I'd post a picture of an endemic orchid today. This is Epipactis sancta, the Lindisfarne Helleborine. This orchid is only found on Lindisfarne, just off the Northumberland coast, and nowhere else on Earth.

Climate change isn’t something we can afford to put off any longer, we must take action. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... #climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025

Congratulations to Wiston Estate on winning the Schöffel Farm-Environment Partnership Award! Read the blog by @sussexemerald.bsky.social  https://f.mtr.cool/itgdmdodsb   📷 Matthew Thomas

A couple of days ago, I went to Ebernoe Common to see what I could hear: amykingwildlife.blogspot.com/2025/11/list... @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Curlew hunting for crabs in the Sea Purslane saltmarsh, with a flock of Wigeon behind. At Rye Harbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social #curlew #birds

Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄 A little bit of wildlife magic every morning... Who's ready to open door 1 with us? #RSPBAdvent

The Environmental Improvement Plan is out🎉 We took the Government to court over the last one. This time, warm words won’t cut it – nature needs delivery. 1/5 🧵

Shipwrecks and family memories in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social #countrydiary #naturewriting

Pet parasiticides are entering soils and waterways, harming the very ecosystems we depend on. Ministers must act on the evidence and reduce this chemical load on nature. #EnvironmentalProtection #NatureRecovery

Recently our fab Adur & Worthing Hit Squad removed Sycamore dominating Cissbury Fields to make way for native tree species which will benefit local biodiversity. If you're free one Saturday morning a month, we'd love you to get involved! buff.ly/tJvz1Ym 📷Jack Thompson

Last few days to have your say: the first Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) for Sussex have been created, what do you think? Consultation closes this Wednesday, 26 November 2025.  Add your voice: https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/