8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱 The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Via Etienne Berthier

This is absolutely appalling. "The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit." Absolutely pathetic. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Morning jewels....

Time to go....

Wow! What a huge leaf. It's from an American Red oak in the garden.

There really is gold at the end of the rainbow.....

@soharani.bsky.social @baldyrunner.bsky.social @jamessteel2008.bsky.social @stephenknowles.bsky.social @robdavis57.bsky.social @ruthmeadows.bsky.social @johnrowlett4.bsky.social @philwaring.bsky.social @greenmen.org.uk

A sun-dog morning......

More carrots, anyone?

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦‪Bill Bailey‬⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]

John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’

This morning's rays of hope for a kinder, more tolerant world.

Done. Please sign?

The view from the hotel just now - Cape Cornwall

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The extraordinary, beautiful landscapes, seascapes, and skyscapes of Wester Ross.

So thrilled to see and hear Great Northern divers last week, plus distant views of probable Black-throated divers.

Signed and sealed - Wester Ross.

This - in spades.

Just been reading about the Pakistani mill-workers in Bradford who were hired right off the bus to work 12-hour shifts and then 20, 30 years later were the first to be made redundant when the industry hit the wall. Many - having few other skills - were on the dole for the rest of their lives.

People of Devon, @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and I are in conversation about birds, landscape and belonging @thebookery.bsky.social, 13th November. Lots of Devon places are in the book, and crows, lots of crows! Join us! Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cre... #authorevent #naturewriting

Last night and Lou's last night at Badachro.......for a while!

Time two!

Lou in her happy place....

Inverewe Garden - such a wonderful place....

Mellon Udrigle beach - a very special place....

A damp, misty morning, and perfect conditions for lichens.

What a cracking morning!

Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'. Brexit is the biggest self-harm. UK economy hasn't recovered. Farage, the part-time MP, collects millions from 2nd/3rd jobs, full time MP pay+exps; often missing from the Commons. Pushes hatred to grab power.

“When grouse moor licences are redrawn to exclude the very areas where wildlife crime occurs, we are not deterring raptor persecution, we are enabling it.” @revivecoalition.bsky.social makes front page news again. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/14/o...

Badachro morning.....

A day of contrast and colour...

Loch Bad an Sgalaig this morning

Sorry about the rubbish phone shot, but we were thrilled to see a group of 8 Red-throated divers on Loch Gairloch today.

Sunday morning on the beach...

Supper at Diabaig, but Lou couldn't stay awake!

Who cares about the drizzle? Rockpooling on Gairloch beach was fun.

Lou lurking at Badachro.

Rapidly changing weather!

Apples of every shape, colour, and taste....

CALLING THE WONDERFUL WELSH AND EVERYONE LIVING IN WALES - Please help swifts, the number one declining bird in Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find your MP in Wales here senedd.wales/find-a-membe... and ask them to speak at the swift brick debate at the Senedd on 1st October (tomorrow!)

Fiery and glorious tonight!

Birds flying high, you know how I feel.......Nina Simone.

Free this Thursday? Come and spend a lovely autumn day stretching your writing muscles at Paxton Pits in Cambridgeshire. Everyone welcome! #naturewriting #booksky #Cambridgeshire @wildlifebcn.org @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

Exactly this!

I spent the afternoon in the woods, in a haze of peace and loveliness. Then came home and heard on the news an Irish doctor working in Gaza describe the clearly systematic, mass targeting of Palestinian children by Israeli snipers. It's just crazy making. How can such pure evil exist in the world?

In case you missed it: lots of amazing and heartening pond restoration going on. Research is likely to confirm that seeds "lost" in the bottom of filled-in ponds can remain viable for 100s of years so ponds and their aquatic plants leap back to life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK" Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that" "To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"