Fits the pattern, TBH.

No need to seed: restoring former arable land to species‐rich grassland by mowing & natural regeneration over 18 years. Paper published today by myself, with my amazing 86 year old father & farmer Derek Sayer. A visit to the meadow is like stepping back through time. doi.org/10.1111/rec.70487

Unite General Secretary election, ballot papers going out 14th July. If you care about climate change kick out Sharon Graham!

I don't buy into the, 'It's a sign of our dizzying national decline that Hammersmith bridge can't be used by motor vehicles' narrative. It's a 19th century grade II* listed suspension bridge, which simply won't take the cumulative weight of an endless succession of (up to) 18-tonne laden buses.

Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

BTO / RSPB: "Climate change is already impacting UK bird populations" www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Needs a thorough read, but do note @ p.4 "strengthen long-term monitoring" (coughs). Quick scan felt a lot of hopium iro resilience/ mitigation/ adaptation doing the lifting.. 🤔

An extraordinary night of mothing in the Chilterns last night, with Box-tree Moths (Cydalima perspectalis) in tropical abundance. Never experienced anything like it before 😲 #TeamMoth

One of the largest conservation efforts in our lifetime, it's a great opportunity to get involved and be part of securing a piece of nature to be restored to it's natural state. Preserving it for plants, wildlife and humans alike for generations to come! www.wildlifetrusts.org/donation-tha...

Another logical fallacy. Everybody and every nation need to make their contribution to stop global warming. If small contributions were not relevant, I could stop paying taxes, because you cannot build a school or hospital from my contributions... 🧪 #EconSky #PoliSky

Every time I appear on UK media and say that economic uncertainty has been heightened by the fact that the world's most important economy is being run by an obviously deranged sociopath, they feel obliged to provide "balance"....😉

www.theguardian.com/education/20... The hidden consequence of this is that schools are increasingly using newly qualified teachers to fill vacancies, and rejecting applications from experienced teachers because they cost too much. Great to encourage NQTs but leaching experience from schools.

I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.

Humanity isn't separate from nature - so let’s stop acting like it 🌍 💚

Pro-drilling boss of Unite facing a leadership challenge. Good. Sharon Graham's "interventions are boosting Farage and his crypto backers. And her attack on Ed [Miliband] played right into the hands of the Labour right," said a union source. Correct. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is the new talking point from Reform supporters over on X. In other news, Nigel Farage has yet to hold a single in-person MP surgery in his constituency in the almost two years since he was elected

The pre-modern English didn't have a monopoly on eel metaphors. The French had some awesome ones, too! My favorite is this enjoyable expression that means to try to do something impossible: "rompre l'anguille au genou" -- to break an eel over your knee (like a stick). 🗃️🧪

Saturday 27th June A few moth species from my early morning walk #teammoth

The fact Chris Mason starts yabbing on the second a politician stops speaking means he’s already decided what he’s going to say before they’d finished. BBC political coverage is so infuriatingly shallow. When the rest of the BBC is so excellent.

Four Swallow-tailed Moths NFY appeared simultaneously the other night while on "shower curtain watch." I think I'd rather hang a sheet and wait for #moths to appear than set up my trap and go indoors until morning, as is normal for me. Waiting for moths to arrive has a certain allure. #teammoth

Did u know? I was shocked to see the state of this tea bag that I discovered in my compost pile yesterday. It's definitely not made from paper.It's always good to check that you're buying compostable bags when you buy your tea...It's been designed to look & feel like paper, but this is plastic.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍

This latest moorland fire in Longdendale now fronting the BBC website

If this headteacher really exists, they need to attend some science lessons. A lot of typical climate denial language here: “Warm weather” “Some warm sunny days” “Change in the weather” “Media hysteria” “Warmer than average day” ”warmer than expected” spectator.com/article/why-...

Mel Brooks is, in the original sense of the word, a mensch.

With existing technology, it is possible to reduce aircon's GHG emissions by 97% by 2050. We just gotta do it.

Stopped in his tracks. Loving it

If chronicle means amplifying every division, belittling Starmer at every opportunity, downplaying every achievement and delighting in parroting the Tory line in dreadful prose, then Mason has chronicled the last two years. Sadly it doesn't, and Mason has been a participant not a neutral observer.

Long shot, but if anyone in North #Oxford has lost a tortoise with a surprising turn of speed in the heat, do get in touch..

Beautiful illustration of the separation of parties rather than the separation of powers. And a damning confession.

Yes, yes and yes again, if we do not listen to Alf Dubs on asylum then we have lost our way completely. @andyburnham.bsky.social if you do not listen to these voices then we are, all of us, doomed. We need better.

Do you watch GB News? Maybe, just maybe, think about getting your news from elsewhere. #climatedenialism #propaganda #followthemoney

Ever climbed into a car that's been baking in the sun and wondered why our biggest car parks don't have roofs? The Government was considering exactly that. It has now quietly parked the idea. Here's why it matters.

#teammoth A Peach Blossom, my first, for #MothFaceFriday

Today Labour will pass The Seventh Carbon Budget, reaffirming our commitment to tackling climate change. It's unforgiveable on days as hot as today Reform and the Tories want to continue our reliance on fossil fuels. They should explain to the next generation why they don't care about their future.

It's definitely summer on Patch at Walthamstow Wetlands with few birds moving, though it is nice enjoying our breeding birds. Best from recently includes 2 Redshank, Curlew Oystercatcher, LRP, 2 Coal Tit (very scarce here), Garden Warblers, Lesser Emperors, RV Darters, Scarce Chaser, Norfolk Hawkers

Sad day. Our neighbours opposite are having the last oak tree round here felled 😡 No one seems to appreciate trees in their gardens anymore. When I moved here in 62/63 virtually all gardens had at least 4 apple trees and a handful of shrubs. Today I’m surrounded by a lawn desert 😔 #teammoth

Our paper "Water level manipulations in human-made impoundments drive species- and guild-specific responses in wetland bird communities" is now out in Wetlands Ecology and Management! 🦆

not sure how common this is across London but look at this amazing tree cover / shading on old street. This type of stuff saves lives during extreme heat events like we're experiencing this week

Do you have a favorite eel metaphor? Winston Churchill did! He often said politicians must get used to criticism, "Just as eels are used to skinning," And he said Londoners would "get used to [the Blitz]. Eels get used to skinning." Eels...get used to being flayed? Wut? 1/9

Here we are again - a party that loudly shouted about “protecting” our children from the LGBTQ+ community and yet not quite so interested in protecting children from their own violence - grotesque but at least for once, caught before dead www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This from 2007 BBC documentary 'Climate Change: Britain Under Threat', the late Jay Wynne predicting >30C daily for half of August 2050. With 24 years still to go, we'll already have two heatwaves far exceeding 30C in the past month - not in August high summer, but spring/early summer. Terrifying.

Won't get the coverage it deserves today but this is a just end to an utterly horrendous story. A privy councillor for 20 years, knighted for services to politics, and having risen to the leadership of a major political party, he has been found guilty of the most abhorrent crimes against children.

That was a good and dignified speech from Starmer. Also, confirmation if it were needed that the genuinely impressive stuff he oversaw on climate and clean energy can't have been a big priority for him. Such a strange omission from his list of achievements.

The over one million UK workers employed in Net Zero-related fields really need to unionise to balance the influence of dinosaurs like Sharon Graham.

I dropped my wallet yesterday evening somewhere on Brixton Water Lane. After a sleepless night fretting about what I needed to cancel, I went to Brixton police station - and someone had handed it in! The guy at the desk said stuff is handed in ALL THE TIME. So much for London becoming a war zone

And this is before we get to support for a government committing genocide, ever more deranged attacks on the right to protest, ripping down planning and environmental protections, kowtowing to corporate lobbyists and treating the left of the Labour Party as the real enemy to be crushed.

The Amber warning may turn red later. Temps of 40 degs are predicted. It’s going to be a hellish week. Yet in 3 weeks the RSPB & BirdLife International-backed Birdfair will be selling ultra-high-carbon travel to places like Antarctica. Absolute madness & an insane message to send. 🤬🤷‍♂️🙄

Unite (the union) is now the enemy of our children's futures.

#climatechange #environment

“Across the whole of Europe and the UK, we should be working so hard now to make clean energy cheap energy. The technology allows it, and they’ve got to be brave in the face of incumbency.” www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e... US