February 19th: 🧾 There were eleven (11) accepted records on this day... 😃 #UKrares #rarebirdsUK #UKbirding

Another step in the right direction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This Shorelark showed well yesterday near Sandsend, North Yorkshire. Great find by Ollie Metcalf, as it was often skulking low in the winter crop. Photo by @longnabbirder.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Sun is up at Long Nab! Great Northern Diver flew north and a few early morning Curlews the best so far.

#Keshed Been looking forward to this one for a long time. @stuhennigan.bsky.social

Happy publication day to the deep, dark, beautiful ride that is Keshed by Stu Hennigan. We’re incredibly proud to be publishing this bold, uncompromising novel. Congratulations @stuhennigan.bsky.social, and thanks to @turnarounduk.bsky.social, Jack Smyth, Tom and Jaime Witcomb and Alex Billington.

Yes, it’s taken far too long to get to this point. But there’s a genuinely good chance that beavers will return to much of their former UK range within a generation or two. A very exciting prospect. #naturesky #wildlife #conservation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Song Thrushes singing everywhere I’ve been today, even in awful weather. Spring is trying to spring.

Positive news. x.com/birdguides/s...

Just one example of the benefits of landowners adjusting their hedge cutting routines slightly. Saves them time and money, and benefits a huge range of wildlife. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Some Jelly Ear fungi and a discarded Duck Mussel on Flixton Carr today. #naturesky

A bit foggy in Wykeham Forest this afternoon. A pair of ravens added to the gothic-horror vibes.

For some reason @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social won't reply to my requests to add this to the site, which is odd cos it's available everywhere else, but top of The List is @bobbygant.bsky.social brilliant collection, Keshed's poetic brother-in-arms. Pls investigate. razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Winter weather persists in North Yorkshire. Snow yesterday, wind and rain today.

🌱🪻🍀🌺🌸🌿 www.plantlife.org.uk/good-news-fo...

The power of restoring some natural balance to a landscape. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-...

One day in the forests of North Yorkshire? Never say never. #booksky #nature

Snowy walk around Falsgrave Park and Lightfoot’s Lane today. Deep in places but beautiful to be out in. Glad I didn’t have to drive!

Potter Brompton Carr yesterday afternoon. Marsh Harriers coming in to roost. Gulls overhead. Little Egrets doing some last minute feeding and Tree Sparrows forming a large roosting flock. #scarborough

And, seeing as though @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social haven't replied to months of messages requesting they stock A Decade of Drinking With Ghosts by @bobbygant.bsky.social (which there's no reason for them not to do) so I can add to the list of Keshed related books I did for them,

Interesting project. www.birdguides.com/news/twite-c...

Great Grey Shrike in Harwood Dale Forest this afternoon. Well done to the finders Nick Gibbons & Rob Stark on a BTO winter survey. Kept its distance. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #YorkshireBirding #Scarborough

No crops or close field margins on either side. No risk to traffic. A hedge chopped back to the bone for no reason whatsoever. Our policy-makers and farmers have got so much to answer for.

Next read. Wildlife only found in Britain. So important we look after these species found nowhere else in the world. #endemic #booksky #nature #wildlife #reading

Absolutely shocking. We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases. We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.

Thank you so much for all the support you've shown for this series throughout the year. Its meant a great deal. For the final edition. The series started with David Bowie. It was always going to end with him too. 52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 52 🖤⚡x lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...

Nice to find a new bird for Wykeham Lakes today with @bobbygant.bsky.social #Scarborough @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

I think this is important research. Land owners, farmers, local authorities, head gardeners and others need to stop their own obsessions with ‘tidiness’ and help educate others about the benefits of dead wood, long grass, scrub, ‘weeds’ etc. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/public-...

A small but hopefully significant bit of good news. Every little helps! www.optimistdaily.com/2025/11/puff...

Watched this last night. I actually think it creates an atmosphere better than the book, and it does Johnson’s dialogue and unique style justice. A beautiful film, well worth a watch.

Much more research required.. but a small dose of hope. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tonight’s reading.

We need to nationalise our water infrastructure immediately and spend money preventing things like this, rather than lining the money of shareholders. Our system is so ridiculously backwards. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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/...

Scotland’s third Land Reform Bill has been criticised as inadequate by land reform campaigners, but here’s one good bit: it will require owners of landholdings over 1,000 hectares to set out how they are boosting biodiversity Let’s do the same in England: treesforlife.org.uk/new-law-says...

Anyone fancy a road trip? www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Anyone planning to #GetKeshed needs to chase it down with a its poetic brother, @bobbygant.bsky.social amazing collection. @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social this is on Gardners, could it be added to your site so i can put it on my Keshed list pls? You'll sell shitloads 💪🙏 razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Some more praise for Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social, this time from @jamesscudamore.bsky.social. If this doesn't convince you to buy a copy...

Ten jewels of English nature at risk from development and Labour’s planning bill 1. Lodge Hill, Kent 2. Tipner West 3. Humber estuary 4. Thetford 5. Wolborough Fen 6. Sittingbourne 7. Surrey Heaths 8. Dibden Bay 9. Wensum Woodlands 10. Swanscombe Peninsula www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Situations like this is why the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on earth. This government is as bad, if not worse than previous governments when it comes to the environment. Wolborough Fen must be protected. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There is no reason whatsoever for the government not to support this simple, uncontroversial measure. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Five miles through Wykeham Forest today. Autumn feel with leaves starting to fall, Redpoll, Crossbill and Siskin overhead and lots of fungi on the forest floor.

Massive praise and a genuine honour to be in some way linked to Stu and Keshed. Keep your eyes peeled for Stu’s launch events! bsky.app/profile/stuh...

Not on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social (i've requested it be added so it can go on this list) but if you read ONE of these titles, make it @bobbygant.bsky.social A Decade Of Drinking With Ghosts, a poetic brother to Keshed and one of the best sets i've read in ages 🙏👌🖤 razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

We are all living under the same sun. Same moon. Looks to the skies to feel small.

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think: