I have two spare tickets for #BBCRadio2 #PartyInThePark (Chelmsford) FOR SALE HERE secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/1F0062BFA...

There are already 3 new housing dev along this road - people objected to this as it encroached on farmland adjacent to Battle Abbey site but they promised affordable housing🤔 @explorerdale.bsky.social BBC News - Developer freed of affordable housing commitment www.bbc.com/news/article...

Does this look a good site for a solar farm to you? Surely, siting a solar farm on Zone 3b flood plain is crazy but that's what's proposed at Creech St Michael, on the Somerset Levels. Please submit your objection to the Planners if you agree with us! Details here 👇 tinyurl.com/3xv8a8f7

Our new profile picture is by Jeanette Broughton and was our photo competition winner in 2022. Why not enter your photos into this year's competition? You might win £100. Go on! Details here tinyurl.com/3mk95u32

so why is this Government not doing more to protect our dwindling natural resourses but instead threatening with more destruction with their planning policy? @danicapriest.bsky.social @explorerdale.bsky.social BBC News - NHS using nature to treat poor mental health www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scotland could soon make history as the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide aka severe, reckless harm to nature. In our latest blog, @jodiebettis.bsky.social a Grand Union Scholar at the #OpenUniversity discusses how this bold legal move could set a global precedent:

5:25 and if like me you’ve been awake for hours it’s time to sign the #parkypetition100K - we need another 70 signatures by 8:20 to hit our daily target petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Two marbled white butterflies landing on knapweed. Old Sarum, Salisbury.

Land grabs. 258 million acres of public land in the US are to be sold off for a pittance. In the UK over 5000 protected sites of natural beauty are to be built over by Labour. In both instances local communities are completely left out of the decision-making process. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good... Excellent piece about #parkinsons by former New York Times editor Bill Keller. Particularly pleased with his line about Movers and Shakers- “…more fun than you’d expect of a programme about an incurable brain disease..”

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... What do you mean, you haven't signed the Parky Charter petition calling for better Parkinson's care?? We Parkies have an excuse - one of the symptoms of PD is apathy. But as for the rest of you, jump to it! (pretty please..)

0515 and we still need 56 signatures to get to 50,000 Surely we can do that by 0815? I am offering a t-shirt to the person who tips us over!

Another car load of SOSSwifts’ nest boxes collected from John Stimpson, he is just shy of now making 45,000 of them! We offer free surveys & advice, always happy to help you help Swifts and have free Community Sets available. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Prof Mike Tipton, physiologist: “It is undeniable climate change is now costing British lives. Those who scorn on climate action should reflect on this because, until we stop emitting GHG, these episodes are only likely to become more extreme.” #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The 32C day forecast on Saturday would have been expected only once every 2,500 years without the climate crisis, the researchers said, and June heatwaves are now about 2-4C hotter than in the past #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis, finds @wwattribution.bsky.social - High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New plans need new objections! 🚂 The current planning application for Liverpool Street Station is an entirely new one, so any objections submitted in 2023 will not now be taken into consideration. We have created a simple Guide to Writing an Objection here: bit.ly/3ZQRkk8 📷 Bishopsgate Institute

#CleanAirDay is fast approaching and in the run up, Birmingham City Council will be hosting some events in family hubs across the city. Please come if you can and help spread the word 🙏 #AirPollution #CleanAir @mumsforlungs.bsky.social

📣 #CleanAirDay events tomorrow 16th June: 10am - 12pm at Rookery Children's Centre, Heathfield Road, Handsworth B19 1HJ And 1pm - 3pm at Lakeside Children’s Centre, Lakes Road, Erdington B23 7UH 💚

"A child is killed every day on our roads, yet cars are being made so large that children are invisible from the driver’s seat. How is that acceptable?" New @transenv.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org‬ study shows car bonnet heights have risen hugely. We need a legal height limit. #Carspreading

The Cuckmere has the distinction of being the only undeveloped estuary in South East England. Its estuary and surrounding marshes attract a wide variety of wetland birds, especially redstart, little egrets and flocks of wigeon and lapwing. 📷 Sam Moore

The Neatham Manor Oak - Alton, Hampshire One of the finest oak trees in England

Our Nature Connections workshop will introduce you to delightful practices that will heighten & enrich your experience of your place in the natural world. You’ll gain a deeper sensitivity & awareness of the presence of everything around you. Members tickets & Concessions available: buff.ly/C9uhhah

We must protect nature to survive. We can and must tackle the housing crisis. If anyone tells you it's not possible to do both - then check any links with property developers...

What's morally reprehensible is pursuing destruction of the planning system for #CarDependentSprawl, destroying land vital for #FoodSecurity, #WaterSecurity, drainage, flood-control, biodiversity + increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the bargain. Poverty needs #SocialRent homes, not sprawl.

But these various bumps & others add up to an almost complete disregard by govt for wildlife (& rural & countryside) which will cost Labour in future elections. Hope evaporating, confidence long gone. It will be a good time to be a LibDem or Green in rural seats with collapse of Conservatives too.

Press release Rooftop solar for new builds to save people money New homeowners stand to benefit from rooftop solar and cheaper bills, with the Future Homes Standard being published this Autumn. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Spoke to the Guardian today about the urgent need to protect nature. Full article below 👇🏽

We can protect people. We can protect nature. But Labour are protecting the profits of property developers. The Planning & Infrastructure bill needs ripping up & starting again.

Lovely evening with some fabulous people in Salisbury talking about #sophieromania , the #parkypetition and much else.

Great fun recording another episode of #Movers&Shakers and trying on new QR code T-shirts designed to boost signups to our #ParkyPetition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

We are delighted to announce the acquisition of four historically significant chapels from the Historic Chapels Trust (HCT). In this video, our Director, Rachel Morley, talks you through the four chapels!

Hi everyone, below is a petition I've drafted for the UK Govt demanding transparency on their nationwide rollout of 86 free zones. It is now in the standard checking phase, hopefully it passes the checks, meaning it will go live in a few days.

If you love hares please support the petition launched by Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare, calling on the Government to stop the shooting of hares during their peak breeding season, by establishing a legally enforceable close season for hares in England and Wales, from 1st Feb to 30th Sep. 2/2

WE RECOMMEND: Raising Hare: by Chloe Dalton "This tale of a rescued hare is a tender lesson in a different kind of love that starts from pity of a defenseless creature and radiates out to wonderment at the wider world." @chloedalton.bsky.social

An honour to share a stage today at the @hayfestival.bsky.social with @elianebrum.sumauma.com to discuss rainforests both tropical and temperate, the importance of collective action, and how the fate of the Amazon and the death of the River Wye are connected (clue: soy & chickens are involved)

We still have seats for our In-Person event on 3rd June to hear about The Magnetic Margot Gayle. Do join us in person at our Chiswick Grade II listed office, we would love to meet you! Read more and book: bit.ly/4jRJTkv #heritage

The most beautiful, moving tribute & message, from @amyjanebeer.bsky.social today in the Guardian’s Country diary …

Only four days left to listen! Is a River Alive? @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Not just a request, it's the law! It is a legal requirement to keep dogs on a short lead on Open Access land between 1 March and 31 July, even if there are no grazing animals on the land. Dog walkers who flout this can face a £1,000 fine. 📷 Andy Reeves

Labour’s Housing Frenzy: A Recipe for Mould, Misery, and Another Grenfell? Goodbye regulations, hello cheap shortcuts, and safety risks. Why? So Labour can cosplay for their client journalists. Here's what's going on; it's shameful and downright dangerous open.substack.com/pub/european...

Anyone for a quick peek behind the scenes at #Springwatch...? Check it out in full over on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/TVFebwv Springwatch continues from our very own Longshaw Estate at 8pm tonight on BBC2 and iPlayer, and will be on air Monday to Thursday until June 12.

PARISH POLLS: Please take a moment to look at this link, exactly the quality we need for our own plans legally to inform Rochford DC of our (Hockley, Essex) views on planning decisions for the next 15/20 years. Our legal route to make our voices heard. www.chelmsford.gov.uk/media/w42ply...

Common Tern @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Rye Harbour first year. #highkey #birds #ukbirds #SuperSeabirdSunday @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

Stunning shot, wonderful bird

Team Bat Team Newt day at Yew Tree Farm was a massive success! Thank you so much for coming 🥹 It was amazing to see so many people from all over Bristol show support for nature. What a great turn out!

From Daryl Peters on the Nature Table: 'I spotted this Large Skipper Butterfly feeding in the midday sunshine.' Adults usually fly between June and August, when they can often be seen resting in sunny positions and long grass, or feeding on flowers such as Bramble.

Did you know horse chestnut trees communicate with bees? The flowers begin white or pinkish-white with a yellow centre but once pollinated, the centre turns pink. This signals to pollinators that the flower has already been visited and is unlikely to offer nectar or pollen.

April was within a whisker of the hottest April ever (last year)—touching on 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average. With 2023/24’s temporary extra warming from El Niño long gone, each month this persists adds weight to the persuasive theory that warming has accelerated. 🚨This needs our full attention🚨