EU governments have proposed a watered-down climate target, that won't cut carbon pollution fast enough and is full of loopholes to weaken it more The EU Parliament's environment committee is about to approve a basically unchanged target Even the EU's own advisers say this is a major risk #COP30

Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.

“There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers,” I have written about his, @magdalenoxford.bsky.social #RemembranceDay @philippullmanreal.bsky.social @pricklesandpaws.bsky.social #hedgehogs and much more! hughwarwick.substack.com/p/planning-a...

2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️ We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️ Read more 👇 www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...

Dandelion, Daisy, Bush vetch & Ragwort, all in flower today. #wildflowerhour

Honeysuckle & Cow parsley.#wildflowerhour

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Waxcap #fungi

Still lots of freshly emerging #fungi around.

Banagher glen, I love this place.

Everywhere you look in Banagher glen, trees enhancing the view.

Our trawl of methane data found the area near Drax has the UK's second highest levels: share.google/kD4B26tD1Yl8... 2/2

Claims of felling 250 year-old trees + shipping them thousands of miles to burn in a power station, releasing fine particulate pollution linked to breathing + heart conditions. Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions? 🧵 1/2

Whispy clouds on my morning walk.

A gorgeous fungus in a local graveyard,not sure which species though. #fungi

With a return to the Pliocene locked-in, the only meaningful question is, will we stop there or maintain BAU until a return to the Middle Miocene becomes inevitable or - ultimately - the early Eocene? If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like

'Small-scale fishermen using low-impact methods are...forced out by industrial vessels "that take more in a day than we can in a season...we are not asking for special treatment, only for rules that protect the ocean, reward those who fish responsibly, + give our communities a chance to survive"'.

Fossil fuel companies attending U.N. climate talks in last four years responsible for nearly 60% of global oil and gas production in 2024 New research from Kick Big Polluters Out www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

The Beaver #moon tonight.

For anyone interested in Nature in the UK, this is really, really depressing reading. Despite all our efforts over the past decades (site protection, farming schemes), wild plants, an essential element of the natural world, are disappearing before our eyes. britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...

"We should no longer be making PFAS" Water UK's David Henderson tells Nick Robinson removing PFAS from water sources is so hard we should talk about a ban on forever chemicals, not a clean up. Our story on the DWI ordering water firms to act on PFAS in water sources made the Today Programme. 🧵

Hawthorns laden with berries, a beautiful sight & an amazing resource for wildlife.

Looking out my kitchen window when this Tree creeper landed about a meter away!

Try and make space for patch of white dead nettles (Lamium album) in your garden, they flower throughout the year (mostly) providing nectar for late & early bumblebees. @lgspace.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social

Anyone who thinks the invasive species problem is exaggerated, that it's "all just nature", should experience the cemetery that is a native Irish rainforest choked by rhododendron, as so many are. Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.

Common field speedwell #wildflowerhour

Common hogweed flowering this week. #wildflowerhour

White dead nettle on road verge #wildflowerhour

Helvella macropus #fungi

Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape. 🧵 1/4 freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...

More amazing Parrot waxcaps today.

Holly speckle #fungi

Slime mold on fallen leaves in the woods today. #slimemould

Any shares of this much appreciated! When my ex-publishers collapsed, taking over £20,000 of my earnings with them into the void, all my books suffered but none more than 1983. This is me trying to repair that. It’s about: Childhood Education Aliens Alpacas The East Midlands The old future we lost

A really nice abundance of Parrot waxcaps seen in a local church graveyard.

Over £9million raised so far in this 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to do something truly meaningful for nature on a really large scale. It's absolutely doable. Can you help? Donate here 👉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wildlife

"Portugal expects to reach 30% of its marine protected areas by 2026" Still waiting for Ireland to pass a law to allow for the creation of Marine Protected Areas! www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-10...

That this exquisite chalk stream should be polluted with e-coli, pesticides, cleaning products, industrial chemicals, medicines + toiletries is a tragedy beyond words that could be prevented by improving sewage systems so wastewater is treated 3 times - enough to remove most chemicals + pathogens

Imagine being so committed to polluting water, you'd head to court so you can keep doing it

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...

Great to see farmers, landowners, anglers, ecologists + community members coming together to reverse decades of pollution at Lough Carra. The community is halfway through its 5 year plan and momentum is only growing! www.rte.ie/news/connach...

America’s super-rich destroying the planet’s safe climate spaces. Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%. Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying. Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done

After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fungi, such a diverse group.

Some lovely little cup type #fungi in woodland today, under Oak.

Hanging onto every bit of good news The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing. This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

Seeing so many acorns sowing themselves in local woodlands, natural regeneration. Tree planting is not always required!

Farage: epic grifter