It's not just Jays, but Rooks are also agents of natural colonisation of woodland, dispersing and planting tree seeds that start off new woodlands. #rewilding

Sunday book review - The Cuckoo Calls the Year by Peter Stroh Publisher: Merlin Unwin Review: markavery.info/2025/05/04/s... 'a charming & lovely book based on local walks through the year' @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Nene #CarryAkroyd @clarepinches.bsky.social #aldwincle #northants #cuckoo #positive

Natural colonisation of woodland/shrubland at 4, 10 & 29 yrs. Same spot, looking towards ancient woodland seed source 90 m away at Monks Wood Chronosequence. Still in dynamic change, dense hawthorn & blackthorn thickets are nursery for emerging oaks. Teeming with warblers, soil carbon increasing.

Some lovely flowers from an evening stroll at Aubert Ings SSSI near to Knaresborough with @clarepinches.bsky.social. Wild Tulip Tulipa sylvestris, Snake’s-head Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris and the spring leaves of Meadow Saffron Colchicum autumnale @bsbibotany.bsky.social

🌿 Our new study in @natplants.nature.com: Most European temperate forest plants are associated with semi-open, herbivore-shaped habitats—not closed-canopy #forests 🐎🌳🔆🌸 Highlights the need for trophic #rewilding in #conservation & need to avoid uniform dense #reforestation🌿 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Nature is not a blocker to growth. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍

It’s always a treat to see a Dipper. They’re such beautiful but also powerful little birds. Look at the white eyelid when it blinks :)

Quick stop on way back from Upper Nidderdale to see Dipper at Wath with @clarepinches.bsky.social. First place I saw one as a kid and still putting on a good show!

Brileider, Brill Eider indeed - Spectacular!😎 #dutchbirding

Thanks! made Ecosia (not for profit) my search engine. A tree is planted every 45 searches. Google: -monopoly search 92% -profiles us -sells our data & tracks us Ecosia does not create personal profiles based on search history or use external tracking tools. Results Yahoo, Google, Bing Wikipedia

A bit of news!! I took a FISC test with @bsbibotany.bsky.social back in July... delighted to announce I have been awarded a Level 5 certificate for plant i.d skills - probably my greatest accomplishment to date! Years and years of study, training, and borderline obsession have gone into this 🤩

🧵 Launched today! A Woodland Trust report explores how the Gvt should fund #NatureRecovery in England, focusing on the role of new nature markets, risks, & opportunities, highlighting the vital role of the public sector in driving change. @ecioxford.bsky.social www.naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk?p=2274

Right, lets give this a go then shall we I figured I’d start my time here with a quick thread on what we do on land, food & farming at @eciu.net Our main focus this year has been on the impact of climate change on this year’s harvest Spoiler alert - it wasn’t good eciu.net/media/press-...

For me, the government reforms of Agricultural Property Relief (APR) miss two big opportunities 1. The political opportunity Labour had coming in to win over more farmers & ‘deep rural’ voters 2. The policy opportunity to use APR more imaginatively A 🧵 on what I mean…

Here's the #UKin100Seconds www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUSK... #In100Seconds

Research shows that simply looking at the fractal patterns in nature shifts our brains away from fight or flight & into rest/digest mode, alleviating anxiety & helping us recover from stress more quickly. Zoom in to the pattern detail in my photo, it’ll help if your Friday afternoon’s angst-ridden👇🏼

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

Hello everyone! just finding my feet with how this all works! Give me a repost to help find friends from other platforms! ☺️

More earthstars! This time the teeny, tiny Geastrum minimum from the dunes at Holkham NNR in North Norfolk - and I couldn’t resist a Dune Waxcap!

Our new report out, lead story in @guardian.extwitter.link, by @timjacksonsays.bsky.social with @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social This country really can’t afford the false economy of Big Food www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It’s been an excellent Friday…talking structure, heterogeneity, dunes, marshes, ditches…. and strategies for making the most of them. Then I watched a Professor capture the plans by drawing them in the dirt. @pauldolman.bsky.social

Pesticides toxic to bees continue to be used in the global supply chains of all of the UK’s ten largest supermarkets, according to a ranking and analysis by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK... www.endsreport.com/article/1896...

Last year we won a major change in law mandating all public bodies to take more action for #NationalPark. This law is being ignored - so we’re off to the High Court.

Is messy the new beautiful? Why debates about what nature recovery looks like matter - new paper by Flurina Warrmann and @jlorimer.bsky.social www.naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/is-mess...

Reposting now I understand that the 🧪 emoji links this to the Bluesky science feed! What a clever idea...

"It really goes to show that if the media tells positive stories of hope about the environment, then it can inspire people and make a real difference.” Well said @brianecambs.bsky.social. We need the media to step up and join us in our fight to save the natural world. They must do more.

From the Blue boss lady 💙🦋

Bore da from an absolutely freezing Carmarthenshire field where me and the dog are just processing the news that there are at 1700 coal, gas and oil lobbyists at COP29. Phew, that's one less thing I've got to worry about today. What's your favourite petrochemical company, and why?