After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Motherfucking wind farms…

💜SOME GOOD NEWS! 💜 It's officially a record year for purple emperor butterflies. Knepp butterfly expert and safari guide Neil Hulme spoke to the Guardian about the incredible year they're having at Knepp, and elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cats did not vote for this.

I'm still busy, so this is a #photo taken about 3 weeks ago. #Ferns unfurling in the #evening #sunlight #EastCoastKin #Coleraine #NorthernIreland #Ireland

My fave bit of the shady garden spot we’ve created… Apple tree and native hedgerow (planted 2020), mini pond, ferns, decomposing logs 💚

#NoMowMay going strong over here

'Ocean with David Attenborough' is an incredible film. Have you seen it yet? We’re trying to do our bit. Knepp Wilding Kitchen sources fish from one local fisher who uses a line or large-gauge nets. 👀 New blog by @annafordcomms.bsky.social - knepp.co.uk/2025/05/davi... 📷@sussexbay.bsky.social

How the white storks came back... and why it matters... Read the blog by our lead ecologist Matt Phelps, @mostlyscarce.bsky.social @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social knepp.co.uk/2025/05/whit...

The shocking, violent reality of what bottom trawling does to the seabed and its creatures is filmed and shown for the first time in Ocean with David Attenborough. And then, after all that, three quarters of the catch is thrown away. This is must-watch footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...

Nice @channel4news.bsky.social coverage of our "pet flea treatments turn up in bird's nests" research, starring my dog Poppy :) www.channel4.com/news/scienti...

Hatching at @kneppwilding.bsky.social has started! 🐣 Scroll back to 11:33:30 on our YouTube live camera to see the first glimpse of the chick. @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

This absolute beaut rocked up in our suburban newbuild development yesterday 🐍 #grasssnake #sussex #ssssssussex

“Er, my question is really in two parts…” From the new Private Eye, out now.

Hi @ddesimone.bsky.social just sent you an email I think may be of interest - letting you know on here in case you missed the email. Thanks!

Here's to all the wild mothers doing their best raising untamed cubs, kits, foals, fawns and fledglings. May your day be as restful as these Tamworth pigs appear to be. 🍃 #MothersDay #HappyMothersDay #wilding #rewilding 📷 Charlie Burrell

We have TWO new podcast episodes! In Ground Control to Ranger Tom, Penny speaks to Knepp woodsman @therusticranger.bsky.social about Knepp's ancient trees. In Dam Good News for Beavers, Penny chats with Knepp's new lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social 🔊https://knepp.co.uk/wildland-podcast/

Energy Transfer's case against Greenpeace is a brazen attempt to silence peaceful protest and undermine solidarity with communities that are directly threatened by the actions of oil and gas companies: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🧵

Roses are red Violets are blue

Many of us who don’t work on space science directly were inspired to become scientists because of NASA. Also, about 30% of NASA's science budget is for Earth and climate science, and they run one of the global climate models that's used by the IPCC. What happens at NASA will affect all of us.

Otter footprints in the sand #Shetland

Nabbed from @josephfasano.bsky.social’s insta If Mary Oliver was writing now… 💚

As an experiment, I asked chatGPT to summarise a really great paper I'd just read. It completely missed the main points of the paper. It took some keywords and turned them into reasonable sentences, but they did not relate to the paper, and they didn't really mean anything.

So a fossil fuel company that bought a CO₂ removal (CDR) startup for $1.1 billion plans to use the CO₂ captured from the atmosphere to get more oil out of the ground. It's…not great at all.

Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Knepp’s story of nature restoration is underpinned by science, and we have some incredible scientists in our team. We asked some of them who had inspired them and why. Read more: knepp.co.uk/2025/02/the-... #February11 #IDWGS #WomeninScience

when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage… ….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage

I don’t only care about climate change because I’m a scientist. I care about climate change because I’m a mom. Climate change is already impacting the people, places, and things that we love most. And who doesn’t want to protect what we love? Read more:

We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.

📢 Amazing job alert! 🌿🐬 🐟 We are looking for a participation lead - to lead engagement for this inspiring community-born, nature-first project of hope, driving ecological restoration along the coastline. Sussex Bay is about nature and people Great role, closes 20 Feb 25:https://lnkd.in/ewxKfjDc

Ania and Bartek looking a bit soggy right now after some English drizzle 💚🪶 whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/

“...focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts” …so said the Chancellor. In a new blog, our lead ecologist, @mostlyscarce.bsky.social, responds. 🦇🍃 knepp.co.uk/2025/02/dont...

Deny science and find out.

So long, January. For February's desktop calendar we have a delightfully peachy Long-tailed Tit, by Moi Hicks. Download in a range of sizes from our calendar page: https://buff.ly/4gpi1SB

Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

For lunar new year, we’re pausing to appreciate moths. These marvellous critters are often misunderstood. In fact, they’re a critical part of their ecosystems, providing food for bats and birds, and pollinating plants. (1/2) #lunarnewyear #moths #knepp #rewilding

If you're in London, consider seeing this. sohoplace.org/shows/kyoto

Who's doing the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch? We set up a recording device in our rewilded Walled Garden (amid Storm Eowyn...). Let us know what birds you can identify. We'll share our list on Monday! Hat tip to Hazel Reeves for creating this. #RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch #WalledGarden #Rewilding

The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla . Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

Did you hear the moos? Our lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social and our charitable foundation @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social have both joined Bluesky. Give them a follow!

The Beaver Trust has published an open letter urging Defra to publish a long-overdue licensing framework and a national strategy to restore this keystone species to England’s rivers. Read more here: beavertrust.org/restoring-en... #beavers #nature #flooddefence

On the Guardian's story about beavers, Isabella Tree, author and co-founder of Knepp Wilding, has said: “Let’s hope this is an unfounded rumour. It would be excellent if the government would hold its nerve and introduce a plan for how beavers can be successfully and sensitively re-integrated." 1/2

👀 www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

With extreme weather events increasing in frequency, including flooding in the UK, it's time to release nature's ally: beavers. So says Knepp's lead ecologist, Matt Phelps. Read his blog. 👀🦫 knepp.co.uk/2025/01/its-...