#ToadPatrol season is upon us and patrols are looking for volunteers. No experience is necessary, but enthusiasm is a must! You will get to participate in one of the UK's most iconic wildlife events. You can search for and contact your local Toad Patrol here: https://ow.ly/b2uS50Ycknh

The Sun has suddenly appeared, so a quick pop to the village snowdrop bank!💚 #Somerset #nature

More from last nights Toad Patrol, Quantock Hills, Somerset. Please keep a look out if driving near migration routes 💚 #wildlife #nature

How to become a Toad Patroller 🐸 www.froglife.org/what-we-do/t...

Hooray! It's that time of year again and back on Toad Patrol! Sound up for annoyed, squeaky males! Joined by lots of palmate newts and a handful of smooth newts 💚 Quantock Hills, #Somerset #nature #wildlife

Bats, food security and the economy - Why bats matter... www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

I thought I heard them yesterday and today, there he was! The bullfinches are back in my Somerset garden hooray! He was tucking into the dried up blackberries. Pic taken through 2 sets of dirty windows💚 #birdoftheday #birds #nature #wildlife

Harry Hill + Laurel & Hardy @slapstickfest.bsky.social. My daughter's 28, we're both giant-Stouffer-sized Harry Hill fans but... she had NEVER seen Laurel & Hardy before! How lucky I was, child of the 80's & it was essential school holiday viewing. 'Wax eater' is our new insult of choice!

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️ 📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/... 📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/... 📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv... #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Well I started Burn's Night (Day) with my own encounter with a 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,'... at the bottom of the bird food bin when starting my Big Garden Birdwatch!💚

🦇 Please do not disturb hibernating bats. Not only is it illegal to do so but it can endanger their chances of survival as they can use vital fat reserves when they become active unnecessarily. If you find a bat in an exposed location please follow the advice on our website: www.bats.org.uk/advice

Study of the head of a bat, 1888 by Beatrix Potter, not only an English writer and illustrator, but also a natural scientist and conservationist #womensart

Chasing rainbows in Watchet, on the Somerset coast. Beautiful iridescent ammonites 💚💙🌈🐚 #fossils #nature

The snowdrop bank in my Somerset village is almost in bloom...💚

We've been working with @metoffice.gov.uk to analyse 10 years of #NewYearPlantHunt data. The analysis provides the clearest evidence yet of how rising temperatures are impacting the British & Irish flora, with knock-on effects for all our wildlife. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is Daniel - he is selling @bigissue.com on Guildford High Street - go buy a copy from him

This has been the toughest year for the global HIV response in decades. It feels like the world is looking away again. Every minute, someone dies from AIDS-related causes. Not for lack of tools but for lack of attention and political will. This #WorldAIDSDay, don’t look away.

The importance of trees outside woods for farmland butterflies... butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

Bugs Matter citizen science survey report by Buglife shows an ongoing insect decline. The UK's 18 resident bat species all feed on insects. www.buglife.org.uk/news/new-dat...

Can we balance #biodiversity targets with socio-economic needs? With good policy and planning it’s possible, says a new study. environment.ec.europa.eu/news/can-we-...

Nature not a “blocker” to housing delivery, MPs find in new @commonseac.parliament.uk report committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected. MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative. If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it. Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢

The Planning Bill is back in Parliament today.‼️ From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats. Peers reduced some of those risks. Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.

NOTE: Lords amendment 130 is now amendment 40 in the Commons. It is vital this amendment is passed. If you have already contacted your MP, please do let them know of the change of name. If you haven't, please use our easy to use webpage to contact them today act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset. Another week and another pile of shot and dumped gamebirds.... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...

Thank you to @gailbatlady.bsky.social and all bat carers, wildlife hospitals and ambulance drivers for helping bats in trouble back into the wild. If you find a bat, please follow our advice www.bats.org.uk/advice/help-... Thank you to the volunteers and donates to the helpline keep going. #bats 🦇

Please also report dead or sick birds to BirdTrack via www.birdtrack.net for monitoring purposes. Please share this message far and wide with friends and birding communities. Thank you.

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for bird flu via the forms below ⬇️ 📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep... 📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de.... 📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

"A powerful documentary about American book bans" (The Hollywood Reporter) ★★★★★ "One of the most important films of the year.” (Irish Examiner) ★★★★★ (Culturefly) ★★★★ (The Guardian) @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is available to watch at home now and screening in select UK cinemas.

Find a fungus group near you .. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/recording-ne...

A morning of counting pinging bearded reedlings/ tits, and an afternoon of planting sphagnum moss plugs to help restore #SomersetLevels precious peatlands. A few stunning sundews about too! What a beautiful day!💚 #peatlands #wetlands #nature #wildlife

If anyone needs a sweet start to their day, here's one of the 6 dormice we encountered whilst doing #Somerset dormouse box checks yesterday (all under licence) 💚 #dormouse #nature #wildlife #mouse #mice #mammals

Possibly the most attractive dormouse box (checked under licence) interior decoration I have come across today! I'd happily curl up in there! 💚🍁🍂 #wildlife #nature #autumn #leaves

This is an excellent example of the slimy lying tactics employed by the political right. @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk sets up the frame nicely here. #NigelFarage moves the goalposts on his lying by later demanding that others prove a negative re his utterly dishonest claims backing up Trump

A lovely bit of strata appreciation whilst out doing my cetacean survey today. No cetaceans, but a close encounter with a curlew, also: lapwing, 2 peregrine falcons, egrets and rock pipits! So, a very good start to the day💚💙 #Somerset #SaltPath #Coast #geology

A candle amongst my modest conker collection for #AutumnEquinox tonight. IMHO I've exercised great restraint collecting conkers this year! Well done me! 💚

Happy #AutumnEquinox! 💚

Comma #butterfly soaking up the #autumn sunshine in my #Somerset #garden today💚 #nature #wildife #butterflies #insects

Hooray!!! An autumnal pop to my favourite September fly agaric spot, Quantock Hills, #Somerset and there they were!! Absolute beauties!! 💚🍄 #fungi #mushrooms #toadstools #nature #wildlife #autumn #woodlands #flyagaric

Popped to Watershed, #Bristol yesterday to see #TheGoldenSpurtle. Thought it looked like my sort of film and it was wonderful! A celebration of the quirkiness of porridge and people. #films #Scotland

The utter joy of finding conkers!!!🌰💚 #Autumn #nature