This week has seen sabs across the country out in force while most people are still asleep. For many hunts, the cubbing season has now started. “𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙪𝙗𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.” 👀 ⬇️ www.huntsabs.org.uk/cubbing-take...

A little video about some of the wildlife we encountered in Salzburg/Austria: youtu.be/N2OsEhiBjg8?... #Wildlife, #Nature, #Salzburg , #Mammal , #Insects, #Invertebrates, #Birds

Wow! Super find 👍👏

So far 5 #bigbutterflycount counts. Different locations but only one spot has been worthy of a mention. My garden has only had three species :(

Life has been family focused now for almost two years. But when I do get a spare moment, I seek peace in nature & it it turn finds me 💚

Wowsers you guys! What a fascinating creature!

SHOCKING SCALE OF BADGER PERSECUTION BY HUNTS REVEALED The wide scale persecution of badgers by hunts is revealed in new data seen by the Hunt Saboteurs Association. www.huntsabs.org.uk/shocking-sca...

Here are some horrible dead bird discoveries from the Somerset countryside. Continuing my theme ‘Guardians of the Countryside?’

Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

Thinking about sharing some photos from over a decade of wandering off the beaten track across most of Somerset. What my friends & I have found is truly astounding. Here’s a clue to the main contributors of this habitat destruction…

Something for #valentinesday. Just a couple of badgers at a sett in the centre of a town in Somerset. The male had been loitering outside this sett for a number of nights, guarding it maybe or hoping for his moment of lurrrve ❤️ 🦡

Cowslips are in flower on the bank outside Taunton County Courts. Also in the vicinity, last Spring, were Early Purple Orchids plus a Bee orchid. Please @somersetcouncil.bsky.social let the grass grow again in 2025 for #nomowmay

Ian called badger culling "a national disgrace" and said: "I would swap this award immediately for the government to rescind all existing badger culling licenses." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stunning sunset today down on the #somersetlevels

Monday. This badger knows how I feel. Always loved this bit of footage we got at a badger daybed in the middle of a town.

Poison, Traps and Shooting – Organised Crime on the Grouse Moors. www.huntsabs.org.uk/poison-traps...

Here’s some activity from this particular sett from previous years.

Making the most of the better weather to visit some badger setts. Uplifting to get out and catch those first signs of Spring. Primroses pushing through as are snowdrops too. Fresh spoil at the sett.

🚨BREAKING: A big win for the bees and it’s sweet as honey🍯! The government has denied the emergency authorisation of neonicotinoids, a pesticide that has decimated bee populations in recent years.

I hope Keir Starmer is also backing these builders, rather than the blockers trying to stop them giving us flood-preventing, drought-reducing, biodiversity-increasing infrastructure *for free*? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Happy #squirrelappreciationday to my friends in the park. Hated by many, I’m a fan. So there!

Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast, watchdog says

First bird I heard & saw this morning…a peregrine! #taunton

As sab groups join this new platform, we are adding them to this starter pack. Share with your friends 😉 go.bsky.app/4XgZrUa

I spent the last couple of days in Oxford where two huge farming conferences happen simultaneously. I was there to talk about the vital importance of access to nature, and why farmland has to be part of that.

𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 A secret deal between Warwickshire Police and the Warwickshire Hunt has finally been released, following a two year campaign by West Midlands Hunt Sabs to expose the truth. Read all about it: www.huntsabs.org.uk/two-tier-pol...

Well let’s see how this goes. Looking to connect with people who care about the natural world AND are prepared to take action to protect it. Somerset based.