"The dark side of the balloon boom – is it time they were banned? From balloon arches at parties to mass balloon releases at funerals, these bits of floating rubber and plastic can have disastrous effects on wildlife." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "And the earth died screaming"

Guardian view-"Welsh language learning: culturalshifts can deliver a bright future 4 Cymraeg As Plaid Cymru leads in polls ahead of Senedd elections in May,grassroots enthusiasm for 1 of its historic causes is growing" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Nothing like a condescending pat on the head!

‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters ‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink,’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’ www.theguardian.com/environment/... "And the earth died screaming"

Mijn birdweather puc meldt al een week een zwarte roodstaart, maar ik schreef dit af als een misidentificatie, totdat ik vandaag weer een melding kreeg en er wel degelijk een zwarte roodstaart in de tuin bleek te zitten. Leuke tuinsoort! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Netherlands #BlackRedstart

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Breision y Cyrs yn Allteuryn ar 23ain o Fawrth Reed Buntings at Goldcliff on 23rd March #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Today, Plaid Cymru launched our Senedd election campaign to offer new leadership for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leadership which offers hope, new ambition and ideas - and always fights for our communities ✊ Join Plaid Cymru today to help us change Wales for the better 💚 🔗 partyof.wales/join

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Siff-Saff yn Allteuryn ar 23ain o Fawrth Chiff-chaff at Goldcliff on 23rd March #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

"Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Great article from @helenpilcher.bsky.social I'm now researching moth traps!!

Gwych bod yn rhan o orymdaith Together Alliance yn Llundain heddiw yn erbyn yr asgell dde eithafol. Tyrfa enfawr dros obaith a dynoliaeth, ac yn erbyn casineb. Balch mai Plaid Cymru sy’n arwain y gwrthwynebiad i ymdrechion Reform UK i rannu cymunedau Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Fantastic to be part of Together Alliance’s March Against the Far-Right today in London. A huge turnout for hope and humanity, and against hate. I’m proud that Plaid Cymru is leading the opposition to Reform UK’s division in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Mulfrain ddoe ym Mae Caerdydd Cormorant yesterday in Cardiff Bay #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

“At last, a breakthrough in the long battle to tame the tech companies that shape so much of our daily lives – influencing what we know of the world, how we talk to others and how we feel about ourselves.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Zuckerberg promises what to him is a bright new future, but which, 2 almost everyone else,sounds like a dystopian nightmare.He wants 2 see AI become a godlike “superintelligence” more powerful than the human brain, & looks forward 2 the day when AI fills the role now played by r friends.' #WTAF

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Hwyaid Llwyd yn Allteuryn ar ddechrau'r wythnos Gadwall at Goldcliff at the beginning of the week #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Dryw bach yn Fferm y Fforest ar 20fed o Fawrth A tiny Wren at Forest Farm on 20th March #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Members of Reform UK have warned of growing ‘chaos’ behind the scenes in Wales as infighting erupts over candidate selections for the Senedd election ✍️Emily Price

This will only get worse! Heaven help us when they are elected to the Senedd - pity the poor Llywydd!

The UK Government’s delay in tackling foreign interference, in light of the case of Reform’s former leader in Wales, may mean the damage is already done ahead of the Senedd election Why this matters 👇

A sure sign of spring 🌱 The Great Spotted Woodpecker may visit your garden, especially if it is near mature trees. Listen for its drumming and look for black & white plumage with a red undertail 🪶 Seen one? Record it with Garden BirdWatch and help track its spread 📊 #UKbirding

The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash. If it goes it down, we’re looking, as complex societies, at a potential termination event. This week's column. Please read it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shooting restricted for 6 British wild birds 2 halt population decline Woodcocks & pochard, pintail & goldeneye ducks among threatened species protected by proposals www.theguardian.com/environment/... Impossible 2 understand why anyone wld want 2 shoot them! Never seen a Woodcock but pics of drakes

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social highlights the extreme fragility of the global food system He calls for "braver politicians in our own countries seek to insulate us from the worst impacts" of system collapse, including advocating a "crucial step" "to encourage a shift to a plant-based diet."

D'Hondt formula explained! senedd.wales/senedd-now/s... My head really hurts now! How did someone come up with this? In short every vote counts!

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Rhostogod Cynffon Ddu (limosa limosa) yn torheulo yn haul y gwanwyn (WWT Llanelli) ar 11eg o Fawrth. Black-tailed Godwit enjoying the spring sun at WWT Llanelli ar 11th March #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Meaningless words from our soon to be former First Minister!

Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts has warned that UK Government plans to limit energy bill support to gas mains usage could leave Welsh households disproportionately exposed

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Tinwen y Garn -o bell - yn Allteuryn ddoe Wheatear yesterday from afar at Goldcliff #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Governments sit and watch while oligarchs purchase our politics, as if it were just another asset to be monopolised. For the sake of democracy and our own survival, we need to get the money out. Our political systems must belong to us and us alone. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

🫡 Want to stop Reform and elect new leadership to stand up for Wales? Step 1: Register to vote! 📲 Step 2: Vote Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find out more 👉 partyof.wales/election

Keir Starmer has granted the US access to British bases for ‘defensive’ strikes on Iranian missile sites. Given Trump’s erratic nature, we must ensure that clear limits are upheld and that the UK isn't pulled deeper into a conflict that remains unresolved.

"How birds are spreading plastic pollution" theconversation.com/how-birds-ar... "The sealing of many landfills, & improvements in waste management may have contributed to recent declines in many gull populations in the UK & elsewhere. But these problems of plastic leakage will continue ..." 1/2

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Hwyaid yr Eithin yn @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Llanelli ar 11eg o Fawrth Shelduck at WWT Llanelli on 11th March #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Reform has shown a complete contempt for our country and our history. Farage simply does not care nor respect Wales or our language – but is anyone really that surprised? ✍️ Heledd Fychan MS

“Trump has delighted apocalyptic Christians. They say the End Times are coming” apple.news/ALKF57knWQwi... The lunatics have truly taken over the asylum!

Nigel Farage has called Welsh people “Foreign speakers” in a Cameo video. I hate to break it to you Mr Farage, but if you read a history book you would realise English is more foreign in the UK than Welsh. Big credit to the Guardian for breaking this story: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

Reform politician the ONLY person to vote against a new law stopping politicians from lying. Reform’s Laura Anne Jones was the only one who voted against the bill, with 50 MSs backing it. We can find no record of Ms Jones speaking during the debate, even though she was present.

We have lots of new countries and territories joigning the challenge this week: Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, French Polynesia, Jamaica and Kiribati! Join our friendly contest this week by sharing a bird picture taken this year and stating the country and the hashtag in your post!

The Associated Press getting on board. "The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy."

It's a two-horse race in Wales: ✅ Plaid Cymru - standing up for Wales with real plans for our future ❌ Reform UK - no Welsh leader, plans, nor interest in our country 🗳️ Vote Plaid Cymru on 7 May

BREAKING: “It’s crucial for people to know whether or not Irans missiles came close to hitting a British base Diego Garcia. How far did the missiles get?” - Laura Kuenssberg “Our assessment is the Iranians certainly targeted Diego Garcia” - Housing Secretary Steve Reed

BREAKING: The government has given the U.S. approval to use UK bases for "collective self-defence" in the Middle East, including "defensive operations" degrading missile sites used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Mae Plaid Cymru yn barod i arwain Cymru o'r newydd a chynnig gobaith i'n cymunedau. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 For new leadership and hope for our communities, vote Plaid Cymru on 7 May 2026. ❤️

Missiles fired at Diego Garcia after UK lets US use bases for Hormuz strikes www.itv.com/news/2026-03...

I don't want a Peat Free Future, I just want the peat to be growing in the landscape, not ground up as a soil conditioner.

Brexit has been a disaster to Wales' economic resilience. We must re-join the Single Market and Customs Union to support Wales economy. Plaid Cymru will forge closer ties with our European neighbours. Vote Plaid Cymru on May 7

Finally someone said it, we are war with Iran because of the Epstein files rumble.com/v7752di-fina...

Welsh Labour have promised £4bn for hospitals in Wales if they win the Senedd election. We took a look at the figures and there are serious questions about the offer... [Thread]

So no costings at all... Let’s sum all that up: - Welsh Labour will be using this £4bn to both build/redevelop three hospitals AND fix the £1.5bn maintenance backlog. - It can cost around £2bn to build a large hospital (as a loose figure) - building 3 with this money seems incredibly ambitious.