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Amongst the rugged mountains of Eryri, a quiet but powerful conservation story is unfolding— one that blends science, farmer know-how, and a deep respect for the land ✍️Sian Shakespear, Plantlife Cymru wp.me/p8Mk4U-19kF
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Amongst the rugged mountains of Eryri, a quiet but powerful conservation story is unfolding— one that blends science, farmer know-how, and a deep respect for the land ✍️Sian Shakespear, Plantlife Cymru wp.me/p8Mk4U-19kF
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‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds | Wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/uk/592821/
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/592821/
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are…#uk #news #uknews
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds | Wildlife - United Kingdom
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are clinging on in a handful of locations or even fewer, a
www.europesays.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds | Wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/uk/592821/
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/592821/
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are…#uk #news #uknews
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Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature
Aberystwyth becomes Wales' first UNESCO City of Literature
Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature Abe...
nation.cymru
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature
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Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why | Nature
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT from Morocco to Japan
Record heat everywhere:
43C in North Africa,40C Middle East,35C Central Asia (former USSR),
MINIMUMS >27C in Southern Japan (Chichijma)
+record heat in Southern Africa,Australia and Caribbean
>150 countries are breaking record.Insane
Record heat everywhere:
43C in North Africa,40C Middle East,35C Central Asia (former USSR),
MINIMUMS >27C in Southern Japan (Chichijma)
+record heat in Southern Africa,Australia and Caribbean
>150 countries are breaking record.Insane
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT from Morocco to Japan
Record heat everywhere:
43C in North Africa,40C Middle East,35C Central Asia (former USSR),
MINIMUMS >27C in Southern Japan (Chichijma)
+record heat in Southern Africa,Australia and Caribbean
>150 countries are breaking record.Insane
Record heat everywhere:
43C in North Africa,40C Middle East,35C Central Asia (former USSR),
MINIMUMS >27C in Southern Japan (Chichijma)
+record heat in Southern Africa,Australia and Caribbean
>150 countries are breaking record.Insane
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WOS Conference 2025: 'Hear it! See it! Record it!'
Great talks about the importance of monitoring & recording birds and flora & fauna sightings. Fab day👌🏼
@birdsinwales.bsky.social
@rivers-disguise.bsky.social
@penrhynbirder.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Great talks about the importance of monitoring & recording birds and flora & fauna sightings. Fab day👌🏼
@birdsinwales.bsky.social
@rivers-disguise.bsky.social
@penrhynbirder.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
WOS Conference 2025: 'Hear it! See it! Record it!'
Great talks about the importance of monitoring & recording birds and flora & fauna sightings. Fab day👌🏼
@birdsinwales.bsky.social
@rivers-disguise.bsky.social
@penrhynbirder.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Great talks about the importance of monitoring & recording birds and flora & fauna sightings. Fab day👌🏼
@birdsinwales.bsky.social
@rivers-disguise.bsky.social
@penrhynbirder.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
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How to enter your North Wales species records on the LERC Wales App or Cofnod ORS using your Smartphone. @northwaleswt.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social
youtu.be/gGIc3tPSjiI?...
youtu.be/gGIc3tPSjiI?...
Entering Records on LERC Wales App or Cofnod ORS
YouTube video by Cofnod
youtu.be
August 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
How to enter your North Wales species records on the LERC Wales App or Cofnod ORS using your Smartphone. @northwaleswt.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social
youtu.be/gGIc3tPSjiI?...
youtu.be/gGIc3tPSjiI?...
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Where are our headstarted Curlew now? 🌍 GPS tags have revealed their fascinating movements! Discover more in this blog ➡️ www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/where-are-th... @curlewrecovery.bsky.social #Ornithology
Where are they now? GPS tracking continues to reveal movements of headstarted Curlew - Curlew Recovery Project
When we first set out to pilot GPS tags on headstarted Curlew back in 2021, little did we realise the level of insight we would gain into a previously poorly understood period of most birds’ lives. Wi...
www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Where are our headstarted Curlew now? 🌍 GPS tags have revealed their fascinating movements! Discover more in this blog ➡️ www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/where-are-th... @curlewrecovery.bsky.social #Ornithology
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Tomorrow (Wed 22nd), I'm chairing FREE @curlewaction.bsky.social webinar.
How good was this breeding season?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk...
Reminder: UK Curlews need to produce 10,000 extra fledglings every year.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
How good was this breeding season?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk...
Reminder: UK Curlews need to produce 10,000 extra fledglings every year.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Tomorrow (Wed 22nd), I'm chairing FREE @curlewaction.bsky.social webinar.
How good was this breeding season?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk...
Reminder: UK Curlews need to produce 10,000 extra fledglings every year.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
How good was this breeding season?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk...
Reminder: UK Curlews need to produce 10,000 extra fledglings every year.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
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Yesterday, IUCN declared the Slender-billed Curlew to be extinct.
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Yesterday, IUCN declared the Slender-billed Curlew to be extinct.
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
Come and learn more about #curlew on the Maes of the #eisteddfod2025. #curlewconnectionswales.
One of the 28 local welsh names for curlew is "aderyn y glaw" the bird of the rain.
One of the 28 local welsh names for curlew is "aderyn y glaw" the bird of the rain.
August 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Come and learn more about #curlew on the Maes of the #eisteddfod2025. #curlewconnectionswales.
One of the 28 local welsh names for curlew is "aderyn y glaw" the bird of the rain.
One of the 28 local welsh names for curlew is "aderyn y glaw" the bird of the rain.
Dewch draw i ddysgu am y #gylfinir ar y Maes heddiw. #cysylltugylfinircymru #eisteddfod2025. Un o'r 28 enwau lleol ar ei chyfer yw aderyn y glaw.
August 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Dewch draw i ddysgu am y #gylfinir ar y Maes heddiw. #cysylltugylfinircymru #eisteddfod2025. Un o'r 28 enwau lleol ar ei chyfer yw aderyn y glaw.
Some lovely harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) Clychau'r Eos in a parkland today.
July 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Some lovely harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) Clychau'r Eos in a parkland today.
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One Curlew's amazing summer!
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/a...
Blog from 19 July 2022 🎂
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/a...
Blog from 19 July 2022 🎂
#ornithology
A Norfolk Curlew’s summer
This blog follows the fortunes of one Curlew (B/OW-OY) as he attempts to raise chicks in Norfolk, migrates to Portugal, diverts to avoid a forest fire and returns to his winter home in a Portuguese…
wadertales.wordpress.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
One Curlew's amazing summer!
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/a...
Blog from 19 July 2022 🎂
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/a...
Blog from 19 July 2022 🎂
#ornithology
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New conservation efforts are underway to save the curlew, tackling key issues like habitat loss, unfavourable habitat management and predator control
New conservation efforts underway to save one of Wales' most endangered birds
New conservation efforts are underway to save one of Wales’ most endangered birds – the curlew. Their distinguishing cur-lee calls often referred to as the ‘herald of spring’ were once a common theme ...
wp.me
July 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New conservation efforts are underway to save the curlew, tackling key issues like habitat loss, unfavourable habitat management and predator control
A day late for #WildFlowerHour. Not strictly an #UrbanPlants. A stand of Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) Briwlys y gwrych near a building.
June 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A day late for #WildFlowerHour. Not strictly an #UrbanPlants. A stand of Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) Briwlys y gwrych near a building.
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Scarcely spotted flycatcher
Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population:
Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population:
Scarcely spotted flycatcher
Why is the once-common Spotted Flycatcher becoming so hard to find in the UK? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of this species over recent decades and ponders what the future might hold.
bit.ly
June 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Scarcely spotted flycatcher
Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population:
Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population:
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Deadline tomorrow!
The RSPB is recruiting for a Conservation Officer on The Curlews Call project in North Wales.
Deadline: 3 June.
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Deadline: 3 June.
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
June 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Deadline tomorrow!
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Reducing mowing throughout the summer is one of the best things you can do for pollinators.
The end of #NoMowMay
Welcome #letitBloomJune
The end of #NoMowMay
Welcome #letitBloomJune
June 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Reducing mowing throughout the summer is one of the best things you can do for pollinators.
The end of #NoMowMay
Welcome #letitBloomJune
The end of #NoMowMay
Welcome #letitBloomJune
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Gohebydd Cymru newydd y Guardian, Bethan McKernan, ar Eisteddfod yr Urdd
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Welsh is a living, breathing language’: joy as Port Talbot hosts Eisteddfod yr Urdd
Youth festival celebrating Welsh culture has brought delight at a rough time after closure of steelworks last year
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Gohebydd Cymru newydd y Guardian, Bethan McKernan, ar Eisteddfod yr Urdd
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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For #wildflowershow for #wildflowerhour this is a Carmarthenshire meadow with Whorled Caraway, Southern Marsh Orchid, Yellow-rattle, Eyebright, Cat’s-ear, Rough Hawkbit and much more….. not that the photo does it any justice whatsoever!
May 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For #wildflowershow for #wildflowerhour this is a Carmarthenshire meadow with Whorled Caraway, Southern Marsh Orchid, Yellow-rattle, Eyebright, Cat’s-ear, Rough Hawkbit and much more….. not that the photo does it any justice whatsoever!
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Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp pulchella) in Co. Clare #wildflowerhour
May 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp pulchella) in Co. Clare #wildflowerhour
#WildFlowerHour #WildFlowerShow2025
Most plants seem to have had an early season, but the hay meadow has been very slow to grow in the dry weather. Far fewer orchids so far this year.
Y weirgoldd yn dod yn ei blaen yn dda ers y glaw.
Most plants seem to have had an early season, but the hay meadow has been very slow to grow in the dry weather. Far fewer orchids so far this year.
Y weirgoldd yn dod yn ei blaen yn dda ers y glaw.
May 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#WildFlowerHour #WildFlowerShow2025
Most plants seem to have had an early season, but the hay meadow has been very slow to grow in the dry weather. Far fewer orchids so far this year.
Y weirgoldd yn dod yn ei blaen yn dda ers y glaw.
Most plants seem to have had an early season, but the hay meadow has been very slow to grow in the dry weather. Far fewer orchids so far this year.
Y weirgoldd yn dod yn ei blaen yn dda ers y glaw.
#WildFlowerHour The fabulously named Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) Llysiau Taliesin in a shaded ditch today.
May 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#WildFlowerHour The fabulously named Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) Llysiau Taliesin in a shaded ditch today.