Larissa
@brackenandwild.bsky.social
Freelance Ecological consultant based in Breckland, Norfolk.
A few photos of some nice trees and features from yesterday's woodland survey for the Ouse Landscape Recovery project. This is the 9th woodland surveyed and management plans written to inform the project and potential impacts from raising surrounding water levels.
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A few photos of some nice trees and features from yesterday's woodland survey for the Ouse Landscape Recovery project. This is the 9th woodland surveyed and management plans written to inform the project and potential impacts from raising surrounding water levels.
Fen nettle spotted on a farm today. Always enjoy finding this, and convincing people to give it a rub. (It doesn’t sting). Definitely glad it was fen nettle given the amount we walked through!
June 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fen nettle spotted on a farm today. Always enjoy finding this, and convincing people to give it a rub. (It doesn’t sting). Definitely glad it was fen nettle given the amount we walked through!
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Thank you to everyone who is helping get the word out about Normally Weird - seems the media has grown bored of this sort of stuff - Gina Rippon’s excellent Lost Girls of Autism has seen similar silence - thank you to The Psychologist
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
What it means to be weird | BPS
Professor Catherine Loveday (University of Westminster) reviews ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal – My adventures in Neurodiversity’, by Robin Ince.
www.bps.org.uk
June 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Thank you to everyone who is helping get the word out about Normally Weird - seems the media has grown bored of this sort of stuff - Gina Rippon’s excellent Lost Girls of Autism has seen similar silence - thank you to The Psychologist
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Just a brown long eared bat & a barbastelle hanging out together
(Photo taken under licence)
Whilst Barbastelles are rare in the UK we are very lucky that they seem to like it here in the east. All the more reason to ensure their protection here and the Western Link Road must stay off the table
(Photo taken under licence)
Whilst Barbastelles are rare in the UK we are very lucky that they seem to like it here in the east. All the more reason to ensure their protection here and the Western Link Road must stay off the table
June 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just a brown long eared bat & a barbastelle hanging out together
(Photo taken under licence)
Whilst Barbastelles are rare in the UK we are very lucky that they seem to like it here in the east. All the more reason to ensure their protection here and the Western Link Road must stay off the table
(Photo taken under licence)
Whilst Barbastelles are rare in the UK we are very lucky that they seem to like it here in the east. All the more reason to ensure their protection here and the Western Link Road must stay off the table
Not every day you find a lizard in the livingroom…
My daughter “muuuum, there’s a lizard in heeeerrreee”
Genuinely thought she was playing a trick with her lizard toy, she’s 4 and that’s her style. But the girl was right.
#lizard #commonlizard #britishecologists #ecology
My daughter “muuuum, there’s a lizard in heeeerrreee”
Genuinely thought she was playing a trick with her lizard toy, she’s 4 and that’s her style. But the girl was right.
#lizard #commonlizard #britishecologists #ecology
June 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not every day you find a lizard in the livingroom…
My daughter “muuuum, there’s a lizard in heeeerrreee”
Genuinely thought she was playing a trick with her lizard toy, she’s 4 and that’s her style. But the girl was right.
#lizard #commonlizard #britishecologists #ecology
My daughter “muuuum, there’s a lizard in heeeerrreee”
Genuinely thought she was playing a trick with her lizard toy, she’s 4 and that’s her style. But the girl was right.
#lizard #commonlizard #britishecologists #ecology
Haven’t trapped for a month, but despite setting the trap, then having to move to the shed doorway for cover from a storm - we got a fantastic catch! Photos of some of the highlights; cream spotted garden tiger, swallow-tailed and elephant hawk.
#norfolkmoths #britishecologsits #mothtrap #moths
#norfolkmoths #britishecologsits #mothtrap #moths
June 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Haven’t trapped for a month, but despite setting the trap, then having to move to the shed doorway for cover from a storm - we got a fantastic catch! Photos of some of the highlights; cream spotted garden tiger, swallow-tailed and elephant hawk.
#norfolkmoths #britishecologsits #mothtrap #moths
#norfolkmoths #britishecologsits #mothtrap #moths
June 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Some stunning veteran field maples in a lapsed hedgerow at a site yesterday. What a treat!
#veterantrees #trees #fieldmaple #britishecologists
#veterantrees #trees #fieldmaple #britishecologists
May 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some stunning veteran field maples in a lapsed hedgerow at a site yesterday. What a treat!
#veterantrees #trees #fieldmaple #britishecologists
#veterantrees #trees #fieldmaple #britishecologists
Great explanation why the planning and infrastructure bill is anything but a win win for nature and development
@terryjermymp.bsky.social
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New planning system will harm nature and development | Matthew Stanton posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Whilst the planning system might have problems, nature isn’t one of them. Feedback from developers on the current system is that they understand the mitigation hierarchy, the processes and what they n...
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May 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Great explanation why the planning and infrastructure bill is anything but a win win for nature and development
@terryjermymp.bsky.social
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@terryjermymp.bsky.social
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Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature wtru.st/fix-the-bill
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature wtru.st/fix-the-bill
Fix the Planning Bill NOW!
Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ...
wtru.st
May 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature wtru.st/fix-the-bill
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature wtru.st/fix-the-bill
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Hi @terryjermymp.bsky.social I have written to you 4 times regarding the planning and infrastructure bill. It seems you are concerned already about land being used for solar farms…
May 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hi @terryjermymp.bsky.social I have written to you 4 times regarding the planning and infrastructure bill. It seems you are concerned already about land being used for solar farms…
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This is bloody awful from Toby Carvery, who have deliberately felled a 500 year old oak in Enfield. It goes together with the wider redevelopment of a very ecologically sensitive area to make a football ground for Tottenham.
Again, these are not the right priorities folks.
Again, these are not the right priorities folks.
Toby Carvery admits felling ancient Whitewebbs oak tree
The owner of the pub chain falsely claimed the tree was dead as justification for the felling which has shocked local people and prompted outrage from conservationists across the country
enfielddispatch.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is bloody awful from Toby Carvery, who have deliberately felled a 500 year old oak in Enfield. It goes together with the wider redevelopment of a very ecologically sensitive area to make a football ground for Tottenham.
Again, these are not the right priorities folks.
Again, these are not the right priorities folks.
A day of saving bees from their own silly choices.
April 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A day of saving bees from their own silly choices.
Glad to see the potential devastating impacts of the government planning and infrastructure bill being mentioned.
#eastbatconf
- don’t forget to write to your MP if you haven’t. Mine hasn’t responded yet, despite emailing twice - @terryjermymp.bsky.social - hopefully I’ll hear back soon.
#eastbatconf
- don’t forget to write to your MP if you haven’t. Mine hasn’t responded yet, despite emailing twice - @terryjermymp.bsky.social - hopefully I’ll hear back soon.
April 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Glad to see the potential devastating impacts of the government planning and infrastructure bill being mentioned.
#eastbatconf
- don’t forget to write to your MP if you haven’t. Mine hasn’t responded yet, despite emailing twice - @terryjermymp.bsky.social - hopefully I’ll hear back soon.
#eastbatconf
- don’t forget to write to your MP if you haven’t. Mine hasn’t responded yet, despite emailing twice - @terryjermymp.bsky.social - hopefully I’ll hear back soon.
Fab day at the Eastern Bat Conference @batconservation.bsky.social #eastbatconf
April 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Fab day at the Eastern Bat Conference @batconservation.bsky.social #eastbatconf
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This bill has not followed due process and there are concerns over its governance. This legislation has been rushed through the initial stages, has ignored consultation and has removed key principles from our current national environmental legislation.
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: ARC’s views and a call to action
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill was published on 11 March, and here we provide an update on ARC’s views. The Bill seeks to make the most significant changes to wildlife law in a generation,...
www.arc-trust.org
March 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This bill has not followed due process and there are concerns over its governance. This legislation has been rushed through the initial stages, has ignored consultation and has removed key principles from our current national environmental legislation.
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
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Bats are site-loyal species, and losing these surveys will make their protection almost impossible. It will also impact ancient trees and other site-loyal species such as hazel dormice. Their loss cannot be compensated for.
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: rhetoric vs reality on nature and development
our CEO, Kit Stoner, reflects on the latest developments of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
batconservationtrust.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Bats are site-loyal species, and losing these surveys will make their protection almost impossible. It will also impact ancient trees and other site-loyal species such as hazel dormice. Their loss cannot be compensated for.
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
Four of my favourite tree photos from the last couple of weeks - it was a difficult choice, I have lots to choose from.
#trees #britishtrees #britishecologists #woodland #ancientwoodland #ecology #🌳
#trees #britishtrees #britishecologists #woodland #ancientwoodland #ecology #🌳
March 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Four of my favourite tree photos from the last couple of weeks - it was a difficult choice, I have lots to choose from.
#trees #britishtrees #britishecologists #woodland #ancientwoodland #ecology #🌳
#trees #britishtrees #britishecologists #woodland #ancientwoodland #ecology #🌳
A few moths from last night’s catch. 55 in total;
22 small quakers, 14 quakers, 7 Hebrew characters, 4 clouded drabs, 2 twin spotted quakers, 2 oak beauty moths, 2 march moths, 1 water carpet and 1 early grey.
Can you guess which one is checking itself out in the mirror? #britishmoths #norfolkmoths
22 small quakers, 14 quakers, 7 Hebrew characters, 4 clouded drabs, 2 twin spotted quakers, 2 oak beauty moths, 2 march moths, 1 water carpet and 1 early grey.
Can you guess which one is checking itself out in the mirror? #britishmoths #norfolkmoths
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A few moths from last night’s catch. 55 in total;
22 small quakers, 14 quakers, 7 Hebrew characters, 4 clouded drabs, 2 twin spotted quakers, 2 oak beauty moths, 2 march moths, 1 water carpet and 1 early grey.
Can you guess which one is checking itself out in the mirror? #britishmoths #norfolkmoths
22 small quakers, 14 quakers, 7 Hebrew characters, 4 clouded drabs, 2 twin spotted quakers, 2 oak beauty moths, 2 march moths, 1 water carpet and 1 early grey.
Can you guess which one is checking itself out in the mirror? #britishmoths #norfolkmoths
A dotted chestnut in my workshop and a female Diurnea fagella (flightless) found in the leaf litter of an ancient woodland.
#norfolkmoths #britishmoths #moths #britishecologists
#norfolkmoths #britishmoths #moths #britishecologists
March 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A dotted chestnut in my workshop and a female Diurnea fagella (flightless) found in the leaf litter of an ancient woodland.
#norfolkmoths #britishmoths #moths #britishecologists
#norfolkmoths #britishmoths #moths #britishecologists
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Massive synthesis of studies shows biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans.
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Massive synthesis of studies shows biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans.
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A good summary of a key part of George’s latest book - The Invisible Doctrine.
1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A good summary of a key part of George’s latest book - The Invisible Doctrine.
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Really this headline should read “late stage capitalism and market monopoly destroys the environment, livelihoods and food security”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK farmers’ incomes stagnant since the 1970s, report finds
Exclusive: Research shows drop in produce prices as households consume more imported and ultra-processed food
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Really this headline should read “late stage capitalism and market monopoly destroys the environment, livelihoods and food security”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...