Fiona
@fionapondsandtrees.bsky.social
We live on an acre of rewilded land in the west of Ireland. I love nature the sea & boats. I detest all destruction of nature & animal cruelty.
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It's not just ambition on climate action that's being run down, but nature.
Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
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Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
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Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
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November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's not just ambition on climate action that's being run down, but nature.
Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
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Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
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Did u know? These are reasons to garden for wildlife - to cut out chemical use that poisons/disrupts; to celebrate indigenous wildflowers(*weeds*)by allowing some to grow; to allow nature to find its own equilibrium; to help save our planet; find joy,knowing that you've given nature a home. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐦⬛🦎
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Did u know? These are reasons to garden for wildlife - to cut out chemical use that poisons/disrupts; to celebrate indigenous wildflowers(*weeds*)by allowing some to grow; to allow nature to find its own equilibrium; to help save our planet; find joy,knowing that you've given nature a home. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐦⬛🦎
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Hen Harrier 'Susie', whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hen Harrier 'Susie', whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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Be more Benj.....🙏🌍
'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Be more Benj.....🙏🌍
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New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
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Did u know? You don't get much for free in life,but used cafe coffee grounds are one of them. If you see them being given away in cafes, grab some & add them to your compost heap. They're rich in nutrients that plants need to thrive, are great soil conditioners & great for acid loving plants. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍☕
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Did u know? You don't get much for free in life,but used cafe coffee grounds are one of them. If you see them being given away in cafes, grab some & add them to your compost heap. They're rich in nutrients that plants need to thrive, are great soil conditioners & great for acid loving plants. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍☕
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Did u know?Butterfly numbers were better this year,but they continue to struggle.If you'd like to see more in your garden,let thistles grow.These beautiful leaves belong to Milk Thistles(Silybum marianum).Their name comes from the milky lines on the leaves & b'flies go nuts for their blooms. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋🪲
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Did u know?Butterfly numbers were better this year,but they continue to struggle.If you'd like to see more in your garden,let thistles grow.These beautiful leaves belong to Milk Thistles(Silybum marianum).Their name comes from the milky lines on the leaves & b'flies go nuts for their blooms. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋🪲
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Seems like an appropriate time to repost this.
Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse.
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
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Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
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Bird flu outbreak at commercial turkey flock in Carlow
Restriction zones have been put in place around a commercial turkey farm in Co Carlow, after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu was detected there.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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There was a little bat zipping about this evening. It's so great to know that they live in our trees 💚🦇💙
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There was a little bat zipping about this evening. It's so great to know that they live in our trees 💚🦇💙
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Did u know?This might look mundane, but leaving areas of grass to grow long & stay long is one of the best things you can do to help small souls in the chilly months.For e.g, many b'fly caterpillars feed on grass throughout the winter - Small Heaths,Meadow Browns & Ringlets,so leave it long. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Did u know?This might look mundane, but leaving areas of grass to grow long & stay long is one of the best things you can do to help small souls in the chilly months.For e.g, many b'fly caterpillars feed on grass throughout the winter - Small Heaths,Meadow Browns & Ringlets,so leave it long. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛
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On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
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Did u know? Autumn/Fall is such a wonderful season in nature. It's a time when life quietens down for a winter's break & everything is touched with mellow colours of gold,russet & amber. It also brings out the child in me. Who still loves to do this through the fallen leaves?..That sound too..🍂🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Did u know? Autumn/Fall is such a wonderful season in nature. It's a time when life quietens down for a winter's break & everything is touched with mellow colours of gold,russet & amber. It also brings out the child in me. Who still loves to do this through the fallen leaves?..That sound too..🍂🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍
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Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
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Records of great spotted woodpecker, extinct in Ireland for centuries, but which reintroduced itself naturally to the east coast and has been moving west ever since.
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Records of great spotted woodpecker, extinct in Ireland for centuries, but which reintroduced itself naturally to the east coast and has been moving west ever since.
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
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All mothers, of all species, have the right to live happily with their children, just like these mother hens at fundacionelhogar (IG) 💚🐔
👁️ Watch Christspiracy here: bit.ly/4kHzOHH don’t miss this eye-opening film!
🎥 VeganFTA
Clips from fundacionelhogar (IG)
#chicken #mother #baby #family
👁️ Watch Christspiracy here: bit.ly/4kHzOHH don’t miss this eye-opening film!
🎥 VeganFTA
Clips from fundacionelhogar (IG)
#chicken #mother #baby #family
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Did u know? Being a gardener means that you can create some great free & ethical presents this Xmas. Why not strain food waste & turn it into bottled plant food - great for house plants, or winter growing veg.(Ratio 1:10 water/food), or dry out seeds & give them as gifts? Easy-peasy. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍 #buyless
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Did u know? Being a gardener means that you can create some great free & ethical presents this Xmas. Why not strain food waste & turn it into bottled plant food - great for house plants, or winter growing veg.(Ratio 1:10 water/food), or dry out seeds & give them as gifts? Easy-peasy. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍 #buyless
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There's a big gap between climate promises and climate action, and that means the world is heading for a climate breakdown, a new @unep.org report warns.
New UN Report Warns of Lagging Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The gap between climate promises and climate action is barely narrowing, and that puts Earth on course for a “climate breakdown,” UN Sec. Gen. António Guterres warns.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There's a big gap between climate promises and climate action, and that means the world is heading for a climate breakdown, a new @unep.org report warns.
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SALE!
It’s the perfect time to sow Angelica and Yellow Rattle.
These two seed varieties will not keep and as I had a bumper harvest of the former and still have a large stock of the latter , they’re both reduced to half price 😊
#MHHSBD
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It’s the perfect time to sow Angelica and Yellow Rattle.
These two seed varieties will not keep and as I had a bumper harvest of the former and still have a large stock of the latter , they’re both reduced to half price 😊
#MHHSBD
www.jemimasgarden.co.uk/shop/sale-sp...
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
SALE!
It’s the perfect time to sow Angelica and Yellow Rattle.
These two seed varieties will not keep and as I had a bumper harvest of the former and still have a large stock of the latter , they’re both reduced to half price 😊
#MHHSBD
www.jemimasgarden.co.uk/shop/sale-sp...
It’s the perfect time to sow Angelica and Yellow Rattle.
These two seed varieties will not keep and as I had a bumper harvest of the former and still have a large stock of the latter , they’re both reduced to half price 😊
#MHHSBD
www.jemimasgarden.co.uk/shop/sale-sp...
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Anyone who thinks the invasive species problem is exaggerated, that it's "all just nature", should experience the cemetery that is a native Irish rainforest choked by rhododendron, as so many are.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Anyone who thinks the invasive species problem is exaggerated, that it's "all just nature", should experience the cemetery that is a native Irish rainforest choked by rhododendron, as so many are.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.
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If you only plant one tree in your garden, make it an apple. Here's a few suggestions from @davegoulson.bsky.social
Choosing an apple tree for your garden; which apple variety is best? Here I show you some of my favourites. Why not plant an apple tree today! youtu.be/pLkThVoCuwg
Choosing an apple tree for your garden
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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November 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If you only plant one tree in your garden, make it an apple. Here's a few suggestions from @davegoulson.bsky.social
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Sources for the drinking water of 6 million people in England so contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals, the Drinking Water Inspectorate has ordered water companies to act.
Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people - BBC News
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Sources for the drinking water of 6 million people in England so contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals, the Drinking Water Inspectorate has ordered water companies to act.
Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Did u know? Making your own compost is fun, free & fabulous to do. Recipe: add green food waste & garden clippings to brown waste like cardboard & leaf mould. Then, wait for the earthworms & other small souls to break it all down, before you, eventually get black gold. Fascinating to see. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪱
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Did u know? Making your own compost is fun, free & fabulous to do. Recipe: add green food waste & garden clippings to brown waste like cardboard & leaf mould. Then, wait for the earthworms & other small souls to break it all down, before you, eventually get black gold. Fascinating to see. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪱
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Did u know?A fab way to supercharge the nutrients in your compost heap is to add Comfrey leaves, that're rich in nitrogen,phosphorus & potassium - essential for plant growth. Rip up leaves & bury them in your pile. I grow it for my pollinators, but I love that it's also food for my compost too.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Did u know?A fab way to supercharge the nutrients in your compost heap is to add Comfrey leaves, that're rich in nitrogen,phosphorus & potassium - essential for plant growth. Rip up leaves & bury them in your pile. I grow it for my pollinators, but I love that it's also food for my compost too.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍
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This holly grew horizontally out of a rock face to escape browsing sheep and goats. Now that they're gone, it has also been able to extend straight up vertically.
A tree's shape can tell a lot about its life story.
A tree's shape can tell a lot about its life story.
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This holly grew horizontally out of a rock face to escape browsing sheep and goats. Now that they're gone, it has also been able to extend straight up vertically.
A tree's shape can tell a lot about its life story.
A tree's shape can tell a lot about its life story.