Lee Walther
@leetheranger.bsky.social
Working for the National Trust on the South Downs, also part of Moor Barton Wilding in Devon, keen on local history and reading. I believe humans can be a positive keystone species and play our part with the more-than-human world. All views my own.
The wet heath at Sullington starting to fill up with rain.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The wet heath at Sullington starting to fill up with rain.
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I’m trying to educate the ecologically illiterate users on this app with this ‘nature facts for nature haters’ series. This episode tackles those that think they can live without nature and fly off to a new planet after this one dies. Hopefully this will save you time responding
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’m trying to educate the ecologically illiterate users on this app with this ‘nature facts for nature haters’ series. This episode tackles those that think they can live without nature and fly off to a new planet after this one dies. Hopefully this will save you time responding
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Alongside @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk & @wclnews.bsky.social, we’ve responded to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 's piece on the Planning Bill.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
Environment groups are anything but ‘mute’ on the planning bill | Letters
Letter: Craig Bennett, Hilary McGrady, Dr James Robinson and Richard Benwell say they have never stopped campaigning on the planning and infrastructure bill’s flaws
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Alongside @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk & @wclnews.bsky.social, we’ve responded to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 's piece on the Planning Bill.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
Spending time at Washington Chalk Pits, always giddy with the diversity on show. Adding some adhoc records to #irecord and relishing the tension between shrub, tree and grassland. Burnet Rose in profusion and the reat of the small in scale but big in delight chalk herbs.
May 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Spending time at Washington Chalk Pits, always giddy with the diversity on show. Adding some adhoc records to #irecord and relishing the tension between shrub, tree and grassland. Burnet Rose in profusion and the reat of the small in scale but big in delight chalk herbs.
The Wood Ants (presuming Formica rufa) enjoying the light and warmth in the regrowing Sweet Chestnut coppice. They follow the coppicing rotation through the woods. #coppice
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Wood Ants (presuming Formica rufa) enjoying the light and warmth in the regrowing Sweet Chestnut coppice. They follow the coppicing rotation through the woods. #coppice
Was a great day, fantastic to see so many people celebrating the wild.
Spirits soared at the White Stork and Nature Revival Festival!
Thank you to everyone who came and filled the day with energy, optimism and connection. Moments like these show what’s possible when we come together for wildlife!
#StorkNatureFest2025 #Wildlifecelebration
Thank you to everyone who came and filled the day with energy, optimism and connection. Moments like these show what’s possible when we come together for wildlife!
#StorkNatureFest2025 #Wildlifecelebration
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Was a great day, fantastic to see so many people celebrating the wild.
Not really at work today but fancied a bit of a stroll this evening and hung out amongst the Bluebells and Cowslip in one of our glades.
May 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not really at work today but fancied a bit of a stroll this evening and hung out amongst the Bluebells and Cowslip in one of our glades.
If you can make it in the next few days the dawn chorus at Knepp is in full voice, the Nightingales are sounding especially wonderful. Thank you @kneppwilding.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If you can make it in the next few days the dawn chorus at Knepp is in full voice, the Nightingales are sounding especially wonderful. Thank you @kneppwilding.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
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I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered.
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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www.bbc.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered.
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
An early morning walk to Chanctonbury Ring with Cuckoo, Yellowhammer and Whitethroat for company (amongst many others). @southdownsnp.bsky.social #wistonestate @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #dawnchorus
April 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
An early morning walk to Chanctonbury Ring with Cuckoo, Yellowhammer and Whitethroat for company (amongst many others). @southdownsnp.bsky.social #wistonestate @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #dawnchorus
An early evening walk along a golden Sussex Green Lane. Ancient Oaks, massive Ash Coppice stools, Bluebells and Wood Anemone before coming to the Blackthorn scrub hoping to hear Nightingale and within 2mins as the sun set, 2 signing along with Song Thrush, Blackbird and Robin. What a choir!
April 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
An early evening walk along a golden Sussex Green Lane. Ancient Oaks, massive Ash Coppice stools, Bluebells and Wood Anemone before coming to the Blackthorn scrub hoping to hear Nightingale and within 2mins as the sun set, 2 signing along with Song Thrush, Blackbird and Robin. What a choir!
Proud to be playing a small part at Moor Barton Wilding.
“The whole place is alive. It’s a joy to see it”
By donating today, you can help return beavers to Britain - and, better still, your donation will be doubled!
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🎥 Sandra King, Beaver Trust CEO, at Moor Barton Wilding
By donating today, you can help return beavers to Britain - and, better still, your donation will be doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🎥 Sandra King, Beaver Trust CEO, at Moor Barton Wilding
April 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Proud to be playing a small part at Moor Barton Wilding.
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"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." ~ #ChiefSeattle #WebOfLife
April 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." ~ #ChiefSeattle #WebOfLife
Cuckoo flower in fine fettle, 6am too early for the Orange Tip in Sussex this morning @savebutterflies.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Cuckoo flower in fine fettle, 6am too early for the Orange Tip in Sussex this morning @savebutterflies.bsky.social
A glorious dawn chorus at Ashcombe Bottom near Lewes, a wonderful wood of veteran oaks, hazel coppice diverse scrub and chalk grassland. In the summer you can experience Adonis Blue flying with White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillaries if you are lucky #woodpasture #chalkgrassland
April 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A glorious dawn chorus at Ashcombe Bottom near Lewes, a wonderful wood of veteran oaks, hazel coppice diverse scrub and chalk grassland. In the summer you can experience Adonis Blue flying with White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillaries if you are lucky #woodpasture #chalkgrassland
The sun peering through the early morning mist at Amberley Wild Brooks, many Fallow Deer amongst the bird song. First Cuckoo, 2 Swallow, reeling Grasshopper Warbler and my favourite of the morning 8 delightful Sedge Warblers. A big thanks too @sussexwildlifeand.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The sun peering through the early morning mist at Amberley Wild Brooks, many Fallow Deer amongst the bird song. First Cuckoo, 2 Swallow, reeling Grasshopper Warbler and my favourite of the morning 8 delightful Sedge Warblers. A big thanks too @sussexwildlifeand.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social
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A beacon of good news. It's not too late to push back against Trumpian madness - we still have time to address the climate and nature crisis. The forces of the good will rise again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Storrington in West Sussex named UK’s first European stork village
Village joins continental network alongside nearby Knepp estate, as birds previously extinct in Britain flourish
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A beacon of good news. It's not too late to push back against Trumpian madness - we still have time to address the climate and nature crisis. The forces of the good will rise again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature.
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature.
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
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Rewilding sees wildlife rebound in Hackney Marshes: how a local community has managed to spectacularly reverse nature loss.
Communities everywhere could be doing the same, reconnecting and empowering themselves AND nature, on so many levels.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Communities everywhere could be doing the same, reconnecting and empowering themselves AND nature, on so many levels.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hackney Marshes: Rewilding efforts sees 'overnight' animals rebound
Animals are returning to the Hackney Marshes following years of decline, environmentalists say.
www.bbc.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Rewilding sees wildlife rebound in Hackney Marshes: how a local community has managed to spectacularly reverse nature loss.
Communities everywhere could be doing the same, reconnecting and empowering themselves AND nature, on so many levels.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Communities everywhere could be doing the same, reconnecting and empowering themselves AND nature, on so many levels.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A great turn out for the #StopDumpingOnOurReef rally organised by @sascampaigns.bsky.social
Brighton Marina is currently allowed to dump dredged sediment in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone but their licence is up for renewal.
Find out more ⬇️
sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/l...
Brighton Marina is currently allowed to dump dredged sediment in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone but their licence is up for renewal.
Find out more ⬇️
sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/l...
January 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A great turn out for the #StopDumpingOnOurReef rally organised by @sascampaigns.bsky.social
Brighton Marina is currently allowed to dump dredged sediment in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone but their licence is up for renewal.
Find out more ⬇️
sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/l...
Brighton Marina is currently allowed to dump dredged sediment in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone but their licence is up for renewal.
Find out more ⬇️
sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/l...
Some of the disturbance interventions carried out at Sullington Warren recently. Scraping to create pools, creating hoverly lagoons courtesy of @buzzclub.bsky.social fantastic resources and willing volunteers from @sussexwilldlife.bsky.social and Wilder Horsham make space for the Sullington Cranefly
February 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Some of the disturbance interventions carried out at Sullington Warren recently. Scraping to create pools, creating hoverly lagoons courtesy of @buzzclub.bsky.social fantastic resources and willing volunteers from @sussexwilldlife.bsky.social and Wilder Horsham make space for the Sullington Cranefly
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I created these 2 important threads on the other place. However, whilst the subject is very important, I'm still not happy with how I've explained this very important to understand phenomenon/dynamic. It explains the whole climate crisis.
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Thread by @SteB777 on Thread Reader App
@SteB777: I want to create a thread about the most serious, problem in the thinking of our culture, which I haven't really seen anyone describe. It can best be described as a dynamic. I'm scrabbling f...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I created these 2 important threads on the other place. However, whilst the subject is very important, I'm still not happy with how I've explained this very important to understand phenomenon/dynamic. It explains the whole climate crisis.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18843...
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Preparing for a talk this week in recording Ancient and Veteran trees for @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Arun Valley supporters group and Lost Woods of the Weald Project. These guys are not particularly old but sit on an old Manorial boundary bank in Warren Hill, Washington @nationaltrust.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Preparing for a talk this week in recording Ancient and Veteran trees for @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Arun Valley supporters group and Lost Woods of the Weald Project. These guys are not particularly old but sit on an old Manorial boundary bank in Warren Hill, Washington @nationaltrust.bsky.social
One of the Junipers at Washington Chalk Pits. A joy of living on the scrape slope of the South Downs is that the snow and ice cling on longer.
January 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One of the Junipers at Washington Chalk Pits. A joy of living on the scrape slope of the South Downs is that the snow and ice cling on longer.
It was good to see Sussex Red cattle grazing a lovely chalk grassland site near Washington, West Sussex. Very interesting watching them feed in the snow. This place is a fantastic Local Wildlife Site of Juniper, Wayfaring tree, Round-headed Rampion and Duke of Burgundy amongst many others.
January 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It was good to see Sussex Red cattle grazing a lovely chalk grassland site near Washington, West Sussex. Very interesting watching them feed in the snow. This place is a fantastic Local Wildlife Site of Juniper, Wayfaring tree, Round-headed Rampion and Duke of Burgundy amongst many others.