Sylvia Davidson
@sylviad.bsky.social
Wanderer through the Sussex countryside by foot, bus and train. Love lichens, fungi, flowers, insects...well anything and everything living there is to see.
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A fantastic haul of beautiful Waxcaps and associated grassland fungi at Felbrigg Hall in north #Norfolk with @waxcapscooch.bsky.social today. One of the top sites in the county.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A fantastic haul of beautiful Waxcaps and associated grassland fungi at Felbrigg Hall in north #Norfolk with @waxcapscooch.bsky.social today. One of the top sites in the county.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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If you see this Kingfisher photo, please leave a comment! 🙏♥️
Have you ever seen a Kingfisher? 🐦
I think more people have not seen them than those who have! 😊
You can buy my my 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
Have you ever seen a Kingfisher? 🐦
I think more people have not seen them than those who have! 😊
You can buy my my 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you see this Kingfisher photo, please leave a comment! 🙏♥️
Have you ever seen a Kingfisher? 🐦
I think more people have not seen them than those who have! 😊
You can buy my my 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
Have you ever seen a Kingfisher? 🐦
I think more people have not seen them than those who have! 😊
You can buy my my 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
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…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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💥 Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal - Greenpeace International
Borgarting Court of Appeal agreed with Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom that three oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea are illegal.
act.gp
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
💥 Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI
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Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
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Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I would recommend people read this very important thread by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. I think his point about this economic elite, is probably more important, than the prison/crime point (which itself is very important).
This economic elite, is a sort of malignancy.
1/6🧵
This economic elite, is a sort of malignancy.
1/6🧵
2. Given that locking more people up is NOT a response to rising crime, we could ask ourselves why it has been happening.
I see it as one symptom of the rising power of the economic elite, and of its influence over successive governments. 2/8
I see it as one symptom of the rising power of the economic elite, and of its influence over successive governments. 2/8
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I would recommend people read this very important thread by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. I think his point about this economic elite, is probably more important, than the prison/crime point (which itself is very important).
This economic elite, is a sort of malignancy.
1/6🧵
This economic elite, is a sort of malignancy.
1/6🧵
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"I have met some very bad people....none as bad as trump.
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"I have met some very bad people....none as bad as trump.
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
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For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
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Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
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In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
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What on earth was the reason for the 3 line whip to vote this down? The Labour party supported the swift brick amendment when it was tabled on Conservative government legislation in 2023. Why has it gone from supporting swift bricks in opposition to imposing a 3 line whip to block them in government
In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What on earth was the reason for the 3 line whip to vote this down? The Labour party supported the swift brick amendment when it was tabled on Conservative government legislation in 2023. Why has it gone from supporting swift bricks in opposition to imposing a 3 line whip to block them in government
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As always, accuracy is critical. What I said was:
"In some respects this government under Keir Starmer looks more Tory than the Tories".
I had just spelt out exactly which respects I meant: its anti-protest laws and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
"In some respects this government under Keir Starmer looks more Tory than the Tories".
I had just spelt out exactly which respects I meant: its anti-protest laws and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
George Monbiot: "This government is more Tory than the Tories."
Bernard Jenkin: "This is the most left-wing government we have ever seen."
Labour MP: 🤷🏽♂️
#PoliticsLive
Bernard Jenkin: "This is the most left-wing government we have ever seen."
Labour MP: 🤷🏽♂️
#PoliticsLive
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
As always, accuracy is critical. What I said was:
"In some respects this government under Keir Starmer looks more Tory than the Tories".
I had just spelt out exactly which respects I meant: its anti-protest laws and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
"In some respects this government under Keir Starmer looks more Tory than the Tories".
I had just spelt out exactly which respects I meant: its anti-protest laws and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
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This puts the "solar farm is spoiling the view where I walk my dogs" complaints into perspective
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This puts the "solar farm is spoiling the view where I walk my dogs" complaints into perspective
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Where are the Sunday buses? 🚌
Our new Green Route to National Parks project aims to improve Sunday bus services in partnership with the Exmoor Society &
@dpadartmoor.bsky.social, made possible thanks to generous funding from The Naturesave Trust.
Learn more below 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/news/where-a...
Our new Green Route to National Parks project aims to improve Sunday bus services in partnership with the Exmoor Society &
@dpadartmoor.bsky.social, made possible thanks to generous funding from The Naturesave Trust.
Learn more below 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/news/where-a...
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Where are the Sunday buses? 🚌
Our new Green Route to National Parks project aims to improve Sunday bus services in partnership with the Exmoor Society &
@dpadartmoor.bsky.social, made possible thanks to generous funding from The Naturesave Trust.
Learn more below 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/news/where-a...
Our new Green Route to National Parks project aims to improve Sunday bus services in partnership with the Exmoor Society &
@dpadartmoor.bsky.social, made possible thanks to generous funding from The Naturesave Trust.
Learn more below 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/news/where-a...
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The Housing Secretary has tabled a motion to reject @houseoflords.parliament.uk Amendment 40 (formerly Amendment 130). It is troubling that the Government continues to reject an amendment that is based on scientific evidence and would safeguard our local nature. act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 40 in the Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons this week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone to...
act.bats.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Housing Secretary has tabled a motion to reject @houseoflords.parliament.uk Amendment 40 (formerly Amendment 130). It is troubling that the Government continues to reject an amendment that is based on scientific evidence and would safeguard our local nature. act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
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📣 MPs vote TOMORROW on Amendment 130.
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill could be disastrous for wildlife without key protections. Nature needs your voice! Amendment 130 is a vital fix.
🗳️ MPs must back it & they vote tomorrow.
📨 Please email your MP today 👉 action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill could be disastrous for wildlife without key protections. Nature needs your voice! Amendment 130 is a vital fix.
🗳️ MPs must back it & they vote tomorrow.
📨 Please email your MP today 👉 action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📣 MPs vote TOMORROW on Amendment 130.
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill could be disastrous for wildlife without key protections. Nature needs your voice! Amendment 130 is a vital fix.
🗳️ MPs must back it & they vote tomorrow.
📨 Please email your MP today 👉 action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill could be disastrous for wildlife without key protections. Nature needs your voice! Amendment 130 is a vital fix.
🗳️ MPs must back it & they vote tomorrow.
📨 Please email your MP today 👉 action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301
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We’re so close! 💛
After raising £200k to transform the Trafalgar St underpass + entrance to Brighton Toy & Model Museum, we just need £7,500 for the finishing touches ✨ Paint, restored murals + making the space shine.
If you can, please donate or share 💙
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/24c5531a85...
After raising £200k to transform the Trafalgar St underpass + entrance to Brighton Toy & Model Museum, we just need £7,500 for the finishing touches ✨ Paint, restored murals + making the space shine.
If you can, please donate or share 💙
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/24c5531a85...
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We’re so close! 💛
After raising £200k to transform the Trafalgar St underpass + entrance to Brighton Toy & Model Museum, we just need £7,500 for the finishing touches ✨ Paint, restored murals + making the space shine.
If you can, please donate or share 💙
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/24c5531a85...
After raising £200k to transform the Trafalgar St underpass + entrance to Brighton Toy & Model Museum, we just need £7,500 for the finishing touches ✨ Paint, restored murals + making the space shine.
If you can, please donate or share 💙
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/24c5531a85...
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
Coral Spawning 2025
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...