Tony Skerl
@tonyskerl.bsky.social
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Concerned about the planet and the future for its young people and creatures .
Concerned about the planet and the future for its young people and creatures .
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NatureScot have the power to end the Guga hunt - sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
February 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NatureScot have the power to end the Guga hunt - sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
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Sometimes, even the breeze & rain & completely grey cannot deny us skylark song, such is the fire now in his spring-ready heart.
February 13, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Sometimes, even the breeze & rain & completely grey cannot deny us skylark song, such is the fire now in his spring-ready heart.
Jet black squabbling crows about what who knows ! #firstbirdofmyday
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Jet black squabbling crows about what who knows ! #firstbirdofmyday
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European Movement UK now has over 27,000 members. 🚀
It was 26,000 last month.
We need to build fast, because this will become the national campaign to rejoin the EU.
Join us!
👉👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-ab
It was 26,000 last month.
We need to build fast, because this will become the national campaign to rejoin the EU.
Join us!
👉👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-ab
January 31, 2026 at 8:36 PM
European Movement UK now has over 27,000 members. 🚀
It was 26,000 last month.
We need to build fast, because this will become the national campaign to rejoin the EU.
Join us!
👉👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-ab
It was 26,000 last month.
We need to build fast, because this will become the national campaign to rejoin the EU.
Join us!
👉👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-ab
The blue butterfly is such a lovely space compared to what was the blue bird
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The blue butterfly is such a lovely space compared to what was the blue bird
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Emma's #MentalHealth workshops are backed by legitimate scientific research. She really knows this stuff, inside and out. The #SmallMuseums workshops are designed to help alleviate anxiety and improve mood, ideal for the time of year with winter #SAD begins to make itself felt. 🍂🌿🌸
My new small museums for mental health w'shop is on Sat 4 Oct
Recent compelling research shows that collecting & arranging collections neatly alleviates anxiety & lifts mood.
Includes:
🌿2 hr zoom-we'll make & photograph small museums
🗝️30% off my Etsy shop:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
Recent compelling research shows that collecting & arranging collections neatly alleviates anxiety & lifts mood.
Includes:
🌿2 hr zoom-we'll make & photograph small museums
🗝️30% off my Etsy shop:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Emma's #MentalHealth workshops are backed by legitimate scientific research. She really knows this stuff, inside and out. The #SmallMuseums workshops are designed to help alleviate anxiety and improve mood, ideal for the time of year with winter #SAD begins to make itself felt. 🍂🌿🌸
Today’s mid morning mindfulness stop …. and relax
July 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Today’s mid morning mindfulness stop …. and relax
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Thanks all for another lovely #buyastrangerabook day.
I had to nick off for a couple of hours in the middle of all of it, but despite this, I think we've reached double figures and given out 10 or 11 books.
You lot are ace. THANKS!
I had to nick off for a couple of hours in the middle of all of it, but despite this, I think we've reached double figures and given out 10 or 11 books.
You lot are ace. THANKS!
IT'S WEDNESDAY AGAIN!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thanks all for another lovely #buyastrangerabook day.
I had to nick off for a couple of hours in the middle of all of it, but despite this, I think we've reached double figures and given out 10 or 11 books.
You lot are ace. THANKS!
I had to nick off for a couple of hours in the middle of all of it, but despite this, I think we've reached double figures and given out 10 or 11 books.
You lot are ace. THANKS!
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'Decades of evidence...has revealed that the targeting and illegal killing of Hen Harriers is almost exclusively associated with land managed for grouse shooting in the UK’s uplands'.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BanDrivenGrouseShooting
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/26/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BanDrivenGrouseShooting
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/26/n...
New report highlights the ongoing criminal persecution of Hen Harriers on UK driven grouse moors
Press release from the RSPB (26 June 2025): NUMBER OF HEN HARRIERS KILLED OR MISSING REACHES NEW HIGH Over the past five years, record numbers of Hen Harriers have been killed or have gone missing …
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June 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
'Decades of evidence...has revealed that the targeting and illegal killing of Hen Harriers is almost exclusively associated with land managed for grouse shooting in the UK’s uplands'.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BanDrivenGrouseShooting
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/26/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BanDrivenGrouseShooting
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/26/n...
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Love nature? Aged 16-24? Want to be part of something bigger?
Applications are open to join the RSPB Youth Council: a team of brilliant young people shaping the UK’s largest conservation charity.
Don't miss your chance! Deadline Fri 27 June: www.rspb.org.uk/about-us/how... 👈
Applications are open to join the RSPB Youth Council: a team of brilliant young people shaping the UK’s largest conservation charity.
Don't miss your chance! Deadline Fri 27 June: www.rspb.org.uk/about-us/how... 👈
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Love nature? Aged 16-24? Want to be part of something bigger?
Applications are open to join the RSPB Youth Council: a team of brilliant young people shaping the UK’s largest conservation charity.
Don't miss your chance! Deadline Fri 27 June: www.rspb.org.uk/about-us/how... 👈
Applications are open to join the RSPB Youth Council: a team of brilliant young people shaping the UK’s largest conservation charity.
Don't miss your chance! Deadline Fri 27 June: www.rspb.org.uk/about-us/how... 👈
Spent a lovely few minutes with this little one just now .
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Spent a lovely few minutes with this little one just now .
Well … a crazy early start to work was rewarded with the sound of a distant cuckoo … thank you . #firstbirdofmyday #cuckoo
June 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Well … a crazy early start to work was rewarded with the sound of a distant cuckoo … thank you . #firstbirdofmyday #cuckoo
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Email angela.rayner.mp@parliament.uk simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS PLEASE - say that in the subject line of the email too. Please share widely. This article sums up why well. Labour should make a swift U-turn on bricks that provide nesting places
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour should make a swift U-turn on bricks that provide nesting places | Letters
Letters: Labour party councillor Alan Quinn is disappointed with the government’s decision to block a proposal for all new homes that would help the at-risk birds
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Email angela.rayner.mp@parliament.uk simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS PLEASE - say that in the subject line of the email too. Please share widely. This article sums up why well. Labour should make a swift U-turn on bricks that provide nesting places
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I emailed Angela Rayner regarding Swift Bricks.Received an automatic reply. Here’s the link buried in that e mail to send an enquiry direct to her in her role as Deputy Prime Minister or Secretary of State for Housing
www.gov.uk/guidance/con.... GO ! 🪶🪶🪶@WriterHannahBT
www.gov.uk/guidance/con.... GO ! 🪶🪶🪶@WriterHannahBT
Contact the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Use this form to send a message to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
www.gov.uk
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I emailed Angela Rayner regarding Swift Bricks.Received an automatic reply. Here’s the link buried in that e mail to send an enquiry direct to her in her role as Deputy Prime Minister or Secretary of State for Housing
www.gov.uk/guidance/con.... GO ! 🪶🪶🪶@WriterHannahBT
www.gov.uk/guidance/con.... GO ! 🪶🪶🪶@WriterHannahBT
Robin singing ever so gently #firstbirdofmyday
May 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Robin singing ever so gently #firstbirdofmyday
Can’t quite believe in it’s legal to kill hares let alone 12 months of the year !!!
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Petition: Protect hares and their young from shooting during the breeding season https://t.co/FUwVP6SXsR
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May 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Can’t quite believe in it’s legal to kill hares let alone 12 months of the year !!!
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Where was I today ? Clue: it’s 428 million years old !
May 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where was I today ? Clue: it’s 428 million years old !
A red damselfly has just landed on my hand… I’m touched however brief it was .
May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A red damselfly has just landed on my hand… I’m touched however brief it was .
The local chapel near our camp spot, look at that bell tower it’s got to be a prime swift nesting site surely 🤞🪶🪶🪶 @WriterHannahBT
April 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The local chapel near our camp spot, look at that bell tower it’s got to be a prime swift nesting site surely 🤞🪶🪶🪶 @WriterHannahBT
I’m seeing more butterflies than last year, anyone else?
April 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’m seeing more butterflies than last year, anyone else?
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1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m sure it’s not the same bird but there seems to have been chiff chaffing from the woods behind me since morning #springsong #chiffchaff
April 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m sure it’s not the same bird but there seems to have been chiff chaffing from the woods behind me since morning #springsong #chiffchaff