Ian Phillips
@wildlifeian.bsky.social
Practical Ecologist and Filmmaker who probably spends a bit too much time building deadwood habitat. Currently working to bring reptiles, amphibians and small mammals back to Hackney Marshes.
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Ian Phillips
@wildlifeian.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Well it looks like I’ve joined this platform.. I spend a lot of my life building wildlife habitat @ianphillipswildlife on instagram and YouTube
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River Lea Walk - Source to Thames in 3 days - Part 1
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Walking the River Lea - Source To Thames - Day 1 Houghton to Hatfield
YouTube video by Ian Phillips
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October 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
River Lea Walk - Source to Thames in 3 days - Part 1
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Update on the @renatureldn.bsky.social break in and tool theft, plus a couple of other things..
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Tools Stolen - Break In Update - Habitat Maintenance
YouTube video by Ian Phillips
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September 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Update on the @renatureldn.bsky.social break in and tool theft, plus a couple of other things..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvm-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvm-...
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Another photo of the Olympic Park kestrel I saw the other day @wildlifeian.bsky.social @renatureldn.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025 #LondonBirds #Birds #BirdPhotography
July 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Another photo of the Olympic Park kestrel I saw the other day @wildlifeian.bsky.social @renatureldn.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025 #LondonBirds #Birds #BirdPhotography
I've been a little slack on Bluesky recently.. Here's a video from a while ago when @renatureldn.bsky.social stepped up the impact we were having on Hackney Marshes.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WktJ... #planttrees
Planting 400 Trees on Hackney Marshes
YouTube video by Ian Phillips
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July 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I've been a little slack on Bluesky recently.. Here's a video from a while ago when @renatureldn.bsky.social stepped up the impact we were having on Hackney Marshes.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WktJ... #planttrees
youtu.be/j73dB8-xzK0?... The Labour Party, have reminded me several times that I should never vote for them again.. Here's another reason.
Biodiversity Net Gain changes put nature at risk
YouTube video by The Wildlife Trusts
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June 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
youtu.be/j73dB8-xzK0?... The Labour Party, have reminded me several times that I should never vote for them again.. Here's another reason.
The young Blue tit in our care is learning to feed itself.
June 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The young Blue tit in our care is learning to feed itself.
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This would be the new normal, except that the situation will get rapidly worse
Food security in the UK and Europe is becoming a massive issue
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Food security in the UK and Europe is becoming a massive issue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Drought fears in Europe amid reports May was world’s second hottest ever
Copernicus data shows month was 1.4C above estimated 1850-1900 average used to define pre-industrial level
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This would be the new normal, except that the situation will get rapidly worse
Food security in the UK and Europe is becoming a massive issue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Food security in the UK and Europe is becoming a massive issue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No I don’t want to “jump on a quick call.” I want to watch a Wren gather moss and pretend it’s for me.
June 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
No I don’t want to “jump on a quick call.” I want to watch a Wren gather moss and pretend it’s for me.
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1. It’s good to see this scandal being called out at last. My thanks and congratulations go to Lee Schofield, Karen Lloyd and Ian Convery. But it’s also absolutely infuriating that it has come to this point, as I explain in this thread.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status
Campaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communities
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
1. It’s good to see this scandal being called out at last. My thanks and congratulations go to Lee Schofield, Karen Lloyd and Ian Convery. But it’s also absolutely infuriating that it has come to this point, as I explain in this thread.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Banning bonuses for failing water company bosses is important, obvs - but it’s hardly the best we can do? 👀 If we’re serious about ending pollution for profit, water needs to be brought back into public ownership *now*. The fact that Labour Govt won’t even allow it to be considered speaks volumes
Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution
Sanctions, including for Thames Water CEO, announced as part of new government powers under Water Act
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Banning bonuses for failing water company bosses is important, obvs - but it’s hardly the best we can do? 👀 If we’re serious about ending pollution for profit, water needs to be brought back into public ownership *now*. The fact that Labour Govt won’t even allow it to be considered speaks volumes
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Natural England chair rejects ministers’ claim that nature blocks development
Natural England chair rejects ministers’ claim that nature blocks development
Exclusive: Tony Juniper, who will oversee nature restoration fund, says claims ‘not fully backed by evidence’
The government’s leading environmental adviser has said ministers are wrong to suggest nature is blocking development.
Tony Juniper, the chair of Natural England, is to oversee a national nature restoration fund, paid into by developers, which will enable builders to sidestep environmental obligations at a particular site – even if it is a landscape protected for its wildlife. Continue reading...
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June 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Natural England chair rejects ministers’ claim that nature blocks development
Went to look for reptiles, found tiger beetles instead
May 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Went to look for reptiles, found tiger beetles instead
Join us in Wick Woods, London Fields and Bruce Castle park.
Want to volunteer with us? Dates on renatureldn.uk or follow us on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/renature-l...
May 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Join us in Wick Woods, London Fields and Bruce Castle park.
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Given that we’re a nation of nature lovers, whose conservation charities are among the world's biggest membership organisations, Keir Starmer’s repeated attacks on voters who want to protect the living planet, calling us “time-wasting nimbys”, “blockers” and “zealots”, is frankly idiotic.
May 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Given that we’re a nation of nature lovers, whose conservation charities are among the world's biggest membership organisations, Keir Starmer’s repeated attacks on voters who want to protect the living planet, calling us “time-wasting nimbys”, “blockers” and “zealots”, is frankly idiotic.