@billywhit.bsky.social
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Only four days left to apply - get those CVs sent in now!
We are recruiting. If you want to find rare birds and witness spectacular falls & live among 30,000 Manx Shearwaters get your application in for the Bardsey Island Assistant job (Mar-Oct 2026) before 10 Dec.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Only four days left to apply - get those CVs sent in now!
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Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
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Over 400 acorns sown so far, collected from veteran oaks nearby, with lots more to go!
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Over 400 acorns sown so far, collected from veteran oaks nearby, with lots more to go!
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
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Dartmoor is dying. “Where once there was purple heather, bilberry and buzzing insect life, there are now over-grazed, sheep-infested ecological disaster zones.”
Brilliant piece by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social on how upland commons should be prioritised for nature:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliant piece by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social on how upland commons should be prioritised for nature:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham
Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Dartmoor is dying. “Where once there was purple heather, bilberry and buzzing insect life, there are now over-grazed, sheep-infested ecological disaster zones.”
Brilliant piece by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social on how upland commons should be prioritised for nature:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliant piece by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social on how upland commons should be prioritised for nature:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why would you want a neat stripy boring lifeless lawn when you can have a shaggy, flower-filled paradise for pollinators? Maybe this short video will provide some inspiration! youtu.be/2SJFg3NbrFY
Turn your lawn into a wildflower meadow!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Why would you want a neat stripy boring lifeless lawn when you can have a shaggy, flower-filled paradise for pollinators? Maybe this short video will provide some inspiration! youtu.be/2SJFg3NbrFY
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Manxies are the best!
May 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Manxies are the best!
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And it wasn’t just the Crick… we had huge institutional expertise in the UK as the pandemic washed up on our shores, and it was all buried. Buried beneath no plan, and then a plan that would involve companies with no track record pocketing our past taxes and future taxes.
My biotech company had a good team of scientists working on respiratory infections. We were keen to support testing efforts, but our instruments were "requisitioned" as "PHE were retaining control". It was heartbreaking to see the mess that ensued in some of the "factories" set up to do the testing.
May 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
And it wasn’t just the Crick… we had huge institutional expertise in the UK as the pandemic washed up on our shores, and it was all buried. Buried beneath no plan, and then a plan that would involve companies with no track record pocketing our past taxes and future taxes.
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Wood Warbler Special! Absolutely stunning views of this captivating little bird at Dinas this weekend. Phonescoping’s usually useless 4 small birds, so esp wonderful 2 spend hours actually filming this fella. Hope you enjoy the footage. (Volume essential. Likes appreciated!) #birdingWales
May 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wood Warbler Special! Absolutely stunning views of this captivating little bird at Dinas this weekend. Phonescoping’s usually useless 4 small birds, so esp wonderful 2 spend hours actually filming this fella. Hope you enjoy the footage. (Volume essential. Likes appreciated!) #birdingWales
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I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Absolutely scorching letter about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the government's attempts to mislead us about its impacts.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government is gaslighting us on planning bill and nature | Letter
Letter: Ben Kite says a large number of experts and organisations are concerned about the bill’s environmental impact, in response to a letter by the nature minister
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
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‘The countryside can be naturally hazardous’…
‘The river is polluted by sewage’
Great signage from NRW. I’m absolutely outraged at the state of this National Nature Reserve #AtlanticRainforest near Llan Ffestiniog, whose river was subject to 178 sewage dumps in 2024. You can literally smell it.
‘The river is polluted by sewage’
Great signage from NRW. I’m absolutely outraged at the state of this National Nature Reserve #AtlanticRainforest near Llan Ffestiniog, whose river was subject to 178 sewage dumps in 2024. You can literally smell it.
April 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
‘The countryside can be naturally hazardous’…
‘The river is polluted by sewage’
Great signage from NRW. I’m absolutely outraged at the state of this National Nature Reserve #AtlanticRainforest near Llan Ffestiniog, whose river was subject to 178 sewage dumps in 2024. You can literally smell it.
‘The river is polluted by sewage’
Great signage from NRW. I’m absolutely outraged at the state of this National Nature Reserve #AtlanticRainforest near Llan Ffestiniog, whose river was subject to 178 sewage dumps in 2024. You can literally smell it.
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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...
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The Govt’s #PlanningBill would allow developers to pay cash to trash wildlife & the environment. The nature levy isn’t a tool for ecological recovery - it’s a license to kill nature. Pleased to join ecologists & experts to sign letter to MPs👇
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Planning bill would allow builders to ‘pay cash to trash’ nature, say UK experts
Exclusive: plan to let firms sidestep environmental laws by paying into nature levy would add cost and delay, says letter to MPs
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Govt’s #PlanningBill would allow developers to pay cash to trash wildlife & the environment. The nature levy isn’t a tool for ecological recovery - it’s a license to kill nature. Pleased to join ecologists & experts to sign letter to MPs👇
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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"Its legacy, if this terrible bill is approved, will be a grimmer, greyer, unhappier nation" Hugely important, powerful, clear-sighted assessment of the planning and infrastructure bill by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 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 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Its legacy, if this terrible bill is approved, will be a grimmer, greyer, unhappier nation" Hugely important, powerful, clear-sighted assessment of the planning and infrastructure bill by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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83% of the British public wants the government to do MORE to tackle the climate crisis
Remember that when you hear Farage and Badenoch opposing net zero and claiming to be tribunes of the people - they’re really just doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember that when you hear Farage and Badenoch opposing net zero and claiming to be tribunes of the people - they’re really just doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
83% of the British public wants the government to do MORE to tackle the climate crisis
Remember that when you hear Farage and Badenoch opposing net zero and claiming to be tribunes of the people - they’re really just doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember that when you hear Farage and Badenoch opposing net zero and claiming to be tribunes of the people - they’re really just doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sugar is pumped into young leaves to fuel growth, and the sugar is sometimes converted into the red pigment anthocyanin and stored in the leaves.
Anthocyanins absorb blue, blue-green, and green light. Therefore the light reflected by young leaves gives a golden hue
Anthocyanins absorb blue, blue-green, and green light. Therefore the light reflected by young leaves gives a golden hue
April 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Sugar is pumped into young leaves to fuel growth, and the sugar is sometimes converted into the red pigment anthocyanin and stored in the leaves.
Anthocyanins absorb blue, blue-green, and green light. Therefore the light reflected by young leaves gives a golden hue
Anthocyanins absorb blue, blue-green, and green light. Therefore the light reflected by young leaves gives a golden hue
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The deep red sunrise this morning only partly due to cloud. It's also smoke from the wildfire north east of us.
April 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The deep red sunrise this morning only partly due to cloud. It's also smoke from the wildfire north east of us.
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I like Private Eye as much as the next struggling satirist, but I can't believe a publication famed for it's public school origins, would pull a cartoon directed at a pursuit enjoyed almost exclusively by people with public school origins.
So @wildjustice.bsky.social is too edgy for @privateeyenews.bsky.social ! We're fans because the magazine speaks truth to power . That's what WJ tries to do too . We were surprised when PE said that it wouldn't run our second and third adverts , especially as they gave no reason for this .
April 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I like Private Eye as much as the next struggling satirist, but I can't believe a publication famed for it's public school origins, would pull a cartoon directed at a pursuit enjoyed almost exclusively by people with public school origins.
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Only 11 #bears have been reintroduced into the Pyrenees since 1996 but the population has been growing at 11%+ so there are now at least 96. Map shows distribution of bears in the Pyrenees 1995-2024. Remarkable #renaturalization.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
April 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Only 11 #bears have been reintroduced into the Pyrenees since 1996 but the population has been growing at 11%+ so there are now at least 96. Map shows distribution of bears in the Pyrenees 1995-2024. Remarkable #renaturalization.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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Wind and rain and sunshine yesterday. All at the same time.
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Wind and rain and sunshine yesterday. All at the same time.