🌿 We’re excited to welcome Joan Walley as our new Patron!

A passionate environmentalist, former MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, Honorary Freeman of Stoke-on-Trent & Freeman of Kidsgrove, Joan brings a wealth of experience & local knowledge to the role.

#NatureChampion #SOT #Stoke100

Work is progressing swimmingly at Duck Covert. This week Ebsford Environmental used machinery to remove the temporary bund which was put in place during the river widening works to avoid sediment washing down the river. (1/2)

Happy #WorldRiversDay

I am looking forward to discussing why the UK is so crap at looking after #biodiversity at the Byline Festival with Alexa Culver, @kitstoner.bsky.social, @malcolmtait.bsky.social and @carexnigra.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Visit the website to find out more: lnkd.in/eXfAnf3k

Why is the UK so crap at looking after biodiversity?

Come to Byline Festival 11-13 July Keele University to find out and many other thought-provoking talks, music, comedy, art, workshops

Dance Discuss Laugh & Change The world

Just a week to go!

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A recently discovered female Native Black Poplar near Audley in Staffordshire. One of the county’s rarest trees.
@naturalengland.bsky.social @staffswildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

A newly created hay meadow in Staffordshire. Over 40 acres of grassland on its way to becoming species rich on one of the county’s oldest estates.Encouraging to see grassland restoration on such scale as part of nature’s recovery.
#NationalMeadowsDay @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Flowering heads of Meadow Foxtail (and other grasses) amongst Great Burnet and Meadowsweet on a floodplain meadow in Staffordshire #wildflowerhour @staffswildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Great to hear about the planting of the rare, native Black Polars at Killerton. Here are the 3 at Frampton on Severn. 2 near the church, the characteristic trunk and the one on the Green, which towers over the adjacent mature chestnut. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Blackpoplar #Killerton

The problem of Labour now being the Starmer-Party in a few words.

Meat, oil and pesticide industry lobbyists turned out in record numbers at Cop16. But of course they did.