Danielle Shaw
@danielleashaw.bsky.social
Conservation Content Officer 🍃 | Nature, environment, books, and sustainability, with a good sprinkle of conservation optimism. 💚 Always appreciate a cute cat photo. 😻
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I've just sent Mother’s Day herbs instead of flowers. Flowers are often grown abroad & packaged in plastic. Herbs last longer, and many attract bees & butterflies. Get a 15% discount this weekend with code MGC15 – see link in our eco gift guide for info:
bit.ly/3F0eWv2
bit.ly/3F0eWv2
March 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I've just sent Mother’s Day herbs instead of flowers. Flowers are often grown abroad & packaged in plastic. Herbs last longer, and many attract bees & butterflies. Get a 15% discount this weekend with code MGC15 – see link in our eco gift guide for info:
bit.ly/3F0eWv2
bit.ly/3F0eWv2
Very happy to see signs of Spring in our garden 🌸🥰 #BlossomWatch
March 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Very happy to see signs of Spring in our garden 🌸🥰 #BlossomWatch
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From bat surveys, campaign meetings, repair cafes to tree planting - want get involved with fantastic events and organisations across #Greater #Manchester ?
Check out events calendar👇
manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/
Check out events calendar👇
manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/
February 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
From bat surveys, campaign meetings, repair cafes to tree planting - want get involved with fantastic events and organisations across #Greater #Manchester ?
Check out events calendar👇
manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/
Check out events calendar👇
manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/
🐦 Ready to start the #BigGardenBirdwatch here in Manchester. 👀
Daphne (the housecat) has never met a bird but very interested in what we are up to.. 👇
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Daphne (the housecat) has never met a bird but very interested in what we are up to.. 👇
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🐦 Ready to start the #BigGardenBirdwatch here in Manchester. 👀
Daphne (the housecat) has never met a bird but very interested in what we are up to.. 👇
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Daphne (the housecat) has never met a bird but very interested in what we are up to.. 👇
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Very excited to see my first snowdrops of the year today! 😍
Added the sighting into The Woodland Trust's Nature Calendar to help research into how climate change is affecting timings in nature: naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Added the sighting into The Woodland Trust's Nature Calendar to help research into how climate change is affecting timings in nature: naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk
January 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Very excited to see my first snowdrops of the year today! 😍
Added the sighting into The Woodland Trust's Nature Calendar to help research into how climate change is affecting timings in nature: naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Added the sighting into The Woodland Trust's Nature Calendar to help research into how climate change is affecting timings in nature: naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Love and very much relate to this by @timeonfeet.bsky.social on how taking action for nature can help to handle the conservation doom and gloom. 🌞
I was in despair about the environmental crisis. Then I volunteered to clean up my local park
‘Instead of sobbing in front of your computer screen,’ my counsellor said, ‘go out and do something’
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January 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Love and very much relate to this by @timeonfeet.bsky.social on how taking action for nature can help to handle the conservation doom and gloom. 🌞
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🛑Over 24.1 MILLION illegal online wildlife listings REMOVED! 🦏🖥️
From ivory to exotic pets, platforms are becoming safer for wildlife thanks to the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online.
Together with @wwf.org.uk & @ifawglobal.bsky.social, we're keeping species #OfflineAndInTheWild
From ivory to exotic pets, platforms are becoming safer for wildlife thanks to the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online.
Together with @wwf.org.uk & @ifawglobal.bsky.social, we're keeping species #OfflineAndInTheWild
December 12, 2024 at 11:35 AM
🛑Over 24.1 MILLION illegal online wildlife listings REMOVED! 🦏🖥️
From ivory to exotic pets, platforms are becoming safer for wildlife thanks to the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online.
Together with @wwf.org.uk & @ifawglobal.bsky.social, we're keeping species #OfflineAndInTheWild
From ivory to exotic pets, platforms are becoming safer for wildlife thanks to the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online.
Together with @wwf.org.uk & @ifawglobal.bsky.social, we're keeping species #OfflineAndInTheWild
Some conservation successes from this year, from tackling plastic pollution and food waste, to empowering women to address climate change, and boosting tiger populations. 🐯
#ConservationOptimism @wwf.org.uk @worldwildlife.org @wwfeu.bsky.social
#ConservationOptimism @wwf.org.uk @worldwildlife.org @wwfeu.bsky.social
Conservation highlights of 2024
What a year it’s been. 2024 held plenty of hard news for nature, but there were also notable wins. Those successes deserve to be celebrated!
www.worldwildlife.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Some conservation successes from this year, from tackling plastic pollution and food waste, to empowering women to address climate change, and boosting tiger populations. 🐯
#ConservationOptimism @wwf.org.uk @worldwildlife.org @wwfeu.bsky.social
#ConservationOptimism @wwf.org.uk @worldwildlife.org @wwfeu.bsky.social
"It is easy to get mired in a sense of hopelessness about the biodiversity crisis, but amid the doom and gloom, there are more than a few reasons to remain upbeat."
Always banging the drum for
#ConservationOptimism, so fab to see this in @theguardian.com 🦋 🦉 🌱
Always banging the drum for
#ConservationOptimism, so fab to see this in @theguardian.com 🦋 🦉 🌱
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish i...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:11 PM
"It is easy to get mired in a sense of hopelessness about the biodiversity crisis, but amid the doom and gloom, there are more than a few reasons to remain upbeat."
Always banging the drum for
#ConservationOptimism, so fab to see this in @theguardian.com 🦋 🦉 🌱
Always banging the drum for
#ConservationOptimism, so fab to see this in @theguardian.com 🦋 🦉 🌱
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A very welcome anniversary gift 🎉
Defra has promised new legislation to modernise #NationalParks!
This means driving nature recovery, cleaning up waterways & fixing broken governance💪
We've been campaigning for this for a long time, what a win 💚
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
Defra has promised new legislation to modernise #NationalParks!
This means driving nature recovery, cleaning up waterways & fixing broken governance💪
We've been campaigning for this for a long time, what a win 💚
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
75th Anniversary of the National Parks Act: New legislation to ensure Protected Landscapes are fit for the future
Today is the 75th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. Read how the government is marking the occasion by empowering our Protected Landscapes.
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk
December 16, 2024 at 3:22 PM
A very welcome anniversary gift 🎉
Defra has promised new legislation to modernise #NationalParks!
This means driving nature recovery, cleaning up waterways & fixing broken governance💪
We've been campaigning for this for a long time, what a win 💚
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
Defra has promised new legislation to modernise #NationalParks!
This means driving nature recovery, cleaning up waterways & fixing broken governance💪
We've been campaigning for this for a long time, what a win 💚
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
Some good news for seals in Suffolk with 80 pups born since November, and more expected!
Seal numbers have been on the rise since 2021, with 400 seals now at the site. 🦭 💙 #ConservationOptimism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Seal numbers have been on the rise since 2021, with 400 seals now at the site. 🦭 💙 #ConservationOptimism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Orford Ness seal colony thriving with 'lack of human disturbance'
The National Trust hopes the colony will continue to grow and rival others along the coast.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Some good news for seals in Suffolk with 80 pups born since November, and more expected!
Seal numbers have been on the rise since 2021, with 400 seals now at the site. 🦭 💙 #ConservationOptimism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Seal numbers have been on the rise since 2021, with 400 seals now at the site. 🦭 💙 #ConservationOptimism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some #ConservationOptimism this Sunday morning. 🌊🪺
Endangered Polynesian storm petrels return to Kamaka Island in French Polynesia for first time in 100 years, and the success highlights the power and importance of local community knowledge and support.
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/enda...
Endangered Polynesian storm petrels return to Kamaka Island in French Polynesia for first time in 100 years, and the success highlights the power and importance of local community knowledge and support.
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/enda...
Endangered seabirds return to Pacific island after century-long absence
Small seabirds skim the open ocean at night, patting their legs on the surface as they hunt for small fish. Now, for the first time in more than 100 years, endangered Polynesian storm petrels (Nesofre...
news.mongabay.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Some #ConservationOptimism this Sunday morning. 🌊🪺
Endangered Polynesian storm petrels return to Kamaka Island in French Polynesia for first time in 100 years, and the success highlights the power and importance of local community knowledge and support.
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/enda...
Endangered Polynesian storm petrels return to Kamaka Island in French Polynesia for first time in 100 years, and the success highlights the power and importance of local community knowledge and support.
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/enda...
Can you help to map Common Frog and Common Toad spawn? 🐸
🔎 Submitting your sightings helps to provide a better understanding of when and where frogs and toads are breeding: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/pondnet... #CitizenScience
🔎 Submitting your sightings helps to provide a better understanding of when and where frogs and toads are breeding: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/pondnet... #CitizenScience
PondNet Spawn Survey 2025
We’re inviting people to get involved in the PondNet Spawn Survey 2025 by recording Common Frog and Common Toad spawn.
freshwaterhabitats.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Can you help to map Common Frog and Common Toad spawn? 🐸
🔎 Submitting your sightings helps to provide a better understanding of when and where frogs and toads are breeding: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/pondnet... #CitizenScience
🔎 Submitting your sightings helps to provide a better understanding of when and where frogs and toads are breeding: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/pondnet... #CitizenScience