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It’s #NationalInsectWeek & here are some of the Fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) pollinators around at the moment
Hoverflies are some of the most important pollinators & rather beautiful too. They have hardworking larvae on top!
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
Hoverflies are some of the most important pollinators & rather beautiful too. They have hardworking larvae on top!
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s #NationalInsectWeek & here are some of the Fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) pollinators around at the moment
Hoverflies are some of the most important pollinators & rather beautiful too. They have hardworking larvae on top!
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
Hoverflies are some of the most important pollinators & rather beautiful too. They have hardworking larvae on top!
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Join me for a fabulous day out hunting for swallowtails on the Norfolk Broads. The weekend break is sold out but day trips on Tues 10th and Weds 11th June still available greenwings.co/our-holidays... (pics by one of our former guests @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social)
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join me for a fabulous day out hunting for swallowtails on the Norfolk Broads. The weekend break is sold out but day trips on Tues 10th and Weds 11th June still available greenwings.co/our-holidays... (pics by one of our former guests @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social)
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Important Guardian reporting on the planning bill - if unamended, this bill changes everything www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wildlife charities urge Labour to scrap ‘licence to kill nature’ in planning bill
Conservationists say part of bill allowing developers to avoid environmental laws by paying into nature fund should be ditched
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Important Guardian reporting on the planning bill - if unamended, this bill changes everything www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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💥BREAKING NEWS💥 - Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, urges cathedrals to drop banks which fund fossil fuels.
Why are any cathedrals using a bank which is financing climate suffering and destruction?
➡️ Full story in The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
Why are any cathedrals using a bank which is financing climate suffering and destruction?
➡️ Full story in The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
May 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
💥BREAKING NEWS💥 - Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, urges cathedrals to drop banks which fund fossil fuels.
Why are any cathedrals using a bank which is financing climate suffering and destruction?
➡️ Full story in The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
Why are any cathedrals using a bank which is financing climate suffering and destruction?
➡️ Full story in The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
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This little story about Labour’s swift brick u-turn is getting enormous readership - so @teamlabouruk.bsky.social it will be hurting you. Such a simple, positive, happy, cost-free measure to introduce
Labour's terrible, woeful planning bill could probably be made quite effective if the government took heed of many sensible, pragmatic amendments, including swift bricks. But they aren't taking heed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This little story about Labour’s swift brick u-turn is getting enormous readership - so @teamlabouruk.bsky.social it will be hurting you. Such a simple, positive, happy, cost-free measure to introduce
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As an ambassador , I'm firmly behind @bigissue.com call for a ‘Poverty Zero’ law – the establishment of statutory poverty reduction targets . Please join me in my support by signing the petition at bigissue.com/poverty-zero – thank you !
May 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As an ambassador , I'm firmly behind @bigissue.com call for a ‘Poverty Zero’ law – the establishment of statutory poverty reduction targets . Please join me in my support by signing the petition at bigissue.com/poverty-zero – thank you !
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✨ Happy Easter! ✨
This Easter Sunday, we rejoice in the resurrection of Christ and the message of hope he offers to our war-torn world.
Please join us in praying for Christians in the Middle East as they faithfully serve fractured and hurting communities.
📷 Old City, Jerusalem
This Easter Sunday, we rejoice in the resurrection of Christ and the message of hope he offers to our war-torn world.
Please join us in praying for Christians in the Middle East as they faithfully serve fractured and hurting communities.
📷 Old City, Jerusalem
April 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✨ Happy Easter! ✨
This Easter Sunday, we rejoice in the resurrection of Christ and the message of hope he offers to our war-torn world.
Please join us in praying for Christians in the Middle East as they faithfully serve fractured and hurting communities.
📷 Old City, Jerusalem
This Easter Sunday, we rejoice in the resurrection of Christ and the message of hope he offers to our war-torn world.
Please join us in praying for Christians in the Middle East as they faithfully serve fractured and hurting communities.
📷 Old City, Jerusalem
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👇 Quote from our friend Daniel Munayer's powerful and challenging lecture he delivered at St-Martin-in-the-Fields and Coventry Cathedral 2 weeks ago.
If you've not yet listened to the full lecture, you can find the recording here: embraceme.org/is-there-hop...
If you've not yet listened to the full lecture, you can find the recording here: embraceme.org/is-there-hop...
April 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
👇 Quote from our friend Daniel Munayer's powerful and challenging lecture he delivered at St-Martin-in-the-Fields and Coventry Cathedral 2 weeks ago.
If you've not yet listened to the full lecture, you can find the recording here: embraceme.org/is-there-hop...
If you've not yet listened to the full lecture, you can find the recording here: embraceme.org/is-there-hop...
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EXCITING NEWS - BEEFLIES are getting LOVE
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meet the twerking pollinator with a bum-bag: the dark-edged bee-fly
Bombylius major, the thieving, deceiving, fluffy flying narwhal-like insect, that is a harbinger of spring
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
EXCITING NEWS - BEEFLIES are getting LOVE
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you haven’t already signed - please do!
Thank you to all who have produced 33,000 signatures in Month 1. Let’s do that twice more by 23 May to secure a debate on future of driven grouse shooting. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
December 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM
If you haven’t already signed - please do!
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Big flaw with Labour's 1.5m new homes – house-builders can't be trusted to add biodiversity, as this important @wildjustice.bsky.social study reveals: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Simple solution: funding for proper inspection/enforcement/penalties.
Housebuilders supply only half of promised nature-friendly features, survey finds
Developers in England deliver 53% of features such as trees and bird boxes demanded in planning permissions, study says
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Big flaw with Labour's 1.5m new homes – house-builders can't be trusted to add biodiversity, as this important @wildjustice.bsky.social study reveals: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Simple solution: funding for proper inspection/enforcement/penalties.
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Once again, I'm striking with my brilliant Guardian & Observer colleagues today and tomorrow over the sale of the Observer. For more info, please visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
Not for Sale: Save The Observer
Journalists at the Guardian & Observer are taking strike action in opposition to the hurried sale of the title.
nuj.org.uk
December 12, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Once again, I'm striking with my brilliant Guardian & Observer colleagues today and tomorrow over the sale of the Observer. For more info, please visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
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Hooray for Essex Wildlife Trust who have become custodians of a truly special place – Ronnie Blythe's old home, Bottengoms. It was poignant but also joyous to visit it again – without Ronnie – and write this story. PS hugely recommend Ian Collins's brilliant biog. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A force for everything he represented’: Ronald Blythe’s home to become nature reserve
The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Hooray for Essex Wildlife Trust who have become custodians of a truly special place – Ronnie Blythe's old home, Bottengoms. It was poignant but also joyous to visit it again – without Ronnie – and write this story. PS hugely recommend Ian Collins's brilliant biog. www.theguardian.com/environment/...