Helen Withers
@helenwithers.bsky.social
Opera singer by profession and nature defender at heart.
Have people watched the documentary Poison Water? It's well worth a watch. The incident took place over forty years ago and the people of Camelford deserve a full public enquiry.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Have people watched the documentary Poison Water? It's well worth a watch. The incident took place over forty years ago and the people of Camelford deserve a full public enquiry.
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Peekaboo 👀
Look who’s popped up on camera at our Oa reserve… a juvenile Corncrake!
This joyful glimpse is the reserve’s first ever recorded evidence of breeding success for this secretive species! An incredibly exciting moment for the team.
📽️ @naturenortheast.bsky.social
Look who’s popped up on camera at our Oa reserve… a juvenile Corncrake!
This joyful glimpse is the reserve’s first ever recorded evidence of breeding success for this secretive species! An incredibly exciting moment for the team.
📽️ @naturenortheast.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Peekaboo 👀
Look who’s popped up on camera at our Oa reserve… a juvenile Corncrake!
This joyful glimpse is the reserve’s first ever recorded evidence of breeding success for this secretive species! An incredibly exciting moment for the team.
📽️ @naturenortheast.bsky.social
Look who’s popped up on camera at our Oa reserve… a juvenile Corncrake!
This joyful glimpse is the reserve’s first ever recorded evidence of breeding success for this secretive species! An incredibly exciting moment for the team.
📽️ @naturenortheast.bsky.social
Given Labour's eagerness to build, build, build, should this not be a massive story??? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield company launches eco-bricks that 'absorb carbon' - BBC News
The bricks - by start-up company earth4Earth - are being used in pilot projects across the city.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Given Labour's eagerness to build, build, build, should this not be a massive story??? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Go WILD for hedgehogs🍃🦔Help hedgehogs by getting involved in Hedgehog Street’s #GoWildforhedgehogs challenge!
Simply allow a patch of garden to grow wild and undisturbed, and over the next year Hedgehog Street will give you seasonal tips and advice for improving it for hedgehogs and other wildlife.
Simply allow a patch of garden to grow wild and undisturbed, and over the next year Hedgehog Street will give you seasonal tips and advice for improving it for hedgehogs and other wildlife.
July 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Go WILD for hedgehogs🍃🦔Help hedgehogs by getting involved in Hedgehog Street’s #GoWildforhedgehogs challenge!
Simply allow a patch of garden to grow wild and undisturbed, and over the next year Hedgehog Street will give you seasonal tips and advice for improving it for hedgehogs and other wildlife.
Simply allow a patch of garden to grow wild and undisturbed, and over the next year Hedgehog Street will give you seasonal tips and advice for improving it for hedgehogs and other wildlife.
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Ensconced in the lovely @oundlebookshop.bsky.social with lots of copies of #LandBeneaththeWaves and my crochet. Do come along, say hello and get your books signed! ☺️💚📖
#oundle @oundlefestoflit.bsky.social #booksky #indiebooks
#oundle @oundlefestoflit.bsky.social #booksky #indiebooks
June 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ensconced in the lovely @oundlebookshop.bsky.social with lots of copies of #LandBeneaththeWaves and my crochet. Do come along, say hello and get your books signed! ☺️💚📖
#oundle @oundlefestoflit.bsky.social #booksky #indiebooks
#oundle @oundlefestoflit.bsky.social #booksky #indiebooks
I have to say, Springwatch has been a wonderful antidote to modern life. It truly represents what I pay my licence fee for. I'm going to miss it. If only it were a year round show. 💚 #springwatch #nature
June 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have to say, Springwatch has been a wonderful antidote to modern life. It truly represents what I pay my licence fee for. I'm going to miss it. If only it were a year round show. 💚 #springwatch #nature
Worrying stuff. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...
The chemicals in your drinking water that are harming your health (and how to avoid them)
PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ are ubiquitous and have been linked to cancer and liver damage. Here’s how to reduce your exposure
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Worrying stuff. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...
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We’re excited to announce the first ever #WildSummitUK
📣
We’re excited to bring campaigners, politicians & communities together in Bristol on 11 September for a day devoted to action for nature🌱
Join us to help make to make real change happen for nature💪
www.wcl.org.uk/wildsummituk...
📣
We’re excited to bring campaigners, politicians & communities together in Bristol on 11 September for a day devoted to action for nature🌱
Join us to help make to make real change happen for nature💪
www.wcl.org.uk/wildsummituk...
June 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We’re excited to announce the first ever #WildSummitUK
📣
We’re excited to bring campaigners, politicians & communities together in Bristol on 11 September for a day devoted to action for nature🌱
Join us to help make to make real change happen for nature💪
www.wcl.org.uk/wildsummituk...
📣
We’re excited to bring campaigners, politicians & communities together in Bristol on 11 September for a day devoted to action for nature🌱
Join us to help make to make real change happen for nature💪
www.wcl.org.uk/wildsummituk...
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I'll be talking about the wonderful world of insects, and how we can help them by turning our gardens into pollinator paradise. All welcome! Tunbridge Wells, 5 July, 2pm.
theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/dav...
theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/dav...
Dave Goulson – Author Talk
theamelia.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'll be talking about the wonderful world of insects, and how we can help them by turning our gardens into pollinator paradise. All welcome! Tunbridge Wells, 5 July, 2pm.
theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/dav...
theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/dav...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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As a warm spell approaches a little reminder to please let us know what you have seen. A post here is good and lets other people know what's where.
But also please submit the sightings to our recorders. iRecord Butterflies is excellent
butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/rec...
But also please submit the sightings to our recorders. iRecord Butterflies is excellent
butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/rec...
iRecord Butterflies
iRecord Butterflies is a free app that will guide you through the identification of any butterfly that you see in the UK and allow you to add your sighting to millions of other valuable records that i...
butterfly-conservation.org
April 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
As a warm spell approaches a little reminder to please let us know what you have seen. A post here is good and lets other people know what's where.
But also please submit the sightings to our recorders. iRecord Butterflies is excellent
butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/rec...
But also please submit the sightings to our recorders. iRecord Butterflies is excellent
butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/rec...
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Support Sian Berry’s #GoPesticideFree bill, scheduled for debate 25th April, which would ban local councils in England from using pesticides in public spaces. No more poison in our streets and parks! Contact your MP using the link below:
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Support Sian Berry’s #GoPesticideFree bill, scheduled for debate 25th April, which would ban local councils in England from using pesticides in public spaces. No more poison in our streets and parks! Contact your MP using the link below:
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
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Spineless decision by RHS. They can't singlehandedly ban peat, but they can ban it for use at their flower show. www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/nationa...
RHS delays promise to make shows peat-free in face of ‘legislative black hole’
The horticultural charity says it ‘can’t steer this ship alone’ in the shift to peat-free gardening.
www.cravenherald.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Spineless decision by RHS. They can't singlehandedly ban peat, but they can ban it for use at their flower show. www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/nationa...
Just when you think the situation can't get any worse.
‼️ PFAS #ForeverChemicals have been found in US baby formulas, including the potential carcinogen PFOS.
🤕 Exposure to #PFAS has been linked to adverse health effects such as reduced fertility.
Find out more in our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/xHZg61b
#HarmfulChemicals #PublicHealth
🤕 Exposure to #PFAS has been linked to adverse health effects such as reduced fertility.
Find out more in our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/xHZg61b
#HarmfulChemicals #PublicHealth
March 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Just when you think the situation can't get any worse.
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Food sold in plastic pouches & clingy wraps could be tainted by yet more endocrine-disrupting chemicals like #PFAS (and others like BPA), heavily used in plastic food packaging and can leach into food.. linked to hormonal imbalances, reproductive issues & diseases like metabolic disorders & cancer.
Why Food Chemicals Are a Problem—And How to Reduce Your Exposure time.com/7272178/are-...
Why Food Chemicals Are a Problem—And How to Reduce Your Exposure
Many chemicals are problematic because they can disrupt the endocrine system.
time.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Food sold in plastic pouches & clingy wraps could be tainted by yet more endocrine-disrupting chemicals like #PFAS (and others like BPA), heavily used in plastic food packaging and can leach into food.. linked to hormonal imbalances, reproductive issues & diseases like metabolic disorders & cancer.
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Hold your noses and check out the Watershed Pollution Map to see where untreated poop was dumped into rivers, lakes and seas near you, for a record 3.61 million hours last year...
watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-ou...
watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-ou...
March 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hold your noses and check out the Watershed Pollution Map to see where untreated poop was dumped into rivers, lakes and seas near you, for a record 3.61 million hours last year...
watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-ou...
watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-ou...
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The pretty town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, described as the UK's most PFAS polluted town: I visited to talk to those impacted by forever chemical pollution from a firefighting foam plant, at the highest levels ever detected in the UK, for BBC Rare Earth:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
March 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The pretty town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, described as the UK's most PFAS polluted town: I visited to talk to those impacted by forever chemical pollution from a firefighting foam plant, at the highest levels ever detected in the UK, for BBC Rare Earth:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The world has gone mad.
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh absolutely fuck this, for fuck's sake
oh absolutely fuck this, for fuck's sake
March 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The world has gone mad.
This is an early April fools, right? BBC News - Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is an early April fools, right? BBC News - Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This title doesn't represent the issue, imo. BBC News - Why are whales getting tangled up in ropes? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why are whales getting tangled up in ropes?
Why are entanglements happening and are the incidents on the rise?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This title doesn't represent the issue, imo. BBC News - Why are whales getting tangled up in ropes? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...