Hilary McGuire
@mcg-hilary.bsky.social
Waders and wildlife friendly farming for RSPB. Views expressed here are mine alone.
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While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
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Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Positive #Swift news from #Longridge #Lancashire. 10 out of 12 boxes now occupied in St Wilfrid's church tower plus 2 newly occupied boxes at a friend's house after a 'patient' 🤣 3 year wait. Lots of screamers over town. They are a joy. Summer would be dead to me without them. 💚
July 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Positive #Swift news from #Longridge #Lancashire. 10 out of 12 boxes now occupied in St Wilfrid's church tower plus 2 newly occupied boxes at a friend's house after a 'patient' 🤣 3 year wait. Lots of screamers over town. They are a joy. Summer would be dead to me without them. 💚
#crapbirdphotooftheday I swear that's a cuckoo chick, calling to being fed by an adoring (or long suffering?) meadow pipit. First time I've ever seen that! @keasdenkate.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#crapbirdphotooftheday I swear that's a cuckoo chick, calling to being fed by an adoring (or long suffering?) meadow pipit. First time I've ever seen that! @keasdenkate.bsky.social
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So pleased to see Alan & Colin Price given the Ty Trophy @ Great Yorkshire Show for all they do for nature in general & for #Curlew in particular, working with
@rspbengland.bsky.social 🥳👏💪
@mcg-hilary.bsky.social @gtalstonwader.bsky.social
www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2530236...
@rspbengland.bsky.social 🥳👏💪
@mcg-hilary.bsky.social @gtalstonwader.bsky.social
www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2530236...
Curlew-friendly dales farm wins prestigious conservation honour
Putting conservation and the environment first has earned a North Yorkshire farming family the prestigious Ty Trophy, awarded by the Yorkshire…
www.northernfarmer.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So pleased to see Alan & Colin Price given the Ty Trophy @ Great Yorkshire Show for all they do for nature in general & for #Curlew in particular, working with
@rspbengland.bsky.social 🥳👏💪
@mcg-hilary.bsky.social @gtalstonwader.bsky.social
www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2530236...
@rspbengland.bsky.social 🥳👏💪
@mcg-hilary.bsky.social @gtalstonwader.bsky.social
www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2530236...
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22 tonnes a day of microplastic is spread on farms each day via sewage sludge🚨
Inaction from previous Government, despite Environment Agency advice on the need for tighter rules, is completely unacceptable👎
Full investigation via The ENDS Report 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1924...
Inaction from previous Government, despite Environment Agency advice on the need for tighter rules, is completely unacceptable👎
Full investigation via The ENDS Report 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1924...
22 tonnes of microplastics spread on farms every day via sewage sludge, investigation reveals
<b>The Sludge Files:</b> Twenty-two tonnes of microplastics per day are estimated to be spread on English and Welsh farmland through contaminated sewage sludge fertiliser sold by water companies, with...
www.endsreport.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
22 tonnes a day of microplastic is spread on farms each day via sewage sludge🚨
Inaction from previous Government, despite Environment Agency advice on the need for tighter rules, is completely unacceptable👎
Full investigation via The ENDS Report 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1924...
Inaction from previous Government, despite Environment Agency advice on the need for tighter rules, is completely unacceptable👎
Full investigation via The ENDS Report 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1924...
Special birds in a special place 🥰 @curlewaction.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Special birds in a special place 🥰 @curlewaction.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
One of the more depressing things I've read recently, and there are a lot of contenders. Wtf.
One of the more depressing things I've read recently, and there are a lot of contenders. Wtf.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
One of the more depressing things I've read recently, and there are a lot of contenders. Wtf.
One of the more depressing things I've read recently, and there are a lot of contenders. Wtf.
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Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment.
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment
When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment
www.newscientist.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment.
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...
Spent some time in curlew heaven last week, finding this cutie and it's siblings in a species rich meadow was perfection 😍
May 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Spent some time in curlew heaven last week, finding this cutie and it's siblings in a species rich meadow was perfection 😍
I fear lapwing chicks around us will be struggling, absolutely agree that holding onto winter water is essential
Lapwing + drought = 🪦
More long-term planning needed re water supplies for farms and conservation.
Good example here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/m...
#ConservationScience🌍
More long-term planning needed re water supplies for farms and conservation.
Good example here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/m...
#ConservationScience🌍
May 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I fear lapwing chicks around us will be struggling, absolutely agree that holding onto winter water is essential
Anxiously hoping for a better breeding season for these amazing waders on #worldcurlewday 🤞
April 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Anxiously hoping for a better breeding season for these amazing waders on #worldcurlewday 🤞
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We head across to the Americas for today's #WorldCurlewDay Curlew Countdown, with the Long-billed Curlew.
This species has been known by a variety of names, including Sickle Bird, Old Smoker & Candlestick Bird. It faces a range of threats including illegal shooting, habitat loss & insect reduction
This species has been known by a variety of names, including Sickle Bird, Old Smoker & Candlestick Bird. It faces a range of threats including illegal shooting, habitat loss & insect reduction
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We head across to the Americas for today's #WorldCurlewDay Curlew Countdown, with the Long-billed Curlew.
This species has been known by a variety of names, including Sickle Bird, Old Smoker & Candlestick Bird. It faces a range of threats including illegal shooting, habitat loss & insect reduction
This species has been known by a variety of names, including Sickle Bird, Old Smoker & Candlestick Bird. It faces a range of threats including illegal shooting, habitat loss & insect reduction
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UK Government has halted SFI applications, cutting off support for nature-friendly farming in England. ❌🍃
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
UK Government has halted SFI applications, cutting off support for nature-friendly farming in England. ❌🍃
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
Red Deer river for my first post on this app, because I'm dreaming of summer days at home in Alberta, and because as I took this picture, an osprey dove into the river behind me and it was wicked 💚
February 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Red Deer river for my first post on this app, because I'm dreaming of summer days at home in Alberta, and because as I took this picture, an osprey dove into the river behind me and it was wicked 💚