@peter-purbeck.bsky.social
Indebted to nature. Increasingly angry about the lack of political committment to tackle the ecological and climate crises #angerisanenergy
Born at 320 ppm CO2
Born at 320 ppm CO2
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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Back in 1997, there were just 11 booming male Bitterns left in the UK – almost extinct. Thanks to conservation by @rspb.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social 283 booming males were recorded in 2024.
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
Hidden wonders: my fascinating encounters with the Bittern
Elusive and majestic, the Bittern’s booming call echoes across Minsmere’s reeds – a symbol of hope and conservation success
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Back in 1997, there were just 11 booming male Bitterns left in the UK – almost extinct. Thanks to conservation by @rspb.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social 283 booming males were recorded in 2024.
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
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Today I went to RSPB Arne to hold my own, very low budget, Autumnwatch. Autumn was watched and, to an extent, heard and smelt...
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Today I went to RSPB Arne to hold my own, very low budget, Autumnwatch. Autumn was watched and, to an extent, heard and smelt...
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Thanks @britentsoc.bsky.social for a great exhibition today, and congrats to @marshawards.bsky.social winners: @markgurn.bsky.social (weevils!), David Brown (moths!) and Laurence Clemons (tephritid flies!)
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thanks @britentsoc.bsky.social for a great exhibition today, and congrats to @marshawards.bsky.social winners: @markgurn.bsky.social (weevils!), David Brown (moths!) and Laurence Clemons (tephritid flies!)
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
White-tailed Eagle (2024 male G633)
Arne, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Arne, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Good news on Dorset Cirl Buntings continues to arrive. Early data from the breeding season confirms they are continuing to re-establish a population in the county. Please submit any outstanding records now. 🙏 In winter our focus switches to feeding flocks - please send us all sightings. 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Good news on Dorset Cirl Buntings continues to arrive. Early data from the breeding season confirms they are continuing to re-establish a population in the county. Please submit any outstanding records now. 🙏 In winter our focus switches to feeding flocks - please send us all sightings. 🙏
A couple more of the silver birches from Arne RSPB nature reserve in the Purbecks, Dorset. This shows the variety of techniques to get a different result. I will give more info on this in Alt text. #ICM #Art #Photography #silverbirches #treescapes #scape #eastcoastkin
October 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I visited RSPB Arne last week, for the first time. A stunning reserve with great wildlife too! I managed distant views of White-tailed Eagle, as well as Sand Lizard, Sika Deer, Dartford Warblers, Curlew Sandpipers, Spoonbills, Hobby, and Firecrests! #Birding #WildlifePhotography
October 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Congratulations @penrhynbirder.bsky.social ,well deserved.
Our Dilys Breese Medal winner is Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social! Julian is editor of the Welsh Bird Report, Co-editor of The Birds of Wales and a dedicated birder. Taking part in many BTO surveys he uses his writing skills to regularly share BTO work, including in his BirdNotes column. 📝
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Congratulations @penrhynbirder.bsky.social ,well deserved.
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So many godwits in flight over Middlemere, RSPB Arne today. We thought they were spooked by a marsh harrier, but apparently, it was a peregrine.
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
@rspbengland.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
@rspbengland.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So many godwits in flight over Middlemere, RSPB Arne today. We thought they were spooked by a marsh harrier, but apparently, it was a peregrine.
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
@rspbengland.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
@rspbengland.bsky.social
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Richard Tice - "Please welcome to the stage... Nathan Gill"
So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.
So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Richard Tice - "Please welcome to the stage... Nathan Gill"
So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.
So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.
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The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
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Yesterday, IUCN declared the Slender-billed Curlew to be extinct.
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Yesterday, IUCN declared the Slender-billed Curlew to be extinct.
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology
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20,000 new members have joined the Green Party in the past month.
This is the Green surge.
Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵
This is the Green surge.
Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵
October 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
20,000 new members have joined the Green Party in the past month.
This is the Green surge.
Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵
This is the Green surge.
Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵
Boris Johnson's only saving grace as a Prime Minister was his commitment to tackling Climate Change (imperfect as it was). But the Conservatives are now heading to a moronic position of accepting that Climate Change is an existential threat to humanity 1/2
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Badenoch makes false claims in attack on Climate Change Act - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Bob Ward unpicks Kemi Badenoch's announcement this week that the Conservative Party would repeal the Climate Change Act of 2008 if they win a majority at the next General Election.
www.lse.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Boris Johnson's only saving grace as a Prime Minister was his commitment to tackling Climate Change (imperfect as it was). But the Conservatives are now heading to a moronic position of accepting that Climate Change is an existential threat to humanity 1/2
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
My first and likely last Clouded Yellow of the year above Seacombe on the Jurassic Coast this afternoon. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My first and likely last Clouded Yellow of the year above Seacombe on the Jurassic Coast this afternoon. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.
This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.
This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.
This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.
This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.
Spotted Flycatcher and Willow Warbler still in the farm fields at #RSPBArne joined by a very smart Whinchat. @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Spotted Flycatcher and Willow Warbler still in the farm fields at #RSPBArne joined by a very smart Whinchat. @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
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UN Secretary-General unequivocal on what is needed from governments to tackle the climate crisis. Clear, concise, rooted in reality, and optimistic. The antithesis of the speech Trump gave to the UN yesterday.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519488...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519488...
UN Secretary-General: 'Clean is competitive, and climate action is imperative'
Antonio Guterres hits back at President Trump's dismissal of climate science and clean tech, arguing 'science compels climate action' and 'clean energy is powering jobs, growth and sustainable develop...
www.businessgreen.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
UN Secretary-General unequivocal on what is needed from governments to tackle the climate crisis. Clear, concise, rooted in reality, and optimistic. The antithesis of the speech Trump gave to the UN yesterday.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519488...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519488...
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Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.
Two spotted flycatchers and a pied flycatcher in one old willow tree, with willow warbler, chiffchaff, swallows and 12 stonechats at #RSPBArne today. All making the most of the insects on the wing in today's warm weather @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Two spotted flycatchers and a pied flycatcher in one old willow tree, with willow warbler, chiffchaff, swallows and 12 stonechats at #RSPBArne today. All making the most of the insects on the wing in today's warm weather @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
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Nice afternoon on rspb arnes shipstal trail watching an osprey attempting to fish from the hide, then on way back to the car, we had a very quick view of the wryneck at the Dumbledore trail 🪶 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nice afternoon on rspb arnes shipstal trail watching an osprey attempting to fish from the hide, then on way back to the car, we had a very quick view of the wryneck at the Dumbledore trail 🪶 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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Sigh, here we go again... Dibden Bay is a SSSI, important for overwintering birds. #Solent
Plans to build Solent Gateway 2 on Dibden Bay near Southampton
ABP said the proposed new terminal between Marchwood and Hythe would not be used by container ships.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sigh, here we go again... Dibden Bay is a SSSI, important for overwintering birds. #Solent