Rob Yorke
@robyorke.bsky.social
environmental commentator, curator, moderator, unaffiliated https://robyorke.co.uk/curate-convene-moderate/ | sharing research with a pithy twist and pic🧪
and a reply, yay, keeping nature in the letters page of increasingly disinterested* mainstream media
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
and a reply, yay, keeping nature in the letters page of increasingly disinterested* mainstream media
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
on swifts, insects, sparrows and nest sites
my letter in The Times today with some backstory/context bills.parliament.uk/bills/3946/s...
#ornithology #ecosystems 🧪
my letter in The Times today with some backstory/context bills.parliament.uk/bills/3946/s...
#ornithology #ecosystems 🧪
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
on swifts, insects, sparrows and nest sites
my letter in The Times today with some backstory/context bills.parliament.uk/bills/3946/s...
#ornithology #ecosystems 🧪
my letter in The Times today with some backstory/context bills.parliament.uk/bills/3946/s...
#ornithology #ecosystems 🧪
Retaining red grouse moor management at lower intensities could mean declines in moorland species [such as golden plover] would be weaker than predicted
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#moorland #ecology 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#moorland #ecology 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Retaining red grouse moor management at lower intensities could mean declines in moorland species [such as golden plover] would be weaker than predicted
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#moorland #ecology 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#moorland #ecology 🧪
cultural indifference, according to this 'informal poll'
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
cultural indifference, according to this 'informal poll'
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
urban pressure and agriculture : based on the British beef cattle industry and including this quote “I do not want to see, and we will not have, U.S.-style farming in this country” from a past Defra Sec of State
academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
#agriculture #socialscience 🧪
academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
#agriculture #socialscience 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
urban pressure and agriculture : based on the British beef cattle industry and including this quote “I do not want to see, and we will not have, U.S.-style farming in this country” from a past Defra Sec of State
academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
#agriculture #socialscience 🧪
academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
#agriculture #socialscience 🧪
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
cool birds / uncool birds : shaping human experiences of nature and attitudes toward nature www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ornithology #SocialScience 🧪
#ornithology #SocialScience 🧪
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
cool birds / uncool birds : shaping human experiences of nature and attitudes toward nature www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ornithology #SocialScience 🧪
#ornithology #SocialScience 🧪
meanwhile in Paddington….
what owl?
what owl?
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
meanwhile in Paddington….
what owl?
what owl?
an excellent report synthesising a nexus of issues, including farming, forestry and other land uses which require attention now, rather than later
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
![an excerpt of a report showing four scenarios from a report “Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050”
[with a laptop with a picture of the Burren in west Ireland]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qfdvv4oofmyv72eamu4celmv/bafkreie76xmben2kfuoka526ghmr54jnlvx5ktavwmpd6cnz4ywrr23sai@jpeg)
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
an excellent report synthesising a nexus of issues, including farming, forestry and other land uses which require attention now, rather than later
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – otherwise known as ‘wait-and-see’ policy rather than spending tons of ineffectual money for dealing with pest invasion of forests
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Forest #Ecology 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Forest #Ecology 🧪
October 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – otherwise known as ‘wait-and-see’ policy rather than spending tons of ineffectual money for dealing with pest invasion of forests
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Forest #Ecology 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Forest #Ecology 🧪
solar parks [farms] have the potential to combine biodiversity conservation on areas not covered by solar panels, but more insight is needed in design
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#solar #ecology #farmland 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#solar #ecology #farmland 🧪
October 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
solar parks [farms] have the potential to combine biodiversity conservation on areas not covered by solar panels, but more insight is needed in design
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#solar #ecology #farmland 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#solar #ecology #farmland 🧪
reposted link
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
reposted link
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
though I would argue that Jake is articulating in-field land ‘sharing and sparing’: by increasing crop productivity within the ‘tractor sprayer designed’ area this enables sparing of land for ‘wild’ nature elsewhere
October 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
though I would argue that Jake is articulating in-field land ‘sharing and sparing’: by increasing crop productivity within the ‘tractor sprayer designed’ area this enables sparing of land for ‘wild’ nature elsewhere
my latest letter published in The Times today on solar and nuclear power is really about continuing an ability to have these contested conversations, without fear or favour
#environmental #dialogue
plus a contextualising 90sec vlog
youtu.be/9SY1uH5mCIE
#environmental #dialogue
plus a contextualising 90sec vlog
youtu.be/9SY1uH5mCIE
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
my latest letter published in The Times today on solar and nuclear power is really about continuing an ability to have these contested conversations, without fear or favour
#environmental #dialogue
plus a contextualising 90sec vlog
youtu.be/9SY1uH5mCIE
#environmental #dialogue
plus a contextualising 90sec vlog
youtu.be/9SY1uH5mCIE
"would allow statutory undertakers such as power and water companies, railways and highways to do what they like in national landscapes..."
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"would allow statutory undertakers such as power and water companies, railways and highways to do what they like in national landscapes..."
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
Interesting paper
I do have a wry smile about the innate fear about planting non-native conifers in the UK when there were quite a few ‘native’ conifer species ‘back in the day’ (as in the Jurassic one]
I do have a wry smile about the innate fear about planting non-native conifers in the UK when there were quite a few ‘native’ conifer species ‘back in the day’ (as in the Jurassic one]
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Interesting paper
I do have a wry smile about the innate fear about planting non-native conifers in the UK when there were quite a few ‘native’ conifer species ‘back in the day’ (as in the Jurassic one]
I do have a wry smile about the innate fear about planting non-native conifers in the UK when there were quite a few ‘native’ conifer species ‘back in the day’ (as in the Jurassic one]
gotcha!
my punt would be, as most green spaces are within 15 minutes, the higher number of post-pandemic people who have been working from home, just want/need to get out more!
my punt would be, as most green spaces are within 15 minutes, the higher number of post-pandemic people who have been working from home, just want/need to get out more!
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
gotcha!
my punt would be, as most green spaces are within 15 minutes, the higher number of post-pandemic people who have been working from home, just want/need to get out more!
my punt would be, as most green spaces are within 15 minutes, the higher number of post-pandemic people who have been working from home, just want/need to get out more!
check habitat suitability before reintroduction undertaken - with ref to pine martens in England and Wales (apply also to beavers)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#wildlife #conservation 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#wildlife #conservation 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
check habitat suitability before reintroduction undertaken - with ref to pine martens in England and Wales (apply also to beavers)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#wildlife #conservation 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#wildlife #conservation 🧪
"Reasons for visiting a green and natural space
Getting fresh air and physical health and exercise were the main reasons..."
I may be pedantic, but the survey is about 'access to green and natural spaces' - less about 'access to nature' per say?!
Getting fresh air and physical health and exercise were the main reasons..."
I may be pedantic, but the survey is about 'access to green and natural spaces' - less about 'access to nature' per say?!
September 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"Reasons for visiting a green and natural space
Getting fresh air and physical health and exercise were the main reasons..."
I may be pedantic, but the survey is about 'access to green and natural spaces' - less about 'access to nature' per say?!
Getting fresh air and physical health and exercise were the main reasons..."
I may be pedantic, but the survey is about 'access to green and natural spaces' - less about 'access to nature' per say?!
‘subtle impacts of climate change mitigation strategies on malfunctioning of prey–predator dynamics across ecosystems’
OR
>rice farming agro-ecosystems seek to save water
>which results in fewer wetland-ecosystem semi-aquatic inverts
>so jumping spiders jump less ofter
#farmland #ecology 🧪
OR
>rice farming agro-ecosystems seek to save water
>which results in fewer wetland-ecosystem semi-aquatic inverts
>so jumping spiders jump less ofter
#farmland #ecology 🧪
September 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The section headed ‘discussion’, already gives you the credit for your farming practices (as you can see from the extract below)
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The section headed ‘discussion’, already gives you the credit for your farming practices (as you can see from the extract below)
The underrated relationship of herbaceous cover on farmland with aerial-feeding birds
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#farmland #ornithology 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#farmland #ornithology 🧪
September 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The underrated relationship of herbaceous cover on farmland with aerial-feeding birds
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#farmland #ornithology 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#farmland #ornithology 🧪
Range of lethal and non-lethal practices by the National Trust to manage grey squirrels and roe deer to conserve trees
via government case study
www.gov.uk/government/c...
#wildlife #management #woodland🧪
via government case study
www.gov.uk/government/c...
#wildlife #management #woodland🧪
September 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Range of lethal and non-lethal practices by the National Trust to manage grey squirrels and roe deer to conserve trees
via government case study
www.gov.uk/government/c...
#wildlife #management #woodland🧪
via government case study
www.gov.uk/government/c...
#wildlife #management #woodland🧪
Nature (trail) cameras 'can greatly inflate nest predation rates'
especially with canny curious corvids in open landscapes
wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#wildlife #conservation #ornithology 🧪
especially with canny curious corvids in open landscapes
wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#wildlife #conservation #ornithology 🧪
September 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nature (trail) cameras 'can greatly inflate nest predation rates'
especially with canny curious corvids in open landscapes
wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#wildlife #conservation #ornithology 🧪
especially with canny curious corvids in open landscapes
wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#wildlife #conservation #ornithology 🧪