@savebhcp.bsky.social
We are a community group standing up for nature and trying to protect the wildlife of Betteshanger Country Park. It is a site where wildlife is flourishing but where planning permission has been granted for a luxury hotel and surf lagoon.
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The latest Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) report shows positive news for a range of birds including Firecrest & Marsh Harrier
The Report also reveals worrying declines in England for some woodland & garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch
🔵Read the full report here www.bto.org/our-science/...
The Report also reveals worrying declines in England for some woodland & garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch
🔵Read the full report here www.bto.org/our-science/...
May 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The latest Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) report shows positive news for a range of birds including Firecrest & Marsh Harrier
The Report also reveals worrying declines in England for some woodland & garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch
🔵Read the full report here www.bto.org/our-science/...
The Report also reveals worrying declines in England for some woodland & garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch
🔵Read the full report here www.bto.org/our-science/...
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May 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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To all those accusing me (again 🙄) of being a NIMBY:
Given that the government's own analysis shows environmental protection doesn't impede housebuilding, kindly explain how trashing wildlife and habitats will take us any closer to getting the homes we need?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given that the government's own analysis shows environmental protection doesn't impede housebuilding, kindly explain how trashing wildlife and habitats will take us any closer to getting the homes we need?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour has denounced me as ‘deeply misleading’ on its planning reform. I wish that were true | George Monbiot
Even it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To all those accusing me (again 🙄) of being a NIMBY:
Given that the government's own analysis shows environmental protection doesn't impede housebuilding, kindly explain how trashing wildlife and habitats will take us any closer to getting the homes we need?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given that the government's own analysis shows environmental protection doesn't impede housebuilding, kindly explain how trashing wildlife and habitats will take us any closer to getting the homes we need?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line.
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line.
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
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@mikebernerslee.bsky.social
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Net Zero matters a great deal
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Net Zero matters a great deal
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Chris Packham joins over 150 British experts rallying in London to demand urgent, science-based climate policy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Net Zero matters a great deal
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Net Zero matters a great deal
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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2/ So we fully support this judicial review threat from @wildjustice, based on yet MORE evidence showing the current draft of the #PlanningBill could lead to 'catastrophic consequences' for nature 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nature group threatens judicial review against Labour’s planning bill
Wild Justice says bill would reduce environmental protections and calls on Angela Rayner to correct statement saying it will not
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
2/ So we fully support this judicial review threat from @wildjustice, based on yet MORE evidence showing the current draft of the #PlanningBill could lead to 'catastrophic consequences' for nature 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘A huge new national nature reserve, to be called the Bradford Pennine Gateway, is being announced by the government on Tuesday.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve
The 1,274-hectare Bradford Pennine Gateway links eight nature sites and includes landscape that inspired sisters
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
‘A huge new national nature reserve, to be called the Bradford Pennine Gateway, is being announced by the government on Tuesday.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Important, vital critique of the new Nature Recovery Fund.
I know this stuff is technical and difficult but PLEASE gen up on it because it is coming and you WILL be affected. If it's not the green areas near you, then it'll be the huge economic impacts of biodiversity loss.
I know this stuff is technical and difficult but PLEASE gen up on it because it is coming and you WILL be affected. If it's not the green areas near you, then it'll be the huge economic impacts of biodiversity loss.
Impact assessment of the Nature Recovery Fund is now out (link in article below). It essentially says that it will save housebuilders approx. £0.5bn (largely in capital costs) and will be beneficial to nature. However, it's based on very thin analysis. A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Important, vital critique of the new Nature Recovery Fund.
I know this stuff is technical and difficult but PLEASE gen up on it because it is coming and you WILL be affected. If it's not the green areas near you, then it'll be the huge economic impacts of biodiversity loss.
I know this stuff is technical and difficult but PLEASE gen up on it because it is coming and you WILL be affected. If it's not the green areas near you, then it'll be the huge economic impacts of biodiversity loss.
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Important story by my Guardian colleague Sandra Laville www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Important story by my Guardian colleague Sandra Laville www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Deeply saddened to hear of so many redundancies at @savebutterflies.bsky.social, most in front line butterfly+moth conservation. A huge loss of expertise just when we need it. Also cessation of international work. Let’s hope their finances recover soon when so many species are in dire trouble
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Deeply saddened to hear of so many redundancies at @savebutterflies.bsky.social, most in front line butterfly+moth conservation. A huge loss of expertise just when we need it. Also cessation of international work. Let’s hope their finances recover soon when so many species are in dire trouble
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Bats are site-loyal species, and losing these surveys will make their protection almost impossible. It will also impact ancient trees and other site-loyal species such as hazel dormice. Their loss cannot be compensated for.
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: rhetoric vs reality on nature and development
our CEO, Kit Stoner, reflects on the latest developments of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
batconservationtrust.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Bats are site-loyal species, and losing these surveys will make their protection almost impossible. It will also impact ancient trees and other site-loyal species such as hazel dormice. Their loss cannot be compensated for.
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/the-planni...
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And where is the fucking BBC on this?
Not a word.
The ‘impartial’ BBC has made it clear that in its opinion, BBC audiences should view human rights protests - in a democracy - as being ‘loathed’.
The BBC would not dare say that about far right violent fascist protest groups though, would it?
Not a word.
The ‘impartial’ BBC has made it clear that in its opinion, BBC audiences should view human rights protests - in a democracy - as being ‘loathed’.
The BBC would not dare say that about far right violent fascist protest groups though, would it?
March 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And where is the fucking BBC on this?
Not a word.
The ‘impartial’ BBC has made it clear that in its opinion, BBC audiences should view human rights protests - in a democracy - as being ‘loathed’.
The BBC would not dare say that about far right violent fascist protest groups though, would it?
Not a word.
The ‘impartial’ BBC has made it clear that in its opinion, BBC audiences should view human rights protests - in a democracy - as being ‘loathed’.
The BBC would not dare say that about far right violent fascist protest groups though, would it?
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Labour acting like Tories, cherry picking the extreme outliers. Most of the time there isn’t enough consideration or enforcement for nature. Also showing a massive lack of understanding in basic ecology. Maybe offer natural history GCSE to politicians first.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK charities urge ministers to stop scapegoating nature for planning failures
Exclusive: RSPB and National Trust among groups saying rhetoric from Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer at odds with public sentiment
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Labour acting like Tories, cherry picking the extreme outliers. Most of the time there isn’t enough consideration or enforcement for nature. Also showing a massive lack of understanding in basic ecology. Maybe offer natural history GCSE to politicians first.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Today, the Secretary of State for Transport granted development consent for the Lower Thames Crossing, a 23km road project that will destroy irreplaceable ancient woodland. 🌳💔
We are profoundly disappointed by this short-sighted decision.
Read more: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/lower-t...
We are profoundly disappointed by this short-sighted decision.
Read more: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/lower-t...
March 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today, the Secretary of State for Transport granted development consent for the Lower Thames Crossing, a 23km road project that will destroy irreplaceable ancient woodland. 🌳💔
We are profoundly disappointed by this short-sighted decision.
Read more: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/lower-t...
We are profoundly disappointed by this short-sighted decision.
Read more: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/lower-t...
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‘The National Estate for Nature, who manage a tenth of the land in this country, have a responsibility to future generations to leave the environment in a better state.‘
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature
Exclusive: Representatives of king, National Trust and others called on to work together to protect environment
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
‘The National Estate for Nature, who manage a tenth of the land in this country, have a responsibility to future generations to leave the environment in a better state.‘
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Turning away from net zero isn’t ‘dealing with the reality'...it’s ignoring the greatest long-term threat to a safe, stable future.
We need leadership committed to cutting emissions, restoring degraded ecosystems, and protecting the future we leave for generations to come. 📣
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We need leadership committed to cutting emissions, restoring degraded ecosystems, and protecting the future we leave for generations to come. 📣
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March 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Turning away from net zero isn’t ‘dealing with the reality'...it’s ignoring the greatest long-term threat to a safe, stable future.
We need leadership committed to cutting emissions, restoring degraded ecosystems, and protecting the future we leave for generations to come. 📣
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We need leadership committed to cutting emissions, restoring degraded ecosystems, and protecting the future we leave for generations to come. 📣
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The dismissal of net zero as 'impossible' by Kemi Badenoch MP undermines the urgency of the climate & nature crisis unfolding around us. ❗
Net zero is essential if we're serious about protecting the wildlife we cherish, the places we love, and the future we leave our children.
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Net zero is essential if we're serious about protecting the wildlife we cherish, the places we love, and the future we leave our children.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The dismissal of net zero as 'impossible' by Kemi Badenoch MP undermines the urgency of the climate & nature crisis unfolding around us. ❗
Net zero is essential if we're serious about protecting the wildlife we cherish, the places we love, and the future we leave our children.
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Net zero is essential if we're serious about protecting the wildlife we cherish, the places we love, and the future we leave our children.
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A worrying development. Nature bashing must stop!
“Meanwhile, environmental guidance, including hundreds of pages on protection of bats, will be reviewed, while environmental permits for some low-risk and temporary projects will be removed”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Meanwhile, environmental guidance, including hundreds of pages on protection of bats, will be reviewed, while environmental permits for some low-risk and temporary projects will be removed”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Too much bureaucracy,' Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells regulators
The chancellor wants to cut red tape to boost growth, but critics say there is no plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A worrying development. Nature bashing must stop!
“Meanwhile, environmental guidance, including hundreds of pages on protection of bats, will be reviewed, while environmental permits for some low-risk and temporary projects will be removed”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Meanwhile, environmental guidance, including hundreds of pages on protection of bats, will be reviewed, while environmental permits for some low-risk and temporary projects will be removed”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Absolutely extraordinary to see the Bat Conservation Trust singled out in this government document as an NGO to be ignored.
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth (HTML)
www.gov.uk
March 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Absolutely extraordinary to see the Bat Conservation Trust singled out in this government document as an NGO to be ignored.
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🦇We are deeply concerned by the government’s latest rhetoric, which wrongly blames bats for slowing house building and infrastructure projects.
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games - News - Bat Conservation Trust
The government’s rhetoric is pushing for deregulation at the expense of nature.
www.bats.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🦇We are deeply concerned by the government’s latest rhetoric, which wrongly blames bats for slowing house building and infrastructure projects.
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Lizard orchid rosettes at Betteshanger Country Park. Over 620 will be translocated as they are in the way of a proposed surf lagoon. The Park supports the second most important colony of Lizard orchids in the country.
March 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Lizard orchid rosettes at Betteshanger Country Park. Over 620 will be translocated as they are in the way of a proposed surf lagoon. The Park supports the second most important colony of Lizard orchids in the country.
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1 in 6 species are now at risk of extinction in the UK
We must use the #PlanningBill to turn the tide of decline
We need bold leadership, collaboration & smart planning for a future where nature, climate, people & economy thrive together
Take action today > action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
We must use the #PlanningBill to turn the tide of decline
We need bold leadership, collaboration & smart planning for a future where nature, climate, people & economy thrive together
Take action today > action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
March 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
1 in 6 species are now at risk of extinction in the UK
We must use the #PlanningBill to turn the tide of decline
We need bold leadership, collaboration & smart planning for a future where nature, climate, people & economy thrive together
Take action today > action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
We must use the #PlanningBill to turn the tide of decline
We need bold leadership, collaboration & smart planning for a future where nature, climate, people & economy thrive together
Take action today > action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
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Nature-friendly farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crises, ensuring long-term food security.
We agree with our friends @rspb.bsky.social our farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on and off.
We agree with our friends @rspb.bsky.social our farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on and off.
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 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Nature-friendly farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crises, ensuring long-term food security.
We agree with our friends @rspb.bsky.social our farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on and off.
We agree with our friends @rspb.bsky.social our farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on and off.
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Sir Keir has misrepresented the impact of conservation on housing in Ebbsfleet. The majority of the homes are going ahead. The distinguished jumping spider isn’t even in the development area, but it is a precious habitat. Let's move beyond nature vs. growth - sustainable development benefits us all.
March 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sir Keir has misrepresented the impact of conservation on housing in Ebbsfleet. The majority of the homes are going ahead. The distinguished jumping spider isn’t even in the development area, but it is a precious habitat. Let's move beyond nature vs. growth - sustainable development benefits us all.