Tabatha Boniface
@tabathab1.bsky.social
Devon maid in Lancashire.
Ecologist, Feminist, British, European - erratic twitterer depending on level of boredom/time
Ecologist, Feminist, British, European - erratic twitterer depending on level of boredom/time
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Another Hen Harrier suspected illegally killed on a grouse moor, her satellite tag had been 'removed'.
Details and commentary ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/a...
Details and commentary ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/a...
Another Hen Harrier suspected illegally killed on a grouse moor, her satellite tag had been ‘removed’
Over the last few weeks I’ve blogged about a number of illegally-killed Hen Harriers whose deaths have been barely publicised by the authorities, but instead have been quietly entered onto a …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Another Hen Harrier suspected illegally killed on a grouse moor, her satellite tag had been 'removed'.
Details and commentary ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/a...
Details and commentary ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/a...
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is exactly what we’ve been saying for months and have the evidence to back it up. Unlike the government who have zero evidence or justification for their approach. They are basically destroying what’s left of our wildlife to line the pockets of the big housing companies.
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is exactly what we’ve been saying for months and have the evidence to back it up. Unlike the government who have zero evidence or justification for their approach. They are basically destroying what’s left of our wildlife to line the pockets of the big housing companies.
Obviously!
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Obviously!
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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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👉 Last chance to influence the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Yes, I know, you may be sick of reading about this or feel you’ve already written to your MP several times or are running out of energy on this long running saga - BUT - please, for nature’s sake, write one more time. 1/3
Yes, I know, you may be sick of reading about this or feel you’ve already written to your MP several times or are running out of energy on this long running saga - BUT - please, for nature’s sake, write one more time. 1/3
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
👉 Last chance to influence the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Yes, I know, you may be sick of reading about this or feel you’ve already written to your MP several times or are running out of energy on this long running saga - BUT - please, for nature’s sake, write one more time. 1/3
Yes, I know, you may be sick of reading about this or feel you’ve already written to your MP several times or are running out of energy on this long running saga - BUT - please, for nature’s sake, write one more time. 1/3
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Absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles 'snatched' five Shetland ponies leads to inevitable call to 'shoot eagles' raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/28/a...
Absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles ‘snatched’ five Shetland ponies leads to inevitable call to ‘shoot eagles’
The absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles had ‘snatched’ five Shetland pony foals on South Uist hit the headlines at the end of August. A crofter / farmer named Donald Cameron said that…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles 'snatched' five Shetland ponies leads to inevitable call to 'shoot eagles' raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/28/a...
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80 more signatures and petition's at 7K - please sign and share to tell government to Amend PlanningAndInfrastructureBill to rule out windfarms on #irreplaceable #BlanketBog petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland
We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to:
1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and
2. Require the restoration to good conservat...
petition.parliament.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
80 more signatures and petition's at 7K - please sign and share to tell government to Amend PlanningAndInfrastructureBill to rule out windfarms on #irreplaceable #BlanketBog petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The unintelligent rhetoric from this govt is already giving developers the nod to pursue developments that wouldn't have been considered before that'll trash our last important wildlife sites. Shame they won't tackle the real reasons this country has gone to the dogs #brexit and useless politicians
Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people
And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nature groups rebuke Reeves for ‘cynical’ 11th-hour planning bill changes
Chancellor accused of removing environmental protections to win short-term growth and save her budget
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The unintelligent rhetoric from this govt is already giving developers the nod to pursue developments that wouldn't have been considered before that'll trash our last important wildlife sites. Shame they won't tackle the real reasons this country has gone to the dogs #brexit and useless politicians
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Can you actually believe this?
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can you actually believe this?
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
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We are being sold a false story that nature is the enemy. That newts, bats, snails and spiders are somehow responsible for the so-called housing crisis and a blocker to economic growth. This is a deliberate lie - using a cynically chosen group of species that could be found in a witches cauldron.
October 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We are being sold a false story that nature is the enemy. That newts, bats, snails and spiders are somehow responsible for the so-called housing crisis and a blocker to economic growth. This is a deliberate lie - using a cynically chosen group of species that could be found in a witches cauldron.
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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🚨WOS’ response to the recent Senedd debated petition calling on the installation of Swift bricks in all new buildings in Wales.🚨
October 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🚨WOS’ response to the recent Senedd debated petition calling on the installation of Swift bricks in all new buildings in Wales.🚨
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have got away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have got away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015
Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ̵…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
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🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
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Not many farmers would tell you that we need to eat less meat; that wealthy landowners shouldn’t moan about inheritance tax but should “pay the whole fucking lot”; & that Reform UK are “a load of rich rightwing toffs” 😂
But Devon farmer Guy Singh-Watson does:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But Devon farmer Guy Singh-Watson does:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain
The organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Not many farmers would tell you that we need to eat less meat; that wealthy landowners shouldn’t moan about inheritance tax but should “pay the whole fucking lot”; & that Reform UK are “a load of rich rightwing toffs” 😂
But Devon farmer Guy Singh-Watson does:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But Devon farmer Guy Singh-Watson does:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Forestry England owns 100s of 'Ghost Woods' - ancient woodlands felled to make way for monoculture plantations.
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Step up restoration of ancient woodland before it is lost, Forestry England urged
Campaigners say just 5.8% of irreplaceable habitat at publicly owned sites has been fully restored in 10 years
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Forestry England owns 100s of 'Ghost Woods' - ancient woodlands felled to make way for monoculture plantations.
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century!
Join their campaign:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The best way to save billions from the benefits system?
Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham
If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham
Prevention beats cure in our view. Targeting issues like housing, personal debt and mental health will get people into work and cut the benefits bill, says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The best way to save billions from the benefits system?
Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
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5,000 English nature sites are at risk from the Planning Bill - and MPs vote on it *next Monday & Tuesday*.
Tell your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill - use the Wildlife Trusts' email tool here: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
And send your MP this: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tell your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill - use the Wildlife Trusts' email tool here: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
And send your MP this: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
5,000 English nature sites are at risk from the Planning Bill - and MPs vote on it *next Monday & Tuesday*.
Tell your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill - use the Wildlife Trusts' email tool here: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
And send your MP this: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tell your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill - use the Wildlife Trusts' email tool here: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
And send your MP this: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Save Our Suffolk Swifts project continues, the obligation to install universal nest bricks has been voted down again. Here are 10 Swift call systems destined with multiple nest boxes for Community Sets on public buildings around Suffolk @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The Save Our Suffolk Swifts project continues, the obligation to install universal nest bricks has been voted down again. Here are 10 Swift call systems destined with multiple nest boxes for Community Sets on public buildings around Suffolk @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
