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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 18h
Queen guitarist Brian May told The Times: “Data centres are a massive evil and have to be fought. My message to Andy Burnham is clear: stop it now before it’s too late. It’s trashing our future." We definitely agree with him. Do you?
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 19h
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Wild Pets!!
You might remember me mentioning the rather remarkable Eva - the young girl who had taken harvest mice to her heart and started breeding them for release into the wild? Please pop over to THIS VERSION of the update so you can join in - and see more photos! You may also remember that I talked about her plans for the future - Wild Pets. Now, with most young people, you could be forgiven for thinking…
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The UK's first bird flu outbreak of 2026/27 has been confirmed at a property in Ness, Isle of Lewis, home of the Guga hunters. Specific details - including the species affected - are not known at this point.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually. If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below: bsky.app/profile/guys...
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/this-an...
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This Animal Rising activist spent 21 days in pig farrowing crate
Animal Rising’s Michelle Farnham endured three weeks inside a claustrophobic cage in Trafalgar Square to expose the reality of British pork production.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Pheasant killing season starts in two days...
...and while it’s sold as ‘normal’ it really isn’t..
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 28/09/2026
HAPPY 80th Birthday to the legend that is @peteregan46.bsky.social, actor and animal activist who has always been hugely supportive of the Hunt Saboteurs Association & our campaigns, and has been so instrumental in bringing awareness to trophy hunting! We all hope you have the best day Peter! 🎉 🎂
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League Against Cruel Sports @leagueacs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Share this to help keep the pressure on ↩️
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Appeal after protected bird of prey found shot in North Yorkshire
Police investigate shooting of protected marsh harrier in North York Moors National Park.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Red Kite dies after being found with gunshot injuries in Peak District National Park – Police appeal for information
Derbyshire Constabulary has issued an appeal for information (27 September 2026) following the discovery of a shot Red Kite in the Peak District National Park on or before 7th July 2026. RURAL CRIM…
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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I have been panic buying bananas today!
I hope you’re having a restful and relaxing Sunday!
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Scottish Rewilding Alliance wants YOU to join them and demonstrate outside Holyrood on Weds 30 September. The Scottish Parliament will be debating a parliamentary motion calling for urgent action to tackle these threats at scale.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? act.gp/3pIM9ns
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If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nhsn.org.uk/bats-of-the-...
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Bats of the Ouse Burn Way
After a busy summer of bat recording, NHSN Field Naturalist, Rowan Bagenal-Lowe explores the bats recorded so far along the Ouse Burn Way.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust speaks out on raptor persecution
Now how about speaking out for all wildlife?
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CharmaineScammell 🌱🇬🇧 @charmainescammell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social @angelaeagle1.bsky.social @10downingstreet.xmirror.bot #GeneralElectionManifesto ENOUGH'S ENOUGH #TotalHuntingBan #BanTrailHunting #RecklessClause #HeftyFinesHuntCrimes #CustodialSentencesHuntCrimes Shocking footage illegal hunts, England www.channel4.com/news/shockin...
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Shocking footage reveals illegal hound hunts in rural England
It's more than 20 years since hunting with hounds was banned in England.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.change.org/p/tax-bank-s...
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Sign the Petition
TAX BANK SUPER-PROFITS AT THE BUDGET
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/09/2026
“People want public ownership not just public control — which really just means more regulation when it comes to water and energy. No dodging of the issue, no compromise. Ownership is key." - @cathobbs.bsky.social Read our report on how Andy Burnham delivers public ownership: vist.ly/5jpcv
Graphic with a screenshot of a Morning Star headline that says "Nothing less than full renationalisation, campaigners tell Burnham New report urges PM to ‘reverse Thatcher’s 40-year legacy of privatisation’"
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 22/09/2026
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴 - on September 12, 2026, the Devon & Somerset Staghounds pursued this stag to his death. We take a look back to 1994, a stag killed in identical circumstances - even though hunting is now banned, they are still killing. www.huntsabs.org.uk/devon-and-so...
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 23/09/2026
‘𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗠𝗡’ 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗦 ‘𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟’ 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 Our latest article looks at the season so far and provides more information about what you can do to help 👉 www.huntsabs.org.uk/autumn-hunti...
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Marsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors National Park. Police appeal for information & some commentary by me 🔽 #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/22/m...
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Marsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors National Park – Police appeal for information
Press release from North Yorkshire Police (21 September 2026): Marsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors On 28 August 2026 a juvenile Marsh Harrier was found in the Westerdale area suffering fro…
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Albatrosses can evolve, but the Southern Ocean may be warming too fast for them to survive: www.earth.com/animals/alba...
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Albatrosses can evolve, but the Southern Ocean may be warming too fast for them to survive
Black-browed albatrosses can adapt to a warming ocean, but a new model shows cutting emissions does far more to keep the colony alive.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Sunday book review – Prelude to Murder by Alan Stewart and Lyndsey Hamilton. – Mark Avery
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🦇 The Bat Conservation Trust encourages people working with bats, or those who might come into contact with bats or their roosts during their daily lives, to follow good practice. Explore our resources here: www.bats.org.uk/resources/gu...
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Guidance for professionals - Resources - Bat Conservation Trust
The Bat Conservation Trust encourages people working with bats, or those who might come into contact with bats or their roosts during their daily lives,...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#WaspMimicHoverfly
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cubs, like these ones, are being killed by hunts training their hounds on them. Report hunts, strengthen the ban.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#WildlifeCrime - one more contributor to the parlous state of #biodiversity in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cruel hare coursers leave 22 dead animals at Kent farm
Farmers say more action and harsher punishments are needed to tackle the illegal sport.
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 14/09/2026
On Saturday, @ndhs.bsky.social bore witness to the death of this stag, as he was hunted for 2 hours till exhausted at a meet of the Devon & Somerset Staghounds. Moments after - he was shot dead. This is sick, depraved bloodsports and the government needs make good on its promise to end it now.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15/09/2026
>200,000 people signed the petition to debate public ownership of water companies 112 MPs signed our open letter calling on the Government to reject a rescue plan for Thames Water that would allow the failing utility to flout the law 66 MPs spoke at the debate 1 PM needs to read the room
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MPs debate public ownership of water companies
A debate prompted by a petition started by campaigner Ash Smith hears proposals for the water industry's future.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/09/2026
Critics of public ownership like to say that the water sector was worse before privatisation. That's a comforting PR myth. Since privatisation in 1989, English water companies have extracted £85 billion net out of the system & have let the infrastructure rot. We need water in public hands.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/09/2026
The Parliamentary debate on a referendum for water has begun. Paul Davies, MP for Colne Valley: Margaret Thatcher told MPs to wait and see before judging whether water privatisation was the right decision. Well, we've waited. Now we are judging. Water privatisation has been a monumental failure.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Use our quick tool to email Defra in seconds, and tell the department to ban snares protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
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Ban snares petition - Protect the Wild
Ban Snares in England – Labour Promised, Now They Must Deliver If this form does not work properly on your laptop or phone, please copy and paste the text in the letter below and send it to…
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wales and Scotland have already banned snares. The Labour Party made a clear commitment in its manifesto to ban these cruel and indiscriminate devices in England too, but WE'RE STILL WAITING. Take action and tell Defra that every day delayed, more animals suffer and die needlessly.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today about 100 people took part in a mass trespass in the Prime Minister’s constituency. There’s a right to roam over just 1% of Makerfield, & today the landowner proved our point for us: putting up fencing & calling the police. @andyburnham.bsky.social - please open the door to the countryside!
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BBC News: Mass trespass staged in PM Andy Burnham's constituency "They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for a change in the law to bring in a Scottish-style right of responsible access to land and water that is privately owned." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mass trespass staged in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Makerfield constituency
Protestors walked on to a private estate in Wigan as part of their calls for the right to roam.
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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The Money Is There For WASPI Women! Pay Up Now!
Research by Silver Voices, the only UK-wide representative organisation for older people, has found that the National Insurance Fund is carrying a huge standing surplus of over £70 billion, many times more than the amount required to settle the WASPI scandal and which could easily  fund the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations for just compensation for the 1950s women, who were given…
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Funding Found For WASPI Compensation!
Research by Silver Voices, the only UK-wide representative organisation for older people, has found that the National Insurance Fund is carrying a huge standing surplus of over £70 billion, many times more than the amount required to settle the WASPI scandal and which could easily  fund the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations for just compensation for the 1950s women, who were given…
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Think you know what wild is?
YouTube video by Rewilding Britain
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.crustaceancompassion.org/take-action
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Take Action | Crustacean Compassion | UK Animal Welfare Organisation
Take action, learn how you can better help protect crustaceans through campaign actions, donating and keeping up to date with latest news!
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Bovine TB: It’s time to move beyond the badger blame game
Badger Trust CEO Nigel Palmer examines badger culling, cattle testing and vaccination, and asks what must change to tackle bovine TB effectively.
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 09/09/2026
The incredible moment a terrified stag made a dramatic leap for his life on the 24th August, leaping over hunt supporters who were attempting to prevent him from escaping onto land where the Quantock Staghounds could not follow. 👇 www.huntsabs.org.uk/one-giant-le...
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Avon and Somerset Police have launched an investigation after a stag was chased for four hours non-stop, and having been forced mid-way to jump onto a road to escape. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... You can also read our article and watch the full video in link the comment section below.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Research analysing more than 26,000 wildfires in Spain found that native broadleaf woodland had the lowest ignition risk and was less prone to intense fires” Rewilding - the smart approach to preventing fires & floods: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
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Rewilding: the smart approach to preventing fires and floods | Rewilding Europe
Working with nature is one of our greatest opportunities to build a more resilient and prosperous Europe. As climate change fuels more frequent and intense wildfires, floods and droughts…
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Clive Swinsco @cliveswinsco.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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This new vegan cottage cheese packs 17g of protein – and it’s made from a surprising ingredient
Austrian food-tech company Revo Foods has launched a new high-protein vegan alternative to cottage cheese, and it’s made from a rather unexpected ingredient.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/09/2026
It is wonderful to see Andy Burnham talking about ownership, not just control His first chance to prove he is fully committed to doing this is Thames Water. The company is already insolvent. He must take it into Special Administration now and keep it permanently in public ownership
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Campaigners are set to hold a protest calling for a full moratorium on the building of AI data centres in Scotland at 11.30am on 3 September outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
20,000 of you have spoken up against catapult crimes against animals. Now we need 100,000! Haven't signed yet? Take action today and add your name!
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The 'AI-boom' could have devastating consequences for wildlife in the UK. Check out Global Action Plan's map of planned UK AI data centres.
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