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Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 04/08/2026
A little bit of green can make a big change. Observe the contrast on the same street. The asphalt road registered 33 degrees Celsius, while the newly installed semi-hardened parking lots showed a considerably lower temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. 📸 Gina Kranendonk, Rotterdam 🇳🇱
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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Plants vs humans, Dove House Lane in Solihull. #WildflowerHour
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
PLEASE SHARE THIS To the young person (longish dark hair, patterned waistcoat, chinos & DM boots) who left this scroll of papers on the Piccadilly Line train at South Kensington station at about 4.25pm today, I’ve handed it to the station staff at Hammersmith.
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M@ @mattfromlondon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I stumbled across Count Binface with his visor up, and this is the shocking truth
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/07/2026
Over 1,000 people have emailed their MP to ask them to stop billionaires influencing our politics and support the cap on donations. The vote is THREE DAYS AWAY. Message your MP now 👇 action.goodlawproject.org/donations…
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Stop billionaires influencing our politics
Tell MPs to back Stella Creasy's amendment
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Just two months remaining for the Wildlife Trusts to raise, crumbs, over £12M to purchase the vast Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. They've raised 59% of the purchase price but have scarcely added to the pot in June. Needs one obscenely rich donor to pay off the (extremely rich) seller. 1/2
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Donate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
THIS 👇 AS WELL.......
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It tells you everything you need to know about Kemi Badneoch and Nigel Farage that as London schools, hospitals and transport networks all buckle under extreme record-breaking temperatures, they gather with fossil fuel lobbyists, climate deniers and the far-right to demand an end to Net Zero
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As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a 'Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers'
Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert
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Amanda Tuke @amandatuke.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
So pleased to hear that #WarrenFarm has officially received Local Nature Reserve status, & props to the local groups who've achieved this. #urbannature @brentriverpark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Southall park confirmed as local nature reserve by council
Warren Farm in Southall is already home to nesting skylarks, wildflowers, butterflies and bees.
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Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com · 05/02/2026
Might as well make the most of all this rain we're having. Who's got some good puddle pics of London, then?
The Mousetrap reflected in a puddleLloyds building and double yellow lines reflected in a puddleGolden Lane estate's big yellow tower reflected in a puddleThe Gherkin and neighbouring buildings reflected in a puddle
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Nature is Amazing @amazingnatural.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A family of sleeping elephant!
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South Downs National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Lord of the Rings film set? No, it's Kingley Vale. The reserve contains one of the finest yew forests in western Europe, including a grove of ancient trees which are among the oldest living things in Britain. Pure magic. 📸: Chris Doyle
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Metropolitan Walkers @metwalkers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This week’s midweek walk river views and winter lights. www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk #ramblersgb #walking #londonwalks #pmlico #borough #boroughmarket #southwark #thames #winterlights
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂 Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast. Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇 ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Illustration showing a person examining a plant with text about the scarcity of plant taxonomists worldwide.
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Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com · 15/11/2025
File these under 'you had one job'. Goswell Road and Baker Street
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Metropolitan Walkers @metwalkers.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We have three walks this Saturday, including the finale of our ‘Going the Distance’ series. www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk #ramblersgb #hiking #walking #londonwalks #greenpark #hendon #tring #berkhamsted #wyevalley #aonb #regentscanal
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Denbies Hillside, Surrey: a glorious morning of sun and warmth, with a steady trickle of birds west along the downs: 258 Chaffinch, 140 Siskin, 1 Brambling, 43 Redwing, 2 Woodlarks south, and at least 20 Red Kites loafing in the area #UKBirding
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Denbies Hillside, Surrey: Red Kite numbers are increasing along this section of the North Downs. My estimate of 20 this morning includes 15 together in the air. At 08.30hrs I came across seven birds perched on the scarp slope. How high can the count go? #UKBirding
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helendm.bsky.social @helendm.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Having a look through the Trektellen database the record day Redwing movement is of 900,000 birds, at De Puinhoop, Netherlands on 21 October 1995. Puts my 26,013 over Banstead on 13 October 2021 into perspective. But then I’m reminded of an apt saying: Comparison is the thief of joy. Too true.
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Epsom/Walton Downs, Surrey: still 24 Stonechats present with accompanying Whinchat #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Whinchat, Walton Downs, Surrey 5 October 2025
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
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helendm.bsky.social @helendm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the Gender Pension Gap for public sector women
This will make a real difference to millions of women and shows what can be done when pension schemes take this issue seriously.  We are calling on all other public sector pension schemes- coveri...
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Word of the day is one I may have mentioned (frequently): a ‘snaccident’ is the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits.
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helendm.bsky.social @helendm.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments
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Alex Raeder @alexraeder.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out
University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity
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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
Old oak tree with twisted branches in autumn woodland of ancient oaks
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Spiro’s Ghost @antitoxicpeople.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94. His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
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✿Lily cutie ✿ @lilycutie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Choose one alive or human
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...
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How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
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