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John Sanderson

@john-sand.bsky.social
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Recovering Suffolk farmer, leftie conservationist, re wilder,

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12h
Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Shakespeare (& Sir Ian Mckellen) vs Far Right Xenophobia
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Strangely strolled past it yesterday, only perhaps the second time in more than fifty years. Great that it has survived on a relative back street of Ely. Frequented it back in the day when was meant to be studying for A levels.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just Stop Oil protesters sitting peacefully outside Parl’t on Wed were escorted to police stations; masked thugs were escorted, still Masked, to train station. JSO protesters were released, mostly alone, in the early hours. Some had their return tickets, Oyster cards & railcards confiscated.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How about ‘but what are they protesting? The idea that the RNLI should not rescue people in trouble in the sea is abhorrent and inhuman and we should be utterly repelled by it.’
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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police. A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Spotted flycatcher nested here last year. We saw them early in the year but didn’t nest as far as we know. First year that I can remember there are no house martins nesting, seems so quiet without their chattering throughout the summer
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Shifting baselines, there are many birds, particularly raptors that we commonly see now that I never saw in my youth . But then it is far outweighed by the erstwhile everyday species that have become rare and in some cases, sadly, have disappeared from this corner of Suffolk.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Last week there were 9 great white egrets visible from the island mere hide at Minsmere.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The ghost ponds held water much better than new ponds dug here.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Loads of dragon and damsel flies which have supported pair of breeding hobby.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Mammals visiting ghost ponds include Chinese water deer, rabbits and otters all at night. The heron in the previous post was attempting to eat a great crested newt.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Had a trail camera on our ghost ponds, quality not brilliant but water levels held up and attracted multiple species, green sandpipers, heron, egret, bathing kestrel
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 19/08/2026
The Rothbury Estate covers 9,400 acres sandwiched between two #nature reserves. If purchased & protected, it would create a wildlife corridor of 40 miles across northern England, stretching from Druridge Bay to the Scottish-English border at Kielderhead and Whitelee Moor National Nature Reserves.(1)
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Giving Can Be a Force for Change, Starting at Rothbury Estate
Scientists estimate that if 30 percent of the planet’s oceans, lands, and freshwaters were to be given back to Nature by 2030, the biodiversity crisis and cli
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
That 50% of people think immigration is the most important issue facing the UK, while only 25% think it's the environment, tells you all you need to know about how the media (especially the BBC) has pushed the non-issue of immigration, while deliberately downplaying the threats to our environment.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Two-thirds of UK news articles about wildfires this summer haven’t mentioned climate change - but ignoring it doesn’t make it go away, it just makes averting the worst of it even harder @eciu.net
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Two-thirds of UK news articles about wildfires this summer haven't mentioned climate change
Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit adds to concerns that national newspapers are failing to link this summer's extreme weather to climate change and the net-zero policies necessary to mitigate its drastic effects.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Remember seeing sheep sheltering from the wind behind the bins on the Applecross road.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just a reminder that if all the world's SUVs 🚙 were a country they'd rank fifth for carbon pollution, ahead of Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Germany, Korea and Canada. Data for 2023. X axis is gigatonnes CO2. Courtesy of the @iea.org
A bar chart chart showing the top ten ranked countries by gigatonnes of CO2 emitted in 2023 with the inclusion of the global SUV fleet in fifth place.
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I sincerely hope that the good people of Clacton will show that they'd like to have an intergalactic dustbin as their MP - go Clacton! Make a little bit of history today! Vote @countbinface.bsky.social
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Christian Lipski @christianlipski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I mean, we all want to be famous BUT AT WHAT COST
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
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Tory Fibs @toryfibs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If Nigel Farage loses Clacton to a refuse receptacle his career ends. A vote for Count Binface is a vote to end Trumpism in the UK.
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Craig Bennett @craigbennett3.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
After plenty of fictional works written about the #Dunwich fire in certain other publications, it's great to read this excellent piece of #NonFiction by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social and @pippaneill.bsky.social at @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation
As residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their minds
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Suffolk bat group were here doing a survey last weekend. Awaiting the results but we know bat numbers are increasing from the 25 ghost and zombie ponds restored to the landscape
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vote Binface....
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
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Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach us, and not one of those miles goes through the straits of Hormuz." From Bill McKibben's recent TED talk, worth a few minutes. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
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Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The ghost ponds restored here (thanks to Suffolk Wildlife Trust) have brought so much life, kick starting the re- wilding project. Plants, invertebrates, birds and mammals an explosion of biodiversity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on ponds: these freshwater havens need a law of their own | Editorial
Editorial: Small pools don’t get the same attention as polluted rivers or seas. But they have a vital role to play in boosting nature
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I just signed the @stoprosebank open letter Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP. Sign here and ask her to #StopRosebank or fail the very first test of the UK's climate leadership: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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Open Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Our new Secretary of State for Energy faces the first big climate test for Andy Burnham's new government -- whether or not to approve new North Sea oil & gas developments. Sign the open letter asking ...
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
cumulative line chart showing that UK newspapers have published 251 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since the start of 2024
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
We drilled about 100 acres of wildflowers in 2021 as part of our wood pasture creation. They have taken a while to establish but are looking good despite the heatwave, some were here already. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Had been feeling reasonably positive about Burnham until this.
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I really hope this is unfounded rumours. Hard to believe @andyburnham.bsky.social would approve new oil & gas production when the International Energy Agency, Lord Stern and other authorities advise against. Especially when we've just seen the hottest June day ever. @stopcambo.bsky.social
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
When a plan comes together, we put 4 barn Owl boxes up around the farm. Yesterday Roger and Jade from the Waveney Bird Club checked them out. 3 young males were ringed from this box. @waveneybirdclub.bsky.social @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @birdergranty.bsky.social
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I agree with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social here. CCS huge, ultra expensive - £264bn - white elephant - allowing fossil fuel use to go on when it shouldnt. And the tech is far from proven. And bioenergy with CCS could be a land based, natural disaster. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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PoliticsJOE @politicsjoe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Hannah Spencer: My dog works harder in the constituency than Nigel Farage.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In ten days time with your help we can cap how much money anyone can personally give to a political cause and any chance millionaires can buy our politics. If you agree share this and ask your MP to co sign the amendment. It’s time we made sure it’s democracy not donations that define our future.
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I've signed @zero-hour.bsky.social's petition calling on Andy Burnham to Secure Our Future—to meet the UK's climate and nature commitments, pass the Nature + National Security Bill, and reject all new oil and gas. Will you join me? www.zerohour.uk/andy
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Secure Our Future For Us
Andy Burnham has a chance to Secure Our Future. Will you tell him not to waste it? Sign below.
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Alick Simmons @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Please, [insert preferred deity here] let the parliamentary standards commissioner find Farage guilty of breaking the rules.
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Bindweed with a bonus beetle a little late for #wildflowerhour #climbingplant
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hopped off the tractor hay making to photograph Honeysuckle amongst the brambles in the hedgerow. #wildflowerhour #climbingplantchallenge
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John Sanderson @john-sand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Gold grifter…. He’s the man, the man with the shyster’s touch…
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
you would only choose the hold your nose solution of CCS if you'd believed all the fossil-fuel funded propaganda promoting it as a solution, that doesn't actually exist. Whereas solar power exists, works, and mass production has reduced its costs to well below the Fossil Fuel alternatives.
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 25/06/2026
I wouldn't say that coprolite is my favourite fossil, but it's a solid number two
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yet another Hen Harrier 'disappears' from Ruabon grouse moor in North Wales - her satellite tag had been "deliberately cut off". Press release from RSPB and commentary from me ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/24/y...
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Yet another Hen Harrier ‘disappears’ from Ruabon grouse moor in North Wales – her satellite tag had been “deliberately cut off”
Press release from RSPB (24 June 2026): RARE HEN HARRIER VANISHES IN WELSH ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’ – WITH SATELLITE TAG CUT FROM ITS BODY North Wales Police, RSPB and the National Trus…
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