Reposted by Jon MosesChris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026October 2, Glen Feshie. The autumn colours begin. #Cairngorms #autumn 0368
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yes, or the overlaps are blurry. My good friend in Dartmoor used to be a farm labourer, ran a forest school, manages the garden at a care facility, makes mesolithic apparel, helps out at camps, makes and sells flower wreaths at the market etc. Fair to say her ruralism never gets much of a hearing. 020
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 05/10/2026James in no way guilty of this but there is a type of journalist who likes to report the 'authentic countryside' by speaking to to three farmers, one estate owner, and five gamekeepers. Rural Britain is also the guy that runs the vape shop and the fella who set up the Indian restaurant in 1973. 081
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 05/10/2026People don't focus on that side of ruralism because, not being land-based, it is seen as less authentic and I suppose less uniquely rural... But it makes up the majority of people who actually live in the countryside. Often their values and desires for the countryside are distinct, but overlooked. 2150
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Look forward to this and I'm sure James has done a great job. I also think we need to reckon with the fact that a true cross-section of rural Britain would feature: hairdressers, estate agents, roofers, publicans, software engineers, nurses, small business owners, and a lot of retired people.bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Another Country with James RebanksA document of the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages. 2202
Reposted by Jon MosesGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today 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! 628497
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 27/08/2026(in fact, in my view, a misreading of the law. But that's their position..) 000
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Reminder that publishers claim journalistic exemptions to evade basic responsibilities (e.g. GDPR) while simultaneously maintaining they do not have any of the professional duties of journalists, should not have to follow any journalistic codes of practice, and are not accountable to any regulator. 170
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A real achievement. Well done for holding the line Sadiq. 050
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's honestly degrading that there is not a single Welsh news website you can read without your eyes bleeding from a gazillion ads and pop-ups. How much investment would it actually take to have one (1) viable publication in which one could read about and discuss issues affecting our fair nation. 0140
Reposted by Jon MosesAndy Davies @andydavies.me · 14/08/2026Could smell it when I got up this morning and I’m on the other side if the Severn (Stroud) The Severn Vale also had a good amount of smoke settled in overnight and I couldn’t see Cinderford and the Forest of Dean clearly this morning 111
Reposted by Jon MosesDavid E (& a Sloth....) 🏴🦥🏉🎻🎸🎶🏳️⚧️ @david-elsmere.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I live in Y Fenni - we have fires all around us now and have had constant smoke for well over a week now - and thats after the initial Blaenavon fire a few weeks ago (thats still burning) Its human powered climate catastrophe in action and its scary 173
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 14/08/2026From a father's friend. The hills above Crickhowell are still burning. Smoke in the house again last night. There appears to be five major fires in Wales now. The same as the whole of France. 39039
Reposted by Jon MosesAlexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We mentioned collision impacts in a paper published 14 years ago: doi.org/10.1111/j.17... 077
Reposted by Jon MosesNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A tragic but important thread. Anyone that rides horses knows pheasant season. Pheasant instinct is to crouch on the ground, unseen, but they lose their nerve last minute, ‘exploding’ up at head level. Staying with a horse’s evasive action is one thing. Unfortunately, bikes don’t have any instinct. 0124
Reposted by Jon MosesGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Revealed: just 20 out of of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation, as UK burns in fifth heatwave of this summer - FOI request by me @andyburnham.bsky.social needs to level with the country about the climate crisis & set out radical plan to tackle it 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comJust 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfiresExclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves 341041520
Reposted by Jon MosesRob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A shocking thread of recent deaths and major injuries caused by pheasants flying into motorcyclists. 285
Reposted by Jon MosesGeoff Smith @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Such a shocking thread. This needs to analysed properly. So many environmental impacts get written off as freak events, but the accumulation is never considered. As a biker myself I know what it feels like to hit a bee at speed! OMG, a pheasant! 051
Reposted by Jon MosesFellsandlakes @fellsandlakes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Our kids narrowly escaped a major accident on a busy road when a pheasant flew into their windscreen 032
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026There are no rules governing the release of pheasants near busy roads. In fact, the industry still isn't licensed at all. Compare that to the decades of hand-wringing and intense regulation surrounding the reintroduction of the (actually native) Eurasian beaver. Makes you think. 2172
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The pattern is for these to be described as "freak" incidents, or "unlucky" or "unfortunate". Are they? Or are they a predictable consequence of releasing tens of millions of non-native birds into the countryside for commercial gain and questionable sport? 2265
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026These are just the reported cases I found from a quick skim. Dig around further and you'll find all sorts of near misses and non-fatal accidents, like this from this year.youtube.comPheasant hits motorcyclist Laura in the Face at 55Mph!! Keep your visor down folks!!YouTube video by DMS Rider TV 132
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The issue is not confined to the UK it seems. Two British soldiers died in Germany after one of their motorbikes was struck, causing them to collide with each other.yorkpress.co.ukSoldiers killed in freak accidentTWO British soldiers, one of them from Selby, were killed in a freak road accident involving a pheasant. 121
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026David Bone, 57, was riding along the A355 Beaconsfield Road, Beaconsfield, when the bird hit his helmet. After struggling to regain control, his bike clipped a street sign, throwing the bike sideways onto a grass verge where it crashed into a large tree.advrider.com 122
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Ian Bottomley, 52, died in another "freak" incident after a pheasant hit his helmet, causing him to lose control and swerve into an embankment.manchestereveningnews.co.ukFreak crash kills motorcyclistA MOTORCYCLIST died in a freak accident when a pheasant crashed into his helmet, an inquest was told. The bird hit 52-year-old Ian Bottomley on the head and caused him to swer... 112
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Matthew Johnson, 32, was knocked off his bike by a pheasant that flew out of a hedge and struck the side of his helmet. The impact was severe enough that his visor was later found embedded in the dead bird. The coroner called it "an unfortunate combination of events".birminghammail.co.ukStaffordshire motorcyclist died after pheasant knocked him off bikeA MOTORCYCLIST died after being knocked off his bike by a pheasant. 122
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Michael Jakes, 50, died after a pheasant flew from a hedge into his helmet. He left the road and struck a drainage culvert, dying from his injuries.meltontimes.co.ukMotorcyclist killed after pheasant flew into his helmet causing him to leave the A606 and crash - inquest hearsA motorcyclist died in tragic accident after a pheasant flew into his helmet, causing him to momentarily lose control, leave the road and crash - an inquest heard today (Thursday). 112
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Robert Patterson, 51, was riding home from a weekend in Brecon when a hen pheasant flew into his visor, fracturing his skull and killing him instantly.dailypost.co.ukMotorcyclist killed after pheasant smashed into his helmetThe impact of the freak collision left the dad-of-four with a fractured skull and forced him to veer off the A470 112
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Stewart Mackenzie, 50, died from multiple injuries after colliding with a pheasant in Suffolk.edp24.co.ukMotorcyclist Stewart Mackenzie died after hitting pheasant in BlythburghA much loved and respected community stalwart from Westleton who died in a motorcycle accident in Blythburgh is thought to have hit a pheasant… 112
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Earlier this year, Alex Morgan, 21, from Stowmarket, hit a pheasant that while driving his Ducati. Four bystanders dragged him clear before the fuel tank ignited and exploded. He suffered a broken femur, broken ribs and a chipped spine.eadt.co.ukMan 'cheats death' as motorbike explodes after pheasant crashAlex Morgan, from Stowmarket, 'cheated death' after his motorbike exploded having crashed following a crash involving a pheasant on the… 122
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This motorcyclist is described as being "incredibly unlucky" after he died when a pheasant flew into him. In fact, it seems relatively common. There's were two other (non-fatal) cases reported just this year and have been many more in recent years.shropshirestar.comMotorcyclist, 47, hit road sign and died after pheasant flew up at him, inquest hearsWitness described “explosion of feathers” after “massive” bird flew into path of tragic rider 42111
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 09/08/2026An unhappy first as I go to sleep in a bedroom filled with wildfire smoke, from a hillside ablaze some 30 miles away. Two and a half centuries of sulphur, sheep, molinia. Now we pay the toll. 0111
Reposted by Jon MosesRight to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Our latest article on The Crow's Nest explores the happy revival of an endangered bird -- and why it might just challenge how we think about access and conservation. By @jon-moses.bsky.social substack.com/@righttoroam...substack.comNo, Public Access Didn't Send A Rare Bird to the Brink.But it might have helped bring them back. 0105
Reposted by Jon MosesWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The Rod Liddle biography suggests a certain post-1968 'type' who was just idiotically drawn to norm-breaching, moving via adolescent rebellion, punk, revolutionary socialism, and eventually ending up at racism, because by the 21st century that was the most efficient transgression still on offer 34659120
Reposted by Jon Mosesnffn.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Waitrose's Leckford Estate took a phased, evidence-led approach when it started to implement regenerative approaches, avoiding the dreaded financial dip. 🌾 How they did it: 👉 f.mtr.cool/quxyceihqd 182
Reposted by Jon MosesWelsh Rewilding Alliance/Cynghrair Ailwylltio Cymru @cynghrairailwylltio.cymru · 31/07/2026Wildfire, fire, climate change and the landscapes of Wales. rewildingalliance.cymru/wildfire-fir... #Wales #Wildfire #ClimateChangerewildingalliance.cymruWildfire, fire, climate change and the landscapes of Wales. | 122
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I spoke to the BBC about @righttoroam.bsky.social and the legacy of the Kinder Mass Trespass. "We're trying to propose a more positive idea of what it means to belong, which is about having the right to connect to that land, but then also to care for it, to act as an environmental guardian" 🔓🥾🌳bbc.co.ukRetracing the defiant walk that changed BritainSeventy-five years after the Peak District became Britain's first national park, visitors can retrace the mass trespass that helped open the countryside to everyone. 0308
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 27/07/2026These are not "dangerous tactics". They're de-legitimising journalism reliant on bollocks and tittle tattle, and routing out the culture that feeds it. It's exactly what they should be doing. 1123
Reposted by Jon MosesGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/07/2026REVEALED: Almost three-quarters of riverbanks in England have no public access - new analysis by @righttoroam.bsky.social @lewis-winks.bsky.social As heatwaves get worse we need a right to responsibly access rivers @angelaeagle1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAlmost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures showCampaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more common 510648
Reposted by Jon MosesGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A fantastic set of books on the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlist this year: including @nicolawriting.bsky.social's Ghosts of the Farm, @drmjwarren.bsky.social's The Cuckoo's Lea, @lucylapwing.bsky.social's Love Is A Toad, & Luke Barley's Ancient. Congrats! 💚 wainwrightprize.com/news/2026-lo...wainwrightprize.com2026 Longlist Announcement - Wainwright Prize 43216
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Meanwhile, Thames is declaring it a) is once again on the verge of bankruptcy b) cannot afford to discharge its duties without ongoing criminal activity. 0125
Reposted by Jon MosesWildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026England’s new 30x30 plan was published yesterday on how we get to 30% of land being protected for nature by 2030. But almost immediately, one of the country’s biggest institutional landowners, the Church of England, rejects a measurable 30% restoration target for its own estate. 🧵 35233
Reposted by Jon MosesGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Starmer's nature plan is pathetic. Burnham must do better. I've written about the government's '30by30 Delivery Plan', out today, which isn't a plan & won't deliver 30by30. I suggest some policies Burnham should pursue instead, amidst Blackadder gifs: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/starmers-n... 1/🧵guyshrubsole.substack.comStarmer’s nature plan is pathetic. Burnham must do betterToday's 30by30 Delivery Plan isn't a plan, and it won't deliver 30by30. 1223588
Reposted by Jon MosesNeal Hockley @nealhockley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Really lovely piece by @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social on place names and the stories they tell (or at least hint at). I love the legibility of the Welsh countryside - even if you can acquire a few dozen words of Welsh, that opens up so many histories and mysteries to the imagination. 062
Reposted by Jon MosesEllie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026When I was a youngen and the Guardian for some reason felt it appropriate to give me a newspaper column, I wrote a piece about what it means to be a Welsh woman - inspired by Bonnie Tyler www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhat Welsh women can teach the world | Ellie Mae O'HaganEllie Mae O'Hagan: We're not 'country girls' as the media would have it, but creative, passionate, open and free. Just ask Bonnie Tyler 05415
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Intriguing piece from @patrickbarkham.bsky.social tracking the four year progress of a new Rewilding project in Lincolnshire. WeedGate, beaver enthusiasm, 1000 years of agricultural heritage vs 10,000 year of natural heritage. Common ground over nightingales. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...theguardian.com‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?The long read: Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nat... 061