Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good to hear Matthew Oates on the summer butterfly situation. Regarding Speckled Woods not having a great time during the count I have seen lots flying in the woods this last couple of days. 010
Reposted by Lee WaltherStephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Who'd have thought that high commercialisation of a commodity, the promise of bigger profits, would drive companies to try and sell more product to a much bigger audience, through manipulative marketing and advertising. Isn't it obvious? And they'll use their clout to suppress adverse impacts. 2/2 162
Reposted by Lee WaltherFroglife @froglife.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Glyphosate harms wildlife as well as people. Studies found direct over-spraying caused up to 79% mortality in frogs and toads. Froglife supports Soil Association's call to ban pre-harvest glyphosate. Sign their petition: ow.ly/HRmc50YVYE4 #CutTheChemicals 066
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I'm sure there will be detractors but giving these wonderful more-than-humans some space is a great thing and should be celebrated. Totally agree watching them shape their new home will be really insightful. 010
Reposted by Lee WaltherZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026New poll just dropped! The only poll that matters is tomorrow. Please vote and if you can - get involved with your local campaign! Some of these seats are going to come to a handful of votes. Replace Labour. Stop Reform. Vote Green. 💚 951584505
Reposted by Lee WaltherStephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 06/05/2026What's worse than a smear campaign, is an orchestrated establishment smear campaign, using false accusations of anti-Semitism against the only Jewish party leader. 2206
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A rather fine Light Crimson Underwing (I think can anyone confirm please?) larva found at Knepp today in the Southern Block, just relaxing on a twig on the path! @kneppwilding.bsky.social @bcsussex.bsky.social 000
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The best @kneppwilding.bsky.social dawn chorus I have maybe heard, ever! Cuckoo, Turtle Dove, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin plus of course Nightingale. 010
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Red kite spotted in Rother District prompts dognapping fears | The Argus share.google/luHu5Em3zx51...share.googleComments news from the The ArgusComments news from the The Argus 000
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 23/04/2026At least 15 Green-winged Orchids flowering across the dune slack at East Head today. 020
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I visit this wonderful place a mile south of Knepp once a year after discovering it in 2014 as part of @sussexornitholo.bsky.social Nightingale survey. I approach with trepidation every time in case the scrub has been improved, or cleared for something else. Nightingale gave some subdued song. Phew! 020
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The Ringed Plovers are back at East Head, 2 pairs seen with 1 pair observed scraping and displaying. This year we are working with the wonderful @chichesterharbour.bsky.social volunteers helping us to monitor the impacts on the birds from dogs, boats from the offshore anchorage and predators. 000
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A very quick stop to the old haunt of Mare Hill Common near Whitley in the Surrey heaths and spotted this rather fine Sand Lizard @arc-trust.bsky.social 130
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A fabulous short walk through Ebernoe Common near Petworth, West Sussex yesterday. Signing Nightingales as soon as you walk through the gate of Furnace Meadow, meandering Ghyll streams, woodland flowers and a feeling of timelessness. Do go if you get a chance @sussexwildlife.bsky.social 2221
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Politicians in Peru are proposing two new bills that could mean the extinction of the country’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples. I’ve written to them to tell them to stop the threats to Peru’s uncontacted peoples. Will you help too? svlint.org/ECBsvlint.orgHelp STOP the Extermination Campaign of Indigenous peoples in PeruPoliticians in Peru are proposing two new bills that could mean the extinction of the country’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples. I’ve written to them to tell them to stop the threats to Peru’s uncontac... 000
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 11/04/2026We just took down our coppice coupe fencing as 3 years of the hazel regrowth should be enough. #coppicing #positivekeystonespecies 010
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I took part in one of Peter's Rewilding 101 online courses in 2021 - it was a thrilling insight into humanity and the way we relate with the world. Rewilding isn't just for species and ecosystems it's for humans too. 022
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I just signed a petition to stop the rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The Government and shops are scanning us without clear laws in place, using our faces like barcodes. It feels really invasive. Can you take 30 seconds to sign it too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop scanning us all with facial recognition!I just signed a petition to stop the massive rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The government and shops are starting to scan us without clear laws in place, effectively turning our... 000
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The wet heath at Sullington starting to fill up with rain. 000
Reposted by Lee WaltherDanica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I’m trying to educate the ecologically illiterate users on this app with this ‘nature facts for nature haters’ series. This episode tackles those that think they can live without nature and fly off to a new planet after this one dies. Hopefully this will save you time responding 1179
Reposted by Lee WaltherRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Alongside @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk & @wclnews.bsky.social, we’ve responded to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 's piece on the Planning Bill. He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature. But we’ve never been silent. We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.theguardian.comEnvironment groups are anything but ‘mute’ on the planning bill | LettersLetter: Craig Bennett, Hilary McGrady, Dr James Robinson and Richard Benwell say they have never stopped campaigning on the planning and infrastructure bill’s flaws 315240
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Spending time at Washington Chalk Pits, always giddy with the diversity on show. Adding some adhoc records to #irecord and relishing the tension between shrub, tree and grassland. Burnet Rose in profusion and the reat of the small in scale but big in delight chalk herbs. 010
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The Wood Ants (presuming Formica rufa) enjoying the light and warmth in the regrowing Sweet Chestnut coppice. They follow the coppicing rotation through the woods. #coppice 020
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Was a great day, fantastic to see so many people celebrating the wild. 020
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Not really at work today but fancied a bit of a stroll this evening and hung out amongst the Bluebells and Cowslip in one of our glades. 020
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 02/05/2025If you can make it in the next few days the dawn chorus at Knepp is in full voice, the Nightingales are sounding especially wonderful. Thank you @kneppwilding.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Lee WaltherGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered. Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukRadio 2 - Listen Live - BBC SoundsListen live to BBC Radio 2 on BBC Sounds 641317415
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 30/04/2025An early morning walk to Chanctonbury Ring with Cuckoo, Yellowhammer and Whitethroat for company (amongst many others). @southdownsnp.bsky.social #wistonestate @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #dawnchorus 061
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 29/04/2025An early evening walk along a golden Sussex Green Lane. Ancient Oaks, massive Ash Coppice stools, Bluebells and Wood Anemone before coming to the Blackthorn scrub hoping to hear Nightingale and within 2mins as the sun set, 2 signing along with Song Thrush, Blackbird and Robin. What a choir! 010
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Proud to be playing a small part at Moor Barton Wilding. 000
Reposted by Lee WaltherP. L. Klein @plkleinauthor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." ~ #ChiefSeattle #WebOfLife 0322
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Cuckoo flower in fine fettle, 6am too early for the Orange Tip in Sussex this morning @savebutterflies.bsky.social 051
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 18/04/2025A glorious dawn chorus at Ashcombe Bottom near Lewes, a wonderful wood of veteran oaks, hazel coppice diverse scrub and chalk grassland. In the summer you can experience Adonis Blue flying with White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillaries if you are lucky #woodpasture #chalkgrassland 031
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 14/04/2025The sun peering through the early morning mist at Amberley Wild Brooks, many Fallow Deer amongst the bird song. First Cuckoo, 2 Swallow, reeling Grasshopper Warbler and my favourite of the morning 8 delightful Sedge Warblers. A big thanks too @sussexwildlifeand.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Lee WaltherRob Stoneman @robstoneman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025A beacon of good news. It's not too late to push back against Trumpian madness - we still have time to address the climate and nature crisis. The forces of the good will rise again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comStorrington in West Sussex named UK’s first European stork villageVillage joins continental network alongside nearby Knepp estate, as birds previously extinct in Britain flourish 031
Reposted by Lee WaltherRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature. Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife. A thread. 🧵👇 1020799
Reposted by Lee WaltherEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Rewilding sees wildlife rebound in Hackney Marshes: how a local community has managed to spectacularly reverse nature loss. Communities everywhere could be doing the same, reconnecting and empowering themselves AND nature, on so many levels. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comHackney Marshes: Rewilding efforts sees 'overnight' animals reboundAnimals are returning to the Hackney Marshes following years of decline, environmentalists say. 418047
Reposted by Lee WaltherSussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 11/01/2025A great turn out for the #StopDumpingOnOurReef rally organised by @sascampaigns.bsky.social Brighton Marina is currently allowed to dump dredged sediment in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone but their licence is up for renewal. Find out more ⬇️ sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/l... 03511
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Some of the disturbance interventions carried out at Sullington Warren recently. Scraping to create pools, creating hoverly lagoons courtesy of @buzzclub.bsky.social fantastic resources and willing volunteers from @sussexwilldlife.bsky.social and Wilder Horsham make space for the Sullington Cranefly 182
Reposted by Lee WaltherStephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 29/01/2025I created these 2 important threads on the other place. However, whilst the subject is very important, I'm still not happy with how I've explained this very important to understand phenomenon/dynamic. It explains the whole climate crisis. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18843... 1/6threadreaderapp.comThread by @SteB777 on Thread Reader App@SteB777: I want to create a thread about the most serious, problem in the thinking of our culture, which I haven't really seen anyone describe. It can best be described as a dynamic. I'm scrabbling f... 2104
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Preparing for a talk this week in recording Ancient and Veteran trees for @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Arun Valley supporters group and Lost Woods of the Weald Project. These guys are not particularly old but sit on an old Manorial boundary bank in Warren Hill, Washington @nationaltrust.bsky.social 010
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 09/01/2025One of the Junipers at Washington Chalk Pits. A joy of living on the scrape slope of the South Downs is that the snow and ice cling on longer. 010
Lee Walther @leetheranger.bsky.social · 09/01/2025It was good to see Sussex Red cattle grazing a lovely chalk grassland site near Washington, West Sussex. Very interesting watching them feed in the snow. This place is a fantastic Local Wildlife Site of Juniper, Wayfaring tree, Round-headed Rampion and Duke of Burgundy amongst many others. 020