Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 23/07/2026Britain remains one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, and wildlife decline continues while urgent action is needed. 110632
maezymare.bsky.social @maezymare.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Beautiful painted lady visited my garden yesterday 011
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialwildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Did you know that we have a website (link in our bio) You can find ID handy guides in the resources section, like this fab buttercup one created especially for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social by the amazing @naturelark.bsky.social! 17226
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads. 907194347007
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialmartinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Lovely fresh Holly Blue on the coast path near Falmouth in Cornwall today. And my first Swallows to grace the spring 1877
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialJustsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🌿☕ Celandine (the yellow ones) are mentioned in C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe. When Aslan returns, the woodland turns from winter to spring, the ground covered in all directions with 💛 celandine flowers 📸 Taken on a walk around Battledown, Cheltenham. No lions were however seen..🌿 322224
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialBotanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Yes! A timely reminder from @littlehen.bsky.social: there are lots of wild plants on our streets & avenues, if we keep a look-out for them. Need some inspiration? Check out @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social's #UrbanPlants talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC... Then join our #100Plants2026 challenge!youtube.comWinter Talk: Urban plants, with Trevor DinesYouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland 0428
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialPlantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026#February may still feel wintry, but look closely…new colours and fresh growth are already emerging!🌱 Tiny blooms, early leaves, and subtle shifts in the landscape are quietly signalling that spring is on its way. Take a look at what's appearing 👇 2233
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialRachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Happy Imbolc ! The first Celtic festival of Spring associated with the Irish goddess and Saint Brigid. The first stirrings in the soil. Hold on, the light returns. #imbolc 69715
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Welcome to my crib 439851
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 01/02/2026The redemption process has started. The Salt Path author has a new book coming out this year, so here is the @thetimes.com printing a "balanced" article in which Winn is compared, not unfavourably, to...Bruce Chatwin? And Oliver Sacks? Kapuscinski next? www.thetimes.com/article/ed79...thetimes.comThe Salt Path wars are back — all publishers should be nervousRaynor Winn’s book about a walk with her dying husband set off a storm about the veracity of non-fiction. Can she win back readers’ trust? 10214
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/02/2026What I find really shocking, even beyond Winn's literal and literary fraud, is that not only did Penguin do no fact checking originally, it's now putting out her new book as if nothing happened. One of the world’s greatest publishers simply doesn't care about accuracy and can't be trusted. 2171
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialHannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously! 4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP! 841470392
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialButterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Butterflies and moths are sounding the alarm. Nature in the UK is in crisis. 🚨 Wildlife and natural places are under pressure from development, climate change and habitat loss - and yet a new report, the Nuclear Regulatory Review, suggests weakening the protections that help keep what remains safe. 14917
maezymare.bsky.social @maezymare.bsky.social · 13/09/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...you.38degrees.org.ukContinuing support funding for community-led Neighbourhood PlansCancelling Neighbouhood Plan NP and technical support grants (via Locality) is a means to stop communities having the ability to foster community empowerment and self-help. The loss of Neighbou... 000
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialCath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Did u know? As Autumns & Winters become milder, insects will be on the wing for longer, so it's important to & have something flowering in your outside space, all year round. For Autumn blooms, you can't go wrong with heavenly Helianthus - and I think this Carder Bee agrees with me. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝 0379
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialPlantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Who’s excited for the dazzling display on offer this #autumn? 🍂 From Harebell to Bramble and Scarlet Waxcap to Honey Fungus - it’s going to be a good show!🍄 Lookout for these flowers and fungi this September - and download our FREE spotter sheet👇 loom.ly/n_JtLLM 🧵(1/6) 2308
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialLizzie Reed @lizziereed.bsky.social · 26/08/2025This is such an important article getting to the heart of the real issue with the Salt Path story. "The way we talk about illness and disability dictates what is possible...There are two options that seem to be available: triumphal recovery or inspirational death" lithub.com/nature-is-no...lithub.comNature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated MemoirLike many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I … 044
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialBen @benjyhere.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Female Hummingbird Hawk moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) ovipositing all over the hedge bedstraw (Galium album) I planted *for them*. Given this is SW London, there's a chance the caterpillars might survive. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #TeamMoth 1423
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Instagram loathes photos like this these days. Why, Instagram? What made you forsake landscapes and sunsets for tiny capitalist films, stolen photos of celebrities, narcissistic bleating and overshown clips from pop culture? Who hurt you? 416015
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialMark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 21/08/2025It would be difficult for environmentalists to support Labour with this type of thing going on. So, I no longer do. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAngela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt landExclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility 86113
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialDave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 21/08/2025I returned to Millpool in VC2 East Cornwall today and took some photos of Mount Olympus St John's-wort in situ on a wall adjacent to a football ground car park, and found several more colonies nearby too. As said before, a 1st for Cornwall, so a nice find. Hypericum olympicum 4303
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialDr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 16/08/2025🧵 We live artificial lives surrounded by grey concrete & walls, divorced from the natural world & it’s kaleidoscope of colours - like here on a Waterford beach, in Ireland. As an artist, I depict the vibrant colours of nature in ink drawings, bringing us closer, as you can see in this thread: [1] 3727
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialIan Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Disappearance of two tracked Pine Martens being treated as 'suspicious' - Cumbria Police appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/07/d...raptorpersecutionuk.orgDisappearance of two tracked Pine Martens being treated as ‘suspicious’ – Cumbria Police appeals for informationThis all sounds horribly familiar. A short article appeared on the BBC News website on 5 August 2025 as follows: The disappearance of two tracked pine martens is being treated as suspicious, police… 21510
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialIan Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Illegal persecution of birds of prey is again a major public concern in Yorkshire Dales National Park raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/07/i...raptorpersecutionuk.orgIllegal persecution of birds of prey is again a major public concern in Yorkshire Dales National ParkRegular readers of this blog will know that the Yorkshire Dales National Park is a raptor persecution hotspot, and has been for many years. Hen Harriers, in particular, have been prime targets for … 0116
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialPlantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Irreplaceable meadows need protecting📢📢 We wouldn’t let historic buildings like the Houses of Parliament get knocked down and built somewhere else. So why would we let ancient meadows? Join us in asking the government to safeguard these incredible habitats. #IrreplaceableMeadows 25216
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 04/08/2025So pleased that Radio 4 have the wonderful @waspwoman.bsky.social speaking up for wasps, on today's You and Yours programme! 2463
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialCath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Did u know? In the garden, many plants have been pollinated & are setting seed. Seed heads, like Teasel are essential winter food for birds like Goldfinches.There's even a moth larva that uses Teasels to develop in..& they're bloomin' gorge to look at! So, in short,....don't lose your heads.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐦⬛ 2539
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialRaptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Four adult breeding Hen Harriers 'vanished' from nest sites in Cumbria & Lancashire in May 2025 - silence from police, valiant conservation efforts from RSPB staff & volunteers. RSPB press release & some questions from me 🔽 #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/24/h...raptorpersecutionuk.orgHen Harrier chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent birdsRSPB press release (24 July 2025) Chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent Hen Harriers. In May 2025, over a period of eight days, four breeding male Hen Harriers suspi… 29856
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialAmphibian and Reptile Conservation @arc-trust.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Planning and Infrastructure Bill Clears Commons Despite Wildlife Fears www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...arc-trust.orgPlanning and Infrastructure Bill Clears Commons Despite Wildlife FearsThe Planning and Infrastructure Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 25 June and has now progressed to the House of Lords following a final debate in the Commons today. 012
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 23/07/2025We will never forget the support, the arms, the excuses, the empowerment, the cowardice, the cover-ups and the media bias that led to this. Never. 32535143
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialAmphibian and Reptile Conservation @arc-trust.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Join our @naturambyth.bsky.social #AdderAction Project Officer Matt for the BioBlitz Festival at National Botanic Gardens of Wales on 19-20 July. He'll be running an adder info stall, adder ecology & conservation lecture & public reptile walk. Find out more👇 www.arc-trust.org/Ev... 011
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialCath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025THE best sight & sound for our parched wildlife garden ...💦💦💦🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍 2353
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialIan Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 15/07/20251/2 Young Starlings are gathering on the lines up by the farm at the moment. The elders speak of the large winter gatherings on the Somerset Levels - "The Great Festival of Shapwick is bigger than Glastonbury" claimed 1 old bird. Goes on for weeks & weeks" Yeah, right, they sniggered. #ukwildlife 1355
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialEric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 13/07/20251/2 I want to change the behavior of the average Joe or Jane who despises insects and wants them gone. Humanity as a whole, and the planet, for that matter, cannot survive the continued loss of biodiversity and insect abundance. More to the point, *I* can’t survive it. 6535
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 14/07/2025Rainbow flowers at Gibside in Tyne & Wear 🌈 A feast for the eyes as well as pollinators! Photos: Tony Blackett 0663
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialJustsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 14/07/2025🌿☕Morning🦋 Seems apt to show a moth today #saltpath My window 📸 yesterday💐 There are 160,000 species of moths, evolving way before butterflies c. 190 million years ago They are great pollinators & are known to visit plants ignored by bees & should be celebrated🍾💚🌿 @savebutterflies.bsky.social 2905
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialJack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 09/07/2025Preventable litter hurting wildlife, charity warns - true all around the world www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBlyth Wildlife Rescue says preventable litter hurting animalsBlyth Wildlife Rescue says it is seeing a surge in birds and animals with litter-related injuries. 2227
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialSimon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I have just seen Jenny Eclair come up with "The Pinch of Salt Path" on Substack.media.tenor.coma group of people in tuxedos are clapping their hands .ALT: a group of people in tuxedos are clapping their hands . 031
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialShelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I mean, yes they are Waterstones, but maybe not in a way that you'd want to use to sell books.... 192
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialHerman Lambers @herman61.bsky.social · 07/07/2025We are in the middle of it. 18082862219
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament. @wildjustice.bsky.social 512448644
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialSteve (low effort Halloween name edition) 👻 @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I'm a little disappointed about this Salt Path business. I was happier just being a suspicious curmudgeon when other people were raving about the book/film. Now there's an expose of fraud and being economical with the actualité there's nothing left for me to be suspicious and curmudgeonly about 1141
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialzedkat @zedkat.bsky.social · 06/07/2025The salt path thing sucks so bad. My mum has CBD and was — prior to her development of this horrible illness — a long distance walker with my dad. To make shit up and sell a story based on real people’s misery is so low 1202
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialThe Messy Ecologist @themessyecologist.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Messy spotlight : Moles (Talpa europaea for Latin buffs) These little animals are remarkable- just look that those claws! They don’t feed on plants they in fact eat grubs which would damage plant roots and they aerate garden soils and improve drainage 👏😊 47211
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialPlantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We’re 2 weeks into #NoMowMay🌸🥳 Look at these bloomin' beautiful gardens! 😍 If you’re taking part in the #NoMowMovement it’s not too late to join and get a whole bunch of FREE goodies! Let’s give #PowerToTheFlowers 👉 www.plantlife.org.uk/join-no-mow-... 📷Julie Rodgers/Rob Bodels 0203
Reposted by @maezymare.bsky.socialCath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Did u know? I'm over the moon!. I have, at last (I hope) a female Hairy-footed Flower Bee nesting in my mud & straw cob bricks. She's rejected the clay ones & gone for the older, mud ones. Look for her shiny black bottom(abdomen tip) poking out as she digs into her nest. Go make mud bricks...🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝 4676
