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Bex (RebeccaComms)

@rebeccabroad.com
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Writer, Devon Wildlife Trust Trustee, non-exec director, freelance comms person 🌿 BSc Bio, Exeter alumna. Chatting nature, equality, charity comms, VAWG, governance etc

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/11/2025
I haven’t been up there for yonks — thanks for the reminder!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/11/2025
I’m so proud to be a trustee of Devon Wildlife Trust But this Thursday is our AGM and after 7 wonderful years I step down to make way for fresh ideas and new perspectives Bittersweet!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/11/2025
THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND FROM FIVE FISH
The River Torridge is one of the main catchments where our Northern Devon Natural
Solutions project has focussed its work.
So it's very encouraging to hear of the success of a local initiative which is boosting salmon populations in the river. Volunteers from the Torridge Rivers Association have established a hatchery where they are now raising young fish which in coming years should help salmon recover after decades of falling numbers.
Last December five adult female salmon, known as hens, were caught during their migration up the river. Their fertilised eggs were then stored in tanks and left to develop. One of the greatest obstacles to successful salmon spawning and egg hatching is the absence of clean unpolluted river water and clean gravels free from a covering of sediment. The tanks provided the ideal conditions - largely free of pollution and with predators absent. In January the eggs began to hatch and the baby fish, known as alevin, were fed and allowed to grow.
Then in spring came the moment of release. Volunteers were able to put out a grand total of 33.000 young salmon into areas of the river where the conditions are known to be most favourable.
In a few years - all going well - some of these fish will make their journey to the sea where they will mature, before returning as adults to their 'home' river, the Torridge.
There they will breed and begin the lifecycle once more.
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
MOH is looking for a marketing professional to help us bring even more people into the Museum to hear the stories of those experiencing homelessness. Apply now, or share with your freelancer friends! Deadline 10th November. For details, click below: museumofhomelessness.org/news/opportu...
4 people stand in front of a brick building with one speaking to the group and the others smiling. Overlayed is the Museum’s logo, with text reading ‘SUPPORT OUR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT’ and ‘CALLING ALL MARKETING PROFESSIONALS!’
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 08/10/2025
Every year I feel sad about summer's passing And every year I fall in love with autumn all over again
Purple clouds with pink underneaths streak across a light blue sky. Some building outlines visible, clouds reflected in a bus window.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 10/05/2025
Post-publication, could we get a list of discarded powers? 🥲
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/02/2025
The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 28/04/2025
The swifts are back in Exeter! 28 April 😎
A very blue sky with wispy white clouds. Some terraced houses' roofs are just visible at the bottom.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 28/04/2025
Hi Rose, thanks for the reply! Glad to hear it. I often hear vaguely encouraging things from Labour (e.g. 'firmer action on pesticides') but not a lot of measurable goals or commitments (e.g. 'my ward will be pesticide free by 2027'). In case that's helpful out on the campaign trail :)
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 25/04/2025
Devon County Council elections coming up! @andyketchin.bsky.social @roselell.bsky.social if elected how will you commit to a pesticide-free, greener urban environment in Exeter? (None of my other candidates are on this platform) More info: www.devonwildlifetrust.org/blog/nick-br...
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Vote for Nature: Demand Action on Pesticide Reduction This Election | Devon Wildlife Trust
On Thursday 1 May 2025, the Devon County Council local election is an opportunity to vote with nature in mind and call for a reduction in the widespread use of toxic pesticides.
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Debbie Tann MBE @debbietann.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
There’s a very good reason why “growth” seems to be eluding most mature economies including ours. The economy depends on natural capital and ours is severely depleted.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 05/04/2025
Not all activism is meant for public consumption. If you think all activism requires that everyone know what you're doing, are you doing work for others or for yourself?
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 11/03/2025
Ah, West Wales. Clear skies, endless beaches, squeaky choughs and oystercatchers and buzzards
A beach at sunset, taken near where the water is lapping at the sand. Tide is out, so the sand is wet and reflecting the pink clouds above. A headland is visible in the background.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/02/2025
Exe Esturary one to add to this page, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social? www.wildlifetrusts.org/where_to_see...
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Brent geese | The Wildlife Trusts
Find out where to see brent geese as they make the UK's south and east coasts their winter home; arriving in the autumn and staying through to early February when the onset of spring is in sight.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/02/2025
Plenty of Brent geese nibbling along Sandy Bay (around from Devon’s Orcombe Point) #BrantaBernicla
Small geese on rocks in front of a stormy sea, a coastline just visible in the background
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 01/02/2025
I saw mine today, too!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 18/01/2025
I'm just a girl, standing in front of regional businesses, asking them to date their press releases
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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Amen to this whole thread. And if you hear anyone complaining about this delaying the next Wingspan expansion, tell them they now owe a $50 donation to their local hospice organization for being an asshole. Findpan doesn't have a thing to do with the delay but my dad's cancer sure as hell does.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 17/01/2025
I'm enjoying spying signs of life in between the grey days
Yellowey green buds on a bare branch with some housing in the background
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
AI term is used for anything that employs an algorithm. There’s no distinction between statistical analysis and autocorrect and llm generative… Makes it meaningless with everyone talking at cross purpose
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 20/12/2024
Photo from my walk to work this morning, Exeter quay 🥰
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 20/12/2024
Working in comms & social media can make it extra challenging to have a long stretch offline, but in the tenth year of my business I’ve got the process down. So this is me signing off for the year. Catch you ~6 Jan, 2025!
Weak winter sun shining through dark clouds over Exeter Quay, looking downstream from opposite Topsham Brewery. The water is glassy and the sky and its reflection has some orangey streaks in it.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 19/12/2024
I keep thinking we’ve peaked then we hit new peaks
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 18/12/2024
Great selection. I like Emmy the Great’s This Is Christmas!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 18/12/2024
2024 is peak silly season for pre-Christmas work requests IMO we should all be calming down, slowing down, downing tools, DOWN is the theme Not up up up upload this to the website and LinkedIn and the Drive and the Canva and you get the idea
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/12/2024
At least half of my bleets are at people in my coworking space I hope they never find me here
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/12/2024
Why is it so disconcerting to watch someone watch ChatGPT spew out its answer? Like, have some self respect, click onto another tab at least
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 15/12/2024
Or “ess-ter”, as with Leicester 👀
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 14/12/2024
Nice to meet @exetergreens.bsky.social’s Councillor Andy Ketchin on the doorstep this morning. We chatted glyphosate, vehicle rat running, and what measures might help reduce city centre speeding 🌿
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 13/12/2024
I know that’s a good idea but I can also imagine it feeling kinda… creepy? Do you know what I mean? 😅
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
YES
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
On my second migraine in six days. Wishing back the calm and sunny skies and the time to walk beneath them.
The blue sky between two trees in a park, rows of houses in the background
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
2025 is not my year! I’m thinking I may pop over to Brighton anyway in case anyone fancies meeting for coffee or dinner
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
Ah, sadly not. I know plenty going so may pop along to Brighton anyway!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
Way better for wildlife! And for seeing stars 🥹
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
So glad this would be a good shift for you too! I’m recovering from a vestibular condition and the uneven pavements get me too. Plus bright overhead lights can trigger neuro overwhelm. Lots say that brighter lighting helps them feel safer though, so hoping this has been considered.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024
Happy about this! Better for wildlife, better for me — they seem SO bright in Exeter at the minute. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Devon street lights to be dimmed to save millions
Street lights will be dimmed to 40% at different times across the county, but not on main roads.
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Dani Dark Skies ✨ @danidarkskies.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Solstice may not be for another 11 days, but the sun is already ‘standing still’ ☀️ The word ‘solstice’ comes from the Latin ‘solstitium’ meaning ‘Sun Stands Still’ as the Sun appears to stop at its most southerly point Your sunsets won’t get any later, but your dawn still creeps in 🌌
The winter sun sets over the sea. The sea is steely and flat with a golden hue over the top from a very golden sky. A person is in the middle of the frame, a shilouette on a paddle board.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 11/12/2024
Yeeeessss!!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 09/12/2024
Oh please no! I hope they don’t realise they’re doing it. The alternative is worse.
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 09/12/2024
If you absentmindedly whistle you are not allowed in an open plan coworking space It's me, I make the rules
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 07/12/2024
Please come next time!!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 07/12/2024
@chris-higgins.bsky.social maybe she’s eating them as a countdown to when you arrive!
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 07/12/2024
Now this is a new record 🥹
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 07/12/2024
The latter, always 🍫🍫🍫
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Florence @florencewilkinson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Women are 65% more likely to read a nonfiction book by the opposite sex than men are. And I know so many women who have felt excluded from conversations around #nature. So here’s a starter pack for women nature writers. Please send recommendations - I want it to be much fuller! go.bsky.app/PVHJMXS
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 06/12/2024
The best reward! It was even more orange over the Cathedral. Quite right – that storm is brewing already 🌬️
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 06/12/2024
I struggle to leave the house sometimes, so have started scheduling things for earlier in the morning. 8am haircut got me walking the streets of Exeter as the sun rose. A good decision.
A rippled cloudy sky at sunrise, with orange bands between buildings and trees
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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 05/12/2024
Ooh, that page is down now…
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