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A great interest in all invertebrates, especially bumblebees and solitary bees. A life-long love of the natural world has engendered grief and outrage as the loss of biodiversity and ‘shifting baselines’ have become the new normal.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The climate crisis in one sentence: We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is there something peculiarly British about celebrating wildlife species on banknotes but only grudgingly (or not at all) doing things to avert their decline? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotes
The decision comes after nearly half a million people voted on a shortlist of 18 creatures.
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The problem is clear - our water isn't. The UK's water system needs fundamental reform. As the UK Government develops a new Water Bill, we can take this opportunity to create a water system that works for both people and for nature. Email your MP today: buff.ly/9STWFmz
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Ask your MP to back water system reform
Our water system is a mess. And that's putting it mildly! Your MP can fix this: tell them you want new reforms, and why clean water is necessary to you and to nature.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
OK, some think we need positive stories to show nature can recover But the abiding message of this report is that nature continues to decline & conservation is not enough Humans need to change how we live & how we exploit the planet Tell it how it is, please www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF
The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.
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Mick Jones @mickdjones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Excitement in the post today - the new book on The Glow-worm by my friend and long-time volunteer at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend Nature Reserve, John Tyler. It is a magnificent new version of the small book he self-published 30 years ago, now 168 pages with lots of new content and superb photos.
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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
1777: Many swallows and house-martins still.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our planet is heating faster than at any time in the geological record. That's terrifying. But here's the hopeful part: most of us are worried and want action — we just stay silent, assuming no one else cares. 7 in 10 people rarely or never talk about it. So the silence feeds itself
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Liam Olds @liamolds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us tomorrow for talks and informal chats about wildlife in the Cynon Valley and help shape the next phase of the 'Our Cwm Cynon' project. ⬇️
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🪺 Nature heroes, Paul and Lynn in Tilehurst, have made these incredible house martin cups and swift boxes!
Paul and Lynn stood in a workshop area, while Paul holds up the artificial house martin cup nests.Paul stands in a workshop area holding up a swift box, painted white.
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Pemberley Natural History Books @pemberleybooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
✨ Freshly published! Discover the fascinating world of the #GlowWorm, from its remarkable light and life cycle to its #ecology, #behaviour and #conservation. A beautiful new guide to #LampyrisNoctiluca tinyurl.com/theglowworm @pelagic.bsky.social
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While Protect the Wild welcomes all news of habitats being restored, it’s important to point out that this is not pure environmental altruism. The farm is a commercial venture designed to turn a profit selling Biodiversity Net Gain units to developers who need a legal loophole to build elsewhere.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The land is in Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, and has been arable farmland for 80 years. Company Naturum will transform the land to woodland, scrub and enhanced grassland. But is it as altruistic as it seems...?
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The UK’s annual contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) Palestine fell from $18m (£13.6m) in 2024 to $9.3m (£7m) last year and just $4m (£3m) this year, The i Paper has learned"
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’re hiring! 🌻 Community Organiser Join our team and help nature recover by working with communities around shared issues and interests. You’ll support people to come together, take meaningful action for nature, and create positive change that lasts. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/communi...
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re hiring! 📣 Cafe Manager at College Lake Join our team at College Lake and help lead our café and catering operations. You’ll support our team and help create a welcoming experience for visitors through great food and excellent customer service. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/cafe-ma...
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
⚠️ We're screening The People's Emergency Briefing across our three counties. The People's Emergency Briefing is a film bringing together leading experts to explain what the latest science says about the climate and nature crisis and what can still be done.
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Buckinghamshire Bird Club @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why not consider joining us. Full details on our website : www.bucksbirdclub.co.uk/club-news-an... #ukbirding
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MP for Nature @mpfornature.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Godzilla El Niño: What Happens When Two Forces Collide? A comic explainer to debunk fossil fuel industry misinformation. Download from www.climatestorieslibrary.com/teaching @zekehausfather.com @davidho.bsky.social @charliejgardner.bsky.social @desmog.com @makepolluterspay.bsky.social
A black and white comic featuring a Godzilla demonstrating how El Niño works. Impacts of El Nino combined with global warming are shown in South Africa, India, Panama, the oceans and in the UK. A fossil fuel industry executive is then shown plotting to spread misinformation that all of these impacts are purely due to El Niño and hence not their fault.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The West is in decline. You're told it's migrants, minorities and "woke" to blame. All of that is a lie. New column! 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The west is in freefall – and the worst part is that we were warned, but chose not to listen | Owen Jones
Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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wells4bees.bsky.social @wells4bees.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Vulvar scale seems prominent to me...
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rogerrob473.bsky.social @rogerrob473.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A surprise at Streatley (W. Berks) today. After not finding any of the earlier autumn gentians this year, this lone, rare chiltern gentian (gentianella germanica) has defied the odds to bloom in the later more favourable weather. #wildflowerhour
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wells4bees.bsky.social @wells4bees.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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wells4bees.bsky.social @wells4bees.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Vagrant Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum), female. Seen in Buckinghamshire garden 06 September 2026. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
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wells4bees.bsky.social @wells4bees.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lasioglossum xanthopus (Orange-footed Furrow Bee), male. Seen at BBOWT College Lake reserve 16 September 2026. Listed as “scarce in most areas and seemingly much declined” (Falk, 2015). Most records from calcareous sites, including quarries.
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wells4bees.bsky.social @wells4bees.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) at rest on ripening blackberries. Seen today at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend reserve. @mickdjones.bsky.social
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remember outrage about Just Stop Oil blocking a street, just in case an ambulance had to drive down it. Not because an ambulance was prevented from doing so, you understand. Just the abstract idea that one might have to.
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Mick Jones @mickdjones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not all work parties at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend are spent scrub bashing. Last week we harvested fruit from the orchard and now I have 109 bottles of our Apple & Pear Juice - sold at BBOWT events in the area, raising funds for the reserve. Label shows Chiltern Gentian one of our special plants.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cambois, West Sleekburn & Blyth data centres sit within a mile of each other - nearly 150 hectares combined, right by SSSI & SPA sites. Each was judged alone, a gap even the council's own ecologist flagged. Wildlife feels these impacts as a whole. Planning should too.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh FFS. Increases in a few species is not a positive from climate change It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hummingbird hawk moths and ivy bees: The insects growing in number as temperatures rise
Hummingbird hawk moths - often mistaken for small birds - are being spotted in the West Midlands.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For me, it comes down to this: when compounding crises threaten our water supply, do we want corporations and billionaires in control of it?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can read my latest piece in @theguardian.com here 2027 is going to be grim www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What kind of mindset sees such wonders - the return of our bluefin tuna - and thinks "let's catch them for 'sport'" or "let's kill them and sell their flesh". It's not only monstrous philistinism, but also idiot economics. Many would pay well to witness this wonder. Extractivism is our enemy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Which side are you on? The side of abandoning Earth, and profiting from apocalypse? Or staying loyal to this planet and its people? This brilliant video from @naomiaklein.bsky.social asks the most consequential question in human history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remember the 3,000 people murdered by al-Qaeda terrorists 25 years ago. Remember the up to 4.6 million people - according to Brown University estimates - killed by US-led forces in the post-9/11 wars. A hideous crime, followed by the crime of the century.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The Israeli military hacked into phones to identify the location of such targets, and covertly listened into conversations with their wives and children moments before they were all killed" Inhuman, genocidal, war criminals Nothing more - nothing less www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.
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pharaoh house crash @phchq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ‘British values’ brigade in action.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“No arrests were made during the incident” Compare with the mass arrests during the Just Stop Oil road-blocking action earlier in the week Explanations, please… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 02/09/2026
Marine biologist Loyiso Dunga mapped the Great African Seaforest, one of the world's few expanding kelp forests, using satellite imagery. Today, he advocates combining scientific data with Indigenous community knowledge for equitable conservation. Read the interview by @alexandratalty.bsky.social.
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‘You can’t protect what you don’t know:’ Interview with marine scientist Loyiso Dunga
CAPE TOWN — When scientist Loyiso Dunga began mapping the Great African Seaforest in 2016, he decided to go snorkeling. The South African section of the kelp forest stretches around 800 miles or…
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This has actually been known for a long time! For instance the 1975 book 'Food for a Future' (orginally called "The ecological priority of a humane diet") made that point. More recently, the most extensive study ever done on farming's impacts also concluded:
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Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
Biggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland
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