‘These days, you get arrested and thrown in jail if you say you’re English, don’t you?’

Happy St George’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

We're appealing for information following the suspected shooting of a buzzard on Thurs 4 April on the North York Moors. If you can help please email [email protected] or call us on 101. orlo.uk/9gtje Ref 12240059635
#WildlifeCrime RSPB

Happy Earth Day 🌎
At Baltic we love all things nature, from the greenery in our spaces, to the Kittiwakes on our roof.
You can catch up with our popular residents with Durham Wildlife Trust’s Live Kittiwake Cam: durhamwt.com/kittiwake-cam

#EarthDay

St George’s Day, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & the five year anniversary of me arriving to be Chair Natural England.

It’s been a busy half decade, but quite a lot has happened, with huge potential for positive progress during the coming years.

Here’s a blog on all that ⬇️

naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/23/a-h…

this story gets better and better with every paragraph bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Petrel Station II is now complete, 148 Storm Petrel nest boxes alongside the small subcolony at the Farm. Mains power means lots of exciting possibilities ahead

Arrival is very slow this year, after the colony was hit by #avianinfluenza two years in a row. As of this morning, we have 66 registered birds, vs 132 this day last year vs 337 this day in 2022. #phenology #ternscience #ornithology #H5N1

How rich are the rich?

the two *families* who own the biggest chocolate corporations

have more wealth than

the two *countries* who supply the most cocoa beans

oxfam.org/en/press-relea…

Earth Day messaging is still stuck at the 'recycle harder' level, when what we need is the 'sue & disrupt the fossil fuel industry out of existence and put the executives who've spread lies in prison, as billions of lives and life on Earth is at risk' level

Dear TV, this is how you “both sides” climate change.

John Oliver (9 years ago): “You don’t need people’s opinions on a fact”

youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJ…

‘Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims theguardian.com/environment/20…

Television naturalist Steve Backshall has described pollution found in the River Thames as 'toxic'.

James Wallace from River Action told #BBCBreakfast testing revealed how bad the situation is

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

For young bird enthusiasts looking to visit one of the British and Irish Bird Observatories this year, we’re providing a number of grants to support your visit.🐦 Discover how to apply 👉 bto.org/ybov

Applications for 2024 will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 12 May.

On #EarthDay , we must stand for our planet.

A planet threatened by climate change, by pollution, by biodiversity loss.

A planet that needs to be rescued.

So we must unite.

And we must mobilize all our efforts for #ClimateAction .

Dear TV, this is how you “both sides” climate change.

John Oliver (9 years ago): “You don’t need people’s opinions on a fact”

youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJ…

Cuteness overload! Sandwich terns 'dancing' on RSPB England Coquet Island today. The gulls are back too! #SuperSeabirdSunday

#voluteer #BirdsOfTwitter

First ruby-tailed wasp of the year, investigating one of our garden bee-hotels. #WaspLove

Good morning welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we brighten up timelines with seabird photos/videos from you. Here is my contribution; a pair of European Shags on Isle of May in courtship #SuperSeabirdSunday

Urged to by my GP, I applied to receive PIP 4 times, & was rejected every time. I also appealed every time to no avail. Was once asked during this painful process when I expected my cerebral palsy “to get better”.
FFS.

An unusual request or question for everyone doing seabird colony visits this summer. If you 1. have reason to think that your colony/species of interest has gone through drastic changes over the last few years due to HPAI mass casualties and 2. There exist historical egg