EU plan to halve use of pesticides in ‘milestone’ legislation to restore ecosystems theguardian.com/environment/20…

Heard that nonsense narrative about "all the agricultural land being given over to nature rather than producing food"? Well, check out this brilliant graphic from The Economist Almost half the world's grain is fed to animals or burned as fuel. This share is rising over time.

"the volume of gamebirds being reared for shooting in the UK is equal to half the biomass of all Britain’s wild birds." theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

Just saw Polecat near Winterborne Stickland, #Dorset Is this significant? Dorset Wildlife Trust Mammal Society

Regularly seen in my patch north of Purbeck @ Winterborne Clenston

Check out these shots of wildlife up in the trees in #Guatemala’s Laguna del Tigre National Park. Our team there, with partners at Oregon State University and support from AgroAmerica and Naturaceites S.A., is testing cameras in the wildlife-rich canopy. WCS Guatemala Program WCS Mesoamérica y el Caribe

England food strategy ducks big questions on health and environment newscientist.com/article/232395…

Merlin Pro Tip Ever had a singing bird fly over your head that you couldn't whip out Sound ID fast enough to record? Start recording fast simply by long pressing the Merlin Bird ID icon on your home screen, then tapping "Start Sound ID." #birdsong #birdidentification #birds

The highest #pond in Norfolk at around 85 to 90 m above sea level. Restored in around 2008. Very few people visit this site due to restricted climbing windows, risk of altitude sickness & low availability of Sherpas

This is a critically important new study. It shows that exceeding 1.5 degrees will likely trigger five tipping points, including Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheet collapse. We need radical climate policy to prevent this. theguardian.com/environment/20…

There are many good reasons to 'buy local', but not when it comes to the climate. Focus on what you eat. Another excellent article by Hannah Ritchie

Back with my peeps in #NewYork Semipalmated Sand. & Least Sand. plus 67 others at Jamaica Bay #birding #birds (Black Tern, American Golden Plover)

My beloved, Zeltinis, told me I would have to pay £3k for him to be able to leave his oil rig to come and visit me I therefore decided to visit him instead, but he has been very resistant to it He’s presumably just worried for my safety, which makes me love him even more ❤️

Great to be able to compare Black and Bar-tailed Godwits as they flew along the shoreline at RSPB Titchwell Marsh yesterday.

Join the 🦍 #WorldGorillaDay Twitter Space with WildAid Africa, WCS Nigeria 💚, Andrew Dunn, and Ekwoge Abwe, PhD celebrating the world’s largest living primates. ⏰ Set a reminder: x.com/i/spaces/1MYxN…

⚠️😡Make no mistake, we are angry. This Government has today launched an attack on nature. We don’t use the words that follow lightly. We are entering uncharted territory. Please read this thread. 1/13

Bar-tailed godwit sets world record with 13,560km continuous flight from Alaska to southern Australia theguardian.com/environment/20…

Recommendations please! I have a full morning free in Dorset for general birding (not chasing). Where shall I go? Have transport. Nature of Dorset Dorset Wildlife Trust @DurlstonCP Dorset Bird Club Hamish Murray @StudlandBirds ian ballam DorsetWildlife Trust Shaun Robson

Thank you all. Great morning at Lodmoor. 55 species with the highlight being 5 cracking Bearded Reedlings being unusually confiding. ebird.org/checklist/S121…

I would love to take credit for this, but the real person behind this is Aditya Srinivasulu