Just waking up to the news that for the first time in 20 years we have a government that is promising to deliver a proper ban on hunting with hounds.

Dear Keir Starmer, This Puffin has no idea who you are. Yet your decisions will affect them, and all UK wildlife, immensely. We need you to prioritise nature from day one. You've got a lot on, we know. But #NatureCantWait. Kind regards, RSPB

Hi BBC News (UK), Ed Miliband is not set to be the 'Environment Secretary'. He is set to be the Energy Security & Net Zero Secretary. Steve Reed is set to be Environment Secretary. Separate roles for years. Do try to learn a bit about nature & climate politics?

Congratulations to Ed Miliband on being appointed Secretary of State Department for Energy Security and Net Zero We The Wildlife Trusts look forward to working in partnership with you on the role #nature can play in #climate #mitigation (eg. sucking carbon out the air) and #adaptation (eg. reducing flood risk)

Congratulations to Steve Reed MP on his appointment . I’m looking forward to working with him and his department as we #RestoreNatureNow

And congratulations to Ed Miliband on his appointment . . . and again I very much look forward to working with him to address climate breakdown and a just transition away from fossil fuels towards renewables

The best Wainwright

You really didn’t win anything much, Suella/Priti/Jeremy/Lee. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Tent drama Timber Festival

I’d missed this: that barmpot eaglephobe Loder’s also gone! Good morning (again).

Green woodpeckers for alarm clock. Good morning campers! Timber Festival

Happy #NationalMeadowsDay! I’m celebrating with the best ever year in our 9-year-old meadow, with more orchids, more species and more flower power than ever before! Creating it has been the most profound and joyful thing I’ve ever done Plantlife The Wildlife Trusts

Hut of the Shadows camera obscura, Lochmaddy. No one here apart from oystercatchers and otters.

The horrible, complete truth. An awful, complex problem with many variables, factors and potential vectors. #bTB

First Defra press office email from a Labour environment secretary…

"The grouse moors of Northumberland, Durham, South & West Yorkshire & Derbyshire are now Labour seats" - points out Mark Avery (h/t Inkcap Journal). Time for Labour to end moorland burning & ban driven grouse shooting: markavery.info/2024/07/05/gen…

Stone Club at Timber Festival tomorrow. Come and say hello if you can be there timberfestival.org.uk/the-programme/…

Join us at Carsington Water in Derbyshire for Action for Wildlife Day on Saturday 10th August. Hear from top conservation speakers , enjoy live music, and join in free kids activities. Enjoy a fantastic family-friendly day out!

Closing scene, #Elections2024

(“What are you sniffing for?”) #LastTweet m.youtube.com/watch?v=ApO_u1…