Thank you to everyone who donated to our Pine Martens #BigGive fundraiser, helping us to reach our £50k goal! Thanks to your generosity, these critically endangered animals will be able to thrive in the south west for the first time in 150 years.🐾💚 📷Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

I hoped for a day when a report like this would be written. Thank you! I care passionately about this! Everyone should read this report. Dorset Council UK

SIX, yes SIX! Beautiful, bulbous, boisterous bullfinches on the feeder this morning in Corfe Mullen, Dorset. 3 males and 3 females. More than ecstatic.

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My first field note on Encounter… and it’s my frog-worthy new wildlife pond! I can’t wait to see how this progresses (the pond and Encounter). Well done @Encountertheapp Team for getting this far. A massive achievement.

Alan Cleaver has a new book coming out it April. If you fancy a free copy, like or retweet this. In 48 hours, I'll select a random winner and send you the book.

A quarter of freshwater animals threatened with extinction, finds major new study theconversation.com/a-quarter-of-f… via The Conversation

The potential for AI to revolutionize conservation: a horizon scan: Trends in Ecology & Evolution cell.com/trends/ecology…

When I started filming in British rivers over a decade ago I looked for three things. Clear water, lots of plants and plenty of fish. It's all be impossible to find in today which sickens me given its happened in such a short period.

📢Just in: UK Government to keep ban on bee-killing pesticide in place📢 For years, experts and over 300,000+ nature lovers have called for this ban to be maintained, but have been repeatedly disappointed. We are delighted with this latest decision🐝🌍

Hurray! Some good news for bees at last. Our new government has followed the science, and refused the application by sugar beet farmers to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides.

A song thrush & a mistle thrush singing above the snowdrops today; a sweet-sad carolling for dear Heather of littleRamstudio. Tears for someone I never met, but felt very much like a friend to so many of us on here; such was her warmth, vibrancy, creativity, humour & humanity x

Scrolling through the nature journaling Encounter app. Looking at the signs of spring already appearing. Worth a look. threads.net/@encounternatu…

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My Guardian Environment Birdwatch column for April... theguardian.com/environment/20…

About — Encounter Nature - just signed up to this excellent App from the wonderful Melissa Harrison and ⁦Miles Richardson⁩ - looks great! encounter-nature.com/about

Just been watching a white tailed eagle glide around above our house in central Corfe Mullen. Quite high, but unmistakable. Watched for ages through bins. 1pm. Blimin brilliant! Dorset Bird Club Birds of Poole Harbour lyn lambert💙💛🇺🇦

What's better than seeing a fresh Valesina? Seeing two 😍 Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia f.valesina) in Dorset, UK. BBC Springwatch Chris Packham Dorset Wildlife Trust

Laura Knight, Bathing, c.1918 English painter who captured scenes around Cornwall in the early 20thc #WomdnsArt