What and absurd article We're with you all the way, Mark

"Swimmers warned not to enter the water at Exmouth due to pollution for fifth time." Did you know that the Environment Agency stops testing bathing quality at the end of September? At which point you're on your own until next May. You'll never even know. 🤮 itv.com/news/westcount…

Great to see the fantastic nature recovery work of Rob and his team on west Exmoor getting the spotlight..

Bluefin tuna hunting garfish in South Devon yesterday. Taken on my phone, so please forgive the quality.

In autumn when the morning mists are rising on some meadows & glades of Białowieża Forest you are able to find herds of European Bisons feeding, before they head to the woodlands for the daytime.

it is quite astonishing when you think about it. For the next three months all of the money from your water bill will be spent on nothing but debt interest payments and dividends. Not fixing the sewage system, not securing London's water supply, not providing a better service

I’m shocked, shocked to hear that the ‘net zero aspiration’ for farming trumpeted by the National Farmers Union in 2019 is now ‘in doubt’ The NFU’s plan refused to consider significant land use change or dietary shift & favoured bioenergy crops instead 1/ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fascinating trip to Knepp Wilding today. Including to the facilities they’ve developed to sell their meat - which looked amazing.

Europe saved its predators from the brink of extinction. So why is it killing thousands of bears, wolves and lynx? theguardian.com/environment/20…

Wait for it + volume up Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters with little transitiva friends (how red they are!) this morning in Kfar Ruppin at our restoration site. Lots of flying insects for food. Digiscoped through SWAROVSKI OPTIK ATX85

England’s national parks overseen by ‘bloated’, mostly white male boards theguardian.com/environment/20…

How national parks failed nature – and how to fix them theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Beast emerges. Giant Bluefin Tuna plus a very lucky Garfish off the coast of Devon yesterday.

Zwettl in the north of Austria. Many places in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, etc. are currently drowning due to an extreme weather event - which is the result of extreme heating of the Mediterranean - which is a consequence of the climate crisis.

Incredible 4 day rainfall totals in Austria. Previous records more than doubled, and in one case tripled. This is not normal but it’s exactly what we expect in a rapidly heating atmosphere. There’s worse to come.

Just because it keeps coming up. Molinia, aka Purple Moor Grass ... and the Dartmoor Commons ... On the left green is deep peat, brown is shallow peat on N Dartmoor. On the right, Molinia extent in black overlayed On the high moor Molinia is symptom of degraded deep peat

1. You might not have heard of it, but the system supposed to protect us in England and Wales from #floods is an absolute disgrace: a network of old boys' clubs completely unaccountable to the public. No wonder it fails so badly. My column + thread. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘Butterfly emergency’ declared as UK summer count hits record low theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exclusive : our mudflats store more carbon than our forests . Pioneering British research revealed tonight of global significance ⁦Channel 4 News⁩

What is a wildcat's role in a Devon landscape? Interactions between species are complex, and predator-prey relationships have often developed over millions of years. When one predator is removed, it can have a knock on impact through food chains. 📷stock.adobe.com [1/2]