England’s newest National Nature Reserve is declared: Stiperstones Landscape in Shropshire. 11th of 25 to be declared in the King’s Series, this one is over 1500 hectares of heath, woods, grassland & bog set atop dramatic geology. Thanks to all partners for this landmark moment.

📢 I've signed Alzheimer's Research UK's petition because people with dementia deserve the right to an early, accurate diagnosis. Don't leave #DementiaUnseen, sign the petition today. alzres.uk/unseen-scl

If you stole these from the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Charity Shop on St Mary's Street, Shrewsbury, please do the right thing and return them Selling these items would have raised £100, which is a huge amount to us We won't be angry, just please, if you see this, return them.

Engineering is not just about building things; it's about building a better future. Join the movement of change-makers. #EngineeringChangeMakers

Today is International Bat Night🌙 🦇❤️ International Bat Night is an annual event that takes place at the end of August to raise awareness about bats & their vital role in ecosystems, such as pollination, pest control & seed dispersal The event is celebrated in over 30 countries

Arrived home to find a gorgeous migrant Wood Warbler in our Shetland garden and just outside it in a recently cut silage field, a lovely juvenile Curlew Sandpiper with a small flock of Ruff - a very welcome addition to the house list 🙂

More excellent news: UK government bans burning on deep peat in England. Govt responded to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry 👏 Ban comes into force 30 Sept 2025. Defra press release ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/mor…

Great showreel by my son Tom for his film and editing business. Lots of varied work (including drone filming) in the UK and further afield. Proud Mum 👍🏼♥️😊 instagram.com/reel/DOX4encDJ…

TWO Golden Eagles 'disappear' in suspicious circumstances in south Scotland - Police appeal for information. Details ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/29/two…

Absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles snatched five Shetland ponies leads to inevitable call to 'shoot eagles'. More sensationalist nonsense, demonising the UK's rarest eagle. New blog ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/28/abs…

I counted 30+ dead Whooper Swans at lunch today at Welney due to avian flu, and yet still the WWT decide to feed them to entertain visitors - on a pool with 6 floating corpses and 2 visibly ill swans. NOT good conservation. WWT Defra UK

❗️🥚 At Smithfield Market last night, a case of imported eggs from caged hens was photographed, clearly labelled “Not to UK standards,” at the same time the government announced new welfare reforms for England and Wales The contradiction is stark. The UK banned conventional

Hats off to Clitheroe Young Farmers Club annual Christmas tractor run. What gloriously festive sight - and to raise money for local charities. 🚜🎄🚜🎄🚜🎄🚜🎄🚜🎄🚜🎄

You'll want to be sitting down for this bit. Water companies are currently £82.7 billion in debt, have paid themselves £85 billion in dividends, leak over a trillion of litres of water per year, dump sewage for almost 4 million hours per year, have been convicted of over 1,200