Five years ago, I was lucky enough to be involved in the reintroduction of White Beak-sedge to Greater Manchester after not being seen in the area for 200 years. From three small clumps, there are now hundreds of thousands of plants! Wowza. 😍🌱

Brilliant beaver wetlands in Belgium. They are everywhere in the wet meadow bottoms of damp land. Farming continues around them without significant issue just as it will one day again in Britain. Life of all other sorts is reignited by them to share their world.

Did you know Common Ragwort is one of our most important wildflowers in Britain?! It’s used as a foodplant by >130 insects & ranked 7th most important resident wild plant for pollinators here. Today I’ve been collected seed for my own garden - so excited to see what turns up!😍

One day all our national parks should look like this. The challenge to come will be controlling the trees to ensure diversity. Not having no trees at all because of sheep or deer. Both scenarios are absurd legacies and should be dismissed. Any new beginning involves change.

We’re at peak house martin for 2023. This lot were skirling (sky whirling?) around me as I swam this evening. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

One week left to help Andrew Simcock hit his £5k target for #biodiversity. Please donate! Andrew has cycled 400 miles between Eastern #RSPB reserves, campaigning for a #statue of founder Emily Williamson & fundraising for #wildlife. emilywilliamsonstatue.com/post/one-week-… RSPB

🚨UPDATE: Yesterday we heard (again!) Swift bricks being debated in Westminster, this time in the House of Lords. However, it feels a little like déjà vu… A Thread:

Have you seen a Holly Blue this year? While it can be tricky to spot the butterflies as they flutter high around bushes and trees, early September is the perfect time to find the superbly camouflaged caterpillars on buds of Ivy. 📷🦋: Samantha Batty 📷🐛: Peter Eeles

I set up a little bird bath today, next to the pond in my new garden. Eating my supper outside, I heard a splashing! ❤️❤️❤️

Many think urban edgelands lack character or value. For me, this urban edgeland is ever-changing and inspirational: theguardian.com/environment/20… Country diary Stephen Moss Nicola Chester Jeff Young Iolo Williams LJMU Impact Vanessa Wright Jeni Bell Annie O'Garra Worsley

1/3 Our autumn bird protection camp on #Cyprus has been running for a few days now and full teams begin fieldwork this weekend. Together with Wardens from the Game & Fauna Service, one of our scouts were already able to catch our first poacher of the season!

Right place, right time! I just happened to be standing next to this Field Maple when one of the leafcutter bees nesting in our bee hotel flew in, and cut a piece of leaf right in front of my eyes. You can see from this short video, how quickly and deftly they cut the leaves …

⁦Environment AgencySW⁩ ⁦Environment Agency ⁦Rebecca Pow⁩⁩ What the hell is pouring into the river below Huntspill Sluice, where migrant birds are feeding? Please RT ⁦Mark Avery⁩ ⁦Chris Packham⁩ ⁦Somerset Wildlife Trust⁩ ⁦⁦RSPB⁩ ⁦⁦RSPB England⁩

‘One might think that ultra passionate Taylor Swift obsessives have an exclusive claim to the term ‘swifties’. But now a new group with a far more significant cause has emerged to challenge: ordinary Britians fighting for the survival of swifts.’ ⁦The Telegraph⁩

bbc.com/news/uk-englan… This was a nice surprise whilst on holiday, a friend sent me this BBC South East article about my early career helped by sculptor Anthony Bennett and my explosive clay kitchen experiments!! Royal Museums Greenwich Emily Williamson Festival EmilyWilliamsonStatue Monumental Welsh Women

More linocut Lapwings! This one is by Norfolk artist and printmaker, Niki Bowers More of this artist's delightful linocuts, here: nikibowers.co.uk

A bit of bling. #Turnstone #Sheringham 5/2/2024

Erm… happy frogspawn day to me! 🙈 so that’s 10 days earlier than last year and 19 days earlier than when they first spawned in my pond, in 2021. Yikes 🐸 #ClimateCrisis

As the trees are getting ready to unfurl their leaves, and blossom here is a reminder of Autumn just gone. Have a great #thicktrunktuesday folks. #trees #TreeClub

An impressive campaign. Go Hannah! It took the RSPB’s female founders 30 years to get the Plumage Act made law, stamping out the vile trade in bird skins & feathers. The usual weasley Gnmt excuses.