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Gorgeous Swallow overhead. 😍 Taken recently in my Somerset village. 🐦

"Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria". Remember when govt made big noise and said it was going to clean up Windermere? So how's that one working out for ya? theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

Los ANIMALES son los terribles daños colaterales de los INCENDIOS de los que los medios se han olvidado 👇 Un OSEZNO desorientado, vagando por la zona arrasada en el interior de León

Today, marks 3 years since the UK Govt promised a ban on peat sales for gardening. Legislation has yet to be passed. In this 3 years, 859,660m3 of peat was dug for horticulture. Enough to fill 7,641 double decker buses. somersetwildlife.org/news/peatland-… 📸 Andrew Kirby & Alan Ashman

Barn Swallows - a🧵 It's that time of year - the swallows are beginning to line up before migration, so we thought we'd share some fun facts about this small but mighty bird!

As politicians waffle & procrastinate, “action plans” are not actioned - and agriculture continues it’s skilful lobbying to be able to pollute for profit with impunity - Lough Neagh, the UK’s biggest freshwater body, dies before our eyes ☠️☠️☠️ 😡😩😡 theguardian.com/environment/20…

The group have news of a Swallow ringed as a Juvenile August 2024 & retrapped by another ringer in Western Cape, South Africa amazing 6,130 miles away. It was retrapped February 2025

The really frustrating thing about the lack of progress on river buffer strips is they’re so simple. Simple to do, simple to check, simple to calculate benefits and simple to work out funding/compensation for farmers. theguardian.com/environment/20…

BBC News coverage of our successful legal challenge against Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority's unlawful planning decision for an adventure hub that risks disturbance to wildlife at a protected site. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Like buses!😂Now 38 for the patch. Six birds just dropped in this evening on the Otter Estuary NR, East Devon.

No 68 on my #Culverwell species list. A bird that will thrill any birder, the quizzical Wryneck #birdringing Portland Bird Observatory

TRAGIC: A bird as beautiful as the bee-eater, being shot , killed, dumped into a bucket and sold to restaurants for use in a traditional dish. Up to 30 millions birds are killed every year. #OperationDeadAir #Cyprus #birds #wildlifecrime

Busy skies over Barra: Kestrel, Hen Harrier and Hooded Crow taking it in turns to mob a White-tailed Eagle over Eoligarry.

🚨Busted! We shut down the biggest illegal bird trapping site we've found all year in Barja, South #Lebanon 15 huge mist nets, capable of killing 1,000+ songbirds A DAY during peak migration. This is industrial-scale wildlife crime. Every net is now SEIZED & DESTROYED 💥

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies aged 91 bbc.in/3VKRszu

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running. Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution. New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/har…

This is a combination of bad policy and bad politics. History will not judge abandoning efforts to avoid warming of >1.5C well. In the US this approach is pushing electricity prices UP, not down. And there's no future in being a Reform tribute act 🧵 1/11 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

‘A breezy day’ (From a pre-war Ladybird - circa 1935) Artist: Rene Cloke