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I have a couple - let me know if you’d like one

Wonderful list. I’d also add A Flat Place by Noreen Masud and A Line Above the Sky by Helen Mort

Nothing makes me happier than when a leafcutter bee decides she’s too cool for leaves, and builds her best using petals, instead 💚💗

⚠️ A high risk of moorland wildfires over the next few days, due to a combination of factors including higher winds and the recent heat. Please help protect reptiles, deer and other wildlife by preventing fire risk. If you do see fire, call 999 and get to safety.

Hi BBC News (UK) - when did you start normalising the language of the far right? Take a look at your editorial standards. And also remind yourselves that the UK was a signatory of the 1951 Refugee Convention. We have a duty to people. Refugees are by law allowed to claim asylum!

Having fallen (or jumped?) from their nest during the heatwave, Sid n Nancy arrived in the small hours, both suffering critical dehydration. After 36 hrs of gentle care & fluids I was overjoyed to hear Sid singing for his breakfast this am, Nancy obliged 6 hrs later. The relief

Breathtaking, barefaced lie from Sheffield Conservatives 🇬🇧

Nostalgia is a dangerous drug, I know, and both ecocritics and nature writers are sometimes guilty of it. But it's hard now to read this account of a hedge by the Victorian writer Richard Jeffries without a sense of loss. (From his essay 'The Pageant of Summer'.)

Lots of people worried, like me, about an apparent dearth of insects this year. This video from Dave Goulson is really helpful. Good: fluctuations are normal; it's probably the weather. Absolutely terrible: insect populations are down 90% in last 100 yrs youtube.com/watch?v=Io96wA…

May I never ever ever lose my almost childish excitement over casting my vote. I just love everything about it! (Except that it’s only once per election. Obviously it would be better if we had PR)

Understanding the risk to Peak District landscape the Longshaw estate was saved by Ethel’s efforts by campaigning & fundraising. It was given to the National Trust in 1931. Photo Karen Frenkel CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire Save GV Trees CPRE Derbyshire, the countryside charity SYBRG-Christine Sally Goldsmith 🍃💚🍃 Joanna Clare Dobson

5 years in prison for a peaceful protest about the climate crisis after a trial in which the defendants couldn't talk about the crisis? This is a scandal of our age. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

What’s truly, deeply beautiful about these islands comes from diversity, connection, curiosity, acceptance, the opportunity to grow our knowledge, right wrongs, celebrate cultures. Joy. Welcome. Sanctuary. That must prevail, & will. #StrongerTogether #HopeNotHate