If true, what the Labour front bench is doing is unforgivable. The #CANBill is essential & has backing of huge number of experts, scientists, unions & others. If backbench Labour MPs ever consider rebelling against leadership on anything, let it be this theguardian.com/environment/20…

Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds! Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest. SongBird Survival University of Sussex Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu

We were disheartened to hear Rachel Reeves speech on planning reform where she singled out newts as the cause for planning delays. Housing & nature do not have to be pitched against each other! Nature can, & should be, part of the solution. More: ow.ly/pLh050UUUUB

.United Utilities Lancs Rural Police Depressing visit to Anglezarke today. Off road vehicles are now churning up the vegetation around the viewpoint above the reservoir. 2 burnt out cars over the weekend too, and as usual there were ridiculous amounts of litter.

Slim pickings for today's #WeBS count at the Anglezarke and Rivington reservoir complex. A flock of 35 teal and a pair of Oystercatcher were the only highlights. ChorleyNats Wetland Bird Survey

Sad to see the scrambler bike damage to the woodlands in Lead Mines Clough is getting worse. United Utilities Lancs Rural Police Lancashire Wildlife Trust

First outing of the year for the Belmont toad patrol. 26 rescued and 8 killed tonight. All males, patiently waiting for the females to arrive. Froglife ChorleyNats Leonard Poxon

Are we really a nation of nature lovers? I mean deep down, in a personal, committed way? Or is the UK's renowned ‘love’ for nature more conceptual and theoretical than out there in the real world? Thread 1/8 👇

.Lancs Rural Police United Utilities Lancashire Wildlife Trust Apologies for the poor quality video, but should this helicopter have been flying so low over Anglezarke moor today? It appeared to land briefly. Hugely disturbing for the wildlife, especially so close to the breeding season.

Glorious weather for this mornings #WeBS count of the Anglezarke and Rivington reservoirs. A total of 11 Great crested Grebes was a good number for this area. Wetland Bird Survey ChorleyNats

Dog owners of the world unite and think about nature when walking your pet. Wormwood Scrubs, London, England RSPB RSPB England Kowa Sporting Optics OM SYSTEM Cameras WormwoodScrubsAction Dog Walker Directory

“The government is therefore pleased to confirm that we will be moving ahead with a new GCSE in natural history.” This is excellent news & Ministers are to be warmly congratulated. Well done Mary Colwell on relentlessly making the case for this. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

Toad patrols do make a difference. When the Belmont toad patrol first started 8 years ago, we'd only get 50 or so toads during a spring migration. Last year we had 600, 241 saved on Saturday night, with sadly over 100 killed by the boy racers Froglife Leonard Poxon Bolton & Bury Swifts

.United Utilities Dismayed to hear about tree felling work being carried out at the north end of Anglezarke reservoir today. Why on earth is this happening during peak bird nesting season, when nests with eggs or young will almost certainly have been destroyed?

Forget No Mow May, it's silage cutting season in Britain! Look out for macerated hares, grass snakes, nesting waders and other wildlife. Mowing heavily-fertilised fields in May for silage is a relatively recent thing. It's been going on in Britain for perhaps forty years. In

Free running dogs DO disturb nesting birds. PLEASE keep them on a lead in the breeding season. 🎥Borys Kala - Polish Society for Nature Conservation

Worrying to see invasive rhododendron plants starting to appear on Anglezarke Moor. Possibly seeded from the rhododendrons that are swamping the native vegetation on nearby Stronstrey Bank. United Utilities Lancashire Wildlife Trust Natural England

Time for a blanket ‘Dogs On Short Leads at All Times.’ Our countryside is being treated like a dog park. Those farming & managing land shouldn’t be expected to police this any longer. The verbal abuse, stress & sheer frustration is unacceptable. It’s so simple a solution