Cuckmere haven 2:00-7:30 yesterday afternoon.
Long billed dowitcher on edge of the island showing brighter colours than expected, 1 greenshank, 4 redshanks, 2 Dunlin, 6 black tailed godwits, 1 bar tailed godwit, 3 whimbrels, 1 whitethroat. Sussex Birding British Birds

Peacehaven cliffs in the thunder and lightning. 1 Fulmar, 1 wheatear and 2 rock pipit only things of note. Sussex Birding Sussex Ornithology

My first early spider orchid and lots of early purples at castle hill this afternoon. Plus stonechat and skylarks. Sussex Botanical Recording Society Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 European Orchids & Wildflowers British Wild Flowers Plantlife Wild Orchids UK & Ireland Britain's Orchids

The gann estuary: this afternoon, 5+ black tailed godwits, 3 whimbrel, 16 Brent geese, 20+ringed plover, 13 curlew a female redstart and 4 sandwhich terns. Pembrokeshire Bird Group

Dale fort. 2 GN divers, small flock of lesser redpoll, 10+guillemots, 1 razorbill, stone chat, skylark, 2 sandwich terns plus 3 Curlew and common sandpiper by the Gann.

Also an otter in the sea Pembrokeshire Bird Group

Rewilding is hope! We can reverse biodiversity loss. This is what can be achieved in 20 years. #InternationalDayofForests 📸 Borders Forest Trust

Another local garden bites the dust and gets turned into a sterile plastic wasteland. I see a new one every time I leave the house! We desperately need to slow this onslaught against nature.
Please sign!
'Ecological Damage Tax' petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6082…

In case you missed it 👇

Chequered skipper butterflies have been successfully reintroduced to England in Fineshade Wood!

Working with Butterfly Conservation 🦋, the population is now stable enough for visitors to see the rare butterfly previously extinct in England. 📸: Dave James

Just lovely 💚

'I once fought against the dandelions, nettles and docks that infiltrated my garden. But now I know they are essential, I’m glad I lost the battle' - Alys Fowler

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

“Instead of ‘passing on nature in better condition’, it is going to set inadequate recovery targets and reduce protection for species and the sites on which they depend.'

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I was in a garden centre today getting some vegetable seeds and I saw boxes of this stuff. Be aware that although many of these plants have lots of nectar they are no substitute for native wildflowers as they do not support many insects in other stages of their life cycle.

The weather is set fair for this coming Sunday, so why not join us for our work party at Fermyn Woods Country Park to help our threatened butterflies. FermynPark Beds and Northants BC Susannah O'Riordan
butterfly-conservation.org/events/winter-…

What's the point in trying to educate people on the environment when articles like this are posted. Releasing pheasant has the opposite effect. Actual re-wildling aims to restore natural ecosystems and is not done by releasing non native pheasants. ⁦ independent.ie/business/farmi…

This is a joke, surely?independent.ie/business/farmi…

Checking the camera traps today and was surprised to find this handsome pair of Mandarin ducks. They had spent the night on one of our garden ponds #gardenwildlife

Introducing the UK’s FIRST live-stream white stork nest-cam! In partnership with Wildlife Windows, with generous support from The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, White Stork Project have installed a LIVE-STREAM camera on the stork nest on Knepp Castle.
whitestorkproject.org/live

Supporting eveidence for the benefits of 'weeds'. Research by Uni of Sussex found that the abundance and diversity of pollinators visiting species such as ragwort, thistle and dock species averaged twice that of Defra-recommended plants such as red clover and wild marjoram.

The Lye Valley this week. Hard to believe that within a couple of months it will be a flower-filled riot of colour...
#OxfordshireFens #WildOxford #LocalNatureReserve #OX3

📢 Exciting news!

We are thrilled to announce Radnorshire Wildlife Trust's first Ambassador... Ben Porter! Ben Porter

Ben is an ecologist, researcher and award-winning wildlife photographer from the windswept island of Ynys Enlli off North Wales 🌍🌊📸✊