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 👇

World Curlew Day approaches (April 21), you might like to read why they are in trouble. In 2016 I walked 500 miles across Ireland, Wales and England to find out. Find out in Curlew Moon: Iconic curlew evicted from our changing countryside - Nature in Mind tracybrighten.com/environment/cu…

Book reveal! Nature Needs You - The Fight To Save Our Swifts will be out on Mayday & I hope it will help save swifts from national extinction. To preorder blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…

Wishing everyone, everywhere a very happy World Curlew Day! Love them, celebrate them, protect them. 💚#worldcurlewday

It’s #WorldCurlewDay 💚 So here's 5 things Curlews are better at than you… a thread. 1/7

If you are out and about near Stroud, go to George St by the clock tower and see the beautiful mural by ATM of a Curlew and chick in a meadow. Thank you to everyone who helped us make this happen, the council, the Fifteen cafe and all the supporters of Curlew Action.

If anyone would like to draw a #curlew, with expert online tuition, join us tomorrow, April 23rd, 7-8.30 pm. A relaxed evening drawing, listening to music and curlew chat. Curlew Action are joining with the wonderful Wild Life Drawing. Might have a go myself 🫣 All you need is a

Vote for a charity! Please nominate Curlew Action though the link below 🙏 We could win a £1000 prize, which is a lot of money for a tiny charity like ours. It will go a long way to helping us do what we do for curlews, their habitats and nature education. Thank you!

Curlews are famous! World Curlew Day on Have I Got News For You. Well done to the heroic Matt Trevelyan from the Nidderdale project. 💪💪💪👍👍👍🤣

Excellent and engagingly written blog on Curlews. Thanks ⁦Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⁩ and ⁦walkhighlands⁩ walkhighlands.co.uk/news/curlews-c…

My article on the #GCSENatHist in British Wildlife Mag. The green light for the GCSE represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to put nature in the limelight, so what I say below comes from the heart after thinking about and working on this for 14 years.

Well this is what I think about the government voting against swift bricks: Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes | Birds | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Adult Snipe feeding 2 chicks - something I rarely see, despite there being hundreds of breeding pairs on #Tiree Graham Appleton Patchwork Challenge

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

Get your MP to sign this edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti… it will take them 30 seconds and could make all the difference to swifts.

Belties might just be the most functionally effective breed in Britain This year’s calving: 100% unassisted births 100% live/healthy calves 100% good mothers 0 meds/drugs 0 bought feed 0 housed 0 losses It’s been like this pretty much every year - they are awesome cattle

A few more walks added to the website today. Follow the link for more details. derbyshirebirdtours.com/trails A re-post would be much appreciated, thank you.

A case of wanton destruction of one of our vital wildflower verges in Norfolk, right when our pollinators are at their peak. No sightline issues, no need for flailing prior to a harvest & certainly no reason to cut down flowers in full bloom. Norfolk County Council is this a protected verge?

Volunteering opportunity! We’re working with Animate Projects on WORK Records, a creative heritage project exploring East Midlands historic working lives. Join the team as a volunteer researcher and help uncover hidden histories of a local family firm: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/vol…

Some of the 152 Curlew I was privileged to spot on a narrow lagoon island on my trip to RSPB Conwy yesterday RSPB RSPB Cymru Wader Quest BTO BTO Cymru RSPB England Mary Colwell Curlew Action Curlew Country Curlews in crisis