The River Lugg, in Herefordshire, one of the most beautiful and important rivers in the UK, has been intentionally destroyed over a stretch of approximately 1.5km with huge repercussions for wildlife downstream 👇 wildlifetrusts.org/news/horror-de…

This is massive, and horrific. National Farmers' Union is secretly lobbying the government to allow #neonicotinoid pesticides to be reintroduced after Brexit. It tells its members: "Please refrain from sharing this on social media." On the contrary, please RT. campaigns.nfuonline.com/page/72051/pet…

We chucked soil and plants onto this south london sub station roof back in 2009. Lots more of these in London?:)

Can you ID #plants, #butterflies or #bumblebees to species level? We're recruiting 10 x field surveyors for a high-profile project - undertake monitoring of mobile species, plants & habitats at locations across England for 4-month period from May ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Care… Pls RT!

NEWS: A new Toolkit has been published to enable housing providers and residents to support #wildlife and boost #biodiversity on their estates 🐝🦋🌳🦇 Read more: ceh.ac.uk/press/new-%E2%… #ukhousing

The #Biodiversity toolkit for housing providers brings information from many sources into one place! Developed by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in partnership with @SHGroupUK ALERC NC Bracknell Forest Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre BBO Wildlife Trust, funded by Natural Environment Research Council Read more: ceh.ac.uk/press/new-%E2%… #ukhousing

Green spaces in urban habitats have great potential for supporting lots of #wildlife and improving people’s #wellbeing. We hope housing providers across the UK will use the new #Biodiversity toolkit available at shgroup.org.uk/toolkit - pls share! #urban #GreenSpaces #housing

At Buttlers Hangings SSSI seasonal livestock grazing will be best in the long term for scrub clearance and natural dynamics. Fencing contractors arriving later this week to fix the fencing and hopefully cattle not too far behind! ⁦Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team⁩ ⁦The National Lottery Heritage Fund⁩

My water supplier, Severn Trent, has been sending messages telling people to use less water in the #UKHeatwave. As a result, my neighbours have been worried about using water on days so hot, they're a national emergency. Let me tell you some things about Severn Trent. 🧵

Found this beautiful green oasis in Cambridge recently. There are so many green spaces in our towns and villages that are currently over-mown or sprayed, but which could instead be boosting biodiversity and bringing nature back into our lives like this...

Agri-environment measures boost wildlife populations in long-term farm study ceh.ac.uk/press/agri-env…

Oh my goodness ! They are mowing & strimming the bare ground !!! Canterbury City Council Neil Baker this is bonkers & a waste of £££ ? Save Our Fields, Westgate & Garlinge, Kent 🍃💚🍃 ? !!! I am speechless #tankerton

So, I find myself 30ft in the air up a tree in Wellingborough- surrounded by police, security & tree surgeons- trying to prevent an illegal tree felling. How did I end up here? Here’s an outrageous story of nature destruction & collusion between authorities & private developer 🧵

18months ago I approached Quinn Estates to ask them to plant several wildflower strips and dozens of native hedgerows around one of their new build estate. Now it’s happened and this is a glimpse of one area. Why can’t more developers do this? If you like pls RT…

Imagine cruel people in their nice cosy homes take all the time and effort to put up spikes in Trees so that the little birds looking for shelter from the cold wind rain and heat in Trees as nature intended are met with cruel spikes to hurt them and leave them with no shelter

training via UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ammonia as an #airquality pollutant 18-20 Sep Edinburgh Now from £349 Save £100! find out more and sign up here: ceh.ac.uk/training/ammon… PL RP Bethan Purse Hannah Risser Nye O'Neil Lindsay Maskell Jeanette Whitaker Marc Botham Claire Carvell @SarahBurthe

Landscape-scale species monitoring of agri-environment schemes: LandSpAES baseline report now published, testing agri-env management at local and landscape scales 1358 species of butterflies, moths, pollinators, birds & bats recorded over 4 years at 54 survey squares 🦋🦇🐦‍⬛🐝

Before and after photos. Veteran Ivy destroyed at a nature reserve, by those tasked with 'managing' the site. Ecological vandalism, perpetrated by the very people entrusted with protecting our precious countryside. #ecology #biodiversity #ecocide

Striking change in the way opportunistic records are collected. The blue line shows the number of observations per visit (what a person sees on a day), the orange line the number of species, all in NL. 1990s: paper/excel, 2000s: website. 2010s: apps, 2020s: obsidentify.

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