What a stunner...the first record of a Clifden Nonpareil from our Peterborough garden. In pristine condition so probably breeding close-by. A species that's been on my wanted list for several years now, so feeling very happy!! #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

The rule of law isn’t just important for a functional society. It’s important for life on our planet. Here are Wirral Council councillors bragging about the destruction of Hoylake foreshore - a site with as many legal protections as anywhere could have for its biodiversity 🌱💔

Yuck. Didn’t the brilliant #W1A mockumentary series on the BBC have a rolling gag about commissioning a series on Britain’s top village?

Where are the BTO Cuckoos now? 🤔 10 Cuckoos are in Africa, Cuach Torc seems to be heading south once more after his visit to Germany, and we’ve sadly had to say goodbye to Trent. Follow their journeys ➡️ bto.org/cuckoos 🌍 #BTOScience #Ornithology

Exciting! Lady Rhondda - powerhouse inter-war #feminist, equal rights #activist, editor of the radical Time & Tides. This #statue has been a long time coming

The Kenneth Williams Diaries was an 800-page slog full of misery, but the brightest ray of light in it was how much he worshipped Maggie Smith. From 1962:

Fantastic news - another statue of an inspirational woman. #Feminist, #activist, #campaigner for equal rights between the wars. We’re still pushing for a #statue of RSPB founder Emily Williamson of #Didsbury!

Brittany, France early 20thc, women making 'picot bigouden' a form of intricate and complex crochet linking to Irish crochet #WomensArt

Greenwich Observatory, Eric Ravilious, 1937. The original artwork is in the collection of London Transport Museum. #London

The puffins are coming!

The first Merveille du Jour of the year from our #Yorkshire garden last night.

When the Oxford children's dictionary discarded dozens of nature-words—"dandelion," "fern," "starling"—as irrelevant to children's imagination and replaced them with words like "broadband" and "cut-and-paste," this inspired act of resistance was born: themarginalian.org/2019/06/17/the…

The ribbon and button department of a Copenhagen store in 1904. Københavns Museum

Given the eyesight challenges I’m facing, perhaps I could be forgiven for using the same image twice for #WildFlowerHour yesterday! Having only shared 24 of the wildflower species #StillFlowering here, here’s 13 more - the companion picture I should have shared originally. With

Sometimes it seems campaigning for policy change doesn’t achieve significant change. Well it did on this. Very pleased we decided at Friends of the Earth back in 2005 to make the case for what became the 2008 Climate Change Act, & from which this is one result bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Just finished On Gallows Down by ⁦Nicola Chester⁩. Such a beautifully written, deeply moving book, part memoir part polemic. Rich in her experiences, immersed in the changing landscape & wildlife around her. A must read if you care about the world around us. #naturewriting

Here are our ten wonderful shortlisted poets for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2024, and their shortlisted books! We are so thrilled to be able to celebrate these writers and share their work with you all. tseliot.com/prize/category…

Excited to be bringing an untold story of early eco activism to this brilliant #book festival 💪🏼🦜💥 Join me on Saturday 1.30 to hear how Etta, Emily & Eliza called out the vile Victorian plumage trade - & founded the #RSPB RSPB #magnussonlecture #lovenature #birds

Huge congratulations Hannah Copley #Lapwing is extraordinary. I devoured it breathless then grounded, lost & found, all at once. Just stunning. Will read & re read.

It seems the word is out. A little something I've been working on. Can't wait to share it with you 💕 Published May 2025 🪿 #Author #Nature #Birds #MagicOfBirds