This week has seen sabs across the country out in force while most people are still asleep. For many hunts, the cubbing season has now started.
โ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎโ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.โ ๐ โฌ๏ธ
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A little video about some of the wildlife we encountered in Salzburg/Austria:
youtu.be/N2OsEhiBjg8?...
#Wildlife, #Nature, #Salzburg , #Mammal , #Insects, #Invertebrates, #Birds
Wow! Super find ๐๐
So far 5 #bigbutterflycount counts. Different locations but only one spot has been worthy of a mention. My garden has only had three species :(
I think Iโve reached peak badger โstuffโ nowโฆor have I? ๐ค๐คฃ
Life has been family focused now for almost two years. But when I do get a spare moment, I seek peace in nature & it it turn finds me ๐
Wowsers you guys! What a fascinating creature!
SHOCKING SCALE OF BADGER PERSECUTION BY HUNTS REVEALED
The wide scale persecution of badgers by hunts is revealed in new data seen by the Hunt Saboteurs Association.
www.huntsabs.org.uk/shocking-sca...
Here are some horrible dead bird discoveries from the Somerset countryside. Continuing my theme โGuardians of the Countryside?โ
Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry.
If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales.
Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens:
whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h...
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Thinking about sharing some photos from over a decade of wandering off the beaten track across most of Somerset. What my friends & I have found is truly astounding.
Hereโs a clue to the main contributors of this habitat destructionโฆ
Something for #valentinesday. Just a couple of badgers at a sett in the centre of a town in Somerset. The male had been loitering outside this sett for a number of nights, guarding it maybe or hoping for his moment of lurrrve โค๏ธ ๐ฆก
Cowslips are in flower on the bank outside Taunton County Courts. Also in the vicinity, last Spring, were Early Purple Orchids plus a Bee orchid. Please @somersetcouncil.bsky.social let the grass grow again in 2025 for #nomowmay
Ian called badger culling "a national disgrace" and said: "I would swap this award immediately for the government to rescind all existing badger culling licenses."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
sun glowing orange on the horizon as it sets. Relection in the flooded fields.
Stunning sunset today down on the #somersetlevels
Monday. This badger knows how I feel. Always loved this bit of footage we got at a badger daybed in the middle of a town.
Poison, Traps and Shooting โ Organised Crime on the Grouse Moors.
www.huntsabs.org.uk/poison-traps...
Hereโs some activity from this particular sett from previous years.
sunken lane
bracket fungus on a fallen tree
hazy winter late afternoon view of the hills
Making the most of the better weather to visit some badger setts. Uplifting to get out and catch those first signs of Spring. Primroses pushing through as are snowdrops too. Fresh spoil at the sett.
๐จBREAKING: A big win for the bees and itโs sweet as honey๐ฏ! The government has denied the emergency authorisation of neonicotinoids, a pesticide that has decimated bee populations in recent years.
I hope Keir Starmer is also backing these builders, rather than the blockers trying to stop them giving us flood-preventing, drought-reducing, biodiversity-increasing infrastructure *for free*?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Happy #squirrelappreciationday to my friends in the park. Hated by many, Iโm a fan. So there!
First bird I heard & saw this morningโฆa peregrine! #taunton
As sab groups join this new platform, we are adding them to this starter pack.
Share with your friends ๐
go.bsky.app/4XgZrUa
I spent the last couple of days in Oxford where two huge farming conferences happen simultaneously. I was there to talk about the vital importance of access to nature, and why farmland has to be part of that.
๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐
A secret deal between Warwickshire Police and the Warwickshire Hunt has finally been released, following a two year campaign by West Midlands Hunt Sabs to expose the truth.
Read all about it:
www.huntsabs.org.uk/two-tier-pol...
Well letโs see how this goes. Looking to connect with people who care about the natural world AND are prepared to take action to protect it. Somerset based.