Norfolk councillors demand action on chalk stream crisis | Norfolk Wildlife Trust 62 of Norfolk’s local councillors demand urgent action to protect our county’s rare chalk streams following shelving of Chalk Stream Recovery Pack.

We agree that chalk streams need cherishing.
Perhaps beavers can help?
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Four seals die on Norfolk coast after contracting bird flu Experts raise fears for England’s largest colony at Blakeney Point as they conduct tests to identify source of infection

Oh no.

Different Approaches to Measuring Diversity Affect the Strength of the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Studies: A Meta‐Analysis The notion that biodiversity begets greater ecosystem functioning is an enduring paradigm in ecology, supported by a growing body of research demonstrating the significant effects of biodiversity ...

Different Approaches to Measuring Diversity Affect the Strength of the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Studies: A Meta-Analysis. Freshw Biol, 70: e70002. doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

Please sign this petition to get gay conversion therapy* banned in the EU. The UN considers it mental torture. Any EU citizen can sign. We just need 1,813 Irish ppl to sign to reach the Irish threshold.

Please do sign & support human rights: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

This simple solution stops pollution going into the sea Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?

Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?

Bats surf storm fronts during spring migration Long-distance migration, common in passerine birds, is rare and poorly studied in bats. Piloting a 1.2-gram IoT (Internet of Things) tag with onboard processing, we tracked the daily location, tempera...

🔎 Published this month in Science

🦇 Female common noctules largely took advantage of warm nights and favorable wind conditions, such as warm fronts providing wind support, to migrate to their maternity roosts.

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

El derrumbe de la anguila en el Delta del Ebro, quitándoles las unidades para poder comparar pesquerías y seguimiento científico.
80% de declive tomando 2008-2010 como referencia
Con el seguimiento, más fiable, la cifra es más bien 90%
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es, hay que hacer cosas

Wildlife cams | Cumbria Wildlife Trust Wildlife webcams streaming live from Cumbria featuring osprey, seal, garden bird feeder, and badger.

We adore live cameras just as much as #Winterwatch – in fact we run a few of them ourselves! 😁

Take a look 👀

www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams

@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Good news for bees and insects..

We need more nature friendly farming.

@nffn.bsky.social @wildlifetrust.bsky.social

Rare Red Squirrel Colony Discovered in Yorkshire Dales A rare colony of Red Squirrels has been found in a Sitka spruce plantation in the Yorkshire Dales, marking a significant conservation milestone

Red Squirrel Colony Discovered in Yorkshire Dales www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/R...

Devastating songbird decline: is an Essex council really responsible? With the huge decline in songbirds, the dawn chorus is now led by seagulls and pigeons in Southend. Is glyphosate to blame?

A coincidence?

@davidj2024.bsky.social is reporting a bird decline in his south-west Essex garden.

South East Essex Friends of the Earth has recently expressed concern that weedkiller glyphosate could be affecting insects & driving away songbirds i.e robins, blackbirds & sparrows

#birdwatch

Badger
Meles meles
Recording from October in the Southdowns.
#southdowns #badger #conservation

THE GUARDIAN: I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw

One headline to rule them all

Spring is just around the corner.
Roe deer (capreolus capreolus) last spring in the Southdowns.