4 eggs!

@rspb.bsky.social

Live Peregrine Falcon BirdCam | University of Birmingham YouTube video by University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham has the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world, nicknamed Old Joe after Joseph Chamberlain, its first chancellor.

Despite the fact it's campanile (has bells), a pair of Peregrine Falcons have nested in Old Joe’s tower every year since 2013. Here's a livestream:

Very much enjoying the bright yellow swathes of dandelions in the areas we seeded last year. Especially beautiful on the Bristol Road all the way to the University of Birmingham.

This year it's been poppies, from seeds collected last year and scattered in rough patches. Hope they'll do as well.

It's hit £20,000 in just the first few hours.

Thank you so much for your donations! 💚🙌🏽

Making hope normal again:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-deserve...

Find your Green Party local election candidate at birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/candidates-2...

For the first time ever, we have a candidate in EVERY ward in Birmingham - 101 in total.

Every single Brummie can #VoteGreenInBrum!

Green Party 'increase election ambitions after Polanski surge' The Green Party says it wants to 'give Birmingham hope again' after a tough couple of years for the city

We keep having to set our expectations higher as our members keep growing and our poll ratings keep improving.

#VotrGreenInBrum not just to keep Reform out, but to replace Labour and keep hope alive here.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

I'm not sure the Clifton Road site is the best choice as it's quite close to Moseley, but there's definitely an argument for a Balsall Heath end station near Joseph Chamberlain College, on Highgate Road.

I just signed a petition to help save the Friends Institute in Birmingham. It’s been an amazing community hub since 1897, but the council is planning to close it down. We need to protect this space for the local groups that rely on it. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public health

Glyphosate: “The government urgently needs to commit to phase out – and ultimately ban – glyphosate and support farmers and local councils to adopt safe and sustainable alternatives.”

Yes, yes and yes
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

Melting Antarctic ice means entire colonies can fall into the ocean, leaving the chicks to drown. Even if some penguins escape the water, they are soaked + will freeze to death.
4/5 known emperor penguin breeding sites in the Bellingshausen Sea collapsed in 2022, with the loss of thousands of chicks

Birmingham Friends of the Earth Stop Incinerating Start Recycling! Red stop sign image and 4 exclamation marks around the words

Birmingham Friends of the Earth Birmingham is facing many waste-based issues: Dependence on the Tyseley Incinerator This greatly inhibits Birmingham's capacity to recycle Resulting in high rubbish collection costs and recyclable materials going to landfills A picture of 3 recycling bins in a line

Birmingham Friends of the Earth How can we create change? Our volunteers, including John Newson, have been calling for the closure of the Tyseley Incinerator To ensure the closure of the incinerator a recycling strategy must be put in place Improvements in recycling would mean the incinerator will no longer be fuelled, reducing harmful byproducts

Stop Incinerating, Start Recycling!
Birmingham burns a lot more than it recycles, sending waste into the sky.

The variety of German bees before the Industrial Revolution (187, top) vs after the introduction of pesticides (43, bottom), DHM

ACTION: Sign the petition and tell the UK government to protect our pollinators. The UK’s pollinator numbers are dropping heavily - we need the UK government to step in and protect them.

UK bee and other pollinator populations are dropping rapidly. This is partly due to how many pesticides we use – but it doesn’t have to be this way. France has banned pesticides from towns and cities.
Join me and tell the UK Government to follow in their footsteps and protect our pollinators:

Birmingham Green Party just hit 2,500 members!

Birmingham Green Party just hit 2,500 members!

Join us at join.greenparty.org.uk to beat Labour in EVERY Birmingham council seat in the local elections in May!

Donate at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/2026-start... to help us pay for the election materials we need to get a Green run Brum!

Activists at an anti-racist meeting stand behind a banner that reads BIRMINGHAM TOGETHER HOPE SOLIDARITY LOVE

On Sat 28 March in London, Birmingham will be making its voice heard.

Right wing politicians & commentators love to use our city as a symbol of everything that they hate about this country.

Our message will be clear: BIRMINGHAM IS NOT BROKEN. BIRMINGHAM IS UNITED!

@togetheralliance.bsky.social

SAVAGES Saturday 21st March Film: 3pm Discussion: 4:30-5:30pm The Warehouse 54-57 Allison St Free Snacks and Drinks

Savages film screening
On the edge of Borneo’s rainforest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutan & forms a strong bond with her Indigenous cousin.
Saturday 21st March (International Day of Forests)
Film: 3pm
Discussion: 4:30-5:30pm
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social Digbeth
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/savag...

Savages Saturday 21st March Film: 3pm Discussion 4:30-5:30pm The Warehouse 54-57 Allison St Free Snacks and Drinks Picture shows 2 claymation characters humans sitting on the branch of a tree, one is holding a baby orangutan.

Film Screening - Savages

On the edge of Borneo’s rainforest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutan & forms a powerful bond with her Indigenous cousin.

Saturday 21st March (International Day of Forests)
Film starts 3PM, with discussion from 4:30PM-5:30PM
The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St, Digbeth

‘The sums don’t add up’: UK farmers struggle as Iran war drives up costs Prices of crucial farming inputs such as fuel and fertiliser skyrocketed just before the spring planting season

“About a third of the global seaborne trade in fertilisers passes through the strait of Hormuz”

Time to plant more peas, beans & other nitrogen-fixing legumes, and cut down on excess fertiliser applications - which are also killing rivers & wildflowers:

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Is asking you as EDUCATORS watch this film

🚨 Reset the climate conversation in your school
🏫 Host a screening of the National Emergency Briefing for Schools Teachers
🔗 Register your interest now forms.gle/W2ejtpKe9Env...

Free Clothes Swap & Panel Discussion Join us for a day of swapping clothes and digging into important topics at the BRIG Café!

At our campaigns meeting tonight we're in person at @inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth and doing our final planning for our free Clothes Swap & Panel Discussion on Saturday. Come and join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...

Birmingham Local Elections 2026 Questionnaire Dear Birmingham, We want to hear your story. Below are a series of questions that'll allow you to talk about the issues you face in your daily life. Issues that the new city council should focus on w...

Let’s work together for a better Brum
💚
@birminghamfoe.bsky.social want to work with you and the local election candidates to ensure that our stories are heard.
You can share your thoughts about some of the key issues in Birmingham with this short questionnaire
💚🐝
forms.gle/i6S6g72NoQAs...

odd, isn't it, how many of the changes made by the Trump administration increase the chances of death and disease?

But what if there's more to life than honey?

Bayer offers $7.25bn to settle weedkiller cancer claims [Image: Bottles of Roundup weed and grass killer are stacked at a Costco Wholesale store on March 11, 2025 in San Diego, California] 17 February 2026 Bayer, the German bio-tech giant, has proposed paying $7.25bn (£5.35bn) to definitively resolve a legal battle in the US over whether its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The possible settlement is part of a broader push to secure closure over the claims, which have weighed on the company since it bought Monsanto, the American-maker of the widely used but controversial herbicide. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7473vyxgqpo

THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS PROMOTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY ENSURING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS AND GLYPHOSATE-BASED HERBICIDES Executive Orders February 18, 2026 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/promoting-the-national-defense-by-ensuring-an-adequate-supply-of-elemental-phosphorus-and-glyphosate-based-herbicides/

17 Feb 2026: Bayer offers $7.25bn to settle tens of thousands of claims that its glyphosate containing weedkiller causes cancer (especially non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
18 Feb 2026: Donald Trump signs an executive order to increase domestic production of glyphosate-based herbicides.

#ThisIsAmerica

Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats - Environmental Health Background Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the world’s most widely used weed control agents. Public health concerns have increased since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) c...

In this long-term study, glyphosate
Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

International Study Reveals Glyphosate Weed Killers Cause Multiple Types of Cancer A comprehensive carcinogenicity study on the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, involving scientists from Europe and the U.S., has found that low doses of the controversial weed killer cause mul...

June 20, 2025
International Study Reveals Glyphosate Weed Killers Cause Multiple Types of Cancer
publichealth.gmu.edu/news/2025-06...

I've taken action for our wild places!

The Prime Minister is considering weakening environmental protections at a time when nature is already in serious crisis. Speak up today.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/186397/...

Bayer agrees to pay $7.25bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits Thousands of lawsuits accuse the agrochemical maker of failing to warn people that its weedkiller could cause cancer

Bayer agrees to pay $7.25bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits
Thousands of lawsuits accuse the agrochemical maker of failing to warn people that its glyphosate-containing weedkiller could cause cancer.

This is today, no appointments necessary, just come along and swap seeds you don't needz

make a commitment to grow different crops and share the produce?