Sign the Petition Network Rail must remove bird netting under the bridges of New England Road, Brighton

#Bird #Netting used under rail bridge at New England Road #Brighton
Objections to this can be sent via #Change #Petition
#Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
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I was in an ancient woodland yesterday (White Posts Wood, Essex, TQ5682) when I found the Hazel Leaf-roller Apoderus coryli and Dendroxena quadrimaculata. Nice beetles I haven't seen in ages.

The stunning underwater world that’s at risk as the Iran war drags on | CNN Not far from the vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf is a one-of-a-kind marine ecosystem that’s home to dolphins, sea turtles and coral. How do oil slicks affect them?

A wildlife disaster unfolds alongside the human tragedy in the Strait of Hormuz

@greenpeace.org reports Iranian vessel Shahid Bagheri, stuck by a US warplane in early March, is still leaking oil near the Strait, with nearby wetlands at risk:

www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...
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Our latest research shows that UK songbirds are routinely exposed to toxic pesticides, covered today in @theguardian.com

Government to ‘double down not back down’ on clean energy in face of gas spike Key to the plans is breaking the link between gas and electricity prices

We welcome the commitment from Ed Miliband to accelerate the transition to clean power. Regeneration of our ocean is critical in tackling climate change. We need strategic marine planning that accelerates ocean regeneration alongside development of renewable energy.
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England wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’ Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

Natural England failing to protect valuable sites. Our report for @wildjustice.bsky.social shows that nearly 2/3 of sites waiting to be designated as SSSIs were under threat from development. One site in Thurrock will be directly destroyed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@sarahfinch.bsky.social is a living legend.

An image of a person with a pushchair down a residential street near inconsiderately parked cars. The person is wearing striped clothing and walking past a black car. The setting includes brick buildings and a view of houses on a hill in the background.

It's happening! 📢

On Tuesday, MPs will consider an amendment to enable local leaders to ban pavement parking in their area. We need you to help us get this amendment on to the Bill.

Ask your MP to agree to Amendment 265 when it's considered on Tuesday: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4tMU2Uq

Buglife News: Anger as potential Site of Special Scientific Interest sand dunes are destroyed Read more of our latest news related to invertebrates, insects and bugs.

Anger as potential Site of Special Scientific Interest sand dunes are destroyed.Wildlife experts have been left devastated by the continued intentional destruction of dune habitat on the Ardeer Peninsula in Ayrshire by its landowners...

www.buglife.org.uk/news/anger-a...

Over 100,000 women stand with the trans community and say 'Not in Our Name'.

Will you join them?
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not-in-our-name...

For the second day, the person engaging in the unlawful practice is not a lawyer or an immigration advisor. Yet this nuance is totally absent from the framing.

For the second day, the specific example on which the article is based makes un-evidencrd links to rising claims.

It's deplorable.

For Keir Starmer to talk of national resilience and ignore nature is absurd | Letters Letters: Responding to an article by the PM, Caroline Lucas says he must be clearer about climate risks, Molly Scott Cato says we must reverse Brexit and Dr Victor Ajuwon applauds Labour’s directness....

Extraordinary that nowhere in an article on resilience did PM find space to include the growing threat posed to UK security by the dramatic decline in the health of nature around the world - especially since his own intelligence chiefs have recently spelt it out for him in no uncertain terms 👇

“We allow at least 100,000 trawlers to scrape the ocean floor, w/out even knowing what they are catching. It is important that governments… exclude bottom trawling from large swathes of the ocean, particularly from so-called marine protected areas.”
Sign: action.greenpeace.org.uk/ban-destruct...

James Bembridge on X: Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

Day 3 of @britishlichensociety.org.uk Appleby meet: Green Castle and Knock Ore Gill. Peltigera leucophlebia, prolific Parmelia discordans tretching into the distance. #LichenGBI

Peltigera horizontalis

Mycobilimbia sphaereroides (was M pilularis)

Punctelia borreri

Steep carpet of wild garlic

In Swindale Wood, east Cumbria, yesterday on @britishlichensociety.org.uk field meeting. Steep limestone valley, many dying ash trees, hints of old woodland #lichen community. Species names in alt text.

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...

If you're sick of water companies being allowed to pump s**t into our rivers with no accountability:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

The wonderful Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social is running the 2026 London Marathon dressed as a 🦡 in aid of Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s land acquisitions for nature. Please watch his message and consider sponsoring him ☺️

I don't need much persuading to go on a #WoodlandPlant hunt! This week's #WildflowerHour challenge gave me the perfect excuse this afternoon to go and check on my local Early Purple Orchids, Orchis mascula. They are just getting going, but there was one beautiful stand out specimen. 😍

BOOM!
South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less.

THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis.

#EnergyRevolution

The @nationaltrust.org.uk only rarely ask their members to take political action, but when they do, it’s seismic.

Please take the NT’s action, email your MP demanding the Government protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030: campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/186395/...

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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Nearly 1 in 6 UK species are threatened with extinction.

We've lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s.

We have 73 million fewer birds than in the 1970s - a decline of almost a third.

And yet some politicians still just see wildlife as a blocker to progress.

Just a heads-up to all people of Brighton & Hove, our ignorant &irresponsible @brighton-hove.gov.uk allowed Glyphosate to be sprayed along our road verges 4 years!!
“Today’s figures reveal that the UK’s glyphosate addiction has spiralled out of control. Our overuse of this toxic chemical 🧵
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Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’ Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishment Some swifts returning to Britain to breed will be unable to access their ancestral nesting holes after they were blocked in a £7.5m refurbishment of a Derbyshire railway viaduct, campaigners say. Nature lovers had appealed to Network Rail to unblock three holes which were among at least nine swift nesting sites on the twin viaducts at Chapel Milton, on the edge of the Peak District. Continue reading...

Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’

Hate fox hunting and want it to end? Well the Govt has just released a public consultation on banning it for good.

Please use our guide to fill it out: protectthewild.org.uk/hunting-cons...

A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us.

If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems.

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

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

#redlist #climatecrisis
Story by me
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Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB The UK's largest bird charity has issued new guidance advising people to stop using feeders to help wildlife thrive.

Very important changes to advice on feeding your garden birds
@rspbengland.bsky.social
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Daily Mail social media image claiming: It’s grim when your child is banned from bringing home a picture of Jesus to plaster across the fridge door

I debunked the original headlines about these school guidelines when they first came out a couple of weeks ago.

But then the Daily Mail pushed this on Facebook over the Easter weekend, so I felt the need to address that too!

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