
Mike Pratt
@Mike_Pratt_NWT
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Northumberland Wildlife Trust CEO, everything wild and nature, forging our new attachment to Earth..all my own views.. New book Infinite Wonder now available
Joined May 2018
Great news for our National Parks and protected landscapes! 🌳💧 Thanks to collective action led by @Campaign4Parks which featured a letter to Keir Starmer asking him not to weaken the laws protecting National Parks & Landscapes, the Government has dropped its plans to weaken
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There is planning permission for 1.4m homes which haven't yet been built. If there are so many 'blockers', how come these houses got planning permission? And why aren't housebuilders getting on and building them? Much easier to scapegoat #nature
ft.com
Government is adding amendments to infrastructure and housing bill to strengthen scope for more timely construction
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https://t.co/NbTfNIZ2yF? A dark day for #Democracy. @UKLabour have become autocratic and dangerous..decades of legislation to protect us all has been torn up to allow developers to build where they want. @DanicaPriest @MastermanDavies @CHinchliffMP @ZackPolanski
theguardian.com
Changes intended to reduce ‘burdensome bureaucracy’ and make it easier to build windfarms, reservoirs and housing
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‘A Fabulous Autumn Morning’ A reprise of ‘Tom’s Amblings’ from October 2020!
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Help #DefendNature 🌿💚 Tell your MP that nature matters. Send a postcard asking them to protect wildlife and nature-rich places near you. It only takes a minute to make your voice heard 👉 https://t.co/3hLpfweA9Y
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Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change" "All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern" "Because aside from being a student of natural history, I'm a student of history, and I know what
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Our New Deal for North East Workers is about making our region the best place to work. That means skills courses so young people can get their 1st job, help to climb the career ladder and support if you're struggling to get back into work. So people across our region can get a
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Plans to restore the historic Rothbury Estate have gained vital backing from @HeritageFundUK 🌿Thanks to #NationalLottery players, £250k will kickstart work to restore 9,500 acres and create a 40-mile nature recovery corridor 💚 Read more 👉 https://t.co/cmamPJHCco
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Tragic. Preventable. Final. The Slender-billed Curlew is officially extinct, declared today by the IUCN. On our watch. We are technically brilliant and carelessly blind. Sit with the silence. Then fight for what remains. #Extinction #BiodiversityCrisis #Curlews
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The Chancellor says she fixed a problem caused by “some snails or something”. Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target. Here the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed. https://t.co/CnPWPqow9e
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
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Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
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Hi Chris Everyone @WildlifeTrusts are appalled by this total disrespect of Nature. @CraigBennett3 is quoted in the article. We are speaking out nationally and locally @NorthWildlife
If you love life please read this . . . Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer . . . and then ask what @Natures_Voice @WCL_News @WildlifeTrusts et al have to say about it . . . anything ?
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What is going on ?!
We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️ But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain https://t.co/pLGLka79jg
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Prolific author and historian who pioneered study of the prehistoric world. @NclAntiquaries @UniofNewcastle @TyneSnapper @HexhamAbbey
culturednortheast.co.uk
Celebrated historian who delved into secrets of the prehistoric mind dies aged 93. Tony Henderson reports.
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17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make a decision on General Licence restriction relating to shooting & killing of a sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick. 17 months! What's the hold up? Why isn't this a priority for @NatureScot ? Case details ⬇️ https://t.co/fW7yd8QdyT
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This is the story of my daughter Milly & Lyme Disease. There was no rash, no "summer flu", NHS blood tests negative. And she's been ill for a quarter of her life. https://t.co/PWMojtertr Thanks @UKLyme @LymeResourceCtr for raising UK awareness. NHS must take this more seriously.
theguardian.com
I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause
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Lunch with my dear friend the legendary @BillOddie today - great to catch up and remember our great filming trips for Birding with Bill Oddie…
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A wild, historic Northumberland landscape is at risk. You can save it and double your gift in September (up to £75k). Deadline: 30 Sept Donate today ➡️ https://t.co/NEJglC8wsP
#SaveRothbury #NatureForFuture #Northumberland
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More excellent news: UK government bans burning on deep peat in England. Govt responded to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry 👏 Ban comes into force 30 Sept 2025. Defra press release ⬇️ https://t.co/V4iuF10GJf
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🏃❤️ A huge THANK YOU to our Great North Runners! With your efforts and amazing supporters, we’ve raised almost £7,000 for Northumberland Wildlife Trust 🌿✨ Every step helps protect local wildlife & wild places – you’re all champions! 🏆 #GreatNorthRun | #InspiredByGreatness
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