Tim Quantrill
@QuantrillTim
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Birdwatcher and conservationist, walker, beer lover and Burnley fan
Skipton, Yorkshire
Joined October 2012
We are devastated to share the news that three white-tailed eagles have disappeared in suspicious circumstances. We are asking anyone who may have information to help the police investigation to please come forward. https://t.co/loHIgpFsny
@RoyDennisWF @ForestryEngland
forestryengland.uk
The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disappearance of three white-tailed eagles.
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Oh my god! Fantastic work by those concerned but just so horrible that so many have been slaughtered in this fashion, particularly in the Yorkshire Dales and Nidderdale. Why aren't the authorities cracking down on this? Because they don't want to upset the shooting industry
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government. New blog ⬇️ https://t.co/o7j7heuu4w
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A ban on selling peat isn't scheduled until 2031 "when Parliamentary time allows". This is ridiculous, it's been years and it still hasn't been done. Good news on peat restoration and agro-forestry though which is expected to ramp up from 2026 - providing Defra funds are there!
The UK's carbon reduction plan once again repeats the misleading statement there is "an increase in environmental land management schemes from £800 million in 2023/2024 to £2 billion by 2028/2029". No, funding has NOT increased, farming payments are being cut by £100m
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But where are the follow up questions investigating the fact that a monoculture of heather is allowing the beetle to build up its numbers and the consequences of climate change in the future. Again hand-fed a story on a plate with little critical thought https://t.co/pYYNMCS05N
bbc.com
The North York Moors are as 'dry as kindling' because of heather beetles, a gamekeeper says.
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Great campaign from @FriendsDales - let's hope having more people on the ground and awareness will make landowners and gamekeepers have second thoughts about persecuting raptors in the Dales and @JulianSmithUK can support it and urge people to sign @NYorksPolice access agreement
EYES ON THE SKIES - new campaign led by @FriendsDales to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. New blog ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/j3LPlFrpmQ
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Important report but once again a sad state of affairs re raptor persecution in Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale National Landscape. Too many incidents and not enough breeding pairs https://t.co/pVQFH8YJVA
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Great news and well done Defra for standing up to the shooting lobby. Now we just need to police this - and where should we report suspicious fires? I note the press release says where owners can ask for exemptions but no link for the public to report possible transgressors!
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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📢BREAKING NEWS - & it's EXCELLENT news! Judge rules RSPB covert video surveillance IS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE in prosecution of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, who's alleged to have been involved in the shooting of a Hen Harrier on Yorkshire Dales grouse moor. https://t.co/Pi0tHrepjU
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Great news so many Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserves are now included in the Wild Ingleborough National Nature Reserve. Let's hope all the remaining blanks will be managed sympathetically so the whole area will be connected for Nature in the Dales https://t.co/fgeJmzOjxq
bbc.com
The extension will offer greater protection to the rare species found in the Dales upland landscape.
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Well done again Guy. Fantastic research and brilliantly written, skewering those who say they are looking after our countryside and say us oiks should keep our noses out when, in fact, the self appointed "guardians of the countryside" are the ones despoiling and exploiting it
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So sad to realise we've lost so much - in fact it was stolen from us. We should reclaim all the land that was enclosed and pay the landowners what they compensated the people with at the time - zilch! (Of course, with the accumulated interest on that included!)
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Another important and shockingly revealing book from @guyshrubsole . Anglian Water is now proposing a huge new sterile and carbon-consuming reservoir in the Fens. Couldn't they just reinstate the meres like Whittlesey that were drained? Restoring nature and supplying water 1/2
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Yorkshire water has failed the people of yorkshire. Not only is the river low now, but it will have more abstracted. The Salmon parr, which I was filming today, a fish already in decline and fighting for its own survival. Will now have to fight harder to survive.
Last week's drought status. What kind of a mess have we become that as a national we're sitting around keeping our fingers crossed, hoping beyond hope that it's going to rain? Is anyone in charge?!
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The White Lion in Cray looking rather knocked about today @keighleycamra . Application recently in to make alterations to the building but they're already underway. Fingers crossed it stays as a pub - no change of use bid yet!
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A record 3 #WhiteTailedEagle chicks have fledged in the wild in England this summer including the first in Dorset for over 240 years! The chicks were reared by eagles released by @ForestryEngland & @RoyDennisWF in our project to return this lost species🦅 https://t.co/UZROzzvre9
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Fancy a swim at Flamborough, Bridlington or Scarborough this afternoon? I wouldn't. 👇
Congratulations Yorkshire Water! In the busiest week of the summer holiday you decided to belch sewage into three of the most popular beaches on the East Yorkshire coast around Bridlington and Scarborough. No notices. Just thousands of unaware families + kids swimming in sewage.
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Shooting estates failing to declare millions of Pheasants - excellent research from @guyshrubsole This could spell disaster in Avian Influenza epidemic. New blog ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/ngJmdhl41W
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Scheme to release beavers into wild in England has stalled, say nature experts Not a single licence granted since first beavers let loose in March, raising questions over application process https://t.co/MCBV05gSAO
theguardian.com
Not a single licence granted since first beavers let loose in March, raising questions over application process
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Who'd have thought it? Farmers need lakes and ponds on their land - aren't they the same lakes and ponds they've drained over the past decades to increase production? @NFUtweets sounds like you need beavers back, they'll do wonders for you
My write up from today’s water summit https://t.co/AD6FlaHbuQ
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‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts . Like my beloved New Forest - described by a botanist mate as a ‘blasted billiard table’ - there is no regeneration - there will be no new forest at all
theguardian.com
National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast
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