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Find me now @StephenRHoon.bsky.social Will you join us there? By bye Elon. Enough. Be gone.

A little more positive momentum that aligns the once very traditional National Trust with the urgent 21st C agenda.

Black Hill, Peak District NP, now a wonderful carbon sink thanks to two decades of science & hard work by academic-NGO+ & volunteer collaboration. @ADThomas_1970 @rsen5 @MMU_NATSCI @moorsforfuture @wildmoorsuk

And if Joe calls Starmer Rishi ..

Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.

The Conservative Party unveiled its manifesto today, sparking concern among nature organisations. The party plans to reduce the powers of @NaturalEngland, which is responsible for protecting some of the country's most important upland nature sites. https://t.co/Oa92boNTJM

And it gets better by the week

Third year of my relative's lawn, Stirling. Simple transition from a regularly mown lawn. Yellow rattle planted and a few seeds added last year. @ADThomas_1970 @LGSpace

What is the point of the U.K. having marine protected areas if arseholes can just rock up and kill everything living there. Bottom trawling needs to be banned yesterday.

It's despicable that rare birds of prey are still being shot, trapped and vanishing without trace on grouse moors. 📢 We're urging the next government to license grouse moors in England and Wales and shut down those involved in wildlife persecution.

If you see a swift like this. Pick it up, hold it up, and let it fly off. They can't take off from the ground or flat surfaces. RT this. It could save a swift.

Meet the ancestors: Skara Brae didn't disappoint.

@wednesdaypolitics why isn’t the destruction of our natural world not in main line politics ? Areas like this which improve physical health and wellbeing but are being decimated for the profit of a few @mrjamesob @Benfogle @SheilaFo @maitlis @guardian @Independent @BBCWalesNews

Sweden bans bottom trawling in all its waters, in a move that could allow the seabed to heal & wildlife to replenish. Conservationists say bottom trawling tears up the seafloor habitat fish need to live & breed - destroying generations of ocean life. https://t.co/d73Mgf7ngu

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A person on the check out saw my son holding a dinosaur toy & tried to play with him saying “ahh will it eat me!?” & he just looked at her, with the straightest, most confused face ever, and said “no, it’s a herbivore” 😂 #Autism

This is also why you need to keep dogs on leads particularly on nature reserves and protected sites. I've seen a willow warbler nest close to the ground destroyed by an off lead dog. I love dogs but I also love birds.