Nick Burfield
@nickburfield.bsky.social
Conservation volunteer, wildlife surveyor and guide with a particular passion for birding in Suffolk.
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Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Howard disagreed with #Starmer’s decision to fully adopt the Fingleton nuclear report which made a number of suggestions, including "changing rules around protected species & increasing radiation limits for those living near or working in a nuclear power plant"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Howard disagreed with #Starmer’s decision to fully adopt the Fingleton nuclear report which made a number of suggestions, including "changing rules around protected species & increasing radiation limits for those living near or working in a nuclear power plant"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Well said #CraigBennett, couldn't agree more
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well said #CraigBennett, couldn't agree more
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...
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This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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More heartbreak for Thorpeness- just south of Sizewell- where govt expect future generations to protect the 'C' site & its spent fuel till the late 2100s!
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Look East - Evening News: 09/12/2025
The latest news, sport and weather for the East of England.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
More heartbreak for Thorpeness- just south of Sizewell- where govt expect future generations to protect the 'C' site & its spent fuel till the late 2100s!
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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"Downing Street refused to push back on either Trump’s comment on Europe or his latest attack on London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, whom the US president once again attacked."
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Downing Street refused to push back on either Trump’s comment on Europe or his latest attack on London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, whom the US president once again attacked."
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Excellent @drdavidlowry letter in Daily Telegraph.
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Excellent @drdavidlowry letter in Daily Telegraph.
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
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It appears that with each high tide, the sea is edging ever closer to these temporary sea defences at the Sizewell C site. The eroding dunes do not bode well for the permanent sea defences that will need to keep the site safe for the next 150yrs till all the spent fuel is removed!
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It appears that with each high tide, the sea is edging ever closer to these temporary sea defences at the Sizewell C site. The eroding dunes do not bode well for the permanent sea defences that will need to keep the site safe for the next 150yrs till all the spent fuel is removed!
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
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@teamlabouruk.bsky.social why are you not listening ???
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social why are you not listening ???
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Something that is never factored into the published cost of nuclear energy, a near century long clean up. We pay for this. Current bill, £120 billion and climbing. Sizewell C will be just more of the same. Expensive power and a toxic legacy for thousands of years.
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Something that is never factored into the published cost of nuclear energy, a near century long clean up. We pay for this. Current bill, £120 billion and climbing. Sizewell C will be just more of the same. Expensive power and a toxic legacy for thousands of years.
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
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Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon:
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon:
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Immoral for govt to find £bns of public funds for risky Sizewell C yet won't commit sufficient £££s for essential Geological Disposal Facility
"NWS does not yet fully understand the potential impacts of the govt spending review on...the delivery of the GDF”
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/uncer...
"NWS does not yet fully understand the potential impacts of the govt spending review on...the delivery of the GDF”
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/uncer...
‘Uncertainty’ in GDF programme due to Spending Review and local opposition | New Civil Engineer
GDF project so vast it requires two DCOs A GDF represents a monumental undertaking, consisting of an engineered vault placed between 200m and 1km
www.newcivilengineer.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Immoral for govt to find £bns of public funds for risky Sizewell C yet won't commit sufficient £££s for essential Geological Disposal Facility
"NWS does not yet fully understand the potential impacts of the govt spending review on...the delivery of the GDF”
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/uncer...
"NWS does not yet fully understand the potential impacts of the govt spending review on...the delivery of the GDF”
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/uncer...
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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So much global political doom and gloom but so much heartening action happening at grassroots - the more we all take part in local, loving action for the planet (and us), the better we all feel and the more real hope for the future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national
Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So much global political doom and gloom but so much heartening action happening at grassroots - the more we all take part in local, loving action for the planet (and us), the better we all feel and the more real hope for the future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A massive thanks to the Dorset Tourism Awards too for our award and for recognising that Eco-tourism is playing a large and important part of Dorsets future.....
#DorsetTA
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@bournemouthecho.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
#DorsetTA
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@bournemouthecho.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
We want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who's supported us over the last year. Thanks to the publics kindness for attending our series of events over the course of the year we won the GOLD AWARD in the Active and Learning Experience of the Year category at the #DorsetTA awards last night.
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A massive thanks to the Dorset Tourism Awards too for our award and for recognising that Eco-tourism is playing a large and important part of Dorsets future.....
#DorsetTA
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@bournemouthecho.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
#DorsetTA
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@bournemouthecho.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.
To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns
The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo
www.mirror.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.
To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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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…)
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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…)
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"The system that has caused such destruction of nature is the same system that rips us apart from each other." - @rachelmillward.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The system that has caused such destruction of nature is the same system that rips us apart from each other." - @rachelmillward.bsky.social