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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · 1d

You left a bad smell behind with that massive libellous whopper 🤥 @bitoclass.uk Hope you aren’t spreading equally noxious lies on BlueSky

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Jul 4

I hear Friends of Finsbury Park secured the bar contract https://twitter.com/EveningStandard/status/1675934073577959438

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · 1d

Love your park? Come along & get an update at The Friends of Finsbury Park AGM; join in & share your views on Thurs 23rd Oct: Finsbury Park Trust, 225-229 Seven Sisters Rd N4 2DA. All welcome! Pls repost 🤗
@parksforlondon.org.uk @islingtonwalks.bsky.social @clivecarter.bsky.social @ticl.me

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TiCL 🍃💚🍃 @ticl.me · 2d

Yesterday, I was told that the presence of this gall helps distinguish a native from a hybrid black poplar …

Please tell me that it’s true

@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@galling.bsky.social
@kitenet.bsky.social

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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 2d

We can't stop deforestation without the experts: Indigenous people. 💚

At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection. Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign the open letter. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/def...

Demand UK support for Indigenous forest defenders at climate talks

Our world’s forests are under threat, worsening climate change, biodiversity loss and threatening vulnerable communities. This year’s UN climate talks – hosted in the Amazon – are our chance to act. W...

action.friendsoftheearth.uk

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Aug 28

Grade II listed heritage #finsburypark degraded possibly beyond recovery by @haringeycouncil after another lockout for summer mega festivals. Park users sit on dirt for picnics.

parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 20

Weeks later: park remains in poor state with drought looming, yet @haringey.gov.uk committed to exploiting green heritage rather than reducing frequency & charging £bn fest organisers more! @cprelondon.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @islington-council.bsky.social @parksforlondon.org.uk

parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Aug 28

Much needed support from @cprelondon.bsky.social thank you 🙏

CPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · Aug 27

London's #Parks, #PlayingFields and #GreenBelt are coming under increasing threat. Today, we've launched a new free guide on how to set up and run a successful grassroots campaign to protect #GreenSpaces.
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/new-gui...
@saveleamarshes.bsky.social @wimbledonpark.bsky.social

New guide to protecting green spaces launched

CPRE London is working to enhance, promote and protect London's green spaces. Love London's beautiful green spaces? Find out more and get involved.

www.cprelondon.org.uk

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 20

Weeks later: park remains in poor state with drought looming, yet @haringey.gov.uk committed to exploiting green heritage rather than reducing frequency & charging £bn fest organisers more! @cprelondon.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @islington-council.bsky.social @parksforlondon.org.uk

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 20

@haringey.gov.uk pls reduce yr #abuse
Max it while U can as barricades to go up again in June!
Help save Grde II listed #heritage #FinsburyPark: @clivecarter.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @islingtonxr.bsky.social @parksforlondon.org.uk @lgspace.bsky.social @gigl-lerc.bsky.social

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 20

SAVE #FinsburyPark: still2 recover frm years of abuse as #concert venue, yet this Grade II listed heritage AGAIN 2 be barricaded off fr summer mnths @CPRELondon @@LiveNationUK @emifinch @LifeBrockwell @ParksAllianceUK

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 16

Congrats to Brockwell Park campaigners on High Court victory over commercialisation of public green space! 🙌👏👏👏

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 16

The Friends of Finsbury Park: at the Cafè tomorrow morning. Come along & sign up as a supporter - it’s free! The FoFP: all volunteers working to help protect & preserve our beautiful green N4 oasis. Be there🌷

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 13

Watched your prog with interest Chris. You commented on the terminology: I prefer to use ADHS - ‘syndrome’ rather than the disparaging term ’disorder’. Let’s make a difference & adopt ‘ADHS’ 🌷

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · May 2

Woken up lady couple of days to the early morning chorus of birdsong -I ignore the fact that it’s all about territory because it sounds so joyous!
(Oh cripes! 😱 Is that a metaphor?).

parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Apr 29

A joy to see this thoughtfully planted area in Finsbury Park: dead-hedge borders & planting for pollinators; all done by volunteers of @FinsParkFriends #rewilders group, creating habitat for wildlife. So good to see such care & love for our much-beleaguered Park. Bit of a contrast @haringeycouncil

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Apr 13

PLS GIVE IT A REST
😢 Grade II listed #FinsburyPark scarred from years of abuse by @haringeycouncil NB big contrast btwn areas barricaded off for major events/other parts left for public recreation
@FinsParkFriends @CPRE @ParksAllianceUK @hackneycouncil

parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Feb 25

@mrjamesob.bsky.social PM Security speech Opposition Leader: oh gawd, she’s got it wrong again scoring pathetic self-aggrandising points instead of endorsing & aligning

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · Feb 21

Had the pleasure of attending the relaunch of @humaneworldorg.bsky.social (formally known as Humane Society International) at an event in Parliament . Let’s keep reminding Labour of its promise to give animal welfare ‘the biggest boost in a generation’ and help turn those words into bold actions !

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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · Feb 21

This is the same focus as the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority: income generation, not acting as environmental custodians.

The LVRPA also plan to accelerate their Corporate Land & Property Strategy to dispose of land across the Lee Valley Park to 'raise revenue'.

#GreenNotGreed

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Feb 21

The City of London has billions of pounds in the bank. So why is it trying to cut its funding for historic open spaces such as Hampstead Heath and increase commercial revenue on the open spaces?

Get your leaked documents here: www.londoncentric.media/p/maximising...

"Maximising value": The secret plan to make money from Hampstead Heath

Exclusive: Leaked documents reveal the City of London's plan to reduce public funding for some of the capital's most famous open spaces.

www.londoncentric.media

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Feb 19

@mrjamesob.bsky.social on ageism - I am thinking of wearing a badge that says
‘I’m only old on the outside’

parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Feb 19

‘Only’?
Makes starlings sound like the ‘weeds’ of the bird world 🤔

British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · Feb 18

Only a Starling, but what a fabulous bird. Seen at @sandbachflashes.bsky.social in Cheshire today for #BirdsSeenIn2025

Starling, introduced and now common in many places throughout the world. Scientific name Sturnus vulgaris.

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Parks for London @parksforlondon.org.uk · Feb 19

The 2025 Actions Update outlines fresh priority actions to guide the London Urban Forest Partnership in protecting, managing, and enhancing London’s trees, woodlands, and hedgerows over the next five years.

📌Find update in our Resources Hub

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Feb 16

Something amidst the gloom to celebrate: rewilding ushers in Nature’s abundance of flora & fauna, biodiversity & beauty 💚

Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Rewild the golf course!

Why local habitat enhancements and rewilding successes at disused golf courses across the country prove the case for fully rewilding the naturally regenerated Waterworks Meadow in #WalthamForest

www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/02/04/r...

Rewild the golf course!

This read will take you a few minutes, but we think it’s worth your time; it will cover: The inadvertent impact of public health measures and the ‘Hackney Beach’ craze on the Wate…

www.saveleamarshes.org.uk

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parksr4people.bsky.social @parksr4people.bsky.social · Feb 13

@clivecarter.bsky.social DM’d you on Twitter Clive (I’ve migrated, with extreme prejudice, from that cesspit); not sure yet how to DM on Bsky unless this is it… can we talk? G

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Margaret Boyd @mboyd7.bsky.social · Feb 12

My next round of birdwatching for beginners course starts early April. Head to our @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social website for all details and to book. With a keen focus on songs at this time of year it’s a great start to spring birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social @northcavewet.bsky.social

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Feb 6

By illegally neutering the National Labor Relations Board, Trump has enabled Jeff Bezos to ignore the union victory at Whole Foods in Philadelphia.

Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot

Amazon’s Whole Foods says Trump’s firings that paralyzed a federal labor regulator invalidate a union vote at a Philadelphia store.

www.washingtonpost.com

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