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Today, the UK Government’s Planning Bill became law – a big blow for wildlife.
Thousands of you fought for nature as the Bill passed through Parliament.
Now, this isn’t the time to stay silent – nature needs us more than ever.
Join us & speak up 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/action/1
Thousands of you fought for nature as the Bill passed through Parliament.
Now, this isn’t the time to stay silent – nature needs us more than ever.
Join us & speak up 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/action/1
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today, the UK Government’s Planning Bill became law – a big blow for wildlife.
Thousands of you fought for nature as the Bill passed through Parliament.
Now, this isn’t the time to stay silent – nature needs us more than ever.
Join us & speak up 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/action/1
Thousands of you fought for nature as the Bill passed through Parliament.
Now, this isn’t the time to stay silent – nature needs us more than ever.
Join us & speak up 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/action/1
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Make your voice heard and tell the Scottish Government to commit to more nature-friendly farming:
action.rspb.org.uk/page/174887/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/174887/...
Scotland needs nature-friendly farming!
Join me and call on the leaders of the major political parties to grow a nature and climate-friendly future for Scotland's farms and crofts. The status quo is letting down our wildlife, our farmers, a...
action.rspb.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Make your voice heard and tell the Scottish Government to commit to more nature-friendly farming:
action.rspb.org.uk/page/174887/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/174887/...
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We have resigned from the Scottish Government’s farming policy group having lost all confidence in the process.
Farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crisis. Many farmers and crofters want to do more but the current system is failing them.
Full statement 👇
Farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crisis. Many farmers and crofters want to do more but the current system is failing them.
Full statement 👇
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We have resigned from the Scottish Government’s farming policy group having lost all confidence in the process.
Farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crisis. Many farmers and crofters want to do more but the current system is failing them.
Full statement 👇
Farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crisis. Many farmers and crofters want to do more but the current system is failing them.
Full statement 👇
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Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
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This is not just about wildlife. It is about our future too.
Over 20,000 people responded to the recent consultation in defence of BNG.
Your voice can still be heard. Email your MP today to tell them what nature means to you 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Over 20,000 people responded to the recent consultation in defence of BNG.
Your voice can still be heard. Email your MP today to tell them what nature means to you 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
December 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is not just about wildlife. It is about our future too.
Over 20,000 people responded to the recent consultation in defence of BNG.
Your voice can still be heard. Email your MP today to tell them what nature means to you 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Over 20,000 people responded to the recent consultation in defence of BNG.
Your voice can still be heard. Email your MP today to tell them what nature means to you 👇
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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The UK Government promised to be “the most nature-positive government this nation has ever had.”
Today’s decision to exempt more sites from Biodiversity Net Gain - the scheme designed to deliver more wildlife and green spaces where people live - flies in the face of that pledge.
Today’s decision to exempt more sites from Biodiversity Net Gain - the scheme designed to deliver more wildlife and green spaces where people live - flies in the face of that pledge.
December 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The UK Government promised to be “the most nature-positive government this nation has ever had.”
Today’s decision to exempt more sites from Biodiversity Net Gain - the scheme designed to deliver more wildlife and green spaces where people live - flies in the face of that pledge.
Today’s decision to exempt more sites from Biodiversity Net Gain - the scheme designed to deliver more wildlife and green spaces where people live - flies in the face of that pledge.
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At Pentrefelin in North Wales, Huw Foulkes is transforming his farm with planned grazing and 60-90 days’ rest per paddock.
The result: healthier soils, more grass, lower feed and fertiliser costs, and cows fed on grass 365 days a year.
Could it work on your farm?
https://tinyurl.com/mrxmxysc
The result: healthier soils, more grass, lower feed and fertiliser costs, and cows fed on grass 365 days a year.
Could it work on your farm?
https://tinyurl.com/mrxmxysc
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
At Pentrefelin in North Wales, Huw Foulkes is transforming his farm with planned grazing and 60-90 days’ rest per paddock.
The result: healthier soils, more grass, lower feed and fertiliser costs, and cows fed on grass 365 days a year.
Could it work on your farm?
https://tinyurl.com/mrxmxysc
The result: healthier soils, more grass, lower feed and fertiliser costs, and cows fed on grass 365 days a year.
Could it work on your farm?
https://tinyurl.com/mrxmxysc
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Keeping nutrients on the crop = better fertiliser returns, less waste and cleaner water. 🌱💧 #NFFNCymru is working with Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) to raise awareness of farming’s role in protecting drinking water.
👉 https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/working-together-for-cleaner-drinking-water-in-wales
👉 https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/working-together-for-cleaner-drinking-water-in-wales
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Keeping nutrients on the crop = better fertiliser returns, less waste and cleaner water. 🌱💧 #NFFNCymru is working with Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) to raise awareness of farming’s role in protecting drinking water.
👉 https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/working-together-for-cleaner-drinking-water-in-wales
👉 https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/working-together-for-cleaner-drinking-water-in-wales
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Staggering statistic on the health burden of phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides & “forever chemicals" in the FOOD SYSTEM. Mad
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Staggering statistic on the health burden of phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides & “forever chemicals" in the FOOD SYSTEM. Mad
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you care at all about wildlife please sign and share this petition to end peat-based compost sales in the UK. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... Lowland raised bogs are one of the rarest habitat types in the UK, peat is not needed for growing.
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 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If you care at all about wildlife please sign and share this petition to end peat-based compost sales in the UK. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... Lowland raised bogs are one of the rarest habitat types in the UK, peat is not needed for growing.
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Advent bird No. 9
Grey wagtail
Scientific name: Motacilla cinerea
Alternative name: Quite-yellow-but-not-as-yellow-as-the-yellow-wagtail-wagtail; Ashen Arsepumper
Finnish name: virtavästäräkki
Song: tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip (pause) tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa
Grey wagtail
Scientific name: Motacilla cinerea
Alternative name: Quite-yellow-but-not-as-yellow-as-the-yellow-wagtail-wagtail; Ashen Arsepumper
Finnish name: virtavästäräkki
Song: tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip (pause) tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Advent bird No. 9
Grey wagtail
Scientific name: Motacilla cinerea
Alternative name: Quite-yellow-but-not-as-yellow-as-the-yellow-wagtail-wagtail; Ashen Arsepumper
Finnish name: virtavästäräkki
Song: tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip (pause) tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa
Grey wagtail
Scientific name: Motacilla cinerea
Alternative name: Quite-yellow-but-not-as-yellow-as-the-yellow-wagtail-wagtail; Ashen Arsepumper
Finnish name: virtavästäräkki
Song: tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip (pause) tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa-tsippa
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Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social's warning at the National Emergency Briefing that everyone in the UK deserves to hear.
For the full talk, please go to our YouTube channel. See below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
For the full talk, please go to our YouTube channel. See below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social's warning at the National Emergency Briefing that everyone in the UK deserves to hear.
For the full talk, please go to our YouTube channel. See below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
For the full talk, please go to our YouTube channel. See below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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If you work on climate, you often get asked, "So, what can I *personally* do to help address climate change?"
Well, here's the resource that works! It provides specific recommendations, tailored to your lifestyle and situation, to help you take practical action.
Check it out!
jointheshift.earth
Well, here's the resource that works! It provides specific recommendations, tailored to your lifestyle and situation, to help you take practical action.
Check it out!
jointheshift.earth
SHIFT
jointheshift.earth
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you work on climate, you often get asked, "So, what can I *personally* do to help address climate change?"
Well, here's the resource that works! It provides specific recommendations, tailored to your lifestyle and situation, to help you take practical action.
Check it out!
jointheshift.earth
Well, here's the resource that works! It provides specific recommendations, tailored to your lifestyle and situation, to help you take practical action.
Check it out!
jointheshift.earth
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Our attitude to water is leaving farms vulnerable, says NFFN Scotland Steering Group Member Ian Davis. Soil is the answer. Healthier soils absorb rainfall faster & help farms cope with floods and drought. 💧
👉 Read more: nffn.org.uk/resources/why-soil-holds-the-key-to-managing-water-on-farms
#nffn
👉 Read more: nffn.org.uk/resources/why-soil-holds-the-key-to-managing-water-on-farms
#nffn
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Our attitude to water is leaving farms vulnerable, says NFFN Scotland Steering Group Member Ian Davis. Soil is the answer. Healthier soils absorb rainfall faster & help farms cope with floods and drought. 💧
👉 Read more: nffn.org.uk/resources/why-soil-holds-the-key-to-managing-water-on-farms
#nffn
👉 Read more: nffn.org.uk/resources/why-soil-holds-the-key-to-managing-water-on-farms
#nffn
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If you have a big following, please share this petition to get the word back out there - we are so close but need to help raise awareness with the new set of MPs in Government actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... @peatfree.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you have a big following, please share this petition to get the word back out there - we are so close but need to help raise awareness with the new set of MPs in Government actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... @peatfree.bsky.social
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Nature Friendly Farming Network are looking for a Digital Communications Officer. Two days left to apply. www.rootstowork.org/jobs/?dg=r2w... #Jobs
Digital Communications Officer | Roots To Work
We are looking for a skilled and proactive Digital Communications Officer to take a leading role in how the NFFN communicates online. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the digital presence of a...
www.rootstowork.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Nature Friendly Farming Network are looking for a Digital Communications Officer. Two days left to apply. www.rootstowork.org/jobs/?dg=r2w... #Jobs
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Naming streets to commemorate disappearing birds, all the more ironic when so many housing developments are doing little to support wildlife, with widespread misuse of BNG exemptions in its first year and the government threatening to neuter BNG entirely www.eftec.co.uk/projects/les... #biodiversity
Streets named after birds in Britain on rise as species’ populations plummet
RSPB says growing trend for honouring species that are in decline is not matched by action on conservation
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Naming streets to commemorate disappearing birds, all the more ironic when so many housing developments are doing little to support wildlife, with widespread misuse of BNG exemptions in its first year and the government threatening to neuter BNG entirely www.eftec.co.uk/projects/les... #biodiversity
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Healthy soil has its own smell - sweet, earthy, alive. 🌱
This Soil Awareness Day, we’re celebrating NFFN farmer Jack Cockburn’s thriving soils.
How does your soil smell? Tell us below! 💬
This Soil Awareness Day, we’re celebrating NFFN farmer Jack Cockburn’s thriving soils.
How does your soil smell? Tell us below! 💬
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Healthy soil has its own smell - sweet, earthy, alive. 🌱
This Soil Awareness Day, we’re celebrating NFFN farmer Jack Cockburn’s thriving soils.
How does your soil smell? Tell us below! 💬
This Soil Awareness Day, we’re celebrating NFFN farmer Jack Cockburn’s thriving soils.
How does your soil smell? Tell us below! 💬
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Underwhelmed:
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan - covering farming, planning etc. There is some commitment there for good stuff but budget and anti nature rhetoric elsewhere fails
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/underwh...
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan - covering farming, planning etc. There is some commitment there for good stuff but budget and anti nature rhetoric elsewhere fails
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/underwh...
Underwhelmed: The Wildlife Trusts’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan | The Wildlife Trusts
Read our response to the much-anticipated new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP).
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Underwhelmed:
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan - covering farming, planning etc. There is some commitment there for good stuff but budget and anti nature rhetoric elsewhere fails
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/underwh...
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan - covering farming, planning etc. There is some commitment there for good stuff but budget and anti nature rhetoric elsewhere fails
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/underwh...
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Just 2 days left, and @kernowconservation.bsky.social have raised a whopping £18,944 of their £20k target to build nesting platforms for Osprey, in Cornwall!
Every £ you donate is matched by Aviva Community Fund. Can you help?
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con... #Cornwall #Osprey #Birds
Every £ you donate is matched by Aviva Community Fund. Can you help?
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con... #Cornwall #Osprey #Birds
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just 2 days left, and @kernowconservation.bsky.social have raised a whopping £18,944 of their £20k target to build nesting platforms for Osprey, in Cornwall!
Every £ you donate is matched by Aviva Community Fund. Can you help?
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con... #Cornwall #Osprey #Birds
Every £ you donate is matched by Aviva Community Fund. Can you help?
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con... #Cornwall #Osprey #Birds
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My mental health declined pretty badly last wk but some of you asked for more photos like the hunt-the-tiny-owl one I made & I wanted to try to make an advent calendar so:some lovely things that fell off trees & this time a tiny deer stag to find.
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My mental health declined pretty badly last wk but some of you asked for more photos like the hunt-the-tiny-owl one I made & I wanted to try to make an advent calendar so:some lovely things that fell off trees & this time a tiny deer stag to find.
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
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"We will keep saying it: nature is not a luxury. It is a necessity for us all that underpins our economy, the air we breathe, the water we need and the food we eat."
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
What the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tells us about the government’s approach to nature recovery
This post is by Beccy Speight, chief executive officer of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"We will keep saying it: nature is not a luxury. It is a necessity for us all that underpins our economy, the air we breathe, the water we need and the food we eat."
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️
Beccy Speight, CEO @rspb.bsky.social, discusses what's at stake with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill now in its final stages ⤵️