Rob Yorke
@robyorke.bsky.social
environmental commentator, curator, moderator, unaffiliated https://robyorke.co.uk/curate-convene-moderate/ | sharing research with a pithy twist and pic🧪
and a reply, yay, keeping nature in the letters page of increasingly disinterested* mainstream media
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
and a reply, yay, keeping nature in the letters page of increasingly disinterested* mainstream media
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
on swifts, red in tooth and claw
(*unless it’s pure enviro-doom)
#ornithology #conservation 🧪
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If I remember right, I can agree with Eoghan on plenty of (dogma-free) stuff!
Some of which I 'bang on' about in this 3.30min longform update from my wildly-planted woodland/forest-fungi ecosystem youtu.be/mm5a-UEXLqA
Some of which I 'bang on' about in this 3.30min longform update from my wildly-planted woodland/forest-fungi ecosystem youtu.be/mm5a-UEXLqA
an autumnal snapshot of my small woodland
YouTube video by Rob Yorke
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If I remember right, I can agree with Eoghan on plenty of (dogma-free) stuff!
Some of which I 'bang on' about in this 3.30min longform update from my wildly-planted woodland/forest-fungi ecosystem youtu.be/mm5a-UEXLqA
Some of which I 'bang on' about in this 3.30min longform update from my wildly-planted woodland/forest-fungi ecosystem youtu.be/mm5a-UEXLqA
cultural indifference, according to this 'informal poll'
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
cultural indifference, according to this 'informal poll'
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock
alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc
to clarify, not copper tip, as in butterfly
but copper, as in bullet
(as practiced by this wildlife conservation NGO www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...)
#wildlife habitat #conservation 🧪
but copper, as in bullet
(as practiced by this wildlife conservation NGO www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...)
#wildlife habitat #conservation 🧪
The conservationist's dilemma (11)
The RSPB seeks to manage its reserves through sound habitat management but sometimes at certain sites, we have to take the decision to remove individuals of certain species, in order to protect threat...
www.rspb.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
to clarify, not copper tip, as in butterfly
but copper, as in bullet
(as practiced by this wildlife conservation NGO www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...)
#wildlife habitat #conservation 🧪
but copper, as in bullet
(as practiced by this wildlife conservation NGO www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...)
#wildlife habitat #conservation 🧪
meanwhile in Paddington….
what owl?
what owl?
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
meanwhile in Paddington….
what owl?
what owl?
an excellent report synthesising a nexus of issues, including farming, forestry and other land uses which require attention now, rather than later
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
![an excerpt of a report showing four scenarios from a report “Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050”
[with a laptop with a picture of the Burren in west Ireland]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qfdvv4oofmyv72eamu4celmv/bafkreie76xmben2kfuoka526ghmr54jnlvx5ktavwmpd6cnz4ywrr23sai@jpeg)
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
an excellent report synthesising a nexus of issues, including farming, forestry and other land uses which require attention now, rather than later
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership
reposted link
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
reposted link
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not
/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //
*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc
though I would argue that Jake is articulating in-field land ‘sharing and sparing’: by increasing crop productivity within the ‘tractor sprayer designed’ area this enables sparing of land for ‘wild’ nature elsewhere
October 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
though I would argue that Jake is articulating in-field land ‘sharing and sparing’: by increasing crop productivity within the ‘tractor sprayer designed’ area this enables sparing of land for ‘wild’ nature elsewhere
though technically, strictly speaking…https://robyorke.co.uk/2015/07/a-precautionary-pond/
October 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
though technically, strictly speaking…https://robyorke.co.uk/2015/07/a-precautionary-pond/
I sense that we might have airbrushed some of the history about how much we know about birds…. an extraordinary account! #ornithogy
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I sense that we might have airbrushed some of the history about how much we know about birds…. an extraordinary account! #ornithogy
"would allow statutory undertakers such as power and water companies, railways and highways to do what they like in national landscapes..."
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"would allow statutory undertakers such as power and water companies, railways and highways to do what they like in national landscapes..."
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)
incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)