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Steven Wright
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Habitat management and conservation volunteer in Rugby UK
https://rugbywildlife.info/
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A grey start to the day @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh....
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Take part in our #Tree Damage Survey & share with your networks. This #NationalTreeWeek we ask landowners/managers & anyone with permission to survey #woods for grey squirrel #barkstripping damage & submit your results here by the end of #January2026: squirrelaccord.uk/tree-damage-... #treehealth
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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It's remarkable how much #FenRestoration (and other #conservation work) comes down to the repetition of these two simple tasks. Scything and raking. Maybe not glamorous (especially the raking!), but vital to controlling rank vegetation and letting other plants thrive.
#OxfordshireFens #GreenSpaces 🌍
Roughly in the centre of the photo a man with wellies, light coloured trousers and shirt with a darker anorak is raking a large pile of cut reed down a slope towards him. In the background a large stand of reed waiting to be cut. Roughly in the centre of the photo a man facing to the left with dark trousers and wellies with a blue checked shirt is using a scythe to cut the reed in front of him. In the foreground a heap of material he has already cut, while on the left of the photo an area waiting to be cut. In the background is a mostly featureless area of short mostly greenish vegetation.
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Op-ed: The US cut its greenhouse gas emissions while its economy more than doubled, a rebuke to politicians like #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous who claim trying to fix climate change is bad for economic reasons. www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
How the US cut emissions while its economy more than doubled | Column
Climate-changing emissions remain a challenge for the country.
www.tampabay.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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If you don’t have money to spare (same) and cannot sign up for any volunteering (protect.earth/events) I would love it if you could share our story.

This is a passion project that’s grown beyond anything I could imagine. We are a team of friends, family, and hires who have become friends and family
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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#AshlawncuttingLNR on #FungusFriday. Auricularia auricula judae catching the light under Ashlawn Rd.bridge. (Used flash!)
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Blue Tit floofed up at #AshlawnCuttingLNR this morning...😍.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Arriving at the start of Winter In recent years ,Little Egret is back at #AshlawncuttingLNR. An ambassador for the wildlife in this much visited urban reserve and predator of the frogs and snails. Moorhen resident and unimpressed
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Today at #AshlawncuttingLNR we tackled the tricky overhanging Willow at the reservoir pond. It'ssurprising how much larger the pond looks now :-).
Paler green overhanging Willow that was shading out a large area of the pond The Willow from the bank as we left it on Sunday last. Willow removed without anyone getting wet. The reservoir pond is concave and concrete lined and gets deep a couple of feet out! The Willow nearly all removed. Cut carefully with rope attached,pull back to bank and repeat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
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
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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A little challenge for you - how many Brown Hairstreak eggs can you see in the picture?
🦋🥚🔬

Photo after a recent practical work party clearing some blackthorn from encroaching on a butterfly bank.
#eggs #butterflies
Photo show a collection of blackthorn twigs with a certain number of white butterfly eggs on them. Photo taken by Tony Penycate
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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@wildlifebcn.org Pitsford Water reserve this morning,it was a treat,as always,to see Stonechats feeding in the sunshine.
Stonechat country at Pitsford Reservoir between the causeway and Bird Club hide Male Stonechat in the reed A nicely illuminated male n top of the Sand Martin cabinet. Female Stonechat on the same Sand Martin cabinet
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Return to the scrub by the steps up to the orchid shelf at Newbold Quarry. Scrub work starts now untilSpring to extend the areas of calcareous grassland on the spoil banks.See ALText
The steps up to the orchid shelf whene we were there 04/11 grass cutting on the "bare" bank adjacent. Started clearing small scrub with the brush cutter to allow easier acess for today. The small grassland at the top of the steps with Twayblade,Bee and Common Spotted orchid . Claring the small trees and srub will extend this area. A good start made today!! Looking Eastwards over thequarry pool A fine view that will be wider soon A panoramic shot of the grasslands on the spoil heaps' Nfacing slopes. The area we're working on now is right of centre. The more grassland the better!!
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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#UKbudget is revealed tomorrow.

Some analysts claim the UK could save €35billion from future balance sheets by taking #energy independence seriously.

environmentjournal.online/energy/uk-bu...
UK budget could save billions through energy independence
A white paper proposes a major rethink for Britain and EU members, incentivising longer term energy storage to free up finances.  According to the Hydrostor and research by the Energy Storage Europe A...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Bottom line or top?
theecologist.org The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 4d
The world’s largest banks carry more than $1.6 trillion in credit exposures to coal, oil and gas production and fossil-fuel power.
A trillion dollar climate risk
New research shows fossil fuel exposures of the world’s 60 biggest banks.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Redwing playing hard to get as usual. Most other birds were even less co-operative as was the weather today in Warwickshire. God to catch up with this small flock @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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🏅Competition time! 📣 Help us spot hedgehogs in our camera images and you could win a @naturespy.bsky.social camera! The more images you classify between now and 31st December, the more entries into the prize draw.

Find out more 👇
www.hedgehogstreet.org/nhmp-spotting-competition
NHMP spotting competition - Hedgehog Street
Counting hogs We’re using a combination of camera traps, AI and citizen science to monitor hedgehogs in our National Hedgehog […]
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November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill - sadly about to clear its final hurdle. With disastrous implications for our already nature-depleted land

#Biodiversity #Planning
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Check out the details here: butterfly-conservation.org/moon-meadows...
Get your free Moon Meadows guide!
Moths are a vital part of the ecosystem, but they are threatened by light pollution. Discover how you can create a moon meadow at home and in your local area and help our nighttime pollinators thrive....
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October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#AshlawncuttingLNR work party today focussed on the Areas either side of the former reservoir pond. Coppicing large Hazel shrubs on the South side and breaking through the scrub on the North side to access overhanging Willows and prepare to lay the scrub into a hedge
2 pale coppice stools remain in front of the big Willow on the South side of the reservoir pond at Ashlawn. A good morning's work to cut these 2 using hand tools. The cut Hazels were used to extend the dead hedge around the marsh ,on the right. Plenty of good stakes came in very handy. The big Willow is behind the 3 Birch trees. Looking South across the reservoir pond towards the coppiced Hazels . The overhqanging Willows are one of the next jobs. Cutting them out will let a lot more light onto the pond. It'll be heqavy work and a bit tricky. This is the gap we made this morning through which we'll access the overhanging Willows and get them out. If all goes well we'll lay the scrub into a hedge letting much more light onto the grasslands of the "Healthy Living Walk"
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Red Campion is still flowering in and around Rugby!! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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It's always worth keeping an eye on the mixed Tit flocks,here's 4 species,Great,Blue,Marsh and Coal. @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh tis time
Great Tit Blue Tit Marsh Tit Coal Tit
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Slowly and deliberately was the name of the game,getting the camera out of its waterproof bag to get a pic of this Nuthatch without spooking it. Bird looks rather bedraggled. At Brandon Marsh @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The right trees in the right place can do wonders for butterflies and moths! 🌳

Why not try adding one of these tree-mendous trees or shrubs to your Wild Space? Learn more 👉 https://wild-spaces.co.uk/idea/plant-a-butterfly-friendly-tree-or-shrub/

#NationalTreeWeek #WildSpaces
Painted Lady butterfly nectaring on apple blossom. Text reads: 'Apple. Apple trees are eaten by more than 50 types of caterpillar, and their beautiful blossoms (which appear in April or May) are an important nectar source for butterflies.' Canary-shouldered Thorn moth resting on a yellow birch leaf. Text overlay reads: 'Birch. The caterpillars of a whopping 150 different moths and butterflies feed on birch trees, including those of the Canary-shouldered Thorn.' Speckled Wood butterfly feeding on hawthorn blossom. Text overlay reads: 'Hawthorn. This native shrub feeds 74 different types of caterpillar, and its flowers, which appear in May, are a good source of nectar for butterflies.' Common Quaker moth on a willow catkin. Text overlay reads: 'Willow. As many as 130 different types of caterpillar feed on Willow, including the Puss Moth. The catkins are rich in nectar, providing food early in the year when other flowers are scarce.'
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM