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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 2h

Beautifully camouflaged and slightly blurred but definitely a willow warbler.
There were 2 flitting about in the birch trees (so fast and acrobatic!)
I thought they’d already gone so it was lovely to see them.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

A greenish yellow bird in a birch tree with green and yellow leaves

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 3h

Really enjoyed listening to this interview with @wanderinggaia.bsky.social
She talks with great clarity about the underlying causes of climate migration, how the #climatecrisis is affecting our world and the inevitable shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 23h

We can elect a Green Mayor in Sussex, but we need your help. 💚

Please give what you can on the link below. 👇

@greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachel4sussex.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 23h

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-mayo...

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 18h

Lovely! 😍

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 20h

Happy #BookshopDay !
Great to see my two novels on the local authors shelf at #TheSussexBookshop in Chichester.
Please support #independentbookshops when you can.
#booksky

Books on the shelf at a bookshop
Our Precious Earth and A Scattering

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 21h

It’s #bookshopday and I met the amazing #MonicaFeria-Tinta at The Sussex Bookshop, talking about her book Barrister for the Earth.
Inspiring listening to hear her talk about acting for the rights of nature, including for rivers and chalk streams here in the UK.
#booksky
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Woman holding her book a barrister for the Earth

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 1d

The sea was perfectly still today and merging tonally with the sky, there was just a faint hint of turquoise in the water.
#coloursofthesea

Calm sea merging into the sky with two wooden groynes visible

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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · 2d

There are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty, the only real power to secure action for nature. We can't let 30 years of campaigning for National Parks go down the drain ⚠️Write to your MP👇
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-work/securing-new-laws/defending-the-duty

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 3d

Indie publishing is the ecological niche where literature survives. This is especially true of the short story. @saltpublishing.com needs help to stay healthy in tough times. Can you pitch in - or share this skeet?

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

www.gofundme.com

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful sunset in Worthing.
Hoping for a permanent ceasefire 🕊️

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 2d

😊 exactly!

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 2d

Ivy flowers are great for #pollinators and there’s a lot of it growing on a wall in our garden!
Loved by bees, flies and hoverflies.
#letitgrow
#rewilding
#ivy
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 3d

😢
#gazachildren
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 5d

Calling all nature people and orgs, please consider adding your name to Naturalists for Palestine.

It's essential we recognise that ecocide and genocide are two sides of the same coin, and resist both.
share.google/gLPRtQzDGC3v...

Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

share.google

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 4d

Starlings!
(Sound up)
#starlings

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 6d

Beautiful early autumn day in the garden and still lots of insects around. It helps having late flowering plants and wildflowers. Bristly ox-tongue and asters still going strong, as well as scabious and ice plants. Ivy flowers are just coming out.
#wildflowers
#insects
#gardeningforwildlife

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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 7d

And this beautiful anthology launches today. Congratulations to @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers and to all involved in this beautiful book! You can buy it here. #poetrysky #booksky#naturewriting www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

The Book of Bogs

This new anthology from over forty writers, including Robert Macfarlane, Amy Liptrot, Alys Fowler and Patti Smith explores peatlands and bogs, and argues for their importance.

www.littletoller.co.uk

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 6d

This arson attack took place in Sussex where I live.
Solidarity with the Muslim community.
The Green party’s co-deputy leader, Mothin Ali, said police needed to “urgently seek clarity” on the motives of the attack & whether it also constituted an act of terrorism

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Suspected arson attack at East Sussex mosque investigated as hate crime

Fire at mosque in Peacehaven on Saturday night left front entrance damaged and a car burnt out

www.theguardian.com

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #UKfungusday 🍄🍄‍🟫
So many interesting varieties to search for in the woods!
#autumn
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 8d

Important thread, please share.

Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · 8d

We are all implicated in this UK-backed genocide & ecocide, against our wishes.

We must all stand up for the better world we wish to enjoy and share.

#N4P #Naturalists4Palestine

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Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

naturalistsforpalestine.org

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 8d

Beautiful surf and clouds around with #stormamy #worthing

White surf spray being blown in the wind

Close up of surf and spray against rocks

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 10d

📢 Lugg Meadow, the UK’s largest remaining Lammas meadow, is under threat from housing plans. A rare habitat, rich in wildlife and tradition, could be irreversibly damaged.

🚫 We’ve objected to the proposal. Now it’s your turn.
👉 Have your say: https://loom.ly/-yNvG6g

A wide meadow filled with bright yellow wildflowers under a blue sky with scattered white clouds, bordered by green trees in the distance. Photo credit: Chris Harris.

A Eurasian curlew standing in a grassy field, showing its long, downward-curved bill and mottled brown plumage. Photo credit: Bahadir Yeniceri

Close-up of a cluster of small white flowers from a narrow-leaved water-dropwort plant, with green blurred foliage in the background. Photo credit: Nahhan.

Close-up of bright yellow buttercup flowers in a meadow, with a soft-focus background of more yellow blooms. Photo credit: Chris Harris.

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 9d

Gorgeous!
#fungi
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens

www.theguardian.com

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