@annellis6.bsky.social
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 🎶
Make spaces for nature 🍁🐦🦊🦡🌳🌼🌵🐰🐬🦞🪲🐝🐞🦉🦅🦔
Make spaces for nature 🍁🐦🦊🦡🌳🌼🌵🐰🐬🦞🪲🐝🐞🦉🦅🦔
Robin fest followerd my murmuration at Yorks Wildlife Trust Potteric Carr, this evening
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Robin fest followerd my murmuration at Yorks Wildlife Trust Potteric Carr, this evening
Robin Festival today at Potteric Carr, south Yorks 😃
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Robin Festival today at Potteric Carr, south Yorks 😃
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From fairytales to modern horror films, wolves are too often cast as monsters and that misinformation shapes public opinion more than science does. In the UK and Ireland, where wolves have been absent for centuries, this fear is one of the biggest barriers to wolf recovery. 🔗 https://bit.ly/48mtSA3
This classic fairytale could be damaging Europe’s wolf rewilding efforts
While wolves once roamed Europe for centuries, for most people, they exist only in stories or on screen
www.the-independent.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
From fairytales to modern horror films, wolves are too often cast as monsters and that misinformation shapes public opinion more than science does. In the UK and Ireland, where wolves have been absent for centuries, this fear is one of the biggest barriers to wolf recovery. 🔗 https://bit.ly/48mtSA3
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The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy published today is the first we’ve seen for 11 years – which in itself is a sea change. 🧵 👇
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy published today is the first we’ve seen for 11 years – which in itself is a sea change. 🧵 👇
AI the beginning of the end of humanity
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
AI the beginning of the end of humanity
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Christine Webb's provocative and moving book The Arrogant Ape explores our unjustifiable sense of superiority in the living world, laying out the evidence against it, says Elle Hunt
Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism
Christine Webb's provocative and moving book The Arrogant Ape explores our unjustifiable sense of superiority in the living world, laying out the evidence against it, says Elle Hunt
www.newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Christine Webb's provocative and moving book The Arrogant Ape explores our unjustifiable sense of superiority in the living world, laying out the evidence against it, says Elle Hunt
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Residents voices. A short video after we at Sheffield Swift Network installed 61 swift bricks in a council estate in the SE of Sheffield. Funded from a grant from Sheffield City Council 's Species Survival Fund Grant from Defra.
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
Swift nesting bricks fitted into homes in Sheffield’s 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆
YouTube video by Sheffield Swift Network
youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Residents voices. A short video after we at Sheffield Swift Network installed 61 swift bricks in a council estate in the SE of Sheffield. Funded from a grant from Sheffield City Council 's Species Survival Fund Grant from Defra.
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
The government has badly let wildlife down. But we will continue to work with local authorities to help halt swift decline one swift brick at a time. @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/he...
www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/he...
Helping Sheffield’s swifts soar again: Council-funded swift bricks installed across Shire Brook Valley | Sheffield City Council
Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley, thanks to a scheme supporting local communities to help the environmen...
www.sheffield.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The government has badly let wildlife down. But we will continue to work with local authorities to help halt swift decline one swift brick at a time. @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/he...
www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/he...
Beautiful eulogy for the slender billed curlew from Mary Colwell.
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
The Bird with No Story – Curlew Action
By Mary Colwell – AEWA MOP, 11 November 2025 On 11th November, Mary Colwell delivered a plenary speech at the AEWA Meeting of Parties in Bonn for the 30t
www.curlewaction.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Beautiful eulogy for the slender billed curlew from Mary Colwell.
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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We challenge Lord Krebs’ claim that Amendment 245 won’t work. Swifts nest in 4–5m buildings as Evidenced in our film l. They need swift bricks to survive as old sites vanish
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We challenge Lord Krebs’ claim that Amendment 245 won’t work. Swifts nest in 4–5m buildings as Evidenced in our film l. They need swift bricks to survive as old sites vanish
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
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We’re delighted that the BBC has featured a positive article about our recent swift brick project.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We’re delighted that the BBC has featured a positive article about our recent swift brick project.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
We have just written an open letter to Lord Krebs via newspapers &email, signed by 77 swift conservation groups across the UK showing our incredulity at his incorrect comments in the House of Lords debate on amendment 245 Planning & Infrastructure Bill this week.
#SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
#SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
We challenge Lord Krebs’ claim that Amendment 245 won’t work. Swifts nest in 4–5m buildings as Evidenced in our film l. They need swift bricks to survive as old sites vanish
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We have just written an open letter to Lord Krebs via newspapers &email, signed by 77 swift conservation groups across the UK showing our incredulity at his incorrect comments in the House of Lords debate on amendment 245 Planning & Infrastructure Bill this week.
#SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
#SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
youtube.com/watch?v=L-zI...
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social I hear that Lord Kreb claimed in the HofL today that swift bricks dont work. He cited a single longitudinal study of one tower on the Oxford museum. Ive surved 100s of houses for swift nests. Swifts nest in eaves & swift bricks. Pl vote S🧱s
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social I hear that Lord Kreb claimed in the HofL today that swift bricks dont work. He cited a single longitudinal study of one tower on the Oxford museum. Ive surved 100s of houses for swift nests. Swifts nest in eaves & swift bricks. Pl vote S🧱s
If you build it they will come
YouTube video by Sheffield Swift Network
youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=L-zI...
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social I hear that Lord Kreb claimed in the HofL today that swift bricks dont work. He cited a single longitudinal study of one tower on the Oxford museum. Ive surved 100s of houses for swift nests. Swifts nest in eaves & swift bricks. Pl vote S🧱s
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social I hear that Lord Kreb claimed in the HofL today that swift bricks dont work. He cited a single longitudinal study of one tower on the Oxford museum. Ive surved 100s of houses for swift nests. Swifts nest in eaves & swift bricks. Pl vote S🧱s
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"The industry shows extreme disregard for animal welfare... China’s development is in direct conflict with global values.”
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Chinese Caviar and Foie Gras Shake Up Global Gourmet Dining
www.msn.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"The industry shows extreme disregard for animal welfare... China’s development is in direct conflict with global values.”
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Residents voices. A short video after we at Sheffield Swift Network installed 61 swift bricks in a council estate in the SE of Sheffield. Funded from a grant from Sheffield City Council 's Species Survival Fund Grant from Defra.
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
Swift nesting bricks fitted into homes in Sheffield’s 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆
YouTube video by Sheffield Swift Network
youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Residents voices. A short video after we at Sheffield Swift Network installed 61 swift bricks in a council estate in the SE of Sheffield. Funded from a grant from Sheffield City Council 's Species Survival Fund Grant from Defra.
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
People care about wildlife.
youtube.com/shorts/LNHSk...
We have just finished a project to install 71 swift bricks in houses in S.E. Sheffield. We at Sheffield Swift Network received a small grant from the Council's species survival fund grant for Shirebrook Valley (DEFRA finded)
Watch below to hear the voices of the recipients. Nature matters in Housing
Watch below to hear the voices of the recipients. Nature matters in Housing
October 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We have just finished a project to install 71 swift bricks in houses in S.E. Sheffield. We at Sheffield Swift Network received a small grant from the Council's species survival fund grant for Shirebrook Valley (DEFRA finded)
Watch below to hear the voices of the recipients. Nature matters in Housing
Watch below to hear the voices of the recipients. Nature matters in Housing
I always think of Roy Bailey as Great childrens songs, Kangaroos like to hop, the vitimn dance etc but this song is so relevant now as it ever was
youtu.be/LtxQhDLQ9do?...
youtu.be/LtxQhDLQ9do?...
Roy Bailey: More Than Enough
YouTube video by Marc Block
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I always think of Roy Bailey as Great childrens songs, Kangaroos like to hop, the vitimn dance etc but this song is so relevant now as it ever was
youtu.be/LtxQhDLQ9do?...
youtu.be/LtxQhDLQ9do?...
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Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
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Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
We should all take a leaf out of Jane Goodhall's book. RIP compassionate person.
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We should all take a leaf out of Jane Goodhall's book. RIP compassionate person.
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Why do the children of elderly patients stay away? Loneliness makes them get sicker and stay sicker for longer | Ranjana Srivastava
Why do the children of elderly patients stay away? Loneliness makes them get sicker and stay sicker for longer | Ranjana Srivastava
One of the greatest acts of love is simply bearing witness to the vicissitudes of ageing
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Why do the children of elderly patients stay away? Loneliness makes them get sicker and stay sicker for longer | Ranjana Srivastava
Tonight's visitor
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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