🌱 Emma Marsh
@emmamarsh5.bsky.social
Gardening and nature buff. Conservationist. All things comms campaigns and tech for @rspb.bsky.social. Love #birds, #wildlife and #gardening. Mostly to be found on my plot. Midlander. The views I express here are mine alone
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And it's not over yet.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And it's not over yet.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
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This is hugely disappointing.
Still, we thank the MPs who not only voted in favour, but spoke out for nature, and everyone who urged them to do so by supporting our campaign.
Without them, nature's voice would have been far quieter today.
Still, we thank the MPs who not only voted in favour, but spoke out for nature, and everyone who urged them to do so by supporting our campaign.
Without them, nature's voice would have been far quieter today.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is hugely disappointing.
Still, we thank the MPs who not only voted in favour, but spoke out for nature, and everyone who urged them to do so by supporting our campaign.
Without them, nature's voice would have been far quieter today.
Still, we thank the MPs who not only voted in favour, but spoke out for nature, and everyone who urged them to do so by supporting our campaign.
Without them, nature's voice would have been far quieter today.
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Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
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I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Can’t believe so much is still in bloom in November. On the one hand, a late Autumn day spent turning the compost and tidying the brassica cage. On the other, admiring the flowers in the warm sun!
#bloomscrolling #Gardening 🌱
#bloomscrolling #Gardening 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Can’t believe so much is still in bloom in November. On the one hand, a late Autumn day spent turning the compost and tidying the brassica cage. On the other, admiring the flowers in the warm sun!
#bloomscrolling #Gardening 🌱
#bloomscrolling #Gardening 🌱
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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WHY is everyone so obsessed with Robins? Do White-Tailed Eagles have a favourite song? Can you teach a pigeon to defend itself?
Introducing Wild Questions, the RSPB's brand new nature podcast.
It's weird. It's wonderful. And episode 1 is available NOW.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 😍
Introducing Wild Questions, the RSPB's brand new nature podcast.
It's weird. It's wonderful. And episode 1 is available NOW.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 😍
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
WHY is everyone so obsessed with Robins? Do White-Tailed Eagles have a favourite song? Can you teach a pigeon to defend itself?
Introducing Wild Questions, the RSPB's brand new nature podcast.
It's weird. It's wonderful. And episode 1 is available NOW.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 😍
Introducing Wild Questions, the RSPB's brand new nature podcast.
It's weird. It's wonderful. And episode 1 is available NOW.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 😍
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
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Yesterday’s debate saw some progress for nature but there’s a long way to go.
Big win as Peers backed Am 130: limiting Environmental Delivery Plans to where they’ll be most effective ✅
But Am 114 was withdrawn: losing a chance to strongly embed climate & nature in planning ❌
Big win as Peers backed Am 130: limiting Environmental Delivery Plans to where they’ll be most effective ✅
But Am 114 was withdrawn: losing a chance to strongly embed climate & nature in planning ❌
The Planning Bill is back in the Lords today - and it still falls short of the win-win for nature the Government says it wants.
We’re grateful to the Peers that have stepped up with vital fixes.
But today’s votes help decide whether this Bill truly delivers for nature & people. 👇
We’re grateful to the Peers that have stepped up with vital fixes.
But today’s votes help decide whether this Bill truly delivers for nature & people. 👇
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yesterday’s debate saw some progress for nature but there’s a long way to go.
Big win as Peers backed Am 130: limiting Environmental Delivery Plans to where they’ll be most effective ✅
But Am 114 was withdrawn: losing a chance to strongly embed climate & nature in planning ❌
Big win as Peers backed Am 130: limiting Environmental Delivery Plans to where they’ll be most effective ✅
But Am 114 was withdrawn: losing a chance to strongly embed climate & nature in planning ❌
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Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
Add your voice to a campaign to stop an offshore wind farm that threatens seabirds
YouTube video by RSPB
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
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Psst! Pumpkins are a treat for birds but can be harmful to hedgehogs. 🦔❌
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Psst! Pumpkins are a treat for birds but can be harmful to hedgehogs. 🦔❌
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
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It’s spooky season, but let’s not make it scary for wildlife! 🎃👻
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It’s spooky season, but let’s not make it scary for wildlife! 🎃👻
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
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Beech tree, in winter, on the hill above the village, many moons ago.
December 12, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Beech tree, in winter, on the hill above the village, many moons ago.
Used a wet and windy Sunday to put our windfall apples to good use and made apple juice. 30 bottles made and pasturised. Looks a bit brown as the pulp oxidised before I could press it but tastes fab... 🌱 #UKGardening #Gardening
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Used a wet and windy Sunday to put our windfall apples to good use and made apple juice. 30 bottles made and pasturised. Looks a bit brown as the pulp oxidised before I could press it but tastes fab... 🌱 #UKGardening #Gardening
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We won’t stop calling out poor decision-making.
And we won’t rest until nature is protected, by leadership that values science, accountability and our shared future over short-term politics.
(3/3)
And we won’t rest until nature is protected, by leadership that values science, accountability and our shared future over short-term politics.
(3/3)
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We won’t stop calling out poor decision-making.
And we won’t rest until nature is protected, by leadership that values science, accountability and our shared future over short-term politics.
(3/3)
And we won’t rest until nature is protected, by leadership that values science, accountability and our shared future over short-term politics.
(3/3)
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The Secretary of State calls this a win-win for development and nature.
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Secretary of State calls this a win-win for development and nature.
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
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The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
Last of the tomatoes ripening in the polytunnel. Chadwick Cherry and Purple Ukraine from Real Seeds. Rest of the tunnel now planted up with winter salads. Just a few peppers left to ripen... #UKGardening #Gardening 🌱
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Last of the tomatoes ripening in the polytunnel. Chadwick Cherry and Purple Ukraine from Real Seeds. Rest of the tunnel now planted up with winter salads. Just a few peppers left to ripen... #UKGardening #Gardening 🌱
Love this !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love
At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Love this !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.
Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.
Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.
Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.
Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.
Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.
Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The pond a mile up the lane from my house.
October 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The pond a mile up the lane from my house.
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While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
This makes no sense.
How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?
That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.
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The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈