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Tracking Network Rail tree cutting in the U.K.
Opposed to the destruction of pocket woodland and felling of healthy trees. Caring about air quality, wildlife corridors & the animals living in them. 🌲🌳🍁🪻🦡🦇🦊🐀🦔🐦⬛🦉🐝🐍🦎
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Opposed to the destruction of pocket woodland and felling of healthy trees. Caring about air quality, wildlife corridors & the animals living in them. 🌲🌳🍁🪻🦡🦇🦊🐀🦔🐦⬛🦉🐝🐍🦎
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Government guidance (inc the Varley report) was supposed to have stopped Network Rail’s programme of mass tree felling. Charities, communities and the govt told NR not to fell millions of trees. NR agreed to stop.
Now NR has reneged on this.
Now NR has reneged on this.
This is why it is crucial to oversee Network Rail and hold them to account. Many communities around the country have good reason to believe that this is still ongoing. #trees #biodiversity #trains #networkrail #environment
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This is why we set up Network Rail Watch.
More councils need to do this as Network Rail has rescinded assurances and is destroying wildlife corridors and woodlands at an extraordinary rate. #trees #tree #treeprotection#woodland #nature #conservation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Local council issues tree preservation orders to stop Network Rail felling
Bromley Council has taken steps to protect a group of mature trackside trees
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
More councils need to do this as Network Rail has rescinded assurances and is destroying wildlife corridors and woodlands at an extraordinary rate. #trees #tree #treeprotection#woodland #nature #conservation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Residents shocked by 3 mile destruction of an area ‘with woodpeckers, hummingbirds, bats and owls. It was like a proper forest’ in a conservation area. #nature #conservation #environment
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Residents dismayed by ‘wanton destruction’ of trees along rail line in Lewisham
Network Rail apologised for “letting down” locals by not explaining the work or giving enough notice
www.standard.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Residents shocked by 3 mile destruction of an area ‘with woodpeckers, hummingbirds, bats and owls. It was like a proper forest’ in a conservation area. #nature #conservation #environment
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
The felling has re-started in earnest in recent years, but without adequate oversight due to the series of unfortunate events which has taken over UK politics.
Public must tell Network Rail to stop tree felling, says charity
The Woodland Trust is asking people to make their voices heard over rail company’s plans to cut down thousands of trees
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The felling has re-started in earnest in recent years, but without adequate oversight due to the series of unfortunate events which has taken over UK politics.
Healthy trees and vegetation, often far from tracks, felled by Network Rail contractors. #trees #nature #wildlife #networkrail #environment
Romford MP Demands Accountability From Network Rail Over Environmental Destruction Along Push And Pull LIne.
Andrew Rosindell, Member of Parliament for Romford, has taken to the floor during Business Questions in Parliament to call on the Secretary of State for Transport to address the ongoing destruction…
thehaveringdaily.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Healthy trees and vegetation, often far from tracks, felled by Network Rail contractors. #trees #nature #wildlife #networkrail #environment
The years of political chaos in the years since mean that Network Rail continues to fell trees and destroy wildlife corridors without oversight.
Network Rail under fire for ‘secret’ tree felling | New Civil Engineer
The Guardian reported that as many as 10M poplars, sycamores, limes, ash trees and horse chestnuts are in danger under Network Rail’s scheme. According to
www.newcivilengineer.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The years of political chaos in the years since mean that Network Rail continues to fell trees and destroy wildlife corridors without oversight.
The Telegraph also reported on Network Rail’s shocking destruction of over 100 ancient Oak trees.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Telegraph also reported on Network Rail’s shocking destruction of over 100 ancient Oak trees.
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Network Rail devastate #environment by felling ‘every single tree for miles with[in] a 30 metre-wide band’ - reportedly destroying over 100 heathy oak #trees.
#NetworkRail #Derbyshire #wildlife #habitatdestruction
#NetworkRail #Derbyshire #wildlife #habitatdestruction
Anger after dozens of trees felled along Derbyshire railway line - BBC News
Network Rail says the work was for safety reasons, but residents claim healthy trees have been felled.
www.bbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Network Rail devastate #environment by felling ‘every single tree for miles with[in] a 30 metre-wide band’ - reportedly destroying over 100 heathy oak #trees.
#NetworkRail #Derbyshire #wildlife #habitatdestruction
#NetworkRail #Derbyshire #wildlife #habitatdestruction
Network Rail #tree destruction during nesting season in #StAlbans - the birds have disappeared and the land left barren. #SaveTheTrees #SaveThePlanet #ProtectWildlife #biodiversity #environment
Network Rail tree clearance continues during nesting season - St Albans Times
Much-loved birds have disappeared from the gardens of St Albans residents living alongside a major railway tree felling project.
stalbanstimes.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Network Rail #tree destruction during nesting season in #StAlbans - the birds have disappeared and the land left barren. #SaveTheTrees #SaveThePlanet #ProtectWildlife #biodiversity #environment
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Jane Goodall made the world a better place.
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
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She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
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Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jane Goodall made the world a better place.
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
#NetworkRail to destroy wildlife corridor linking #wildlife habitats (crucial for British animals survival). They will fell all #trees & kill everything in 6.5 metre trackside swathes (contravening Varley Report & parliamentary promises)
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@leftlion.bsky.social
@nottswildlife.bsky.social
@leftlion.bsky.social
Spot near city woods to be cleared under Network Rail safety works
However, campaigners fear the work could significantly impact the biodiversity of the area
www.nottinghampost.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#NetworkRail to destroy wildlife corridor linking #wildlife habitats (crucial for British animals survival). They will fell all #trees & kill everything in 6.5 metre trackside swathes (contravening Varley Report & parliamentary promises)
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@leftlion.bsky.social
@nottswildlife.bsky.social
@leftlion.bsky.social
Network Rail fell memorial tree planted for railway guard who died in tragic train crash.
#LestWeForget
🍃 topiary between #Chilworth and #Gomshall, #Surrey, was a tribute to railway guard #HenryWicks who died in a crash near the site in 1892 🍃
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🍃 topiary between #Chilworth and #Gomshall, #Surrey, was a tribute to railway guard #HenryWicks who died in a crash near the site in 1892 🍃
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Network Rail mistakenly fells topiary in Surrey during repairs
Network Rail apologised and says removing the memorial was a
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Network Rail fell memorial tree planted for railway guard who died in tragic train crash.
From #Essex to #Ipswich… Network Rail favours destroying #trees with no regard to #wildlife #biodiversity or the #environment
#networkrail #trains #nature
www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2492324...
#networkrail #trains #nature
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August 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
From #Essex to #Ipswich… Network Rail favours destroying #trees with no regard to #wildlife #biodiversity or the #environment
#networkrail #trains #nature
www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2492324...
#networkrail #trains #nature
www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2492324...
Tree & vegetation clearance has become the norm up and down the UK. Seems #NetworkRail have forgotten they promised NOT to do this
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Havering’s Conservative MPs Condemn Network Rail’s Tree Clearance on Liberty Line
Andrew Rosindell the Member of Parliament for Romford, and Julia Lopez the Member of Parliament for Hornchurch and Upminster, have expressed their deep frustration and disappointment over Network R…
thehaveringdaily.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Tree & vegetation clearance has become the norm up and down the UK. Seems #NetworkRail have forgotten they promised NOT to do this
thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2025/01/23/h...
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Clearing all trackside trees and vegetation for 6m each side FOR 250KM in Scotland! 🏴 Unbelievable environmental damage, decimation of the wildlife corridor resulting in untold number of trees destroyed and wildlife killed.
www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/cle...
www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/cle...
Clearer Tracks, Safer Journeys: Network Rail’s Vegetation Management | Rail Technology Magazine
Network Rail has started an extensive vegetation management programme to clear 250
www.railtechnologymagazine.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Clearing all trackside trees and vegetation for 6m each side FOR 250KM in Scotland! 🏴 Unbelievable environmental damage, decimation of the wildlife corridor resulting in untold number of trees destroyed and wildlife killed.
www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/cle...
www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/cle...
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Highams Park Station ticket office:
Single to Mitcham Junction: £9.90
TFL app:
Single to Mitcham Junction: £6.35
You’ve got to love privatisation 🤦🏻♂️
@networkrailwatch.bsky.social
@tflbot.bsky.social
Single to Mitcham Junction: £9.90
TFL app:
Single to Mitcham Junction: £6.35
You’ve got to love privatisation 🤦🏻♂️
@networkrailwatch.bsky.social
@tflbot.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Highams Park Station ticket office:
Single to Mitcham Junction: £9.90
TFL app:
Single to Mitcham Junction: £6.35
You’ve got to love privatisation 🤦🏻♂️
@networkrailwatch.bsky.social
@tflbot.bsky.social
Single to Mitcham Junction: £9.90
TFL app:
Single to Mitcham Junction: £6.35
You’ve got to love privatisation 🤦🏻♂️
@networkrailwatch.bsky.social
@tflbot.bsky.social
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Data centres use lots of energy as demonstrated here by Dr Paul Deane using Lego.
Learn more about our data centre campaign here
👉https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
youtu.be/lkpuG549YZA
Learn more about our data centre campaign here
👉https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
youtu.be/lkpuG549YZA
Lego comparison of data centre energy use - Clare Byrne Live RTE
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Ireland
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February 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Data centres use lots of energy as demonstrated here by Dr Paul Deane using Lego.
Learn more about our data centre campaign here
👉https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
youtu.be/lkpuG549YZA
Learn more about our data centre campaign here
👉https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
youtu.be/lkpuG549YZA
Secret Network Rail tree felling.
Network Rail under fire for ‘secret’ tree felling | New Civil Engineer
The Guardian reported that as many as 10M poplars, sycamores, limes, ash trees and horse chestnuts are in danger under Network Rail’s scheme. According to
www.newcivilengineer.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Secret Network Rail tree felling.
Network Rail in Billericay, Essex.
Fury at plans to chop down 'overgrown' trees and bushes along railway
OVERGROWN trees and vegetation alongside a railway line will be cut down, but the plans have left residents and councillors furious.
www.echo-news.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Network Rail in Billericay, Essex.
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Will any UK government honour its pledge to ban trophy animal imports?
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Will any UK government honour its pledge to ban trophy animal imports?
They are the continent's rarest big cat and yet, starting at around £2,600, various hunting companies openly advertise with considerable pride the opportunity to hunt a cheetah.
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April 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Will any UK government honour its pledge to ban trophy animal imports?
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Devastating news from #Derbyshire as #NetworkRail as healthy trackside trees were destroyed including established oaks and birch trees. To do this at all is environmental vandalism. To do it during nesting season beggars belief. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anger after dozens of trees felled along Derbyshire railway line
Network Rail says the work was for safety reasons, but residents claim healthy trees have been felled.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Devastating news from #Derbyshire as #NetworkRail as healthy trackside trees were destroyed including established oaks and birch trees. To do this at all is environmental vandalism. To do it during nesting season beggars belief. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scheme to decimate the wildlife corridor is being undertaken in earnest despite the decline of biodiversity.
Revealed: Network Rail draws up option to remove all 'leaf fall' trees from wider trackside area
Exclusive: proposed five-year ‘enhanced clearance’ programme could target trees along 20,000 miles of track to improve punctuality and safety, according to an internal document
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Scheme to decimate the wildlife corridor is being undertaken in earnest despite the decline of biodiversity.