Save Lea Marshes
@saveleamarshes.bsky.social
Follow our campaign to protect the Lower Lea Valley (Leyton, Walthamstow & Hackney Marshes) from inappropriate use and development.
https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
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https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
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STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK!
I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.
www.crowdjustice.com
We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...
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The govt has stripped out crucial protections from the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This includes measures to safeguard nature, prioritise brownfield land and give Parliament proper oversight. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/government-strips-protections-from-the-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The govt has stripped out crucial protections from the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This includes measures to safeguard nature, prioritise brownfield land and give Parliament proper oversight. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/government-strips-protections-from-the-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/
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@sustainhackney.bsky.social Films for Action Fri 21 Nov with panel discission after www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail...
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@sustainhackney.bsky.social Films for Action Fri 21 Nov with panel discission after www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail...
Leyton O? Waltham Forest Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Leyton Orient Football Club.
So where exactly will they be constructing their new stadium? www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
@cprelondon.bsky.social
#walthamforest #leyton #eastlondon
So where exactly will they be constructing their new stadium? www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
@cprelondon.bsky.social
#walthamforest #leyton #eastlondon
Leyton ‘Oh?’
Hackney Wick stadium, rebuilt 1994 at cost of £12m, closed 1997, demolished 2003 Waltham Forest Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Leyton Orient Football Club. On its website the…
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Leyton O? Waltham Forest Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Leyton Orient Football Club.
So where exactly will they be constructing their new stadium? www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
@cprelondon.bsky.social
#walthamforest #leyton #eastlondon
So where exactly will they be constructing their new stadium? www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
@cprelondon.bsky.social
#walthamforest #leyton #eastlondon
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The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain through the looking glass: my dead goldfish is now a registered waste disposer | George Monbiot
Algernon Goldfish is long gone, but I was able to sign him up. No wonder so many crooks are illegally dumping and ruining our environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sad scenes
Upsetting to see the disrespect some people have for the environment and the wildlife we share this planet with.
#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #litter #riverlea #birds #ukbirds
Upsetting to see the disrespect some people have for the environment and the wildlife we share this planet with.
#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #litter #riverlea #birds #ukbirds
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sad scenes
Upsetting to see the disrespect some people have for the environment and the wildlife we share this planet with.
#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #litter #riverlea #birds #ukbirds
Upsetting to see the disrespect some people have for the environment and the wildlife we share this planet with.
#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #litter #riverlea #birds #ukbirds
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The Rainbow Warrior joined the flotilla calling on leaders at #COP30 to respect the Amazon, defend Indigenous lands and rights, end fossil fuels and make polluters pay. COP30 must be a COP of action for forests, for climate and for people.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.
act.gp
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Rainbow Warrior joined the flotilla calling on leaders at #COP30 to respect the Amazon, defend Indigenous lands and rights, end fossil fuels and make polluters pay. COP30 must be a COP of action for forests, for climate and for people.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do.
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Biodiversity policy & advocacy - Bat Conservation Trust
The government published the Planning and Infrastructure Bill in March 2025, this outlined its proposals for reforming the planning process. Although th...
www.bats.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do.
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
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We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...
STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK!
I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.
www.crowdjustice.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...
Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...
No more deforestation plywood for camper vans
Camper vans have become increasingly popular and a symbol for recreation in pristine nature – but the truth is, they are deforested orangutan habitats on wheels. A breaking report revealed that one ro
action.eko.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...
We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...
STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK!
I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.
www.crowdjustice.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...
And they complied. Nothing is sacred to these machine men and women with machine minds.
Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
And they complied. Nothing is sacred to these machine men and women with machine minds.
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'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚
Please be aware: We have been asking supporters to write to their MPs asking them to support Amendment 130. In the new list of amendments from the Government this is now Amendment 40
Debate begins today. Act now! act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
Debate begins today. Act now! act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 40 in the Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons this week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone to...
act.bats.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Please be aware: We have been asking supporters to write to their MPs asking them to support Amendment 130. In the new list of amendments from the Government this is now Amendment 40
Debate begins today. Act now! act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
Debate begins today. Act now! act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
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As it stands, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will undermine species protection. Write to your MP today, it takes less than 2 minutes act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
As it stands, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will undermine species protection. Write to your MP today, it takes less than 2 minutes act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
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⚠️ The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be debated by MPs again this Thursday.
Please ask your MP to vote to safeguard our most vulnerable habitats and species by supporting Amendment 130.
🔗 Download our template letter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-v...
Please ask your MP to vote to safeguard our most vulnerable habitats and species by supporting Amendment 130.
🔗 Download our template letter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-v...
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
⚠️ The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be debated by MPs again this Thursday.
Please ask your MP to vote to safeguard our most vulnerable habitats and species by supporting Amendment 130.
🔗 Download our template letter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-v...
Please ask your MP to vote to safeguard our most vulnerable habitats and species by supporting Amendment 130.
🔗 Download our template letter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-v...
This is URGENT ⚠️
Please email your MP today!
No cash-to-trash Nature
Please email your MP today!
No cash-to-trash Nature
URGENT - please email your MP today and help them to take an evidence based approach to policy creation. Ask them to vote for amendment 130 act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is URGENT ⚠️
Please email your MP today!
No cash-to-trash Nature
Please email your MP today!
No cash-to-trash Nature
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More than £11m spent tackling wildfires and floods in London since 2018
Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-11...
Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-11...
More than £11m spent tackling wildfires and floods in London since 2018
Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
enfielddispatch.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
More than £11m spent tackling wildfires and floods in London since 2018
Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-11...
Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-11...
Big polluters caused the climate crisis - why should we pay for the impacts while they continue to profit?
Join us and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇 foe.uk/lipp6
Join us and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇 foe.uk/lipp6
Make polluters worldwide pay for a greener future
While the cost of living and climate crises rage on and oil and gas companies' profits soar, something is shifting… More and more of us want big polluters to pay for the damage they cause to our plane...
foe.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Big polluters caused the climate crisis - why should we pay for the impacts while they continue to profit?
Join us and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇 foe.uk/lipp6
Join us and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇 foe.uk/lipp6
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🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to protect bat species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill - News - Bat Conservation Trust
This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
www.bats.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
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Mycena haematopus. Happy Halloween 🎃 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Mycena haematopus. Happy Halloween 🎃 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
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Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
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Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Save the painted woolly bats
UPDATE: eBay has banned the sale of painted woolly bats on its platform! Now let's keep up the pressure to make sure Amazon follows suit.------Painted woolly bats are selfless little forest guardians,
action.eko.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...