Rich Ford - Digitalwildlife.co.uk
@digitalwildlife.bsky.social
Ornithology, ecology, and environmental awareness via digital wildlife photography and filmmaking. Member of CIEEM. Working towards protected species licences - Long-time naturalist and birder.
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Heron vs. Newt
Grey Heron predatory behaviour, unwavering head posture and leg adjustments in preparation for the strike, with precision to secure prey
Rich Ford - www.digitalwildlife.co.uk
#GreyHeron #Newt #Ecology #Predation #BirdBehaviour #EcologicalObservation #BritishEcology #WildlifeFootage
Grey Heron predatory behaviour, unwavering head posture and leg adjustments in preparation for the strike, with precision to secure prey
Rich Ford - www.digitalwildlife.co.uk
#GreyHeron #Newt #Ecology #Predation #BirdBehaviour #EcologicalObservation #BritishEcology #WildlifeFootage
July 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Heron vs. Newt
Grey Heron predatory behaviour, unwavering head posture and leg adjustments in preparation for the strike, with precision to secure prey
Rich Ford - www.digitalwildlife.co.uk
#GreyHeron #Newt #Ecology #Predation #BirdBehaviour #EcologicalObservation #BritishEcology #WildlifeFootage
Grey Heron predatory behaviour, unwavering head posture and leg adjustments in preparation for the strike, with precision to secure prey
Rich Ford - www.digitalwildlife.co.uk
#GreyHeron #Newt #Ecology #Predation #BirdBehaviour #EcologicalObservation #BritishEcology #WildlifeFootage
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🦇 Discover the magic of summer nights in your garden, where bats take to the sky at dusk. Our gardens are vital for providing food and shelter to these fascinating creatures as their habitats dwindle: www.bats.org.uk/advice/garde...
July 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🦇 Discover the magic of summer nights in your garden, where bats take to the sky at dusk. Our gardens are vital for providing food and shelter to these fascinating creatures as their habitats dwindle: www.bats.org.uk/advice/garde...
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill - please ask your MP to stop this license to kill act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - ask your MP to stop this license to kill
Ask your MP to prevent the Planning and Infrastructure Bill from causing irreversible damage The government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is moving through Parliament right now. It includes propo...
act.bats.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - please ask your MP to stop this license to kill act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
The UK Government's #PlanningBill puts wildlife at risk. I'm demanding urgent changes - join me by emailing your MP: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
Fix the Planning Bill NOW!
Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ...
action.wildlifetrusts.org
June 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The UK Government's #PlanningBill puts wildlife at risk. I'm demanding urgent changes - join me by emailing your MP: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
Before General Election Labour promised 2 restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world. Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill & ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
Fix the Planning Bill NOW!
Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world
Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ...
action.wildlifetrusts.org
May 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Before General Election Labour promised 2 restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world. Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill & ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
I'm very pleased to see that Wild Justice will be taking the government to court over this horrifying Planning and Infrastructure Bill. @wildjustice.bsky.social
Please also consider donating to their cause.
#wildjustice
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...
Please also consider donating to their cause.
#wildjustice
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...
Wild Justice starts legal proceedings against Government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Wild Justice
Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has written to the government calling on it to correct a statement made in Parliament […]
wildjustice.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm very pleased to see that Wild Justice will be taking the government to court over this horrifying Planning and Infrastructure Bill. @wildjustice.bsky.social
Please also consider donating to their cause.
#wildjustice
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...
Please also consider donating to their cause.
#wildjustice
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...
"Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime"
George Monbiot
"The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
George Monbiot
"The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime"
George Monbiot
"The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
George Monbiot
"The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Barn owls, known for their silent flight are iconic birds of prey. In the UK, their winter survival depends on the availability of prey, particularly voles.
www.digitalwildlife.co.uk – Ecology and environmental awareness
#ecology #britishwildlife #conservation #grassland #GreenSpaces
www.digitalwildlife.co.uk – Ecology and environmental awareness
#ecology #britishwildlife #conservation #grassland #GreenSpaces
Barn Owl hunting in north east Hampshire
YouTube video by Digital wildlife awareness - Richard Ford
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March 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Barn owls, known for their silent flight are iconic birds of prey. In the UK, their winter survival depends on the availability of prey, particularly voles.
www.digitalwildlife.co.uk – Ecology and environmental awareness
#ecology #britishwildlife #conservation #grassland #GreenSpaces
www.digitalwildlife.co.uk – Ecology and environmental awareness
#ecology #britishwildlife #conservation #grassland #GreenSpaces
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This bill has not followed due process and there are concerns over its governance. This legislation has been rushed through the initial stages, has ignored consultation and has removed key principles from our current national environmental legislation.
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: ARC’s views and a call to action
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill was published on 11 March, and here we provide an update on ARC’s views. The Bill seeks to make the most significant changes to wildlife law in a generation,...
www.arc-trust.org
March 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This bill has not followed due process and there are concerns over its governance. This legislation has been rushed through the initial stages, has ignored consultation and has removed key principles from our current national environmental legislation.
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
www.arc-trust.org/News/plannin...
If bat conservation needs a ‘poster bat’ then surely the undeniably cute Brown long-eared bat fits the bill. Look out for the seemingly apprehensive Brown long-eared bat looking around before retreating into the box
@batconservation.bsky.social
#ecology #greenspaces #bats #conservation #chiroptera
@batconservation.bsky.social
#ecology #greenspaces #bats #conservation #chiroptera
Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) 11 bats leaving a transitional roost in a bat box.
YouTube video by Digital wildlife awareness - Richard Ford
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March 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If bat conservation needs a ‘poster bat’ then surely the undeniably cute Brown long-eared bat fits the bill. Look out for the seemingly apprehensive Brown long-eared bat looking around before retreating into the box
@batconservation.bsky.social
#ecology #greenspaces #bats #conservation #chiroptera
@batconservation.bsky.social
#ecology #greenspaces #bats #conservation #chiroptera
30 seconds of singing Skylark. These are trying times for those who care about the natural world and our green spaces. I hope this brightens someone's day 😊
#ecology #farmland #greenspaces #skylark #conservation #mindfulness #Ecoanxiety #grassland #ornithology
#ecology #farmland #greenspaces #skylark #conservation #mindfulness #Ecoanxiety #grassland #ornithology
March 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
30 seconds of singing Skylark. These are trying times for those who care about the natural world and our green spaces. I hope this brightens someone's day 😊
#ecology #farmland #greenspaces #skylark #conservation #mindfulness #Ecoanxiety #grassland #ornithology
#ecology #farmland #greenspaces #skylark #conservation #mindfulness #Ecoanxiety #grassland #ornithology
Live webcam on the White Storks at Kneep
www.youtube.com/live/s0liN8A...
www.youtube.com/live/s0liN8A...
Knepp White Stork nest camera
YouTube video by White Stork Project
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March 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Live webcam on the White Storks at Kneep
www.youtube.com/live/s0liN8A...
www.youtube.com/live/s0liN8A...
Bat hibernation season went out with a bang 4 me with hibernating Greater horseshoe bats in Sussex. A scarce bat in this part of the world. However, the work of Vincent Wildlife Trust, Sussex Bat Group, and volunteers is bringing them back. @batconservation.bsky.social
#ecology #conservation #bats
#ecology #conservation #bats
March 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Bat hibernation season went out with a bang 4 me with hibernating Greater horseshoe bats in Sussex. A scarce bat in this part of the world. However, the work of Vincent Wildlife Trust, Sussex Bat Group, and volunteers is bringing them back. @batconservation.bsky.social
#ecology #conservation #bats
#ecology #conservation #bats
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🦇 Nature vs Growth? The false choice threatening our future: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/01... .
Should developers 'stop worrying about the bats and the newts'? They don't have to; pitting nature against development is dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary.
Should developers 'stop worrying about the bats and the newts'? They don't have to; pitting nature against development is dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary.
Nature vs Growth? The false choice threatening our future - News - Bat Conservation Trust
Should developers 'stop worrying about the bats and the newts'? They don't have to; pitting nature against development is dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary.
www.bats.org.uk
January 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🦇 Nature vs Growth? The false choice threatening our future: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/01... .
Should developers 'stop worrying about the bats and the newts'? They don't have to; pitting nature against development is dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary.
Should developers 'stop worrying about the bats and the newts'? They don't have to; pitting nature against development is dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary.
This Natterer's bat, with some personal grooming to take care of, was wide awake on a recent hibernation survey. It was already active when found and seemed unconcerned by its admirers, who left it as they found it. @batconservation.bsky.social
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Digitalwildlife.co.uk - Natterer's bat in Hampshire, UK.
YouTube video by Digital wildlife awareness - Richard Ford
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January 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This Natterer's bat, with some personal grooming to take care of, was wide awake on a recent hibernation survey. It was already active when found and seemed unconcerned by its admirers, who left it as they found it. @batconservation.bsky.social
youtu.be/OfwnNmmiFZw?...
youtu.be/OfwnNmmiFZw?...
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Would your place of worship benefit from a small grant to help manage bat roost-related issues?
Apply for the new Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant Fund by 5pm, 10 January.
More information about this grant and requirements here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...
Apply for the new Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant Fund by 5pm, 10 January.
More information about this grant and requirements here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...
Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant - Bats and Churches - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats have always been in churches and places of worship – there are records of this dating back many hundreds of years. Even churches built in a non-tra...
www.bats.org.uk
January 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Would your place of worship benefit from a small grant to help manage bat roost-related issues?
Apply for the new Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant Fund by 5pm, 10 January.
More information about this grant and requirements here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...
Apply for the new Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant Fund by 5pm, 10 January.
More information about this grant and requirements here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...