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Amateur Bristol historian 🏰 Rewilding Britain🌳🐝, Lynx, Beaver, Wild Boar reintroductions, 😺🦫🐗 Wildflowers🌼🌸🌺 Heritage Railway enthusiast 🚂 3-D modeller 💻 Green Party💚Degrowth, born when CO2 was 330PPM 🌍
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Hug your parents, y'all, if they are still in your lives. Time goes quickly, health is fragile, and every scare is a real scare.
September 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hug your parents, y'all, if they are still in your lives. Time goes quickly, health is fragile, and every scare is a real scare.
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NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
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"Helping biodiversity", says a milk carton.
Yeah, *right*.
Ireland's dying river and lake ecosystems, not to mention endless dairy prairies of sterile monoculture ryegrass, would beg to differ.
Yeah, *right*.
Ireland's dying river and lake ecosystems, not to mention endless dairy prairies of sterile monoculture ryegrass, would beg to differ.
July 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
"Helping biodiversity", says a milk carton.
Yeah, *right*.
Ireland's dying river and lake ecosystems, not to mention endless dairy prairies of sterile monoculture ryegrass, would beg to differ.
Yeah, *right*.
Ireland's dying river and lake ecosystems, not to mention endless dairy prairies of sterile monoculture ryegrass, would beg to differ.
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After 2 years of work, I've finally taken delivery of an actual printed copy of my second book 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey'.
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
September 3, 2024 at 7:09 AM
After 2 years of work, I've finally taken delivery of an actual printed copy of my second book 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey'.
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
Amazing news
UK upland farmers may be incentivised to stop sheep farming.
Why isn't this happening in Ireland?
Why do we always have to be bottom of the whole class when it comes to nature??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why isn't this happening in Ireland?
Why do we always have to be bottom of the whole class when it comes to nature??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
English farms could be taken out of food production to boost nature, says minister
Plans announced by environment secretary mean many upland farmers may be incentivised to stop farming
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Amazing news
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Many people think of sally (or willow, as it's mostly known outside Ireland) as a sort of 'weed' tree.
But it's actually one of the very best native plants for insects, and an all-round ecological superstar.
But it's actually one of the very best native plants for insects, and an all-round ecological superstar.
There’s tons of sally holly and ash. I’d always seem the sally as a weed but now I’m seeing it’s critical to the environment. So much to learn to do this right
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Many people think of sally (or willow, as it's mostly known outside Ireland) as a sort of 'weed' tree.
But it's actually one of the very best native plants for insects, and an all-round ecological superstar.
But it's actually one of the very best native plants for insects, and an all-round ecological superstar.
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It's not just rafts of young trees, wildflowers, and other flora that erupt when land is freed from overgrazing. Any existing trees transform, often almost beyond recognition.
This exposed Atlantic sally, for eg, having long battled the wind alone, now throwing out a great mass of new basal shoots.
This exposed Atlantic sally, for eg, having long battled the wind alone, now throwing out a great mass of new basal shoots.
July 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It's not just rafts of young trees, wildflowers, and other flora that erupt when land is freed from overgrazing. Any existing trees transform, often almost beyond recognition.
This exposed Atlantic sally, for eg, having long battled the wind alone, now throwing out a great mass of new basal shoots.
This exposed Atlantic sally, for eg, having long battled the wind alone, now throwing out a great mass of new basal shoots.
Only small catches last night
June 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Only small catches last night
Meadow Cranesbill, Agrimony, Stinging Nettle and more Creeping Thistles flowered today.
June 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Meadow Cranesbill, Agrimony, Stinging Nettle and more Creeping Thistles flowered today.
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1 week to go until Big Meadow Search 2025 gets underway. All welcome, you dont need to be an expert, just record the species you are confident to ID. You can enter data at bigmeadowsearch.co.uk/submit or email your list to [email protected]
May 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
1 week to go until Big Meadow Search 2025 gets underway. All welcome, you dont need to be an expert, just record the species you are confident to ID. You can enter data at bigmeadowsearch.co.uk/submit or email your list to [email protected]
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#RomanFortThursday The Gateway to Roman Britain - the massive Triumphal Arch of Rutupiae (Richborough in Kent), clad in white Carrara marble from Italy, was a statement of Roman power at the entrance to Britannia
Art by Peter Lorimer
#archaeology #ancienthistory #art #romanempire #romanbritain
Art by Peter Lorimer
#archaeology #ancienthistory #art #romanempire #romanbritain
June 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#RomanFortThursday The Gateway to Roman Britain - the massive Triumphal Arch of Rutupiae (Richborough in Kent), clad in white Carrara marble from Italy, was a statement of Roman power at the entrance to Britannia
Art by Peter Lorimer
#archaeology #ancienthistory #art #romanempire #romanbritain
Art by Peter Lorimer
#archaeology #ancienthistory #art #romanempire #romanbritain
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It's utterly depressing how many respondents to this post seem to believe the main issue here is wasted wool, rather than the waste of millions of acres of land that could be bursting with nature, but are instead empty.
At a time of climate and nature collapse, farmers are paid subsidies to maintain all of Ireland's uplands as ecological deadzones. For what?
For the production of wool that's then dumped.
You could NOT make it up.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
For the production of wool that's then dumped.
You could NOT make it up.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
Hill farmers are dumping wool because there is 'no money' for it - cllr
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Justin Warnock has called for the government to "come up with a plan" for the use of wool.
www.agriland.ie
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
It's utterly depressing how many respondents to this post seem to believe the main issue here is wasted wool, rather than the waste of millions of acres of land that could be bursting with nature, but are instead empty.
Ffs
"Consider"???
Why are we still merely talking about designating sika deer what they *very* evidently are: a highly invasive, alien species?
share.google/b3l9M3AxV15I...
Why are we still merely talking about designating sika deer what they *very* evidently are: a highly invasive, alien species?
share.google/b3l9M3AxV15I...
EU consider classifying sika deer as an invasive species
The species was introduced to Ireland by Lord Powerscourt in 1860
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June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ffs
A few of last nights catch and release
June 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A few of last nights catch and release
Vile
Oh this is a horror. All that plastic and grey.
Who's ready for a #ShitLawnOfTheYear candidate?
Don't stub your toe on your crushed velvet sofa on the way to the back door will you! #LiveLaughLoathe
Don't stub your toe on your crushed velvet sofa on the way to the back door will you! #LiveLaughLoathe
June 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Vile
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They must be made to rebuild it brick by brick back to its former glory ! enough of this bullshit burning our heretige for greed
June 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
They must be made to rebuild it brick by brick back to its former glory ! enough of this bullshit burning our heretige for greed
Kenilworth Ivy, fringed Willowherb, hedge bindweed and Teasel, the 129th species to flower this year.
June 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Kenilworth Ivy, fringed Willowherb, hedge bindweed and Teasel, the 129th species to flower this year.
Vipers Bugloss (pictured, a bee magnet), Sneezewort, Fiddleneck, Enchanters Nightshade and Agastache all flowered yesterday, making 120 species so far to flower this year on our property.
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Vipers Bugloss (pictured, a bee magnet), Sneezewort, Fiddleneck, Enchanters Nightshade and Agastache all flowered yesterday, making 120 species so far to flower this year on our property.
Crofton, Fathers Day
June 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Crofton, Fathers Day
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Never forget:
Pet cats are one of THE most effective ways ever discovered by which we (yes, we humans) exterminate native wildlife, continually, on an inconceivable scale, all over the planet.
Pet cats are one of THE most effective ways ever discovered by which we (yes, we humans) exterminate native wildlife, continually, on an inconceivable scale, all over the planet.
2 of my cats were very intent on finding whatever was making those sounds
June 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Never forget:
Pet cats are one of THE most effective ways ever discovered by which we (yes, we humans) exterminate native wildlife, continually, on an inconceivable scale, all over the planet.
Pet cats are one of THE most effective ways ever discovered by which we (yes, we humans) exterminate native wildlife, continually, on an inconceivable scale, all over the planet.
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But there are two main determinants of capital spending in the UK:
A. Will it generate massive and lucrative contracts for big business?
B. Can ministers pose beside it in a hard hat and yellow coat?
A. Will it generate massive and lucrative contracts for big business?
B. Can ministers pose beside it in a hard hat and yellow coat?
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
But there are two main determinants of capital spending in the UK:
A. Will it generate massive and lucrative contracts for big business?
B. Can ministers pose beside it in a hard hat and yellow coat?
A. Will it generate massive and lucrative contracts for big business?
B. Can ministers pose beside it in a hard hat and yellow coat?
A dozen out window at 11am
June 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A dozen out window at 11am
Redcliff Pit 1828 vs precise same view 2017
June 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Redcliff Pit 1828 vs precise same view 2017