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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 11h

Now we get to go further - powering some iconic venues from our wind and sun mills - a proper green milestone for the world of live entertainment.

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 4d

Oooh this tickles my memory - I think we had black poplars at Putley water mill near Ledbury 30 or so years ago. 🌳

(knew Aylestone School well too many moons ago 🧮😆)

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 9d

A friendly vet would be worth their weight in gold, plus folk to cover the hols & share the early mornings & evening shut-ins.

Good luck - showing animals at the summer shows was an annual highlight for the children, working as a team etc not to mention the side-by-side conversations.

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 10d

Could be a v cool summer expedition 😎

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 11d

🌳🤩💚✨😎!

George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 11d

Tomorrow.....20.30 on BBC4
I loved making this documentary!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Four - Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor

George McGavin investigates the dramatic life of the oak tree over the four seasons.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tamsin Abbott @tamsintheshed.bsky.social · 11d

Because I need to be reminded of how this book, Wild Folk, (which is still fighting to survive) was worth making.

Tamsin Abbott @tamsintheshed.bsky.social · Jul 23

Turn down the lights, turn up the volume for a sublime moment. The words of Jackie Morris read by Jerome Flynn put together with music by Dougal Abbott. This is balm for the soul. (Stained glass by me!)

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 14d

Party, your place! 💚🎪🌱🎻

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 14d

How many stings 🐝? & how are brood parasite numbers looking this year?🤔
Had a couple of solo wasps appear in class last week - lost 10 mins of lesson each time 🤣.
Luckily none so far this week - just an inspection team! 🤪

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 16d

Or spider earrings… 🕷️🕷️🤣

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 18d

Absolutely!

We’re stopping to listen to birdsong differently after hearing @samsweeney.bsky.social & Rob Harbron on mirandarutter.com/album/280898...

The combo of tunes & birdsong is truly uplifting 💚

Bird Tunes

A newly composed suite of tunes inspired by birds and birdsong. All tunes composed by Miranda Rutter and recorded by Miranda (fiddle & viola), Rob Harbron (concertina & harmonium) and Sam Sweeney (fi...

mirandarutter.com

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Rich @shiresrich.bsky.social · 18d

Well this broke up the doom scroll

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 18d

Some hopeful weekend reading.

“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”

‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

www.theguardian.com

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 19d

Absolutely!
Ask anyone in the New Forest lucky enough to savour www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exh... until mid Jan.

Plus stewardingthesoil.co.uk featuring @georgemcgavin.bsky.social & @jakefiennes.bsky.social on 25th Oct which marries art, wildlife & farming & supports @nffn.bsky.social 💚🚜🐝

AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · 20d

Just seen 3 of Carry’s wonderful creations at the Private View of www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exh... new ‘Found in the Fields’ exhibition - 125 years of farming through artists’ eyes 🤩
& She’s speaking at stewardingthesoil.co.uk next month 😊 along with Jake Fiennes & George McGavin 🪱🐝

Stewarding the Soil – Nature, farming, and the living landscape

stewardingthesoil.co.uk

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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 26d

🌴🔥 #News: Tropical tree planting delivers optimal #climate cooling! Up to 0.8°F cooling in central Africa vs heating effects in northern regions ☠️ Protect tropical forests NOW! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 7

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hooray! 🚀
And here’s more good news - Less than a year to get excited about seeing Mr Ben in the New Forest! 🤩

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Sep 6

Spotted!! 🤩
🦅 above the house, being bothered by a buzzard 😎

(You’ll need to zoom in to see them, but if you could see it clearly, the eagle would look like this photo from Google 😁)

AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 29

@tamsintheshed.bsky.social I’m savouring ‘Wild Folk’ alongside

mirandarutter.com/album/280898... (complete with a smattering of @samsweeney.bsky.social )

A perfect pairing 🎻🐦‍⬛🎻🪗

@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social have you discovered Bird Tunes yet? 🎶

Bird Tunes

A newly composed suite of tunes inspired by birds and birdsong. All tunes composed by Miranda Rutter and recorded by Miranda (fiddle & viola), Rob Harbron (concertina & harmonium) and Sam Sweeney (fi...

mirandarutter.com

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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · Aug 28

What do wasps eat? First molecular data for native zone Vespula Yellowjackets.

So happy to see this out, finally!
Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social

Insectes Sociaux @insectessociaux.bsky.social · Aug 28

New short communication! 📄

Drinkwater, @waspwoman.bsky.social et al. used metabarcoding to analyze the gut contents of 554 wasp larvae, revealing their diverse diet and their role as predators 🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #WaspEcology #ArthropodRegulation #NativeEcosystems #Vespula

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 28

SPOTTED! 🤩
Fabulous 5 page (!) article about St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery’s imminent “Life of the Fields” exhibition in Lymington.

@georgemcgavin.bsky.social & @jakefiennes.bsky.social at linked event stewardingthesoil.co.uk in Oct, along with Carry Akroyd, “Meadow Flowers and Turbines”.

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you!!! What a great week, ears pricked up hearing that @samsweeney.bsky.social was joining you & so we discovered Miranda’s tunes - so clever & beautifully realised 🎶

✨Bird Tunes 💿 arrived today so we can listen to it whenever we like✨
Wonderfully fabulously brilliant! 😍🎻

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 26

✨Bird Tunes 💿 arrived today ✨
Wonderfully fabulously brilliant! 😍🎻

Kings Place @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social · Apr 15

Miranda Rutter brings 'Bird Tunes', her exquisite suite of folk tunes with birdsong at their core, to this year's Kings Place Folk Weekend 🐦🎵 with the wonderful Rob Harbron in concertina!

🎟️ kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/folk/miranda-rutter-rob-harbron/

🎞️ ‘Blackbird Schottische’ at FolkEast 2023

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 26

👉 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Don’t like joining in? Why it could be your superpower

Some people spend their lives feeling out of place in groups – but this tendency comes with unique opportunities

www.theguardian.com

AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bob’s back! 🐝

George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Does anyone in the South of England have a wasp nest in their garden they would wish removed anytime in the next five weeks? This research led by Dr Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social, is helping with control of invasive wasps in New Zealand.

Entomologist, wearing protective clothing, excavates the nest of a social wasp.

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AmyM @mudandworms.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s such a delicate balancing act - join the conversation at

stewardingthesoil.co.uk

Meet Holkham’s ‘Land Healer’, Jake Fiennes
& Dr George McGavin ‘Bug World’ - Sex, violence, and a cast of billions - the unseen world of insects and their essential role in soil ecosystems and biodiversity.

Stewarding the Soil – Nature, farming, and the living landscape

stewardingthesoil.co.uk