Nick Burfield
@nickburfield.bsky.social
Conservation volunteer, wildlife surveyor and guide with a particular passion for birding in Suffolk.
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..aaaaand #Flamanville3 #EPR (plus FL1) #nuclear reactor to stay offline until 1 February due to the damage caused by Storm Goretti
#StopSizewellC #NotAlwaysOn
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#StopSizewellC #NotAlwaysOn
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Flamanville nuclear plant to remain offline to 1 Feb following storm
“Following storm Goretti, equipment at the 400 kV substations of Flamanville production units 1 and 2 must be replaced,” EDF said in a statement on Saturday, with the units initially having been disco...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
..aaaaand #Flamanville3 #EPR (plus FL1) #nuclear reactor to stay offline until 1 February due to the damage caused by Storm Goretti
#StopSizewellC #NotAlwaysOn
montelnews.com/news/2d1b954...
#StopSizewellC #NotAlwaysOn
montelnews.com/news/2d1b954...
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Extremely sad to see the further erosion - Thorpeness is a much loved village on Suffolk's Heritage Coast. Being just a short distance from the Sizewell nuclear complex, it is no surprise that many question the wisdom of building a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, on this stretch of coastline
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Extremely sad to see the further erosion - Thorpeness is a much loved village on Suffolk's Heritage Coast. Being just a short distance from the Sizewell nuclear complex, it is no surprise that many question the wisdom of building a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, on this stretch of coastline
December 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Continuing erosion of the coastline in front of the yet to be built Sizewell C nuclear plant
This #Labour government is forcing future generations to protect the Sizewell site & its 4,000 tonnes of spent fuel till the late 2100s despite them having no voice in this decision!
#SayNo2SizewellC
This #Labour government is forcing future generations to protect the Sizewell site & its 4,000 tonnes of spent fuel till the late 2100s despite them having no voice in this decision!
#SayNo2SizewellC
December 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Continuing erosion of the coastline in front of the yet to be built Sizewell C nuclear plant
This #Labour government is forcing future generations to protect the Sizewell site & its 4,000 tonnes of spent fuel till the late 2100s despite them having no voice in this decision!
#SayNo2SizewellC
This #Labour government is forcing future generations to protect the Sizewell site & its 4,000 tonnes of spent fuel till the late 2100s despite them having no voice in this decision!
#SayNo2SizewellC
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As Labour announce they’ll ban trail hunting, man in Barbour jacket and mustard trousers accuses them of being out of touch with public: www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As Labour announce they’ll ban trail hunting, man in Barbour jacket and mustard trousers accuses them of being out of touch with public: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Old Sparky: "...but what about EDF's next nuke at Sizewell, for which Starmer himself gave the final go-ahead in July? He has set neither a completion deadline nor a fixed budget for Sizewell C - EDF refuses to accept either. despite Starmer bankrolling it with billions of taxpayers money."
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Old Sparky: "...but what about EDF's next nuke at Sizewell, for which Starmer himself gave the final go-ahead in July? He has set neither a completion deadline nor a fixed budget for Sizewell C - EDF refuses to accept either. despite Starmer bankrolling it with billions of taxpayers money."
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Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Howard disagreed with #Starmer’s decision to fully adopt the Fingleton nuclear report which made a number of suggestions, including "changing rules around protected species & increasing radiation limits for those living near or working in a nuclear power plant"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Howard disagreed with #Starmer’s decision to fully adopt the Fingleton nuclear report which made a number of suggestions, including "changing rules around protected species & increasing radiation limits for those living near or working in a nuclear power plant"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Well said #CraigBennett, couldn't agree more
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
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Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
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December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well said #CraigBennett, couldn't agree more
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...
Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love"
www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...
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This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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More heartbreak for Thorpeness- just south of Sizewell- where govt expect future generations to protect the 'C' site & its spent fuel till the late 2100s!
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Look East - Evening News: 09/12/2025
The latest news, sport and weather for the East of England.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
More heartbreak for Thorpeness- just south of Sizewell- where govt expect future generations to protect the 'C' site & its spent fuel till the late 2100s!
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
'The relentless tide on our Suffolk coast...In recent weeks 6 to 8m has gone...The speed of erosion is staggering'
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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"Downing Street refused to push back on either Trump’s comment on Europe or his latest attack on London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, whom the US president once again attacked."
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Downing Street refused to push back on either Trump’s comment on Europe or his latest attack on London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, whom the US president once again attacked."
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Knock-kneed appeasement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Excellent @drdavidlowry letter in Daily Telegraph.
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Excellent @drdavidlowry letter in Daily Telegraph.
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Couldn't agree more "#EdMiliband is being disingenuous when he claims that nuclear energy is clean and home-grown".
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
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It appears that with each high tide, the sea is edging ever closer to these temporary sea defences at the Sizewell C site. The eroding dunes do not bode well for the permanent sea defences that will need to keep the site safe for the next 150yrs till all the spent fuel is removed!
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It appears that with each high tide, the sea is edging ever closer to these temporary sea defences at the Sizewell C site. The eroding dunes do not bode well for the permanent sea defences that will need to keep the site safe for the next 150yrs till all the spent fuel is removed!
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
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@teamlabouruk.bsky.social why are you not listening ???
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 1:36 PM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social why are you not listening ???
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Something that is never factored into the published cost of nuclear energy, a near century long clean up. We pay for this. Current bill, £120 billion and climbing. Sizewell C will be just more of the same. Expensive power and a toxic legacy for thousands of years.
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Something that is never factored into the published cost of nuclear energy, a near century long clean up. We pay for this. Current bill, £120 billion and climbing. Sizewell C will be just more of the same. Expensive power and a toxic legacy for thousands of years.
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
buff.ly/fvUNHbs
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Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon:
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon:
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter