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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

EXCITING BREAKING NEWS 📢

The #VLMSpeciesCounts2025 is now ready to share.

All the hard work & hours of collecting images from volunteers, species identification & data gathering has finally been completed! 🥳

We hope you enjoy this long thread 🙏

drive.google.com/file/d/1_V2o...

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

Overall, we recorded an incredible 217 animals and 197 plants including:

3 reptile species
7 mammal species
139 insect species
40 bird species
8 Gastropoda species (snails and slugs)
19 arachnid (spider) species
1 amphibian species

A 57.2% increase in fauna species since 2022.

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

We had three glorious days recording species & below is a collage of all of the life we photographed & identified by their various markings, via sound recordings & photographs of droppings 🦎🐝🕷️🦋🦡🦉🦔🐸🦊🦌🌼🌿🌱🌳

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Chrissy a proud Pigoneer Ⓥ 𓃟 @chrissyh.bsky.social · Sep 6

Bloody Brilliant 👏👏👏 well done #VeganLandMovementCIC

Read this good news about #vegans making a real difference for mother nature.

I'm so proud to be a monthly subscriber to them.

Please join us and be a part of this amazing initiative 💚🍃🌿🐸🦎🦗🐌🦋🐛🐦🪲🐞🐝🐜💚

Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

EXCITING BREAKING NEWS 📢

The #VLMSpeciesCounts2025 is now ready to share.

All the hard work & hours of collecting images from volunteers, species identification & data gathering has finally been completed! 🥳

We hope you enjoy this long thread 🙏

drive.google.com/file/d/1_V2o...

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

We saw many goldfinches and blackcaps. It was amazing how many more birds there were this year 😍🐦

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

The full list of Flora and Fauna species identified on land removed from animal agriculture are featured here: 🥳
🦊🦌🦎🐝🌼🌿🕷️🦋🦦🦡🦉🐹🦔🌳🐸🦎🐍🐜🦗🐌🐛🦟🪰🐦🪶🐾

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2025 Fauna and Flora Species Count Data Combined.pdf

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you would like to join us in this mission to help save lives, help wildlife & the planet, join the VLM or donate to the latest animal agriculture buyout. Thank you for reading this thread & helping make a difference 🙏
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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are also very grateful to the brilliant volunteers who gave up their time for these Species Counts. A special thank you to volunteer Steven & his wife, Jen for the many hours of work, helping to identify species & to create the VLM spreadsheets 🦋🐝🦎

drive.google.com/file/d/1_V2ojD

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

This incredible surge in biodiversity was only made possible due to the land being freed from harmful farming industry practices. We are incredibly grateful to all who have donated, as it is you who have helped create these rich new habitats for struggling wildlife species 🦔🦡🦋

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trees glorious trees 🌳
Lots of the native trees we have planted are growing well, especially alder, willow and birch. Below is a collage of some of these trees on plots 2, 4, 5 and 6. The center image is of an alder producing seeds on plot 4. This was wonderful to see 🌳

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

We also surveyed plot 2 this year, after not managing to access it last year. It's only accessible around the edges due to the density of growth. Great news here - we identified an otter 💩(spraint) on a fallen log & the willows we planted in 2021 have started to become mature 🌳

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

During this visit we also undertook a baseline species count of plot 7 removed from dairy farming in July 2024 and plot 8, removed from dairy farming on the 14th of May this year. There are several badger setts near plot 8 and we recorded one possible badger latrine there 🦡

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

We saw many butterflies & moth species this year too. Below is a selection of the butterflies & a few of the moths photographed and recorded 🦋

Butterflies have increased by 60% since last year

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

Below are the birds seen or heard & identified by a local ornithology expert, Pete, who recorded their songs & knew where to look for certain birds. Most birds were also verified by using the Merlin bird song app.
Bird species have greatly increased (by 73.9%) since last year 🦉

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

This year we identified 10 different mammal species. We saw each deer species (Muntjac, Roe, Fallow & Red) as well as a wood mouse. The badger, otter & hedgehog were accurately identified by their scats & moles were identified by their countless molehills 🦔🦦🐹🦡🦊🦌

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

Overall, we recorded an incredible 217 animals and 197 plants including:

3 reptile species
7 mammal species
139 insect species
40 bird species
8 Gastropoda species (snails and slugs)
19 arachnid (spider) species
1 amphibian species

A 57.2% increase in fauna species since 2022.

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

Important note: We were incredibly careful & carried out these counts with great sensitivity. This species survey was undertaken gently & without harm. As you can see by the photo of the tiny toadlet below, we had to be very careful where we slowly walked 🐸

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

We had three glorious days recording species & below is a collage of all of the life we photographed & identified by their various markings, via sound recordings & photographs of droppings 🦎🐝🕷️🦋🦡🦉🦔🐸🦊🦌🌼🌿🌱🌳

drive.google.com/file/d/1_V2o...
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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dedicated volunteers gently made their way over each site recording species. Take a look at the incredible image of a Thistle Gall Wasp photographed by Anne-Marie & a Red Soldier Beetle photographed by Cleve😍 Can you spot the Orbweaver Spider hiding next to Red Soldier Beetle?🕷️

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 4

EXCITING BREAKING NEWS 📢

The #VLMSpeciesCounts2025 is now ready to share.

All the hard work & hours of collecting images from volunteers, species identification & data gathering has finally been completed! 🥳

We hope you enjoy this long thread 🙏

drive.google.com/file/d/1_V2o...

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Sep 1

Will do Mrs M 😊💚🦋

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AnimalAdvoCat💟☮️🐾🌱 #Pigoneer #VLM @realanimaladvocat.bsky.social · Aug 31

You want to make a difference in the world and give Land that belonged to Animalabuse&Murder Industry, back to Nature? Please support @veganlandmovement.bsky.social too. You will, like me, cry tears of joy seeing all the beautiful creatures this land belongs to, come back to live in a safe spot.💟☮️🐾🌱

Gina Bates Ⓥ @hilltopgina.bsky.social · Aug 31

We can, We will and We are making a difference 👇

Sound up 🎶& sign up up for free to see just how many species have made homes on land removed from animal agriculture 😍🦋🐝🐞🐦🐸🐛🦎🦡🦔🌳🌱

Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Aug 31

📢 #VLMSpeciesCounts2025 coming soon! 🥳

Dear VLM supporters if you would like to receive the Vegan Land Movement's Species Counts 2025 Newsletter, please sign up for free today: 👇

veganlandmovement.com#sign-up

Here is a preview of some of the amazing life we recorded 😍🌱🐝🦔🦡🦋🐞🐭🦊🦌

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Gina Bates Ⓥ @hilltopgina.bsky.social · Aug 31

We can, We will and We are making a difference 👇

Sound up 🎶& sign up up for free to see just how many species have made homes on land removed from animal agriculture 😍🦋🐝🐞🐦🐸🐛🦎🦡🦔🌳🌱

Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Aug 31

📢 #VLMSpeciesCounts2025 coming soon! 🥳

Dear VLM supporters if you would like to receive the Vegan Land Movement's Species Counts 2025 Newsletter, please sign up for free today: 👇

veganlandmovement.com#sign-up

Here is a preview of some of the amazing life we recorded 😍🌱🐝🦔🦡🦋🐞🐭🦊🦌

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Aug 31

📢 #VLMSpeciesCounts2025 coming soon! 🥳

Dear VLM supporters if you would like to receive the Vegan Land Movement's Species Counts 2025 Newsletter, please sign up for free today: 👇

veganlandmovement.com#sign-up

Here is a preview of some of the amazing life we recorded 😍🌱🐝🦔🦡🦋🐞🐭🦊🦌

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Vegan Land Movement CIC @veganlandmovement.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you so much Richard. Sorry for the late reply we have been up to our eyes with species surveys on all 8 VLM sites, very exciting to see so many species returning.This information will be shared on here very soon. 🐝🦔🦡🦋🪲🦗🐞

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