Yes!

We asked 22 innovators (in 3 separate groups) embedded in the ancient wood-pastures of Transylvania to draw the ideal wood-pasture, and explain how it functions. Ideal wood-pasture features are already (still) present and only need maintenance. The social dimensions are, however, to be restored.

It is so worrying what is happening to the Transylvanian old-growth wood pastures which once had large herbivores and still have large carnivores such as bears. What nature and wildness and yet not appreciated…

Wonderful oak in that image! Open grown and layering branches!

Said this on the #BBCWorldService this morning. We all - scientists and public - know what the issue is, but the politicians waste time arguing over words.
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #COP30

Chemical evidence of ancient life detected in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks New study shows life’s signature still exists in rocks long after the original biomolecules are gone.

A story I absolutely would have been covering if they hadn't killed off Science in Action.
We had @carnegiescience.bsky.social 's Bob Hazen on about the steps building to this precisely because the chemical traces of early life seemed so promising.

carnegiescience.edu/chemical-evi...

Thanks for sharing! We made a wonderful team with IfaS colleagues, led by Frank Wagener!

The Drove [2025] A Cattle Droving Adventure YouTube video by Lockett Agri-Environmental

This is great .... cattle droving in the Highlands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...

In media information literacy week, BBC closes iconic science show - RadioInfo Australia It is Media and Information Literacy week, a UNESCO initiative to make the world aware of how important the media is in communicating truth and...

Australia-based RadioInfo picked up on the demise of Science in Action - ironic, they add, given it was during "Media and Information Literacy week, a UNESCO initiative to make the world aware of how important the media is in communicating truth & factual reporting."
radioinfo.com.au/news/in-medi...

The Resupinates of Hampshire By Paul Hugill and Alan Lucas

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
#MycoBookClub

Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts My mission is to explain the natural world and how to protect it. I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why ...

Delighted my YouTube channel has >1/4 million views and >5k subscribers. Keen to find new audiences especially students and practitioners. Also keen for new subjects either in UK or online interviewing someone in the field. Ideas welcome!
youtube.com/@bill_suther...

Go well Roland - I have so enjoyed listening to your programmes.

BBC Sounds - Science In Action - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Science In Action on BBC Sounds.

I will miss Roland Pease and Science in Action - its been a superb weekly insight into the latest research www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... Cost cutting apparently.

Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...

By tracking Pied Flycatchers using geolocators, scientists were able to identify key stop-over points on migration routes

They also found females stayed longer in non-breeding areas, overwintering in areas more westerly than males

doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

A Wood Warbler perches on a branch, its head thrown back as it sings.

By monitoring 1896 Wood Warbler nests across Europe over 10 years, scientists found reproductive success varied by area

BUT the populations with highest reproductive success were not necessarily doing better, suggesting other reasons for their decline

doi.org/10.1111/jav....

Prof. Jens-Christian Svenning's inspiring talk held 2 weeks ago for Naturnahe Weidelandschaften e.V. is online now. No one else can argue as clearly & precisely for integrating grazers into modern conservaton. Great thanks to you, Jens!
@jcsvenning.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqHS...

Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde A media in thrall to Wilders’ party ensures its agenda is entrenched in Dutch politics and will dominate Wednesday’s election, says political scientist Cas Mudde

Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde

…and add it to the Ancient Tree Inventory

Agree it would be good to see the tree. Perhaps we could arrange to meet at the tree to discuss more fully.

Much damage has already occurred by allowing over shading. The now dead functional columns will decay over time leaving somewhat unstable columns. Irreplaceable habitat should not be sacrificed to unjustified minimum intervention.

Naomi Smith, "For the last ten years we've had successive governments tell us what a great thing Brexit is"

"Well our polling shows that nearly 2/3 of people think Brexit has been more of a failure than a success"

This is a very strong justification for grazing and open landscapes. British ancient trees - especially the ancient ones, are great evidence for this approach.

Looks like lower limbs are being killed by overshading - a common issue with light demanding oaks. As it’s the oldest and culturally a very valuable pollard, one might recommend some haloing.

Our water is polluted. Why is it so hard to hold anyone responsible? My attempts to find out why a spring used for 175 years is now a health hazard tell a worrying tale of a fractured society

A local spring used for drinking water for 175 years is now spewing out polluted water. And no-one knows why or will take responsibility. A modern parable www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

IUCN launches Global Guidelines for Rewilding - a Paradigm Shift in Global Conservation | The Global Rewilding Alliance The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released its groundbreaking “Guidelines for Rewilding”, a landmark document offering guidance for implementing rewilding projects…

IUCN’s new Guidelines for Rewilding mark a global milestone, recognising #rewilding as a core pathway for nature recovery and sustainable development.

Hi Herbert - I can’t see the link on your email to me. I’d like to hear this talk if possible. Thx

Pollinators need more space and 10% habitat is not enough says a new study just published in Science Pollinators such as wild bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science and led by Gabriella Bishop and other scientists at Wageningen Universit…

Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...

A Corn Bunting perches on a farmland crop and sings with its beak wide open. Wording to the left reads: Farmland Bird Indicator. A graph below shows the UK Farmland Indicator with year and index of change. Three lines depicting generalist, specialist and all species show downward declines.

2/ Farmland bird populations declined by 62% since 1970 & by 11% in just the last five years. Specialists like Turtle Dove, Tree Sparrow, Grey Partridge, Corn Bunting & Starling are down by more than 80% since 1970. Generalist species such as Woodpigeon, Jackdaw & Goldfinch have more than doubled.

Image of two Turtle Doves perching on branches over water, one leans down to take a drink. Wording to the left reads: Wild Bird Indicators. For populations in the UK and England, 1970 to 2024. Out now!

1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️

Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology