It should be a good year for the endemic Western Ramping-fumitory Fumaria occidentalis with Lots of plants visible on Lizard Green and already starting to flower.

A Christmas Star and berries. Growing under a Hawthorn with fallen berries Geastrum triplex Collared Earthstar

A Christmas Star and berries.

Growing under a Hawthorn with fallen berries, Geastrum triplex - Collared Earthstar

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...