Feel very lucky to have been there...pushing the limits of the instruments...the replacement conductor did amazingly well...and both lead violinists were breathtaking

Punky red quiff of a female hazel flower on a twig

Pinky punky quiff of a female hazel flower
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
#WildFlowerHour

Oh Amy..with the loss of Jamie @movingslowly.bsky.social
recently, this must have been so devastating. Thank you for sharing...and your words in Country Diary. Having lost my best friend when she was in her 40s, I felt bereft...but now hear her at apt moments, and laugh at memories. Much love.

Quick! Before the light, such as it is, fails, spend an hour counting the birds in your backyard, garden or park...Derbyshire's down the results' table at the moment...let's get more citizen science done!
#BigGardenBirdWatch
@derbyswildlife.bsky.social

Rewilding project plan as trust purchases Middleton Moor
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A good news day!
Landscape scale restoration, close to local communities...a win win for biodiversity, nature's abundance and community.
@josmithwild.bsky.social
@derbyswildlife.bsky.social

Please sign/share petition before it's considered tomorrow
The barbaric killing of gannet chicks must stop
@naturescotland.bsky.social
@greeneindy.bsky.social
@iolowilliams.bsky.social
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social

Snow day...

Please sign/share link below
Madness on the Avalon Marshes
Peat STILL being extracted and imported for horticulture opposite peat restoration project!!
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@iolowilliams.bsky.social
@naturescotland.bsky.social
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition linked by @jackwallington.com
Shocked last week to see peat extraction by Godwins happening right opposite a reserve where peat restoration is happening
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social
#PeatFree

They look delish

May your feast have been merry...recipe looks well loved and great!

Thank you for sharing...saying goodbye but remembering ...a chap we wish we'd met along the way. Thinking of you all.

Middleton Moor yesterday. We explored the possibilities, the future, and the past. It will improve for biodiversity and connect. More importantly, it is easy to access and people will be able to enjoy it.
Please donate if you can and share.
@derbyswildlife.bsky.social
@josmithwild.bsky.social

A collage of frosty leaves, seed heads and catkins

View of frozen pond and group of volunteers

Art in nature
A frosty day @derbyswildlife.bsky.social Peak Village, Rowsley
Consulting with residents on plans for the allotments...improving biodiversity and growing your own
@josmithwild.bsky.social

Volunteers with rakes by an autumnal canal

A day to remember clearing reeds on the Cromford canal...new volunteers, enthusiasm, laughter and cake..and, yes, we will ache tomorrow
@derbyswildlife.bsky.social
@josmithwild.bsky.social @jimdixonwriter.bsky.social
#LeaWoods #Volunteering

www.justgiving.com/team/teamjam...
Loved meeting Jamie @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social and talking things wildlife, and things
He is missed so much.
Please share and donate if you can
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

I'd missed this too...thanks Matthew
I'll share and donate.

We were lucky near the front...everyone around just mesmerised

m.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQ-...

www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hugel...
Angry that @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social and @johnwhitbymp.bsky.social and many more are being persuaded to abandon protected species and risk losing so many voters

Collage including red deer stage, golden light and Curbar Edge, Derbyshire

Daybreak on the Eastern Moors revealing handsome chaps, tumbling ravens and skeins of pink footed geese
@rspbengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @peakdistrict.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social
Thanks @toursnatural.bsky.social for an excellent morning watching the red deer

Appalled at the Rough Guide publications describing dolphin and whale shows as "a highlight"
I've asked them for a response and to ensure this is edited out of future publications.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @greeneindy.bsky.social @naturescotland.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social

Environment groups are anything but ‘mute’ on the planning bill | Letters Letter: Craig Bennett, Hilary McGrady, Dr James Robinson and Richard Benwell say they have never stopped campaigning on the planning and infrastructure bill’s flaws

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
An important letter from @craigbennett3.bsky.social @richardbenwell.bsky.social Hilary McGrady of @nationaltrust.org.uk and Dr James Robinson of @rspb.bsky.social

The importance of late summer/autumnal garden flowers.
Small copper feasting on echinacea here.
#GardensHour @gardenshour.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#UKWildlife

Today @derbyswildlife.bsky.social we got involved in some #CitizenScience
Even if you haven't got a #GreatUKWaterblitz kit, you can still take part in the Big River Watch between now and 25 Sept
@theriverstrust.bsky.social @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social
@josmithwild.bsky.social

Large numbers of fly agaric @derbyswildlife.bsky.social Lea Woods today
It's a magical enough place but these were wonderful
#volunteering
#FungiFriends

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
#Favouriteflower
Alpine pansies at Gang Mine in April @derbyswildlife.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour

Clive, a former trawlerman, knows first-hand the devastation that bottom trawling inflicts on the seafloor. Now, he's calling for urgent protection of our marine havens 🪸

Recovery IS possible, but only if we ACT NOW!

Have you say 👉 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

🙏 Picture Book Media & Sussex Underwater

If you get the chance, go and see The Last Stand of Mary Whitehouse @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social
Maxine Peake and Samuel Barnett ( in multiple roles) are excellent.
Thought provoking, relevant, hilarious and very very serious
Directed by Sarah Frankcom and written by @carolinebirduk.bsky.social

‘A last resort’: is culling foxes the only way to save Britain’s vanishing curlews? Keeping predator numbers down may be last hope for the ground-nesting birds – but critics say real problem is farming practices

Mary Colwell asks whether it's time to talk about a fox cull. I argue it's time to talk about the absurd annual release of 60 Million non-native gamebirds that undoubtedly supports the over-abundance of foxes & other mesopredators.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...