This whole movie had my eyes welling & nose sniffling. So much love went into it & it was such a joy to watch.
@natasharidgard
BSc Geoscience π | Incoming MSc in Applied Conservation Science @ Uni of Glasgow π | Bird Nerd & Beaver Believer 𦫠| Feral Yank (now in wellies) π¬π§ πManchester, UK All views are my own.
This whole movie had my eyes welling & nose sniffling. So much love went into it & it was such a joy to watch.
A Common Toad sits motionless in the grass, staring dead ahead with a grumpy, resigned expression. Its squat, unimpressed face perfectly captures the Monday mood...tired, unbothered, and just surviving.
The official face of Monday.
#MondayMotivation
The Scottish Government has been told to 'get a grip' on the number of planned data centres β with campaigners warning if all the proposed developments are given the green light it could more than double the countryβs energy use
Biodiversity Net Gain is meant to protect nature.
But right now, developers can skip it by ticking a box and writing a belief β not providing evidence.
No proof. No checks. No fixes for nature.
Thatβs the de minimis loophole β and it needs to go.
Read more: www.wcl.org.uk/docs/BNG_no_...
For those who entered through legal channels, the rules appear to be shifting even after theyβve complied.
Male Capercaillie in pine forest
Encouraging news for one of our rarest birds π
RSPB Abernethy has recorded 30 lekking male Capercaillie in 2025 β a 50% increase in five years.
There is still a long way to go, but through innovative habitat management and collaboration this threatened species could have a brighter future πͺ
Ahead of the May elections, @plaidcymru.bsky.social scale back their net zero ambitions. Poor and shortsighted from @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social.
If they were hoping to win my vote theyβve made a huge backward step.
Plaid Cymru leader abandons net zero emissions pledge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The rewilding movement needs to distance itself from bigots like Goldsmith.
There is no climate (and environmental) justice without social justice.
When these people show us who they are, we need to pay attention.
Further indictment that the conservation and rewilding need to drop further involvement with Goldsmith right now. Political allies for nature will not be found in the far right.
An Atlantic Puffin stands on a narrow, rocky cliff ledge streaked with lichen and tufts of grass. Its black back and white chest contrast with the pale stone, and its bright orange bill catches the light. The blurred backdrop of steep coastal rock faces hints at a rugged seabird colony, one of the special coastal habitats that provide vital nesting sites for wildlife.
Which is why the habitats they fight to return to must be protected.
Weakening protections for key sites for nature would push our already struggling wildlife closer to collapse.
Yet the UK Government is considering doing just that.
Tell your MP to stop this: action.rspb.org.uk/page/186397/... βΌοΈ
getting mad about that 'nobody should read books from more than 50 years ago' thing again after thinking about Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" and the effect it had on me when I was a teenager.