Jon Ford

Old oak tree with twisted branches in autumn woodland of ancient oaks

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

It seems to me that the debate over applying inheritance text to farmland has been v one sided. At the risk of making myself unpopular, a thread of observations follows:
1) For a couple leaving a farm to their descendants, the tax threshold is £3 million, not £1 million as widely stated.

I was a child of the 70s and remember asking what that funny bird was on the washing line. “Just a cuckoo” my mum replied. In my lifetime so many of our birds have followed the cuckoo’s decline. Shifting baselines mean children now need a nature GCSE more than ever. Any news on this? #naturewriting

Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...

Remember that footage of gamekeepers killing a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor?

Seen pictures of moors being set alight in recent weeks?

It’s time to ban driven grouse shooting.

Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social’s petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Save wolves. Protect biodiversity. | WaterBear The return of wolves to Europe is a conservation success story, reflecting decades of effort to reverse their near-extinction.On 25th September 2024, EU Member States agreed to adopt a proposal to dow...

Do please watch this beautiful short film 'The Wolf Within', which delves deep into the relationship between wolves and humans in Europe.

And sign the petition to help protect them.
www.waterbear.com/campaigns/th...

#wolves #wildlife #nature

Outrage as video shows fox caught in 'barbaric' snare trap on King's Sandringham estate

“This snare was placed alongside a rare Chalk Stream which is regularly used by otters”

Repost if you agree there should be a UK wide ban on these devices!

Stopped watching it years ago for that reason. It makes/made my piss boil.

YouTube video by LBC 'Small farmers deserve support but not tax-dodging landowners' | LBC analysis

The wonderful @guyshrubsole.bsky.social...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...

The Sky Blue song - Coventry City Football Club (Cov' are known as The Sky Blues)

Top tip for campaigners annoyed about their large protests on important issues never getting much coverage: Why not simply become a wealthy farmer owning >£3 million in land, with a weekly column in The Sun

The difference a week makes

We've got it in Kenilworth/Cov area. Was quite surprised, didn't think it would come this far south.

About this time in the evening, we have to make sure we play with him, or he's an absolute sod come bedtime. If only he had an off button 🤣🤣

There's 12 profiteroles in the fridge with my name on them, but it would appear Saff has other ideas.

Went to see Ellie Gowers at the Canal Basin in Cov' 2 weeks ago. She was brilliant, just her and her guitar. Her first album was all about Warwickshire, it's places, history and traditions.

Alfie, the resident pain in the arse

Took this at work in September when mowing by the lake. He was after frogs and voles

Autumn morning at work

AC/DC Wembley in July

Alfie 7 month Oriental and Saff 12 Yr German Shorthaired Pointer