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Zohran smiling on the street

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!

His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.

It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

Hi Karen, nice to reconnect. Hope you're well. We are not here much but hopefully we'll stay in touch.

For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.

Court hearing for Wild Justice’s legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Wild Justice Court hearing for Wild Justice’s legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill Arguments for a legal challenge against the government […]

We've been granted a permissions hearing at the High Court for our legal challenge against Angela Raynor's assertion that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill 'will not reduce environmental protections', which we say was both untrue & unlawful.

Press release 🔽

wildjustice.org.uk/general/cour...

Today we're in court!

Our case challenging overgrazing on Dartmoor will be heard over the next two days. Wish us luck.

Read the press release from our lawyers: wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/legal-...

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham

Here's why we're in the High Court today....

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes, second clutch therefore smaller. Still wonderful to see the young make it with our help. Fascinating birds with complex lives, facing multiple challenges that immediately need creative solutions (which we are trialling and studying).

Some wonderful Willow Tit news from the nature reserve. Big thank you to @wildhorizons.bsky.social @birdsinwales.bsky.social & Ynni Sir Gâr for the support.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w...

Great to work with INCC on this project, our pleasure Rob. Hope Willow Tits will go from strength to strength on the reserve.

Luckily, all nestlings of this late clutch of 6 fledged successfully (with one egg unhatched) but the situation on the ground is gloomy, just like you say Richard, and the future of WT bleak, as it stands.

The last clips of our final Willow Tit nest of 2025, and a real success story. First the pair were evicted, then this second nest was attacked by a Great Spotted Woodpecker. We protected the nest at 4 m, and all 5 fledglings are now exploring the wild world around them. A great ending to the season.

A view of one end of a wildlife pond, with large logs and stones in the foreground, aquatic plants, and a deck on the far margin.

A man installing a deck over a wildlife pond, with a dragonfly perch, logs and stones added to create microhabitats and aquatic plants growing in the water.

A woman planting Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil in a wildlife pond margin adjacent to a new deck overhanging the water.

A nice break adding the decks and the last few wildflowers to the pond. Great to see it establishing quickly, when designed and created as Nature intended.

WOW! What a magnificent response to our crowdfunder to support our legal challenge against the Badger cull licences! Over £30k raised yesterday!

We're just under £4k short of our target - can you help us help the Badgers? 🦡🔽

www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-c...

SAVE THE DATE:

Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th.

We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!

Particularly with the GSW nestlings about to fledge so food deliveries coming thick and fast. Fingers crossed…

A pair of Willow Tits with beaks full of caterpillars perch on the protective mesh wrapped around their nest in a dead willow branch, in a woodland setting.

Very rare sight of a pair of Willow Tits stopping together for a moment before feeding their young, instead of darting busily straight into the nest cavity every 2-3 minutes. GSW nest located c. 300 m away. Around one week to fledging time.

The top of an alder tree snag with a fresh hole excavated in the side, where a Great Spotted Woodpecker has predated a Willow Tit nest.

The inside of a Willow Tit nest, showing fresh wood chips and specks of blood on the walls, where a Great Spotted Woodpecker has broken into the cavity and predated the nestlings.

An eerie silence - Willow Tit nest, with 7 chicks, unprotected and left to its fate due to the height above the ground (c. 4.6 m) and other site conditions, predated by GSW. No sign or sound of any surviving young on site. It would be very rare for the pair to have another go this year.

The busy sounds of a family group of Willow Tits. Adults contact calling, hungry fledglings, male giving bursts of song. We protected their nest from woodpecker attack - the cavity was attacked, as predicted, but luckily the mesh saved these birds lives. A real privilege to spend time with them.

Thank you Rob, it’s very rewarding.

We have a project over in Poland in an area where they are quite scarce. Luckily with nest boxes they aren’t particularly fussy as long as they have enough space.

Tree climber 4 m above ground in a Willow Tree in a woodland fixing a mesh protection over a Willow Tit nest snag.

A close up of a natural Willow Tit nest snag partially split open after a woodpecker attack.

A Willow Tit perched at the entrance of its nest cavity in a snag protected with metal mesh.

Willow Tit Action - we step in and reinforce the nests where they are particularly vulnerable. This stump was partially opened by a woodpecker from the side, back and the top. Though extremely difficult to access, at 4 m above the ground, it's now well protected, with 6 precious eggs inside.

Adult Willow Tit perched near its nest cavity in a Willow Tree, with a beak full of caterpillars.

Adult Willow Tit leaving its nest cavity, protected by mesh, in a mossy Willow Tree with a faecal sac in its beak.

Willow Tit Action - good news from a recently protected nest, the eggs have hatched and both parents are busy in and out of the cavity, completely oblivious to the added mesh layer. No sign of woodpecker damage. Fingers crossed.

Post-industrial sites in south Wales are a refuge for Willow Tits and Marsh Tits alike. One of our sites has active nests of both species. Interestingly, these Marsh Tits are using a rotten willow snag at ground level in young, wet woodland with standing water - much more typical of Willow Tit.

Willow Tit Action - another nest found on a site which Nature has taken over from a former colliery, with no human intervention. Where Nature is allowed to take control, there is hope.

Thanks Ben. We’re based in Carmarthenshire and the core of our work is here, but we do work further afield in Wales too.

Last few photos to add to our talk this Friday for Cambrian Ornithological Society on three years of our life and conservation work in Poland.
Priceless lessons are to be learnt from these truly wild landscapes for conservation efforts in the UK.
@birdsinwales.bsky.social

Sign 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

WOW! We've hit 90k signatures! Just under 10k to go!

Help us get there before the 28th of May!

This is so refreshing!

Hi Ben, please feel free to include us on the list, if you are interested in the work we do for Wildlife in Wales. Good to connect!