Jeremy Bartlett

Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature! I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?

I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...

Need.

Every single day they find a new way to be crueler then the fucking Tories.

In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.

Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.

Let's make small donations normal again!

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At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax

8,000 illegal waste sites
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing

How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'

Our latest article, out now:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks!

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

Water reserves drying up in face of climate change.

Our latest article, out now:

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A really massive puffball mushroom I foraged in Cornwall, and which is glad to be living after the year 1983, when it became mandatory in the UK for all front seat passengers to wear a seat belt.

IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have recently foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash

"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"

@nebriefing.bsky.social

‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writer Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it well

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...

Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid...

actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

I think AI might have been a bit... overhyped.
It's just Clippy on steroids and even more annoying.

Botanical illustration of a Strelitzia or 'Bird of Paradise' sensitively painted to show the horizontal green and pink bract from which emerge flowers of striking orange and blue. The plant is chopped at the stem and a dissection of part of the flower is shown in the lower right.

For #NationalIllustrationDay, we're spoilt for choice by the illustrations we could post!

We've settled on this hand-coloured lithograph of Strelitzia reginae by Francis Bauer who was employed as first resident botanical at Kew in 1790 with the grand title of ‘Botanick Painter to His Majesty’.

I'm heading off to my next adventure in Ecuador so I will be quiet here for a while. In the meantime, I'm going to leave you with this video of a fringe tree frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) I found on my previous visit to Ecuador. I never get tired of seeing them, such an iconic species!

What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
❤️🖤💚💛

Seems only right for a massive shout out today for Rach Appleby (www.instagram.com/rachapplebya...) - who was chosen to illustrate my book cover. Do have a peek at Rach's fab portfolio... I particularly like her #birdart #nature #natureart #wildlifeart #urbannature #naturewriting

A photograph of a mushroom growing on a mossy bank on the woodland floor. It is a medium sized mushroom standing alone with a brownish pinky buff domed cap. The cap has irregular off-white buff coloured fragments giving it a speckled pattern across it. The mushroom is leaning down the bank to the right as viewed; the bank blurs out in the distance. Taken in South east UK. The mushroom is Amanita rubescens which is very common and widespread throughout Britain.

Good afternoon. Here's a little mushroom #Scape to wish everyone a happy Friday and a wonderful weekend ahead. 👋

📷 🍄 Amanita rubescens

#FungiFriends #Photography #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin

Destroying jury trials because everything else is broken is a terrible idea Tristan Kirk: While not perfect, the jury system is a treasured and historic commodity that fosters a level of trust in our courts

Destroying jury trials because everything else is broken is a terrible idea

www.standard.co.uk/comment/jury...

A cluster of black, thick-fleshed, disc-shaped, gelatinous fungus on a mossy tree trunk

Black bulgar (Bulgaria inquinans) 🌱🍄

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #fungus #moss #Autumn #nature

Whooper Swans, sounding like a brass band falling down the stairs. Sound up. #ukbirding

Useful reference: www.dannyhaelewaters.com/wp-content/u...

Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, infected with the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae. The ladybird is on a headstone in our local cemetery. It is still alive. The ladybird's abdomen has yellow fungus protruding from it. Photo: Vanna Bartlett.

Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, infected with the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae. The photo shows the end of the ladybird's abdomen, with yellow fungus protruding. Photo: Vanna Bartlett.

Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, infected with the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae.

2nd Norfolk record, by @vannabartlett.bsky.social, 25 Nov.

(1st record was by @caspers-corpse.bsky.social, 19 Nov).

Both records from Earlham Cemetery, Norwich,

#Fungi #FungiFriends #Ladybirds

If you’re thinking about swapping flights for trains next year, Interrail’s 25% off deal is actually decent. Makes planning way less painful. www.interrail.eu/en #BudgetTravel
#Wanderlust #GreenTravel

NIGEL FARAGE wearing wellies Just to get on people's tellies. Telling lies and spreading muck He really doesn't give a f*ck! He has no heart for farmers' pain The cosplay grifter knows no shame! He makes our farmers scream & shout To fill his private bank account! When Farage comes it's just a show A charlatan from head to toe. Just Putin's scarecrow selling hate! DEAR FARMERS, he is not your mate!

Fascist Farage F*cks Our Farmers!

I should add that @vannabartlett.bsky.social found it!

I do like Duration beers. We've stayed in Castle Acre a couple of times, a few miles away from the brewery, and bought beers either from the brewery shop at West Acre or the village shop in Castle Acre. Back home in Norwich, one of our local shops sells some of the range.

Blushing Dapperling, Leucoagaricus badhamii. Picked specimen (top side).

Blushing Dapperling, Leucoagaricus badhamii. Picked specimen (underside). The stem has bruised with handling.

Blushing Dapperling, Leucoagaricus badhamii. cap surface, showing orange-red bruising where it had been handled.

Blushing Dapperling, Leucoagaricus badhamii.

Seen at the allotment today, beneath a conifer hedge. I saw it in the same place in November 2023.

Bruises orange-red on handling. The bruised areas eventually turn almost black.

Good to see it again.

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Charcoal Goldeneye, Anthracobia macrocystis. A small orange fungus growing in swarms on a bonfire site.

Charcoal Goldeneye, Anthracobia macrocystis. A small orange fungus growing in swarms on a bonfire site.

Charcoal Goldeneye, Anthracobia macrocystis. A small orange fungus growing in swarms on a bonfire site.

Charcoal Goldeneye, Anthracobia macrocystis.

A small fungus growing in swarms on a bonfire site at Bunwell church, Norfolk. Seen on yesterday's bike ride.

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#Fungi #FungiFriends

Grey Shoulder-knot, Lithophane ornitopus, at rest on a lichen-covered church wall.

Grey Shoulder-knot, Lithophane ornitopus.

On a lichen-covered wall of Bunwell church, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.

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#moth #teammoth