Bethan Beech

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

Come and learn more about #curlew on the Maes of the #eisteddfod2025. #curlewconnectionswales.

One of the 28 local welsh names for curlew is "aderyn y glaw" the bird of the rain.

Dewch draw i ddysgu am y #gylfinir ar y Maes heddiw. #cysylltugylfinircymru #eisteddfod2025. Un o'r 28 enwau lleol ar ei chyfer yw aderyn y glaw.

Some lovely harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) Clychau'r Eos in a parkland today.

A Norfolk Curlew’s summer This blog follows the fortunes of one Curlew (B/OW-OY) as he attempts to raise chicks in Norfolk, migrates to Portugal, diverts to avoid a forest fire and returns to his winter home in a Portuguese…

One Curlew's amazing summer!
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Blog from 19 July 2022 🎂
#ornithology

The nest are fenced out using temporary electric fencing. This techniwue is now widrly uned for curlew throughout the Uk

New conservation efforts underway to save one of Wales' most endangered birds New conservation efforts are underway to save one of Wales’ most endangered birds – the curlew. Their distinguishing cur-lee calls often referred to as the ‘herald of spring’ were once a common theme ...

New conservation efforts are underway to save the curlew, tackling key issues like habitat loss, unfavourable habitat management and predator control

Celebrating National Meadows Day by watching a male curlew defending his chicks in our hay meadow this morning.

Stand of hedge woundwort

A day late for #WildFlowerHour. Not strictly an #UrbanPlants. A stand of Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) Briwlys y gwrych near a building.

Scarcely spotted flycatcher Why is the once-common Spotted Flycatcher becoming so hard to find in the UK? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of this species over recent decades and ponders what the future might hold.

Scarcely spotted flycatcher

Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population:

Deadline tomorrow!

Reducing mowing throughout the summer is one of the best things you can do for pollinators.
The end of #NoMowMay
Welcome #letitBloomJune

‘Welsh is a living, breathing language’: joy as Port Talbot hosts Eisteddfod yr Urdd Youth festival celebrating Welsh culture has brought delight at a rough time after closure of steelworks last year

Gohebydd Cymru newydd y Guardian, Bethan McKernan, ar Eisteddfod yr Urdd

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For #wildflowershow for #wildflowerhour this is a Carmarthenshire meadow with Whorled Caraway, Southern Marsh Orchid, Yellow-rattle, Eyebright, Cat’s-ear, Rough Hawkbit and much more….. not that the photo does it any justice whatsoever!

Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp pulchella) in Co. Clare #wildflowerhour

#WildFlowerHour #WildFlowerShow2025
Most plants seem to have had an early season, but the hay meadow has been very slow to grow in the dry weather. Far fewer orchids so far this year.

Y weirgoldd yn dod yn ei blaen yn dda ers y glaw.

#WildFlowerHour The fabulously named Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) Llysiau Taliesin in a shaded ditch today.

YouTube video by Biological Recording Company Curlew Country: Headstarting in Shropshire (England)

Our tenth talk 'Curlew Country: Headstarting in Shropshire (England)' by Amanda Perkins from Curlew Country.

The presentation discusses the Curlew Country journey to headstarting, a bit about the procedure and what they know so far.

Planning is underway for the 2026 European Curlew Fieldworkers Workshop, which we are excited to announce will be held at Lancaster University, 6th - 8th February 2026! 👏

More details will follow soon, so stay tuned.

Did you know YOU can help Curlew Action? 🥳

Vote for us on My Giving Circle to help us to secure a grant which will enable us on our mission to protect Curlews! 🌙

We are so grateful for your continued support!

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📷 Åsa Berndtsson

At least 1298 Curlew chicks were released after headstaring (hatching and rearing in captivity) between 2014 and 2023.
What have we learnt?
New paper in @waderstudy.bsky.social journal:
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/18880/
#openaccess
1/4 in short thread ...
#ConservationScience🌎

Spotted Flycatcher- one of my fav’ birds since I was a kid, when I watched them at my grandparents delapidated farm. I still get a real buzz when I see my first ones of the Spring, as today. Fresh in from Africa & backlit in the early morn sun..a lovely scene. #Birds #UKbirding #Birdphotography 🦉🪶

🦋 One of Wales’ rarest butterflies is getting the support it needs at Pwll Glas, Denbighshire.

Natural Resources Wales and @savebutterflies.bsky.social are working together to manage bracken at Eyarth Rocks Reserve — creating the perfect conditions for the pearl-bordered fritillary to thrive.

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Black-veined Moth by Butterfly Conservation/Mark Parsons. The image shows a creamy white moth with fine black lines across its wings, perched on a plant stem against a grassy green background

Job Alert! 🌿🐛🦋📢 Could you be @savebutterflies.bsky.social new Head of Ecology Services? Leading and building our role providing advice and technical services, this role puts you at the heart of our nature recovery work! Please apply or DM for a chat about it. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Dyma nhw rhyw 10 diwrnod yn ôl. Y blodau wedi agor yn llawn erbyn hyn ac ongl y llyn yn wahanol ?

And they are back... my first sighting of a Spotted flycatcher for 2025.
Croeso nôl i'r Gwybedog mannog eto eleni.

Pied flycatcher in fine voice in the woodland this morning.
Gwybedog Brith yn canu'n iach yn y goedwig y bore ma.

Photograph of the yellow archangel plant.

#WildFlowerHour #WoodlandPlants. Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) Marddanhadlen felen, an ancient woodland indicator in a hedgebank this morning.

Three Eurasian curlew eggs in a nest scrape. The nest scrape is lined with light brown dry grass. The nest is surrounded by green flowering sedges. The yellow anthers of the black sedge flowers are visible. The curlew eggs are greeny-brown with darker brown blotchy spots. They are about 6.5cm in length and 4.5cm in breadth.

Appropriately for #WorldCurlewDay the Upper Thames Wader Group fencing team protected its first nest* of the season today @mikepnature.bsky.social. HT to Noah Walker who located the nest yesterday.
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Earth Day 2025: A love song to arthropods Invertebrates outnumber vertebrates 100 to 1; from Wasp Spiders to Hornets, their wild dramas unfold in meadows near you

Invertebrates make up 99% of animal species on Earth – yet remain overlooked, unloved and misunderstood. 🐜🕷️

It’s time we gave these tiny powerhouses the attention they deserve | Vanna Bartlett

#EarthDay #EarthDay2025

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @vannabartlett.bsky.social