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Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub Over a three-decade experiment in the Rocky Mountains, fungi and plant life fundamentally changed. The result has consequences for cattle and wildlife.

Disturbing results: with 2-degree increase "noticeably fewer beneficial mycorrhizal fungi, which left plants less able to acquire nutrients or buffer themselves from environmental stressors like freezing temperatures & drought"

#OneHealth #SoilHealth #Fungi
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Rothbury Virtual Valentine's Gift | The Wildlife Trusts This Valentine's Day, gift from the wild heart of Northumberland. A gift that helps protect a rare, heart-shaped expanse of moorland, woodland and rivers in Northumberland. A place where wildlife, his...

Such a vital project, for future generations. Every single £1 will help, if you can spare one please. 💖
www.wildlifetrusts.org/rothbury-vir...

Crowdfunder here for all who wish to contribute to this landmark project:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tirnatur?u...

Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders – Police Scotland appeals for information Press release from Police Scotland (9 February 2026) APPEAL AFTER GOLDEN EAGLE SHOT IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS Wildlife officers are appealing to the public for information after a four-year-old golde…

Golden Eagle found shot in the Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information.

'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years.

Details in blog ⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...

A photograph of a person wearing a stripy hat and yellow waterproof coat looking through some binoculars from a bird hide at Upton Warren nature reserve

❗️ Please note there will be limited parking at The Moors #UptonWarren tomorrow, Tuesday 10 February due to work parties taking place.

Thank you for your understanding.

Hinkley Point C: 'Significant' fire risks at nuclear plant site Fire enforcement notices have been served to five contractors working on the Somerset site.

If they can't get the construction phase right?

#NoNewNuclear

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Some commentary on the conviction and sentencing of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall Following yesterday’s conviction and sentencing of Head Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, 35, for conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor on the Conistone & Grassington Estate in the…

Some commentary on the conviction and sentencing of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall (conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park) ⚖️

New blog ⬇️⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #SeriousCrime 🌍🪶

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/30/s...

BREAKING: Head gamekeeper Racster Dingwall pleads guilty to conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier at York Magistrates Court this morning.

Spring bulbs always does it for me too! Always think of them as my 'cheer-me-up' flowers!

Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.

Sign here to voice your disgust at the annual Guga slaughter. Gannets are magnificent and this old ‘tradition’ needs to end.

petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...

And.. we're off! So cheerful!

RSPB asks for evidence of burning on peatlands across the UK RSPB press release: RSPB ASKS FOR EVIDENCE OF BURNING ON PEATLANDS The RSPB is asking members of the public to report incidents of moorland burning on peatlands using their burning reporting app or…

Find out how you can help 🔽

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/15/r...

Oh dear, yet another one I'm compelled to add to the order!

It is morally wrong that people aren't allowed to protest against animal testing. For many people it is abhorrent cruelty, without protest how will the industry be kept in check? Who will speak up for the animals that suffer?

Help stop the nature crisis becoming a catastrophe Wildlife and natural places need more protection, not less. But the UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces. Please ema...

I don't suppose they care at all, as they're planning on making things a whole lot worse. action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/183790/...

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That call has the same tone as the Capercaillie to my ear!

They are still a stunning bird to see, aren't they! There seems to be just one locally here that flies over occasionally. As it went over today, it really seemed to be doing some kind of display flight. I'm sure they do nest not far away.

I've been using some large terracotta trays for years, originally for under plant pots. They were cheap back then! In this weather I put an old Tuna can with holes drilled in sides (with care!) containing a tea light candle underneath to stop water freezing, at least for a while. Empty every night.

A Jersey Tiger in July and a Convolvulus Hawk-moth in September. Please can I have a Striped Hawk-moth in 2026?!😂

A lovely early display! #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Fourth White-tailed Eagle ‘disappears’ & RSPB offers £10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction Following the appalling news over the last couple of days about the highly suspicious, and almost certainly criminal, disappearance of three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles here, here and here…

FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three.

New blog ⬇️⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...

No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state

Everytime I go out into the back garden, Robin immediately starts singing. I like to think it's a reward for the food I put out.... but more likely a territory warning! 🤣

We also have a Facebook page with regular posts on our activities. Why not take a look and follow us... facebook.com/share/1Kz4cEHS…

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...

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40 shot birds dumped on road in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Thirty-nine geese and one pigeon have been found shot and dumped, literally on the road, in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, according to an article in the Eastern Daily Press (EDP) posted on 10 December 2…

39 geese and one pigeon, shot & then dumped on a road in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Many of them had had their breasts cut off prior to being dumped.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/12/4...

A flock of Bewick's Swans by Ben Cherry/WWT

📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology

🥳 We did it! A huge thank you to everybody who helped us reach our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge target to help us create our largest woodland nature reserve.

All funds will go towards doubling the size of #TrenchWood nature reserve, creating more space for threatened woodland species.

A white stork in flight

We’re delighted to announce ‘Rewilding East London’ - a new species recovery project to reintroduce white storks and beavers to East London!

Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.

@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots