Hilary McGuire

While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.

This makes no sense.

How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?

That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.

02.10.2025 11:37 — 👍 292    🔁 83    💬 6    📌 1

Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

18.09.2025 12:52 — 👍 32    🔁 32    💬 0    📌 2

Positive #Swift news from #Longridge #Lancashire. 10 out of 12 boxes now occupied in St Wilfrid's church tower plus 2 newly occupied boxes at a friend's house after a 'patient' 🤣 3 year wait. Lots of screamers over town. They are a joy. Summer would be dead to me without them. 💚

23.07.2025 18:27 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

#crapbirdphotooftheday I swear that's a cuckoo chick, calling to being fed by an adoring (or long suffering?) meadow pipit. First time I've ever seen that! @keasdenkate.bsky.social

16.07.2025 18:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Curlew-friendly dales farm wins prestigious conservation honour Putting conservation and the environment first has earned a North Yorkshire farming family the prestigious Ty Trophy, awarded by the Yorkshire…

So pleased to see Alan & Colin Price given the Ty Trophy @ Great Yorkshire Show for all they do for nature in general & for #Curlew in particular, working with
@rspbengland.bsky.social 🥳👏💪 ‪‪
@mcg-hilary.bsky.social @gtalstonwader.bsky.social
www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2530236...

13.07.2025 22:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

22 tonnes of microplastics spread on farms every day via sewage sludge, investigation reveals <b>The Sludge Files:</b> Twenty-two tonnes of microplastics per day are estimated to be spread on English and Welsh farmland through contaminated sewage sludge fertiliser sold by water companies, with...

22 tonnes a day of microplastic is spread on farms each day via sewage sludge🚨

Inaction from previous Government, despite Environment Agency advice on the need for tighter rules, is completely unacceptable👎

Full investigation via The ENDS Report 👇

www.endsreport.com/article/1924...

10.07.2025 12:05 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Special birds in a special place 🥰 @curlewaction.bsky.social

20.06.2025 20:24 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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20.06.2025 20:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

One of the more depressing things I've read recently, and there are a lot of contenders. Wtf.

11.06.2025 16:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment.
www.newscientist.com/article/2482...

03.06.2025 11:00 — 👍 153    🔁 120    💬 5    📌 16

Spent some time in curlew heaven last week, finding this cutie and it's siblings in a species rich meadow was perfection 😍

18.05.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I fear lapwing chicks around us will be struggling, absolutely agree that holding onto winter water is essential

17.05.2025 20:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Anxiously hoping for a better breeding season for these amazing waders on #worldcurlewday 🤞

21.04.2025 12:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An orange graphic featuring a photo of a Long-billed Curlew. Above the photo, text reads: Long-billed Curlew. Numenius americanus. Below the photo, text reads: Status: Least Concern.

White text on an orange background. During the breeding season, the Long-billed Curlews head to the expansive grasslands of the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. After breeding, the birds head south the United States west coast, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Illegal shooting is still an issue in some states across America, however the main threats today include habitat loss due to development and climate change, and insect reduction as a result of increased pesticide use.

White text on an orange background. Text reads: The largest wader in the Americas, the Long-billed Curlew has been called a variety of folk names including Sickle Bird, Old Smoker and Candlestick Bird. Different locations across their range have even been named after them, from Candlestick point in San Fransisco where the birds were once much more common to Curlew Valley in North Dakota and Curlew Lake in South Dakota.

We head across to the Americas for today's #WorldCurlewDay Curlew Countdown, with the Long-billed Curlew.

This species has been known by a variety of names, including Sickle Bird, Old Smoker & Candlestick Bird. It faces a range of threats including illegal shooting, habitat loss & insect reduction

17.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A farmer drives a small blue tractor through a field of tall, swaying grass, framed by thick, green hedgerows. The sky is bright and clear, a picture of productive land working in harmony with nature. This is what a nature-friendly future looks like...farming that supports wildlife, healthy soils, and thriving landscapes. But without stable support, this future is uncertain.

UK Government has halted SFI applications, cutting off support for nature-friendly farming in England. ❌🍃

Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.

Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.

12.03.2025 12:52 — 👍 249    🔁 66    💬 6    📌 4

Red Deer river for my first post on this app, because I'm dreaming of summer days at home in Alberta, and because as I took this picture, an osprey dove into the river behind me and it was wicked 💚

11.02.2025 10:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0