Emma Cameron

Brilliant to spot a Hummingbird Hawkmoth on the pink salvias at #ParhamHouse gardens.
#westsussex
#moths
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social

Large bumblebee on purple asters

Clearwing on purple asters

Shield bug on purple asters

Purple asters in a border of a walled garden

The late flowering purple asters in the walled garden at #ParhamHouse in West Sussex are very popular with insects.
Such a gorgeous garden.
#pollinators
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

A greenish yellow bird in a birch tree with green and yellow leaves

Beautifully camouflaged and slightly blurred but definitely a willow warbler.
There were 2 flitting about in the birch trees (so fast and acrobatic!)
I thought they’d already gone so it was lovely to see them.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

Really enjoyed listening to this interview with @wanderinggaia.bsky.social
She talks with great clarity about the underlying causes of climate migration, how the #climatecrisis is affecting our world and the inevitable shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We can elect a Green Mayor in Sussex, but we need your help. 💚

Please give what you can on the link below. 👇

@greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachel4sussex.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-mayo...

Lovely! 😍

Books on the shelf at a bookshop Our Precious Earth and A Scattering

Happy #BookshopDay !
Great to see my two novels on the local authors shelf at #TheSussexBookshop in Chichester.
Please support #independentbookshops when you can.
#booksky

Woman holding her book a barrister for the Earth

It’s #bookshopday and I met the amazing #MonicaFeria-Tinta at The Sussex Bookshop, talking about her book Barrister for the Earth.
Inspiring listening to hear her talk about acting for the rights of nature, including for rivers and chalk streams here in the UK.
#booksky
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Calm sea merging into the sky with two wooden groynes visible

The sea was perfectly still today and merging tonally with the sky, there was just a faint hint of turquoise in the water.
#coloursofthesea

There are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty, the only real power to secure action for nature. We can't let 30 years of campaigning for National Parks go down the drain ⚠️Write to your MP👇
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-work/securing-new-laws/defending-the-duty

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

Indie publishing is the ecological niche where literature survives. This is especially true of the short story. @saltpublishing.com needs help to stay healthy in tough times. Can you pitch in - or share this skeet?

Orange and gold clouds at sunset

Beautiful sunset in Worthing.
Hoping for a permanent ceasefire 🕊️

😊 exactly!

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

Hoverfly on an ivy flower

Bee on ivy flower

Bee on ivy flower

Many ivy flowers growing on a wall

Ivy flowers are great for #pollinators and there’s a lot of it growing on a wall in our garden!
Loved by bees, flies and hoverflies.
#letitgrow
#rewilding
#ivy
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

😢
#gazachildren
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Naturalists for Palestine Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

Calling all nature people and orgs, please consider adding your name to Naturalists for Palestine.

It's essential we recognise that ecocide and genocide are two sides of the same coin, and resist both.
share.google/gLPRtQzDGC3v...

Starlings!
(Sound up)
#starlings

Speckled wood on pear tree

Hoverfly on yellow flower

Hoverfly on purple aster

Common darter on paving stone

Beautiful early autumn day in the garden and still lots of insects around. It helps having late flowering plants and wildflowers. Bristly ox-tongue and asters still going strong, as well as scabious and ice plants. Ivy flowers are just coming out.
#wildflowers
#insects
#gardeningforwildlife

The Book of Bogs This new anthology from over forty writers, including Robert Macfarlane, Amy Liptrot, Alys Fowler and Patti Smith explores peatlands and bogs, and argues for their importance.

And this beautiful anthology launches today. Congratulations to @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers and to all involved in this beautiful book! You can buy it here. #poetrysky #booksky#naturewriting www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

Suspected arson attack at East Sussex mosque investigated as hate crime Fire at mosque in Peacehaven on Saturday night left front entrance damaged and a car burnt out

This arson attack took place in Sussex where I live.
Solidarity with the Muslim community.
The Green party’s co-deputy leader, Mothin Ali, said police needed to “urgently seek clarity” on the motives of the attack & whether it also constituted an act of terrorism

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

Dripping fungus on a tree

Porcelain fungus in moss

Delicate fungus in grass

Purple fungus in amongst autumn leaves

Happy #UKfungusday 🍄🍄‍🟫
So many interesting varieties to search for in the woods!
#autumn
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Important thread, please share.

Blue sky clouds and surf

White surf spray being blown in the wind

Breaking waves and spray

Close up of surf and spray against rocks

Beautiful surf and clouds around with #stormamy #worthing

A wide meadow filled with bright yellow wildflowers under a blue sky with scattered white clouds, bordered by green trees in the distance. Photo credit: Chris Harris.

A Eurasian curlew standing in a grassy field, showing its long, downward-curved bill and mottled brown plumage. Photo credit: Bahadir Yeniceri

Close-up of a cluster of small white flowers from a narrow-leaved water-dropwort plant, with green blurred foliage in the background. Photo credit: Nahhan.

Close-up of bright yellow buttercup flowers in a meadow, with a soft-focus background of more yellow blooms. Photo credit: Chris Harris.

📢 Lugg Meadow, the UK’s largest remaining Lammas meadow, is under threat from housing plans. A rare habitat, rich in wildlife and tradition, could be irreversibly damaged.

🚫 We’ve objected to the proposal. Now it’s your turn.
👉 Have your say: https://loom.ly/-yNvG6g

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens

Gorgeous!
#fungi
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

‘The truth is simple: Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality … We are organising. We are growing. This is our moment. We need you to help us seize it.’ Brilliant from @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Image reads: living free from violence is a human right. everyone has the right to practise their religion or belief, and visit their place of worship without the fear of being attacked.

We are deeply saddened by & condemn the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.

Acts of violence have no place in our society. Politicians & the media must ensure their actions in the following days don't stoke division further.

We must focus on the humanity that connects us all.