What an achievement. Well done Nick. #inspirational

This is predicted to be one of the most damaging windfarms for birds we are aware of anywhere on the planet.

We support nature positive offshore wind, but this isn’t it. It’s a disaster in the making.

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

He hasn't heard it has he.

The illegal killing of our beautiful birds must stop.

It’s good to see MPs will be debating this urgent issue on Monday.

Thank you to everyone who's spoken up so far. We’re close to getting the change our upland wildlife needs.

The weather’s always great.

A buff-tailed bumble bee on a red campion leaf in the garden. #bees #naturephotography

A headline from The Guardian reads: “Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review.” Below it, a line of bright green tractors ploughs wide, bare furrows into a large field. The image underscores the scale of UK farming and the warning that vital support for restoring nature is about to be cut.

The warning couldn’t be clearer. ⚠️

Slashing the nature-friendly farming budget would be catastrophic for the nature and climate crisis, and for our long-term food security.

What's more, it would leave the UK Government’s credibility on climate and nature in tatters.

Blue period Armor of Love: Transcendent Canvas. Painting 🖼️ painted in acrylic blue, white paint. Feelings and emotion driven piece. Ghosts are included in this have meaning to me. The paintings on the wall of the room also contain meaning. Art is a way explore themes and emotions in a healthy productive way.

Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?

We’re calling on everyone who cares about nature: write to your MP now.

Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...

A European Starling perches on a sheet of rusted, corrugated metal, beak wide open in full cry. Its glossy, speckled plumage catches the light against a blurred, burnt-orange backdrop. The bird appears mid-shout - a wild, urgent alarm from nature.

We’re not alone. We & the @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social are united in calling for Part 3 to be scrapped.

Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Steve Reed, Angela Rayner, @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social

The choice is yours.

And it will be remembered by the millions of us who care about the natural world.

Screenshot of a Guardian news article with the headline: “Wildlife charities urge Labour to scrap ‘licence to kill nature’ in planning bill.” The subheading reads: “Conservationists say part of bill allowing developers to avoid environmental laws by paying into nature fund should be ditched.” Below, a protest photo shows handmade signs in woodland. One reads “BAT FACTS – 14 species of bat in Buckinghamshire. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.” Another says “FAT CATS KILL BATS” in bold letters. The image underscores public anger and the scale of opposition to the proposed Planning Bill.

Labour promised to restore nature. ❌

Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.

We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.

Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.

Without significant change, it must be scrapped.

A back view of a great tit with outstretched wings. Just about to arrive at the nest box.

A great tit returning with food, split seconds from arriving at the nest box in the garden. #naturephotography #photography #ukwildlife #birds 🪶

A recently fledged house sparrow sitting on a log ,with some of last year’s teasels in the background.

A house sparrow fledgling in the garden. Still showing some of it’s chick’s beak. #narurephotography #ukwildlife #birds

This is a close-up photo of a green bush-cricket, perched on a green plant stem. The insect is facing away from the camera, showing its long, slender antennae, green textured body, and spindly legs. The background is softly blurred with green leaves and a light brown hue, highlighting the insect in sharp focus. The overall composition and detail give a vibrant and naturalistic look at this small insect in its habitat.

#speckled_bush_cricket

This is a close-up photo capturing a flying Bee-fly in sharp detail against a beautifully blurred background. The insect is known for its fuzzy body, long proboscis, and hummingbird-like hovering flight. Its body is covered with fine, golden-brown hairs, and it has large wings that are blurred from motion. The background has a smooth gradient from dark green to black with a prominent circular yellow blur, possibly a distant flower.

#bee-fly #garden #spring

A pair of greenfinches on the left and a pair of smaller siskins on the right hand sides of a feeder. Happily eating sunflower hearts.

A pair of greenfinches and a pair of siskins feeding side by side in the garden. #ukbirds #ukwildlife #photography 🪶

A robin sitting on top of a bamboo cane.

A robin on a stick. #ukbirds #nature #photography

A pair of bullfinches having their breakfast this morning. #ukwildlife #uknature 🪶

Male chaffinch sitting on top of my strategically placed log pile in the garden. #photography #ukwildlife #uknature 🪶

A male blackbird sitting on a weather vane. A little bit of mud or food on the end of his yellow beak.

Mr Blackbird in the garden. #ukwildlife #uknature #naturephotography 🪶

A sycamore growing out of a tumbled down, mossy, ruined wall.

Some sort of ruin in the woods with a sycamore growing from it. Possibly a building connected to an old, nearby railway that transported coal. #trees #photography #DerwentValley

Two moss covered trees growing close together, with a sort of mirror symmetry to them.

A pair of trees with a bit of a mirror image to them-from the woods today. #trees #photography

A clump of primroses at the base of a tree. Growing out of the dead leaves.

Bluebells beginning to carpet a patch of woodland floor. Not quite fully covering the ground yet!

Primroses and bluebells springing up in some local woods. Pretty overcast day. #ukwildflowers #uknature #DerwentValley #photography

A black and yellow banded bumblebee with a white tail sitting on a leaf.

A white tailed bumble bee sat on a red campion leaf (Ithink) #bees #uknature #ukwildlife #wildflowers

A single lesser celandine flower using a macro lens.

Lesser celandine growing in the garden. Seems to be springing up in more places each spring. #ukwildflowers #nature #photography

Female blackbird sitting on a washing line post. Looking a little bedraggled. Her nest is just a few feet away.

Mrs Blackbird having a spell off her eggs. #ukwildlife #birds #photography #nature

Wood forget-me-not in the garden #ukwildflowers #photography #nature

...I've decided it was a rounded snail #snails #gastropoda