Clare Lusher

Yes. Raven cottage on the NW coast. Bliss.

Stop SSEN’s Unworkable Daytime Closure of the A832 at Dundonnell WHY THIS MATTERS The A832 is a vital lifeline road. The proposed daytime closure and very limited ‘amnesty’ windows will isolate households and disrupt essential services (GP/community nursing visits,...

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Still my best playlist for driving long hours in autumn 🍁 weather...

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Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier ‘Sita’ vanishes in suspicious circumstances on grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park Further to yesterday’s news about the disappearance of two breeding male Hen Harriers from the RSPB’s Geltsdale Reserve in Cumbria, suspected to have been illegally killed whilst away h…

Following yesterday's news of 2 HHs vanishing from RSPB Geltsdale Reserve Cumbria, suspected shot on nearby grouse moor, here's another one, 'disappearing' on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park, one of the UK's worst raptor persecution hotspots.

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141 hen harriers confirmed ‘missing’ or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors For anyone who still wants to pretend that the grouse shooting industry isn’t responsible for the systematic extermination of hen harriers on grouse moors across the UK, here’s the latest catalogue…

Still awaiting post-mortem results on 7 others (which are not yet included in the 141 tally).

The illegal slaughter continues & the criminals responsible continue to evade justice.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #UKBirding

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✅✅ Just brilliant - GB News exposed by @rupertread.bsky.social 👏👏

😡😡 Funded by fossil fuels - a media enabler of the arsonist power clique leading the charge towards climate breakdown

💯💯 We can't let them, and others burn our future for profit

⚠️⚠️ Next Telegraph, BBC, Mail

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms.

This is where we are now... Money/power can push science and data-based decisions to improve public health out of the way, and put health and lives at risk, while the government kowtows.

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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman with a model of the Large Space Telescope that was eventually developed as the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA.

Historical side note: Nancy Grace Roman was NASA's first female chief executive, serving as Chief of Astronomy throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was also the driving force behind development of the Hubble Space Telescope, selling the idea to NASA leaders and Congress and organizing the program.

Ahhhh I love it. How much to make another?? 😄🦇🦇🦇🙏

Love this! Is it a sweater?

The Benefits of Bats: Celebrating the critical contributions of bats on International Bat Appreciation Day Every year on International Bat Appreciation Day (April 17), we get a chance to celebrate all that bats do for the world and its ecosystems.

Happy International Bat Appreciation Day! 🦇🦇🦇 #bats #chiroptera #internationalbatappreciationday2025

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Roadside verge with a mass of dandelions.

This is what roadside verges should look like in April. These are not weeds - they are wildflowers essential to the survival of early Spring bees.

Great thread of posts on species associated with Cuckoo Flower

https://plannedburns.ffm.vic.gov.au/burn-site/3010032

The falls following rain (photo courtesy of Josie Patterson) and East Gippsland Conservation Management Network

We think this is criminal: A world biodiversity hotspot, loaded with cultural heritage. Drinking water for 24,000 people. 1875ha of old growth forest in Mitchell River National Park, lit up by #FFMV yesterday #GunaiKurnaiCountry 📷 EGCMN

How will bats respond to climate change? Our new paper shows that Nathusius's pipistrelles are likely to expand their European range, but most other bats will lose out. Things look particularly bad for the pond bat, which is already declining rapidly. 🌍🦇#bats #climatechange doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

New look at the landscape beneath Antarctica 🇦🇶

Without the 27.17 million km³ of ice.

This clearly shows that much the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet is below sea level.

That's why it melts rapidly in a warmer climate, like it did ~120,000 years ago during the Eemian interglacial.

Brimstone butterfly feeding on a dandelion

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on a dandelion close to the ground

Bird's-eye view of three dandelion flowers in the sun

This is a dandelion appreciation post 💛

Often overlooked, the humble dandelion has a vital part to play in providing valuable nectar for early butterflies and moths, as well as food for their caterpillars.

📷: Small Tortoiseshell - Sophie Hall
📷: Brimstone - Tamás Nestor
#DandelionAppreciationDay

That's a scone and you can't convince me otherwise. 😂 🇬🇧 What is the grey stuff on your scone? 🤭

White tailed eagle Stiorra on Countryfile. Absolutely stunning bird. I appreciate the falconer explaining that WTE are scavengers and will take "dead lambs". Read that again. I love what he's doing with Maremma guardian dogs. Saw these constantly while living in Italy! #Countryfile #sheep #raptors

Sign the Petition STOP THE FLORIDA BEAR HUNT!!!

The FWC, an agency charged with conserving Florida’s wildlife, is considering having a bear hunt without current bear population estimates or justifiable cause for a bear hunt. #bears #florida
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This is super interesting research. My own experience with bats in care suggests some UK species intensely dislike the UV spectrum of light and will avoid. Perhaps best studied with caution. I love that we're finding numerous species of animals and plants which fluoresce.

The richest 150 people in the UK are making £2m EACH every single day, on which they pay next to no tax and greater than 90% goes to tax havens.

You want to worry about that, not Disabled people.

Race to clear polluting plastic debris is now urgent Co-ordinated efforts to clear up the nurdle plastic pollution have intensified before resident wildlife on the Norfolk beaches are harmed

Co-ordinated efforts to clear up plastic pollution washed up after the recent North Sea cargo ships collision have intensified before resident wildlife on the Norfolk beaches are harmed

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Use of pesticides on UK farms to be cut by 10% by 2030 to protect bees Campaigners welcome long-delayed proposals to reduce pesticide-related harms to pollinators

Great to see a pesticide reduction target finally published. It’s a step in the right direction especially recognising toxicity. But to make real progress, we need proper support for farmers to shift to nature-based approaches that work for people, food & wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

Bitterns are BOOMING! 💚

283 males were recorded booming in 2024 - a 20% rise on 2023 and the biggest jump since monitoring began.

Once extinct as breeding birds in the UK, they're making an incredible recovery.

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Once again, over half of UK fisheries catch limits agreed for 2025 are above scientific advice.

Just 36% were in line with a precautionary approach.

Overfishing is bad for wildlife & self-defeating for the economy. Time to reduce & police catch limits and let the ocean recover.

We'd love it if all your bat group get involved!

We've nominated 24th May our national day to raise awareness of the threat to nature and we're asking people all over the country to wear the t-shirts/badges and arrange activities

I moved off X so can't follow there. 🦇

Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal Sixteen climate protesters were jailed last year for their roles in Just Stop Oil demonstrations.

Appeal Court *very slightly* reduces sentences on some of the 16 peaceful climate protesters, jailed for total of 41 years. This isn’t justice. People desperate for climate action to save lives treated like organised criminals, while big oil & gas get away with ecocide @defendourjuries.bsky.social