Angela Ashley

Did u know? If you extend your no-mow into June & beyond, you may find your lawns hold incredible secrets. I only found out I have Common Spotted Orchids in mine when I let the grass grow. So, not only are my no-mow meadows a habitat for small souls, they're a habitat for leafy wonders. #nomow 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍

Beautiful Badgers tonight.

Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution Sanctions, including for Thames Water CEO, announced as part of new government powers under Water Act

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ten jewels of English nature at risk from development and Labour’s planning bill Across the country, irreplaceable and often internationally important sites could be lost as a result of cuts to habitat protections

From the Humber Estuary to Dibden Bay, cherished nature sites across England are at risk if the Planning Bill is not made #WilderByDesign🚨

Read full story via Helena Horton, Sandra Laville & @patrickbarkham.bsky.social 👇

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rewilding can be rather simple, it doesn't need project groups, we just need to relax our control issues.2 years ago this was a pig field, now it's natural succession in progress, alive with bird song &abuzz with insects.
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iancarter67.bsky.social

Brilliant news! Another plot of land purchased for rewilding. ❤️

Badgers being support fed and given water to help them through the dry spell. ❤️

As a tree planter, seeing trees choking in plastic tubes is one of my pet hates 😞

This plastic litters the countryside & why is it never removed when trees are established?

Thank you to to this amazing group of volunteers #Recycle #Reuse #Veganic #Vegan #Community in #Action

BREAKING NEWS📢🧵

Last weekend the VLM planted a future wet woodland on 11.2 acres removed from dairy farming in 2024. This will now be an oasis for many species to flourish & find sanctuary, where no animals can be exploited, farmed or shot. We made a real difference 🌱🦡

@plantbasednews.bsky.social

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is coming up 24-26 January. Here's a perfect guide. Amazon reviewers say: "The best bird ID book I have found by far" and "Witty, informative commentary and beautiful photos". @CarlBovisNature @Natures_Voice @JB_Publishing

Somerset 🦫 news.

Trail hunting 'smokescreen' for illegal activity, critics say A Labour MP says the current law has loopholes that need closing and firming up.

"We know they're out hunting foxes... they send the hounds into areas where there are obviously foxes living... that's not trail hunting. We need a proper law that stops them going out and searching for foxes."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's a way to live & eat vegan for EVERYONE, including those of us who need or prefer to keep things simple in the kitchen 🙏🌱👩‍🍳
#Veganuary
#Veganuary2025
#VeganuaryForTheAnimals

YouTube video by Mendip Hunt Saboteurs Mendip Farmers Hunt trespass on Bristol Water Land AGAIN 24-12-2024

Mendip Farmers Hunt trespass on Bristol Water land again! Last year they were handed a cease and desist letter from Bristol Water's solicitors, however they continue to hunt for foxes on Bristol Water's land. We will be sending our evidence to Bristol water again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzRv...

Chris Packham & co cover the Cottesmore in first ever live broadcast experience. - Hunt Saboteurs Association Special Report by Northants Hunt Sabs As the Cottesmore Hunt gathered in Wymondham village, at the home of their former master huntsman and current British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) vice-chairma...

𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗠 & 𝗖𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘.

Special Report by Northants Hunt Saboteurs

www.huntsabs.org.uk/chris-packha...

A portrait of a crow.

Crow intelligence... They recognise their reflections, remember the faces of people, use tools, play, work in teams, plan for the future, assess problems, and think them through. Eat your heart out human! I say, let the crows govern! 🦉 #UKbirding #bird #birdphotography #photography #ThePhotoHour

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social live on YouTube now, investigating the Cottesmore Hunt...

www.youtube.com/live/1dZjgi0...

People 👏 complaining 👏 aren't 👏 soliciting 👏 advice 👏 from strangers 👏👏👏

YouTube video by Mendip Hunt Saboteurs Weston & Banwell Harriers with West Somerset Vale Hunt hunt fox

𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 & 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝
The Weston & Banwell Harriers with West Somerset Vale Hunt were well and truly sabbed today as we brought a load of our sab mates along to remind them that their blatant illegal fox hunting is (1/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEsn...

Trail Hunting: A Pack Of Lies - Hunt Saboteurs Association With the Labour Government committed to banning ‘trail hunting’, the HSA takes a detailed look at this activity and how it has been used for almost twenty years to circumvent the law.

Ahead of this year's Boxing Day hunts it's worth remembering that ‘Trail hunting’ is a wholly bogus concept that was carefully devised to allow the continuation of illegal fox hunting under the Hunting Act 2004.

www.huntsabs.org.uk/trail-huntin...

A young fox facing right, sniffing the air. It is standing in low green ground cover.

A young fox facing right, looking toward the camera. It is standing in low green ground cover.

A young fox sitting on the ground, facing the camera. It is in low green ground cover.

One quiet spring morning this little fox was out wandering around, checking out the area by the stream out back. I see foxes there pretty often and it was nice to find this healthy looking kit.

Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...

28,000 signatures - thank you! It’s a joint effort.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social tells me not to fret but, still, I do, so please have a look at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... and sign if you can. And share widely please.

An image of sheep roaming around a beautiful, hilly landscape with text reading "SANCTUARY LAND FUND APPEAL. BUY A SQUARE FOOT FOR £2.50."

⚠️ SANCTUARY LAND APPEAL ⚠️

The lease on our rented land ends in 2032 & we'll need to buy 60 acres for the animals' forever home 🏡

1 sq foot would cost around £2.50. Could you buy even 1 for us, to help secure their future? Or share our appeal? 🙏

www.farmanimalrescuesanctuary.co.uk/product/1-sq...

VegfestUK Awards 2024 - Now Live for Voting - VegfestUK The VegfestUK Awards Are Back! We’re thrilled to announce the return of the VegfestUK Awards! After a year’s pause, we’re back to honour the incredible individuals and organisations making a differenc...

Please vote to honour the incredible individuals and organisations making a difference in the vegan community 🌱✨

Not that I am bias or anything but the @veganlandmovement.bsky.social is in the environmental category 😉🦋🐌🐞🦡🦊🐸🐹🌳

www.vegfest.co.uk/2024/11/22/v...

In July, a group of Vegan Land Movement volunteers visited 5 of the 6 areas of land we removed from animal agriculture to record the 2024 Species Counts. Look at what we found on these previously monoculture grazing plots 😍🦋🐝🪺🦡🐹🐞

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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social

veganlandmovement.com/species-coun...

Slender-billed Curlew, a bird once seen migrating over Europe (in huge flocks) from unknown breeding grounds (somewhere in former Soviet Union?) to North African winter quarters, is considered practically certain to be extinct.

RSPB press release: markavery.info/2024/11/18/r...

📷 Chris Gomersall

Fox friction . Thanks to @jamesclarke.photo on Instagram for today's #FoxOfTheDay

Sunday book review: The Tree Atlas by Matthew Collins.

'This is a lovely book – beautiful trees, photographed well (it helps that they don’t run around I guess) and in gorgeous surroundings.'

Full review: markavery.info/2024/11/17/s...

#naturewriters #trees #books #lonelyplanet

We were pleased to help sponsor the @n-e-r-f.bsky.social conference this year & had a great day with them yesterday chatting with engaged & knowledgeable raptor experts. Our free reports went like hot cakes!