There’s two great books about hedges. Recommended reading

Wildest bits of most farmland. Thanks to those who manage them.

I enjoyed that one. Saw a raven carrying a chip.

SO excited to announce our 2024 shortlists for
1. Jhalak Prize
and
2. Jhalak C&YA Prize

Congratulations to all our shortlistees!
#jhalakprize 24 #jhalakprize

Positive News

21st century version of ‘Write your own adventure’

#InstaFun #UnexpectedItem

Thanks to @davemillerartuk for sharing his work - your #FoxOfTheDay

The Muslim women finding joy in England’s woodlands
positive.news/lifestyle/well…

Perve

The winner of the Richard Jefferies Award for best nature writing published in 2023 will be announced on 3 May. Good luck to the brilliant shortlisted writers: Annie O'Garra Worsley #michaelmalay Roger Morgan-Grenville John Lister-Kaye Mark Cocker Orchid Outlaw richardjefferiesaward.org

Pine Marten from Białowieża Forest.

Take a look at the Late Spring Walking programme from Kirkby Stephen and District Walkers are Welcome.

The walks take place in or around the Westmorland Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park or North Pennines AONB, all close to Kirkby Stephen.

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Amazing walk above Clapham to the Norber Erratics - how are some of them even perched?! 😮 Wide views to Pen-y-Ghent from Thwaite Scar and great to see Ring Ouzels on territory.

Taking part in National Plant Monitoring Scheme this year?
You'll find Lords & Ladies in woodlands across most of UK apart from northern Scotland & a few other places where (intriguingly) it's absent.
Want to learn more about this wild plant?
Check its #PlantAtlas2020 page: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.…

Check out this incredible transformation at Armboth, a site restored by the CumbriaWildlifeTrust peat team!
For more info on this site and other CWT peaty projects, follow the link below ⬇️
cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/about/what-we-…

Charlotte is exceptionally good at this. Don’t miss out!

Dave Goulson Dr Erica McAlister
🌱Lovely_Plot 💅🇵🇱🇬🇧🪷🐞🐝 Brigit Strawbridge
Dr Amir Khan GP Marchelle Farrell
John Walters GreenFingeredGeorge

Since 2003 our fantastic volunteers have helped 47,665 frogs, toads and newts across Charlcombe Lane.
This year was our busiest since 2010 with 3,325 amphibians given a helping hand on their journey to the lake
🐸💚🦎💚

Or, open the gate and follow this fingerpost down a bluebell-strewn lonning to an indie book purveyor! Jack Cornish #TheLostPaths #ChooseBookshops #RightToRoam samreadbooks.co.uk/product/TheLos…

The science is clear on this. Badger culls don’t work. They are not the answer. Defra UK please do the right thing for the good of farming and wildlife. Please listen to the The Wildlife Trusts and the many other organisations providing all the accurate evidence you need.

ICYMI: Last night’s first Wild Service Book Club event: a fantastic free-ranging conversation & QA with nickhayesillustration Jon Moses & Nadia Shaikh introducing some of the big themes of the new Right to Roam book. To catch up see youtube.com/live/TLCJIJTvw… via YouTube

For someone who has escaped the wicked regime in Eritrea, made it through Libya, crossed the Mediterranean Sea and travelled the length of Europe, a 0.5% chance of being sent to Rwanda will not deter them from crossing the Channel.

This is a colossal waste of taxpayers' money.