Pint-sized nature nut. All views expressed are my own.

Joined March 2014
Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
Here’s hoping Scotland will join Gibraltar in supporting swifts! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇮
Well today is a HUGE DAY for swifts in Scotland. I’ve travelled with my swift brick to witness Scottish Parliament in action & to thank ⁦@markruskell⁩ in person for his leadership. This evening swift bricks will be put to a vote. Will they pass into law? Watch this space!!
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📢 The @IUCN National Committee UK's Protected Areas Working Group response to yesterday's report by the The Office for Environmental Protection: @Natures_Voice @JNCC_UK @DefraGovUK @MaryCreagh_ @tobyperkinsmp @RSBenwell @WCL_News @GreenAllianceUK
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Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Circe' disappears in suspicious circumstances in Moorfoot Hills, south Scotland. Press release & commentary ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
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Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
Developers have no right to trash our environment—it doesn’t belong to them. Labour has always understood access to nature is for the many, not a privilege for the few. We created National Parks and the Green Belt. Nature is at breaking point—real Labour values will rescue it.
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An eloquent 30 min outline of all that's wrong with & all that's needed to fix the UK food system & it's implications for nature, for human health & for food security. Calling that 'Radical' kind of sums up the mess that we are in! @BBCRadio4 @amolrajan bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mby…
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Nature isn’t the enemy of housing—it’s essential for healthy communities. Scapegoating wildlife won’t speed up building, but it will cost us vital habitats. The EAC report is clear: stop this lazy narrative, fix skills shortages, and protect our environment.
Nature is not the blocker to 1.5 million homes, instead it’s a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods. Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️ publications.parliament.uk/p…
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Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
What an own goal by the government...😒 The UK is the most nature depleted place on earth, this small measure would have made a big difference to endangered Swifts & other cavity nesting birds, but the people in power just DO NOT CARE! 😡
BAD NEWS💔if the vote had taken place earlier we would have won-Tories (majority) whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell [email protected] what you think. GUTTED. Labour: what a betrayal 😡
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Statement from RSPB Scotland Director Anne McCall on proposed amendment to close grouse moor licence loophole ⚖️ ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
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Windfarms in sensible places are vital to tackling the climate crisis but Berwick Bank threatens to be the deadliest windfarm for birds anywhere in the world. Please join me & act now - tell SSE & the First Minister to #CancelBerwickBank. seabird.org/cancel-berwick-b…
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Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
Just so deeply depressing. If Ministers can’t support something as simple as swift bricks, which can have an amazing impact for swifts, then what hope is there for more complex measures? They just don’t care
BAD NEWS💔if the vote had taken place earlier we would have won-Tories (majority) whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell [email protected] what you think. GUTTED. Labour: what a betrayal 😡
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British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦@BillBailey⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]
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Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
Weakening environmental oversight when Natural England is already under-resourced makes no sense. We need more expertise protecting nature, not less. #Nature #Planning
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Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
The Conservatives left us one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Labour was elected to reverse that damage. Right-wing deregulation and letting greed rip failed. National renewal means breaking with that model and restoring nature like we promised.
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"if, the Government is serious about tackling bird of prey persecution connected to the game shooting industry, now is the time to introduce licensing, for both upland and lowland game bird shooting" @MaryCreagh_ @FriendsDales @Bucktonbirder
"Act boldly, without delay and introduce game shoot licensing" - open letter to Defra Ministers from Northern England Raptor Forum Chair @N_E_R_F raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
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BBC's Highland Cops programme features investigation in to shot-out Goshawk nest on gamebird shooting estate in Cairngorms National Park. Fascinating insight into the evidential difficulties faced by the police. New blog ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
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Final call for tonight's @FriendsDales #EyesontheSkies campaign launch!
Still time to book 4 launch of #EyesontheSkies - our new #campaign - calling for an end to #birdsofpreypersecution - with Kate Jennings, UK Head of Site Conservation & Species Policy @RSPBbirders Book at: friendsofthedales.org.uk/
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Very happy to add my name to > 200 others calling on @Keir_Starmer to put a stop to rumoured moves within Government to weaken the laws protecting England's #NationalParks and National Landscapes. #NationalParksMatter
We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️ But 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 go down the drain cnp.org.uk/about/our-work/se…
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Kate Jennings 💙 retweeted
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, "Trump saying these things in the United Nations where we know we have to deal with a climate crisis and the scientists are telling us we're running out of time, it's incredibly stupid and reckless" Matt Frei, "Where does it leave the world?" Mary Robinson, "It gives an opportunity to the EU, Europe needs to go ahead"
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Red Kite found dead in Perthshire confirmed to have been poisoned (banned pesticide + rodenticides) ☠️ Press release from Police Scotland ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
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