@SLeguil

Jack-of-all-trades. Freelance ecological consultant🌱🦗, writer, translator 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇱🇺, photographer, nature tour leader... Also @MoreThanWeeds

 Luxembourg/France (prev. UK)
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Joined April 2012
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At the risk of being a doom-monger/fun policeman/ableist denigrator of the needs of neurodivergent twitchers (delete as appropriate), the celebratory chat about this being a “legendary” autumn for megas rings pretty fucking hollow given the familiar situation Steve describes here
Steve Waite@AxeBirder17 Oct 2022
Not a nice blog post to write and you won't enjoy reading it. Bleak, so very bleak: stevesbirdingblog.blogspot.c…
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Anne Cleary@AnneCleary_10 Sep 2022
New research shows that weekly nature contact accounts for 31 % of the positive relationship between #NatureConnection & #wellbeing, but only accounts for 11% of the positive association between nature connection & pro-environmental behaviours bit.ly/3QyxEtO
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Scientists in Germany have discovered a species of bacteria in healthy ash trees that seems to provide natural protection against ash dieback! 📰doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2022…
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This is an eye opener
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Jens Svenning@JCSvenning16 Jul 2022
Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most theconversation.com/botanist… @ConversationUK 🌳☘️🌴🍁🌿🎋🌼🪷#plants #plantblindness #natureawareness #iamabotanist

Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most

Botany is disappearing from university modules in the UK.

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This is really, really depressing. Don't forget that many campaign groups are told by councils/developers that urban developments create greater biodiversity than whatever they are replacing. This photo shows that, in reality, sterile urban deserts are being created.
maggie moran 🍃💚🍃@maggiem3002651424 Nov 2021
How is this something to which we now apparently aspire? Dead. Fake. Sad. #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency @TheMontyDon @GWandShows @GWmag
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Paul Tout@adriawildlife16 Nov 2021
"The largest decline was among birds associated with agricultural land and grassland." ... but let's "rewild" eh, and plant some trees? channel4.com/news/around-600…
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Joshua Styles@joshual9518 Nov 2021
Meanwhile, vast swathes of our already suffering plant species are due to be stripped of their protection bc @JNCC_UK don’t perceive them as being ‘threatened by collectors’. There are many other threats to our flora aside from collection. You should be ashamed of yourselves! 😡
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation@ARC_Bytes8 Nov 2021
BREAKING NEWS: JNCC consultation reverses de-listing risk for herps (all Schedule 5 listed species now recommended for retention) & suggests more protection for adder. Details: tinyurl.com/kjhh5kv7 and background: tinyurl.com/4wzm8c2k. Looks positive! ARC comments soon.
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The U.K. is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. It doesn’t matter how many times we hear it, it doesn’t become any less shocking. Every green space matters. We’re asking for Local Nature Reserve status for our #wildflower meadow #WarrenFarmNR The time is now💚
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In the last week I've started to receive inquiries from people running tree planting programs wanting my help. I am suggesting that they shut down their programs. Here I will explain why:
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LNHS@LNHSoc17 Sep 2021
Thank you for using #LondonWildlife to share your wildlife observations (other than birds #londonbirds) within the @LNHSoc area. Here is a map of the recording area: google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid…
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What if street "weeds" became objects of art, symbols of the resilience of nature in cities? Meet @monacaron, a Swiss artist who has been painting giant murals representing local plants around the world. Would you like to see those in London and elsewhere in the UK?🌱
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@ajplus6 Mar 2017
Meet the mural painter who's traveled the world, painting giant weeds as symbols of resistance. 🌱
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"Weediness will be key to our success". This piece demonstrates the importance of plants, *wherever they grow*. In the UK too, roadsides are home to rare "crop wild relatives", wild plants that could hold essential traits for agriculture in the future! 🌾🌱civileats.com/2021/01/25/our…
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Sorry. It had to happen. 🙈🙈
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Pen McGregor@Penmcgregor7 Jan 2021
But you abandon them in this state for weeks. Could have been sorted but contractors left. You say you planted trees, tick a box and then forget about them. Growing trees is another matter entirely. Just let the farmers do it, we actually live here and care @FiveRiversEC #trees
HS2 Ltd
@HS2ltd6 Jan 2021
Today we confirmed over 300,000 #trees will be planted this winter, bringing the total between London and the West Midlands to over 730,000 ahead of our 7 million target. Find out what else we are doing in this thread… 1/9
A forestry worker plants tree saplings in biodegradable protective tubes.

ALT A forestry worker plants tree saplings in biodegradable protective tubes.

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With the vast majority of #IUCNRedList media coverage focusing on large animals – #plantblindness is once again rife at a time of vital importance for endangered flora 🥀 Why isn’t this headline news? ow.ly/WyDb50CMUUK
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1) Not wildflowers 2) Not meadows 100 years ago our countryside was brimming with wildflowers, but it looked nothing like this scene which looks more like an Interflora shop window than a #wildflowermeadow
Capitals Coalition
@CapsCoalition2 Dec 2020
Wildflower Meadows to Line England's New Roads in Boost for Biodiversity: The UK has lost 97% of wildflower meadows since 1930. A Highways England scheme to encourage species-rich grasslands could create 100s of miles of habitat after decades of loss. bit.ly/2JvrpdD
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Thank you to everyone who attended my talk at the Annual Exhibition Meeting of @BSBIbotany last week. I spoke about the impact of @MoreThanWeeds, future plans & hopes for the project! If you missed it, you can now catch up on Youtube: 🌱 youtube.com/watch?v=PKdJT1xf…
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🙄 another day another professional ecologist having to step in to caution against over simplified, hyperbolic and frankly unjustified claims that surround celebrity nature huggers - evidence led restoration please
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Sian Berry
@sianberry27 Oct 2020
This destructive, climate busting, traffic generating plan needs to be dropped along with all the other new roads in the £27 billion Govt programme. We need investment in a Green New Deal not spending that takes us in the opposite direction. #NewRoadsNewTraffic
CPRE Kent@CPREKent26 Oct 2020
Here we go! Highways England submits application for #LowerThames Crossing DCO: bit.ly/2TqIDul @CPREKent @HighwaysSEAST #Gravesham
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