The largest remaining greenspace in Colchester is under threat of development, we need to protect it before it's too late.
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Another Victory for wildlife and nature campaigning. We are exhausted but elated! We will share more after a well deserved sleep! Together we are stronger! More to follow... m.youtube.com/watch?v=ubSrBuโฆ @alextomo @CarlBovisNature @ChrisGPackham @CommunityPlann1
Thank you to the Kirklees Councillors who today voted for nature and how important it is for our communities.
Kirklees Council Strategic Planning Committee voted against the building application at #Heybeck - 5 votes to 2! Thank you!
#SaveHeybeck #foodsecurity #ClimateEmergency
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Forest City schemes and scams. They are advertising on FB/Instagram to people across the E of England that they can stop housing targets elsewhere if people sign their petition!
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With only 6 working days to the vote, we have a question for you @yourcolchester and your planners. @TheGazette @EADT24 @felicitysimper @ITVNewsAnglia @MattCJourno @CommunityPlann1
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The Government's own National Security Assessment identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as imminent risks to our security, resilience and prosperity.
Nature is not a luxury. Healthy ecosystems are the foundation of our food security, public health, economic resilience and national wellbeing. As climate and ecological crises deepen, protecting and restoring nature is essential to our collective future.
That's why I have sponsored @AdrianRamsay's parliamentary motion, which calls on the Government to recognise Nature as a rights-bearing entity, establish a duty of care towards Nature, and ensure that public policy supports the protection, restoration and regeneration of the living systems on which we all depend.
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Exactly this
We reap what we sow
theguardian.com/commentisfreโฆ.
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Suffolk WT: "Heatwaves & droughts are becoming more extreme & more frequent because of changes to the planetโs climate. In the UK, these longer periods of hotter, drier weather are increasing both the likelihood of wildfires starting & their severity."
suffolkwildlifetrust.org/newโฆ
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Penrhos, beautiful as always , nature deserves our protection penrhos should be in the care of the local community to protect and preserve for all to enjoy!
๐ธJan Ruby Mawer
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A tragic loss of habitat & wildlife
National Trust: โWe are looking at total devastation of a beloved & important landscape. Weโve lost precious habitats, wildlife, trees, & a place where people have made memories over generations. Itโs... 1/2
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026โฆ
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@mod_dio must finally agree to have an evidence-based management plan. @NaturalEngland advise the need for a holistic plan including management of Gorse. They must designate if MOD continues to refuse to comply.
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Big shout out to @ECFRS, and local farmers, for their incredible hard work at the wick in #Colchester 31/07/26
Thank you from all grateful residents.
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Thank you. We have these discussions in relation to Middlewick Ranges where Gorse has not been managed since 2016- available bare ground is compacted and even that is disappearing. Itโs a complex site and management is complicated enough to require a management plan. @SaveRanges
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Hundreds of species have been found living on former farmland bought by a charity following a ยฃ1.5m appeal.๐
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire took ownership of Strawberry Hill in 2024.
The 377-acre (152-hectare) site between Kettering and Bedford has now been found to contain half of Bedfordshire's nightingales, as well as 11 bat species and 50 species of moss.
Chantelle Warriner, reserves officer, said: "Every visit seems to throw up new species and the more we can learn, the better we can plan the future management to ensure it stays rich in biodiversity."
There were fears the land would be sold and returned to agriculture when the previous owner died, but during the last 18 months the trust has carried out measures to improve the habitat.
Scientists and volunteers dug six new ponds and built dams. Grazing cattle, including Highland cows, will also be used to help keep the scrub at an "optimum level" for bird species like warblers and turtle doves.
More here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62vโฆ
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We are fighting to prevent a tourist holiday village being built and destroying a nature reserve!
who will stand with us @DaleVince @ProtectTheWild_ @itvnews @charlottechurch @BBCNews @domdyer70 @DeborahMeaden @MichaelRosenYes
A big thank you to @CPRW_UK
cprw.org.uk/penrhos-at-a-croโฆ
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Sign an open letter to @andyburnham
It will be in Observer tomorrow, as a full-page advert.
It's time for a planning system that protects green spaces, involves communities and delivers truly affordable housing.
I will hand the Open Letter to No. 10 on Monday morning. #handsoffgreenspaces
@CommunityPlann1 @mtpennycook @AngelaRayner
welcomehomeandy.com/?utm_souโฆ
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@NaturalEngland confirmed Middlewick Ranges is nationally important for invertebrates. 15% of over 1,500 recorded inverts are either county or national red-listed. @mod_dio refuse to conserve the site. What are you doing to protect the species here @MaryCreagh_? @SaveRanges
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@WildJustice_org reported on sites that meet SSSI criteria that are at risk because of the @NaturalEngland long-term โpauseโ on the Designation Pipeline. What will you do @MaryCreagh_ to prevent the loss of threatened species at these sites? wildjustice.org.uk/unprotectโฆ
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โผ๏ธ Listen to BBC Today:
Q: โWhat is your appeal going to be to the people of Clacton?โ
Count Binface: โWellโฆ Iโm not Nigel Farage.โ
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Farage called this by-election to dominate the headlines. Instead, heโs handed @CountBinface a national platform.
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Rubbish! @mod_dio refuse to have a conservation management plan at Middlewick Ranges despite @NaturalEngland 'encouraging' them to do so. We are told it is not MOD policy to gave management plans for non-designated sites. @SaveRanges
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@DefraGovUK How did you propose to restore Nature across government land when it is @mod_dio policy not to have management plans for non-designated sites which is most of their estate? If they won't manage sites like Middlewick Ranges, your plan is not credible @SaveRanges
We have a new plan to restore nature across government-owned land.
Over half a million hectares of land will benefit from this coordinated approach, which will strengthen resilience and help protect public services from climate impacts.
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/smartโฆ
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