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Emma Robertshaw

@chirpystarling

Seeking nature. Swimming wild and banded demoiselles particular distractions 🦋🌊🦗🐸🐳🌳🌄

Joined October 2009
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Something of The Bright Field by R.S. Thomas about this mist glowing over a patch of wildish hill
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The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrustsJan 1
As the sun rises over the Rothbury Estate, we're delighted to find that thousands of supporters have tipped our appeal to buy this historic estate over the £10m mark! Together, we can make 2026 a joyful one for nature - and for people. Read more: wildlifetrusts.org/news/ps10…
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BBC Radio 4 Today
@BBCr4today29 Oct 2025
"It's the biggest piece of land to come onto the market in England in 30 years." Craig Bennett, chief exec of the Wildlife Trust, tells @emmabarnett why the potential purchase of the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is 'such a unique opportunity'. #R4Today
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BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews29 Oct 2025
Sir David Attenborough backs plan to buy estate bbc.in/4nxC4ls
Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate

Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate

Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.

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⚠️ New report reveals drought is now considered the biggest risk to UK nature reserves ⚠️. The report focuses on why adaptation work is vital to re-connect and regenerate habitats to help nature cope with weather extremes. Read more 👇🏼 wtru.st/3M1BsnR
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Do you want to help put the work of the brilliant ⁦@WildlifeTrusts⁩ in the media spotlight? Last chance to apply 👇 wildlifetrusts.org/jobs/seni…
Senior Media Manager | The Wildlife Trusts

Senior Media Manager | The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts are a federated movement of 46 charities, supported by a central charity, the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Together we have 900,000 members, 32,500 volunteers and 3,400 staff...

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Nice coverage of our paper on the BBC Cornwall badger vaccination shows promise - report - BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/c80ee5…
Cornwall badger vaccination shows promise - report

Cornwall badger vaccination shows promise - report

Researchers call for larger-scale assessments to measure the effectiveness of vaccination.

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📣 EXCITING JOB VACANCY: Senior Media Manager 💷 Salary: up to£45,000 ⏰ Closing Date: 7 August Are you an experienced media manager with an excellent track record in media relations for high profile organisations? Apply now 👇 wildlifetrusts.current-vacan…
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Help us save Middlewick Ranges 🚨 Middlewick Ranges, a vital site for breeding nightingales, vulnerable butterflies and rare acid grassland is currently on sale for development. Add your voice to the cause by signing the petition 👉 loom.ly/MkE67vg
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There’s still time to apply! 👇
Emma Robertshaw (@chirpystarling) profile pictureEmma Robertshaw@chirpystarling23 Jul 2024
We’re looking for talented people to join our wonderful media team and promote the amazing work of @wildlifetrusts! Senior Media Manager wildlifetrusts.current-vacan… and a Senior Media Officer wildlifetrusts.current-vacan…. Please share!
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Great Fen@greatfen28 Jul 2024
We hope you've all loved hearing about the Great Fen on @BBCCountryfile tonight! From wildlife monitoring with @HenryStanier, peatland monitoring with @WetlandJack and #paludiculture crop potential with Georgemma Hunt @UELSRI and Ponda's #BioPuff, exciting times! #Countryfile
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Presenter Anita Rani looking at water beetles in a monitoring trap with Henry Stanier, being filmed by a cameraman and overseen by a producer

ALT Presenter Anita Rani looking at water beetles in a monitoring trap with Henry Stanier, being filmed by a cameraman and overseen by a producer

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No such thing as a bad harebell pic - a joy to see these clinging on in upland Powys verges #WildflowerHour
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I’m working on a document called Embracing Nature and there’s a young woodpecker at my window ♥️
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We’re looking for talented people to join our wonderful media team and promote the amazing work of @wildlifetrusts! Senior Media Manager wildlifetrusts.current-vacan… and a Senior Media Officer wildlifetrusts.current-vacan…. Please share!
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We’re looking for talented people to join our wonderful media team and promote the amazing work of @wildlifetrusts! Senior Media Manager wildlifetrusts.current-vacan… and a Senior Media Officer wildlifetrusts.current-vacan…. Please share!
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Wild carrot rules! South-west coastal path Latecomer for #wildflowerhour
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This is such an amazing, beautiful, heartening place - well done ⁦@wildlifebcn⁩ for campaigning to save it. I can’t think of a worthier place to put a few quid. And visit it if you can! theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Some absolute gems’: £1.5m appeal to save rewilding haven Strawberry Hill

‘Some absolute gems’: £1.5m appeal to save rewilding haven Strawberry Hill

Crowdfunding aims to protect central England’s largest area of scrubland in heart of intensively farmed Bedfordshire

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We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to National Lottery players, a £243,129 grant from @HeritageFundM_E will help to restore Bartonsham Meadows in Herefordshire and create a nature reserve where wildlife and people can thrive. 📷Lisa Stevens
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Wetland wonders for #wildflowerhour #wildflowerID pls #IslesOfScilly ♥️
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Fiona Harvey@fionaharvey13 Jul 2024
Read this - meticulous reporting on an extraordinary trial, by my colleague ⁦@damiengayle⁩ . Contempt, gagging and UN intervention: inside the UK’s wildest climate trial theguardian.com/environment/…
Contempt, gagging and UN intervention: inside the UK’s wildest climate trial

Contempt, gagging and UN intervention: inside the UK’s wildest climate trial

Prosecution of five Just Stop Oil activists over M25 protest led to chaotic scenes in court and concerns about ‘judicial persecution’

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Craig Bennett@CraigBennett36 Jul 2024
Very pleased to be on @BBCFarmingToday this morning, talking about what some of the huge opportunities and priorities on #climate and #nature should be for the new @UKLabour Government... (I'm at 23.55) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0020x…
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