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Sharing nature stuff, stories & news from The Wildlife Trusts - our goal is nature's recovery on land and at sea. Posts by The Wildlife Trusts comms team.
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Nature does so much for us, now is your chance to give back! 💚
Everyone can take part in
#BigWildWalk
. Set your personal walking (or rolling) challenge, and start fundraising today to help tackle the nature and climate crises. 👊
Sign up now 👉🏽
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Make no mistake - we are also incredibly angry. We stand with
@RSPBEngland
in calling out the unprecedented attack on nature launched by UK Government over the last few days. We’ll be challenging this together and asking for our supporters to stand with us.
⚠️😡Make no mistake, we are angry. This Government has today launched an attack on nature. We don’t use the words that follow lightly. We are entering uncharted territory. Please read this thread. 1/13
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Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough - and a big thank you for everything you do to campaign for wildlife and the natural world!! 🥳🎂🌳🌼🐝🪲🐋🐍🦀🐬🪱🐸🦔🦭
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We are dismayed, disappointed, and deeply concerned. UK Gov has just approved the use of a banned pesticide so powerful; a single teaspoon could kill 1.25 billion bees. This is a huge mistake. If we want to
#DefendNature
we must
#SayNoToNeonics
. 👉
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Happy 93rd Birthday to the incredibly inspiring Sir David Attenborough. 😊🦋🐛🐝🐞🐍🦎🐙🦑🦊🐸
#DavidAttenborough
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Join us in wishing Sir David Attenborough a very happy birthday! 🎂 🦉 🌻 🐝
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Join us today in wishing Sir David Attenborough the happiest of birthdays! 🎂
Thank you for everything you've done for The Wildlife Trusts and for our natural world 💚
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We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. But instead of a plan for nature's recovery on land and at sea, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk. But what does this mean exactly? (1/12)
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If we look after wildlife - things like this can happen.👇🏼
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The Government have gone against their own advisors and approved the use of bee-killing pesticides in England. This decision is catastrophic for our pollinators and will ultimately lead to the harm of wildlife ❌ 🐝 🚩
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Happy Birthday to the incredible Sir David Attenborough! Over the years Sir David has been an incredibly supportive friend of The Wildlife Trusts, we hope you have a fantastic day! 🐝 🌼 🦔
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Who else gets excited when they see a red kite soaring through the sky? 🙋
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Happy 98th birthday to Sir David Attenborough, a true hero of our time. 🎉
Our President Emeritus, thank you for everything you have done for conservation, our natural world, and for inspiring us all. 💚
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RT if you'd like to see more road verge signs like this.
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Hurray for
#WorldBeeDay
!! 🐝💛🖤🐝🐝💛🖤
We have pollinators to thank for every third mouthful we eat! 😋
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Dormice are barely ever seen due to the fact they spend most of the day asleep! 😴
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Bees, butterflies and birds all benefit from grass grown long. We need to see less mowing of our roadside verges. RT if you'd love to see grass allowed to grow 🌱
#WilderFuture
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During winter, as dusk arrives, starlings set off for their roosts in one of the most staggering natural spectacles. Flocks arrive from all directions and take on incredible shapes, contracting & expanding in the sky💙
📷Richard Sykes,
@YWTPottericCar
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Today’s a big day – beavers are officially recognised as a native and protected species in England! Beavers are brilliant natural engineers and amazing at restoring wetlands – it is vital they are protected! (1/5)
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It's officially autumn! Today is the
#AutumnEquinox
when day and night are equal lengths. Here's to crunchy leaves and crisp walks! 🍂🍄
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We're adding some magic to your Monday with this beautiful starling murmuration. ✨
📷Rich Sykes
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Have you ever heard of the amazing elephant hawk-moth? 🦋
This extraordinary creature got its name because the caterpillar looks a little like an elephant's trunk 💗
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Wildlife bridges and corridors can help plants and animals move between fragmented habitats. RT if you think the UK needs many more (photo from Switzerland)
#WilderFuture
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Otters have now been seen in every county in England – back from the brink of extinction!
#LoveWildlife
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At least this song thrush is enjoying the weather... 💦🌧️
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We wanted to say a huge thank you all our supporters and that of fellow environmental charities for speaking up against the recent
#AttackOnNature
by UK Gov. If you want to take further action to
#DefendNature
, we've created this step-by-step guide 👉
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Swifts, swallows, house martins and sand martins are all summer visitors to the UK.
Read our guide to work out what you might have spotted darting and diving in the sky! 👇☁️
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Who has been letting dandelions grow in their garden? They’re a source of early nectar for bees, so resist digging them out. 🌱🌼🌞
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Happy 92nd Birthday to Sir David Attenborough. A true inspiration to all 💚
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Otters have now been seen in every county in England – back from the brink of extinction!
#LoveWildlife
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Remember, remember hedgehogs this November! Check your bonfire carefully with a torch before you light it. RT 🦔
#BonfireNight
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Protect our pollinators! 🐝
UK Gov has approved the use of a banned pesticide, a decision which will be disastrous for our bees, our wildlife, and our wellbeing.
#SayNoToNeonics
and tell your MP to represent you and pollinators at the debate!
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This tiny spider was captured by photographer, Macro.Paul - it lives in his office and often comes to visit him at his desk. This little guy looks incredible once you see him down the lens! Anyone else think he's quite cute? 🕷️🕸️🖤
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When you can't quite bring yourself to leave your favourite gate post...
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Definitely the cutest thing you'll see today 💚😊
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Happy
#NationalMeadowsDay
!🌻🌼 There’s no denying that wildlife meadows are incredible!😍 Sadly we have lost 7.5 million acres of meadows and flower-rich grasslands since 1930s!😱 Help us raise awareness of this essential habitat – share your meadow photos and stories below!🐝👇
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These cute babies are living on the river by The Wildlife Trusts' office! It's lovely watching them get a little bigger each day 😍🦢
📷Tom Hibbert
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Who wants to see a raven playing in the snow at the Tower of London?! We do!
#Londonsnow
#snowday
#LoveWildlife
© Val Borrell/
@WildLondon
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Up close you realise just how many colours glimmer in a starling's feathers! Magical! 💚💜✨
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Want a clue to the bees visiting your garden? Check out our ID sheet!
#Springwatch
#WildAboutGardens
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Baby hares are born fully furred, able to see... and very cute 💚
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How many barn owls can you fit in a barn owl box...
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This water vole thinks he can balance on this log...
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Who enjoyed
#HisDarkMaterials
? Pine martens, red squirrels, corvids and hawks! What’s not to love?! 😍 💚
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Waxwings! Each winter waxwings travel to the UK from Scandinavia 😊
📷Jack Perks
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No nature = no economic growth, no food security and no hope fighting climate change. Our message to
@10DowningStreet
in
@Telegraph
from
@CPRE
@friends_earth
@GreenAllianceUK
@GreenpeaceUK
@mcsuk
@nationaltrust
@Natures_Voice
@WCL_News
@wwtworldwide
@WoodlandTrust
&
@wwf_uk
(1/3)
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When you can't quite bring yourself to leave your favourite gate post...
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There’s nothing like getting your house cosy for winter 👌
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UK Gov has just confirmed complete ban on horticultural
#peat
will not come into effect until 2030. A huge disappointment considering the destruction of our irreplacable peatland habitats should have been outlawed long ago. More info here 👉
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As heather bursts into flower at the end of summer, moors become a blazing carpet of purple 💜
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A jack snipe bobbing. What soundtrack do you hear?
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On average:
5 daisies 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
2 dandelions 🌼🌼
6 buttercups 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
Are enough to keep one bee happy for one day! 🐝
It's not much - but if we want a lot of bees we need a lot of flowers! Let your grass grow this month and look after pollinators.
#NoMowMay
#Growdontmow
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Great news for badgers this week!! We are delighted to see that the Government is phasing out culls and that these will be replaced by badger vaccination. There is robust scientific evidence to prove that badger vaccination reduces the transmission of bTB in badgers 🦡💚😊
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A field vole stuffing his furry little face ❤️👌
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Pine martens are mostly found in the north of the UK, particularly Scotland. They prefer woodland and often live in tree holes, old squirrel dreys or old birds' nests!
📷Ronald Surgenor
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That moment when you spot the tastiest blackberry...
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“We are one coherent ecosystem - it’s not a just question of beauty or interest or wonder, it’s the essential ingredient. The essential part of human life is a healthy planet” - Sir David Attenborough 🌎
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Let dandelions grow. Bees, butterflies and birds need them. 🐞🦋🐝
📷Tom Hibbert
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There is no duck as glamorous as a mandarin duck! ✨
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A pine marten has been discovered in Derbyshire - the first confirmed sighting in 16 years!
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Such extraordinary creatures. We can’t afford to lose them 🦔
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Beautiful Shropshire pine marten out enjoying the sunshine! Happy Friday! 👌💚☀️
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Pine martens are mostly found in the north of the UK, particularly Scotland. They prefer woodland and often live in tree holes, old squirrel dreys or old birds' nests!
📷Ronald Surgenor
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1 in 4 adults experience a mental health disorder including anxiety and depression. A great way to help is to get outdoors. It's proven that being in wild places and connected with nature improves our mood and increases our sense of self-worth. 🌳😊
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Exciting news!! Pine martens have been reintroduced to England for the first time following near extinction! The aim is to establish a population in the Forest of Dean 😊
@gloswildlife
📷Ronald Surgenor
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Autumn is arriving (and it's gorgeous)! 🧡💛❤️🍂🍄🍃
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Happy
#EarthDay
! Today we want you to share your favourite wild place in the UK. Maybe it’s somewhere round the corner you’ve been visiting every day, or maybe it’s somewhere further afield that you’re missing. Share your photo and celebrate the joy of wildlife with us. 🌍💚
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The sponge crab grows an enormous ‘hat’ of living sponge. Stylish and great for camouflage!
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Over 60,000 people here today shouting loud and clear
#RestoreNatureNow
! Huge thank you to everyone who has made it such an excellent day and called loud and clear for a wilder future 💚
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Something to make you smile on a Monday (sound on!) 🦉👀
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Spotted your first bee of the year yet? 🖤💛🐝🐝🐝
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This rat was spotted running off with someone's custard cream! Or is it a double custard cream...!? 🐭😮
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Have you ever seen a raven playing in the snow? ❄
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Have you spotted a mouse with large ears? It could have been a wood mouse, our most common mouse 🐭
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Who has been letting dandelions grow in their garden? They’re sources of early nectar for bees, so resist digging them out. Share your photos 👇🌱🌼🌞☺️
#EverydayWildlife
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Devoted gannets 💕
Photographer Steve Race spotted this pair on the Yorkshire coast. Often male gannets will offer their partner a feather or a blade of grass as a gift. On this occasion these two went a step further with a romantic necklace of red campion.
#HappyValentinesDay
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Goldfinches are STUNNING!
You can spot these beautiful birds in your garden 💚
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This
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
we’re asking everybody to
#ConnectWithNature
. Spend just a little time listening to bird song, stopping to smell the flowers, or watching a busy bee! 💚🌸🐝
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Ducks love eating things like sweetcorn, lettuce, oats and seeds. Bread is not good for them! RT and spread the word. 🦆🦆🦆
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There is no place for
#neonicotinoids
. Use our simple form to email your MP and demand the Prime Minister overturn this damaging decision 👇 Please share.
#ActionForInsects
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Dame Judi Dench is calling on politicians to deliver a cure for nature's decline📢
She's calling on everyone to march for nature this Saturday in London - the biggest ever gathering for nature & climate🌱
Politicians
#RestoreNatureNow
Sign up👉
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