Southern Water's ridiculous excuse for not knowing where almost half of its sewers are:

The cost of “physically mapping the network was considered prohibitive”Financial Times

Meaning they wanted that billpayer money for shareholders instead and Ofwat let them.
on.ft.com/4aNc13Z

Good story from the FT.

Given all but two companies do have maps of their sewerage infrastructure, it’s not clear to me how Southern Water can suggest it was just too expensive to map?!

Two UK water companies lack complete maps of sewage networks ft.com/content/cdda3b… via @ft

Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson, who unexpectedly reopened the investigation into Angela Rayner’s addresses, spoke at the last Tory conference.

The appearance raised questions about his political impartiality, as since the event he's garnered Tory support for

Want to learn more about the return of White-tailed Eagles? - Now’s your chance! 🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
We are hosting four public drop-in sessions across South-east Wales & Severn Estuary.
Make sure you drop-in to say hello, show your support or express your concerns!
👍💬👎

White tailed eagle G818 in Christchurch harbour this week. Tim Mackrill Sea Eagle England birdsofpooleharbour Dorset Bird Club Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot RSPB BBC Springwatch BBC News (UK) #BirdsSeenIn2024 #BirdsOfTwitter

Birds of prey get shot so frequently in Yorkshire that reports of new incidents have to qualify that they aren’t the same incidents that happened the previous week. The absolute shame of it 😧.

🦉New #BTOScience out now🦉This research looks at habitat use across different sites by 17 Short-eared Owls tagged with GPS tracking devices. Find key highlights below⬇️or read the full paper ➡️ bit.ly/44947j5 BTO Scotland
#ornithology

Well this caught us all off guard. Female Osprey CJ7 laid a 4th egg at 19:15 this evening. This is a brilliant result. A four egg clutch is a scarce occurrence in Ospreys. Will they all hatch? Let’s hope so as there’s plenty of food! Tim Mackrill Careys Secret Garden Dorset Bird Club

CJ7 just laid her fourth egg! Tim Mackrill
Screenshot © birdsofpooleharbour

🏆Eco Friendly Tour Company of the Year in the UK, 2024

We are delighted to win this award and a huge thanks to all the team for their efforts! Missing from the photos - John Miles, Rachel French & Jane Gordon-Chauvet.

Nature doesn't have a voice , but we do .
Nature can't act , but we must .

Join us on June 22nd for a peaceful march with just one demand: Restore Nature Now .

Pledge to march at RestoreNatureNow.com

🗓️On 22 June we're joining a march to #RestoreNatureNow

🌱This is a peaceful march in London to take a message to politicians that nature can be saved, but only if they take action now

Everyone's welcome! More info & pledge your support👇

restorenaturenow.com

And then there were three...!

CJ7 laid her third (and most likely final) egg of 2024 at 2:22pm this afternoon, almost exactly 74 hours after her second on Thursday!

Careys Secret Garden Tim Mackrill Megan McCubbin

Nice article about me mate Steve Truluck and his love for whales and dolphins which literally changed his life.

He helped me see my first Orca in the wild at Duncansbyhead near John o Groats and is now a lifelong friend

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A brilliant evening in Edinburgh celebrating our work on grouse moor reform. Such a privilege to work with these talented lovely people.

Suspected shooting of a buzzard in North York Moors National Park - police appeal for info.

This is a separate incident to the shooting dead of a buzzard nr Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire last week.

Details of latest appeal for info ⬇️

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/04/23/sus…

Lord Moylan Lord Moylan reckons the Thames will be clean enough to swim in next year.

Please join me in calling on the noble lord to commit to swimming in the Thames in London in 2025

Cc Feargal Sharkey

A food bank for pets has opened a third base because 'demand just keeps growing', its founder has said. A Helping Paw, based in Ashington, Northumberland, is now providing food parcels for up to 400 pets each month, up from 100-150 a year ago #CostOfLiving bbc.com/news/articles/…

Another exciting opportunity to join the BTO Cymru team. We are looking for someone with the raptor expertise and communication skills needed to run our new raptor monitoring project. Please share!

'And hung the moles for traitors' wrote John Clare in 1832.
Yet this is 2024, and the custodians are still at their vicious work, the murdering bastards.