I thought it was bad in UK with ridiculously long sentences. This looks even worse. What is happening to our continent, to tolerance?

Blocked Swift Colony. I'm being ignored by the residents, the scaffold company and the police. I reported this crime yesterday and they've done nothing about it (ref 20-0432), when I called back this morning THE POLICE HUNG UP ON ME! please help.

Another Norfolk Hawker in the garden yesterday, and this time posing lovely for the camera! It really is incredible how quickly this species has spread across parts of the country. British Dragonfly Society

I have been informed by the Chief Whip & the Labour Party leadership that the whip has been withdrawn from me for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap, which would lift 330,000 children out of poverty. I will always stand up for the most vulnerable in our society.

It just makes no sense to think we can infinitely grow. Do policy makers really believe that economic growth is the only way forward - surely they are smarter than that? It's not as if it's even that difficult to understand - at what point does growth stop?

Wow! - HEATWAVE in #Antarctica- Temperatures in some parts are currently 24°C above the average - at the height of #winter! The Earth's natural air-conditioners are under threat at both poles. The more they diminish the hotter the #Earth will become.

2 Southern Migrant Hawkers seen at Little Wilbraham Fen today. Another dragonfly species which is rapidly expanding its range in the UK British Dragonfly Society

To attract Goldfinches to your garden you don't need to buy ££ nyjer seed that's intensively farmed and shipped from India, using up scarce land/resources. You can grow beautiful foodplants like chicory, lavender, teasel, aster, nyjer(!) and leave dandelions in the lawn.

Have you heard?! The tide is turning. The Turtle Dove population across western Europe has increased by 25%! With no hunting in France, Spain and Portugal again this autumn, it's never been more important to deliver more suitable habitat in the UK. rspb.org.uk/media-centre/w…

The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely peaceful environmental protesters last month. Labour must repeal the Tory laws that treat peaceful protest more severely than violent disorder and assault.

New in #BirdStudy Negligible predation of wader chicks by Marsh Harriers. Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus diet and hunting habitat selection in the breeding season: implications for lowland breeding waders Emily Upcott Lucy Mason et al.: doi.org/10.1080/000636… RSPB

Do you enjoy feeding birds? Although done with the best of intentions, it may be changing the chemistry of your local environment. We show that phosphorus input into local ecosystems via supplementary feeding of gamebirds and songbirds is VERY big! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fe…

“many nature-friendly farmers are finding: delivering good-quality habitats, supported by public money, is helping to stop nature’s decline or even reverse it” For nature friendly farming and reduce the worse effects of climate change, eat less meat. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Why do so many wader scrapes perform poorly? The problem is often a stable water regime. The key to managing scrapes is to build high invertebrate biomass & then to make it available to birds within dynamically managed shallow water regime with bare/sparsely vegetated mud. 1/4

In this episode, I'm joined by global ecologist Corey Bradshaw to discuss his research on the decline in biodiversity, how population will change in coming decades, and what this means for complex global economies reliant on a stable environment. Watch: youtu.be/qJwsJhFK98o

What's particularly astounding about this kind of record is it takes ~3000 times more energy to heat water than air... ...so it's quite the indicator of how much more energy is in the system than we're used to. We've squandered the Goldilocks Zone and made the porridge too hot.

Juvenile Osprey fishing at Milton CP this morning. Incredibly, after it caught a fish, another juv Osprey came in from height and circled the lake. Both birds headed south late morning, with one seen later on at Hobson's Park then Dernford Res Cambs Bird Club

A few more Osprey pics from Milton CP this afternoon Cambs Bird Club

The Milton CP juvenile Osprey is getting better at fishing, this evening it caught a decent sized Rudd at Dickerson's Pit Cambs Bird Club

Osprey again at Milton CP this evening. It caught a decent sized fish on its third attempt Cambs Bird Club