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Wildlife and Countryside Link represents 86 organisations working together to support & enjoy the natural environment #RestoreNatureNow

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Oceana UK (@oceanauk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 #BREAKING: UK Govt drops defence of #Rosebank & Jackdaw oil fields! 👏🎉 A huge win for ocean & planet, but will they now concede the recent licences Oceana is challenging? It’s time to #EndOffshoreDrilling & make a just transition to renewables 🌊 news.sky.com/story/rosebank…

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Scotland's deep seas are home to whales, sharks, & coral reefs🐋 But they lack measures to properly protect them🪝 Help change this via Scottish Environment LINK - Tell Net Zero secretary Gillian Martin to protect our deep seas now🌊 Send an email at scotlink.org/deepseas #OceanRecoveryNow

Scotland's deep seas are home to whales, sharks, & coral reefs🐋

But they lack measures to properly protect them🪝

Help change this via <a href="/ScotLINK/">Scottish Environment LINK</a> - Tell Net Zero secretary <a href="/GillianMSP/">Gillian Martin</a> to protect our deep seas now🌊

Send an email at scotlink.org/deepseas

#OceanRecoveryNow
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🚨 Scottish Govt is consulting on banning destructive bottom-trawl fishing in 20 marine protected areas Use your voice to help Oceana UK demand a ban on bottom trawling in these key marine sites This is our chance restore our seas & protect nature🐟 act.oceana.org/page/155477/da…

🚨 Scottish Govt is consulting on banning destructive bottom-trawl fishing in 20 marine protected areas

Use your voice to help <a href="/OceanaUK/">Oceana UK</a> demand a ban on bottom trawling in these key marine sites

This is our chance restore our seas &amp; protect nature🐟

act.oceana.org/page/155477/da…
Freshwater Habitats Trust (@freshwaterhabs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💦 Small freshwater habitats are critical for wildlife, yet their potential is often underestimated in comparison to rivers and lakes. There is a huge opportunity to change this by incorporating them into Local Nature Recovery Strategies, now being developed to restore nature.

💦 Small freshwater habitats are critical for wildlife, yet their potential is often underestimated in comparison to rivers and lakes.

There is a huge opportunity to change this by incorporating them into Local Nature Recovery Strategies, now being developed to restore nature.
Wildlife and Countryside Link (@wcl_news) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Invasive Non-Native Species such as the Asian Hornet are bad news for: 🐝Struggling native wildlife 🪙Creating huge costs 💚Risks to public health Follow BBKA this week for news on preventing Asian Hornets establishing in the UK👇

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Marine Protected Areas should protect the most cherished species🐋 Yet many of these areas suffer damage from heavy weighted nets dragged across the ocean floor🪝 Link senior policy officer Cassie Rist outlines why it's time to #BanBottomTrawling 👇 wcl.org.uk/time-to-ban-bo…

Marine Protected Areas should protect the most cherished species🐋

Yet many of these areas suffer damage from  heavy weighted nets dragged across the ocean floor🪝

Link senior policy officer Cassie Rist outlines why it's time to #BanBottomTrawling 👇

wcl.org.uk/time-to-ban-bo…
RSPB (@natures_voice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: 5 seabird species added to UK Red List. 🚨 Climate change, invasive predators, bird flu, and overfishing are pushing populations to the brink. Urgent action is needed - including upholding the sandeel fishing closure in English North Sea & Scottish waters.

BREAKING: 5 seabird species added to UK Red List. 🚨  

Climate change, invasive predators, bird flu, and overfishing are pushing populations to the brink.

Urgent action is needed - including upholding the sandeel fishing closure in English North Sea &amp; Scottish waters.
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Arctic tern & great skua are just 2 of the seabird species added to red list, with numbers plummeting for reasons including climate change & invasive species 🚨 We need big moves to restore nature - like better safeguards for Marine Protected Areas👇 rspb.org.uk/whats-happenin…

Arctic tern &amp; great skua are just 2 of the seabird species added to red list, with numbers plummeting for reasons including climate change &amp; invasive species 🚨

We need big moves to restore nature - like better safeguards for Marine Protected Areas👇

rspb.org.uk/whats-happenin…
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A green duty on public bodies would be a huge boost for nature It could see more wetlands created to clean up our water, boosted local nature access & much more Lord Krebs is introducing a bill on this soon – we’re calling for all peers to support it👇 wcl.org.uk/environmental-…

A green duty on public bodies would be a huge boost for nature

It could see more wetlands created to clean up our water, boosted local nature access &amp; much more

Lord Krebs is introducing a bill on this soon – we’re calling for all peers to support it👇

wcl.org.uk/environmental-…
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The latest assessment of UK seabirds makes for grim reading, with 5 species added to red list🚨 Nature action is needed more than ever, but what does this look like? Our blog from RSPB outlines steps inc habitat restoration & better marine protections👇

The latest assessment of UK seabirds makes for grim reading, with 5 species added to red list🚨

Nature action is needed more than ever, but what does this look like?

Our blog from <a href="/Natures_Voice/">RSPB</a> outlines steps inc habitat restoration &amp; better marine protections👇
RSPB (@natures_voice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thriving wildlife, clean air, healthy rivers, and green spaces for all... By planning with nature in mind, the UK Government can make this a reality. Got 2 minutes to tell your MP to act? Click the link 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/154959/ac…

Thriving wildlife, clean air, healthy rivers, and green spaces for all... 
 
By planning with nature in mind, the UK Government can make this a reality. 
 
Got 2 minutes to tell your MP to act? Click the link 👉 
action.rspb.org.uk/page/154959/ac…
Wildlife and Countryside Link (@wcl_news) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today’s announcement on water is a great step in the right direction from Defra UK 🌊 It's right that polluters always pay and we look forward to more action on water-friendly farming, stronger chemical regs and investment in nature to help clean up the UK’s waters👍

The Rivers Trust (@theriverstrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉 Big River Watch starts today! It's time to get outside, connect with your local river, and record what you see with the free Big River Watch app! Don't forget to share your river watching with us - use #BigRiverWatch and tag us The Rivers Trust.

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With nature-friendly planning we can build homes for both people & wildlife💚 Take action via RSPB to tell your MP to put nature at the heart of planning👇

Wildlife and Countryside Link (@wcl_news) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good planning will mean that we have pylons that increase habitats for wildlife, while bad planning could lead to direct harm to wildlife like bats & birds⚡️ We need to see sites, routes & design picked very carefully, informed by good environmental data🔍 More on our blog👇

Good planning will mean that we have pylons that increase habitats for wildlife, while bad planning could lead to direct harm to wildlife like bats &amp; birds⚡️

We need to see sites, routes &amp; design picked very carefully, informed by good environmental data🔍

More on our blog👇