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Oil lobbyists and arms dealers are pressuring the government to dismantle protest rights

Day 31 #30dayswild is my yearly tribute to my beautiful friend Lisa Barrott (1964 - 2024). Through #30dayswild she shared her love of wildlife, her eye for detail, sense of humour and desire to protect nature and this beautiful world. She was inspiration and I miss her 💚

#30dayswild Day 30 - love my somewhat delinquent garden and all the wildlife (apart from the slugs) and flowers that have chosen to share our little patch of land.

"She was constantly staying near the fish market and watching people come to buy fish. She took a leaf that fell from the tree and came to the owner. On the first day, surprised, he took her "money" and gave her a fish. From that day on, every morning she comes with a leaf to "buy" fish..." 🐾💕👣

#30dayswild Day 29 - Grateful to Monmouthshire County Council for supporting biodiversity and leaving lots of lovely long grass in the park for Hoverflies, Ringlet butterflies, ladybirds and the dapper common red solider beetle.

#30dayswild Day 28 - Bindweed is my nemesis, but structurally, its flowers are extraordinary, not to mention its speed of growth and ability to climb.

#30dayswild Day 27. Enjoyed some 'Protest & Peace Pallet Craftivism' @hazelnutcommunity.bsky.social Community's Soulstice festival organised by our Young Eco-Champions.

#30dayswild Day 26 - celebrating that it's only 23°outside at 11pm 🥳 and enjoying the beautiful evening scent of our cream jasmine.

#30dayswild Day 25 - The hottest UK day ever . Two Tawney owls are twit-twit-twitting somewhere beyond our back garden.

#30dayswild Day 22 - a Silver Y moth, with fast fluttering wings, and sleeping flowers.

#30DaysWild Day 23 - Plants enjoying a tropical 26° thunderstorm - refreshment before rising heatwave.

#30DaysWild Day 24 - Great Barnet's Wood, early morning, before the heat of the day.

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#30dayswild Day 21 - planting polinator-friendly flowers around our squash arch at @hazelnutcommunity.bsky.social Garden.

#30dayswild Day 20. A spectacular Purple Toadflax has popped up in the front garden whilst we've been on holiday. Plus startled a Large Yellow Underwing whilst watering the garden. Its woody camouflage disguises the bright yellow flashes under its wings.

#30dayswild Day 19 - lovely young stoat took a good look at us, and didn't seem to realise he was meant to run away from people and dogs. #woolercommon

#30dayswild Day 18 - So many tiny flowers high up on Wooler Common - Heath Bedstraw, Wild Thyme, Mouse-eared Hawkweed, English Cinquefoil, Heath Speedwell and Field Forget-me-not (along with Heather, gorse, Common Harebell)

#30dayswild Day 17 - amazing variety of seaweed on Low Newton Beach on a gloriously sunny day.

#30dayswild Day 16 - searocket on the margins of Alnmouth beach.

BREAKING Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds has just blocked a deal sparing Thames Water from prosecution for sewage dumping 107 MPs have signed our MPs’ letter asking Ofwat to drop the deal and take Thames Water into Special Administration. Email your MP now: vist.ly/57w8i

#30dayswild Day 15 - steep and glorious pollinator-friendly garden in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

#30dayswild Day 14 - A bird in the hand is worth many distant sightings. (Lindesfarne: starling, meadow pippet, blackbird, sparrow, swallow, swift, cormorant, crow, jackdaw, skylark, ringed plover, eider duck, egret, black headed gull, collared dove, pigeon, pied wadtail, lapwing, oystercatcher).

#30dayswild Day 13 - Razorbill aerial maneuvers on a blustery day at Dunstanburgh Castle (also Fulmer, Kittiwakes, Gannets and Eider Ducks).

#30dayswild Day 12 - bees loving these gorgeous lupins planted at the edge of a field.

#30dayswild Day 11 - Lovely to see a decent native hedge, laid at the boundary of a new estate in Lowick.

#30dayswild Day 10 - Loving the fluffy pink beech nuts forming on this huge copper beech tree. Wonder how old it is?

#30dayswild Day 9 - Even the 208 tonnes of Angel of the North steel provides a wildlife habitat...

#30dayswild Day 8 - visited my 102 year old aunt and admired her glorious wildflower lawn.