Tim Holt-Wilson
@timholtwilson.bsky.social
The story of the Earth - geoconservation, museums, the poetry of things old & wild - based in East Anglia, UK. https://futureheritage.wordpress.com/
<41% increase in biodiversity across Broxted Estate & Solar Farm, demonstrating the potential for solar developments to support nature recovery alongside clean-energy generation.> <Sheep grazing ... is key to managing the wildlife habitats...> www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/new-rep...
New report of Suffolk solar farm showcases ecological best practice | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Pioneering 12-year study carried out by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Estate & Solar Farm Suffolk demonstrates how renewable energy generation and biodiversity restoration can be achieved together...
suffolkwildlifetrust.org
A few of you asked about the copper alloy fox in my latest find-the-tiny-owl photo.It’s a Tudor mount that would have decorated leather,eg a bridle. I collect ancient accessories & haberdashery-nerdy as hell 👀,but here are some medieval,Tudor, 18th-19th C buttons/clasps & a Greek coin with a 🐦 on it
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
theguardian.com
This Redshank was colour ringed on the Isle of Sheppey in September 2025 and shot Baie de Somme 2 days ago. A sad end for Amber listed species. Shame still hunted in France @wadertales.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social
Norfolk River Wensum campaigners fear waterway is 'fading'. The waterway is one of only about 250 chalk rivers in the world - unique ecosystems often described as the UK's equivalent of the Amazon rainforest... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Norfolk River Wensum campaigners fear waterway is 'fading'
A campaigner says it has "declined pretty much in every way you could imagine".
bbc.co.uk
Why not grow a Plantago major in your bathroom? The Poor Man's Aspidistra. If you are lucky you might discover a Knot Grass Moth (Acronicta rumicis) caterpillar blithely feeding on it. www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acro... @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social
Neuroaesthetics is a growing area of research showing that seeking out & engaging with images & things we find beautiful each day can significantly improve mental health-my photo of dried flowers is some neuroaesthetics for your brain. Also spot the dried viola/tiny pansy...
Afloat, awash - Norfolk coastal plankton are at the bottom of the foodchain, but they don't know it. A nematode, a mite, a snail, a diatom, many copepods - shimmering a few hours ago in the blue-grey sea; twitching, shivering, fated now under the microscope sans merci as their droplet-world dries.
Natural England has confirmed that every white-tailed sea eagle found dead in Dorset since England's reintroduction began has carried traces of brodifacoum. Toxicology found the rodenticide in all five dead Dorset eagles 'at levels considered close to significant'.
The flames have gone, but the loss will last for decades. Dunwich Heath's wildlife, rare habitats and unforgettable landscapes have suffered a devastating blow, writes David Jobbins.
What we’ve lost at Dunwich Heath
Dunwich Heath has burned. The wildlife may take decades to recover
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Book review 📚 A celebration of Ernst Haeckel’s sketches of life forms, from microscopic to majestic go.nature.com/3RB5Njh
A fever dream of jellies and slugs
A celebration of Ernst Haeckel’s sketches of life forms, from microscopic to majestic.
go.nature.com
Think the next lane is moving faster? Maths says you're probably wrong. Most traffic jams aren't caused by crashes – they're created by tiny braking differences that ripple backwards into "phantom jams." Smooth driving beats aggressive driving every time. Randa Herzallah explains
Don’t change lanes – the maths of holiday traffic jams
Traffic jams often happen without a real incident, and the maths tells us that changing lanes will make things worse
eastangliabylines.co.uk
And so it begins.... The first rain here for three weeks. Too late for the poor mole who died yesterday, desperate with thirst and starvation, in the solid bottom of a dried-out ditch. #climatechange #Suffolk
Five years. Thousands of stories. Countless conversations. This is the first of two special anniversary features marking 5 years of East Anglia Bylines. Today we celebrate our region – its landscapes, heritage & communities. Tomorrow we look at the wider forces that have shaped our world.
Five years of East Anglia Bylines: Our region
Our editorial team reflects on five years reporting the people, places and stories that shaped East Anglia
eastangliabylines.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hare coursing. The scourge of the countryside and the extent to which these violent criminals go.
Gangs, violence and dumped dead animals: The hidden world of illegal hare hunts
Farmers describe attacks and police receive nearly 9,000 reports of banned hare coursing.
bbc.co.uk
Out on the High Suffolk plateau founded on chalky glacial till. Down in a ditch. Subsoiling on an arable field has mobilised silt and lime to clog the field drains with gritty, tufaceous deposits. They remind me of the stuff of Italian grottoes - bizarrie sopr'una stile vecchia.
"Societies are unprepared, because weather volatility related to tipping points is absent from risk assessments. ... Climate tipping ... will manifest as a period of increasingly dramatic weather volatility, rather than a sharp shift in average conditions."
Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 2w ago"Tipping analyses focus on huge climate changes, often globally, over decades. Weather events are fast and local," writes Anders Levermann. "But look at the interplay between the two and it’s clear that the transition between one climate state and another is not smooth but extremely volatile." 🌎🧪
Today is Sextidi the 6th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate horsetail. #JacobinDay See today's page
BEHOLD! One of Earth's greatest lineages of life: the lil wiggle arm guys, Meteora. These single-celled critters, originally found in deep-sea sediments, are SO DIFFERENT from other lifeforms on Earth that they're likely in their own kingdom (as in, the Animal Kingdom, the Plant Kingdom etc). 🧪🌿
Powdery mildew is unsightly on Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) but looks interesting at c.60x magnification, particularly the sporangia, which look like little lamps or belisha beacons in snow. #fungi
"Continental-scale fern savannah wildfires during the end-Triassic mass extinction suggests that intense climate change, including heat stress, & periods of prolonged drought alternating with extreme precipitation events contributed to the collapse of terrestrial ecosystems". The horrendous Earth.
Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️@obialik.bsky.social · 2w agoThere is a layer in Late Triassic rocks in Europe called ‘the dark zone’, because it's full of darkening of pollen and spores. Its origin is in forest collapse and intense fires during the end-Triassic mass extinction. 🧪⚒️ Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-02048-4
Meaning is what rules living things, each sensing and orienting itself to others and to its circumstances, each adjusting to internal and external information arising; each navigating time and space in service of its portion of the Life Force. #biosemiotics #Schopenhauer
Shadows of swifts on our village church wall @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social
Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.
East Anglia is home to some of Britain's most important bird habitats, and at East Anglia Bylines we regularly cover bird conservation, population decline, habitat loss and the people working to protect our region’s birdlife. Here’s one of our features on the fight to save songbirds. #addBirder
Fighting for songbird survival and safer everyday veterinary medicines
Beloved songbirds are disappearing. Everyday veterinary medicines containing pesticides may be contributing to the decline
eastangliabylines.co.uk
The Brecks is a designated Special Protection Area for rare birds. But fears remain that the Home Office could use special powers to bypass the planning process. Henry Durand reports.
Norfolk: rare bird could scupper asylum-seeker camp
Plans to house a thousand asylum seekers at a Norfolk military base could be scuppered by a rare species of bird
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Distribution map of 3,300 oaks in England with a girth greater than 6 metres The UK has more ancient oaks than all other EU countries combined There are around 170 million oaks with almost 1 million in London alone Map: Justin Moat, GIS Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
