#Clacton tonight whatever happens a clown on the stage with a bunch of other clowns and a bin! Beyond the realms of comedy
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I go birding and been all over but not away much these days except Europe and UK. Suffolk is always a focus but will be out and about more 2025. Love sea-watching, when conditions are right. I have local Mid Suffolk inland patch.
A Level results in the family today excellent and straight into Loughborough. Tho I always hear Mark Twain ringing in my ears at these times "Father don't let your sons schooling get in the way of their education"
What a damning reflection of the pitifully low priority currently given to climate adaptation - yet building local & national resilience to increasingly damaging impacts is vital to keeping people safe & building support for more ambitious emission cuts
Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
theguardian.com
🌳 🌺 🦇 A 12-year study by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Solar Farm showed renewable energy generation improving biodiversity, with e.g. meadow pipit numbers doubling. Over time, 41% biodiversity net gain was recorded under the solar panels. 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...
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When it comes to our new policy of sending people to El Salvador, Reform is very fortunate in having our own expert with first hand experience of paying £290 million to send four people to Rwanda.
Therefore: It is the best possible thing to do?
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 7d ago'[Gianni Infantino] is fantastic, having just presided over the most successful World Cup, by four times, ever presented,' Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding: 'If he is gone, it will never be as successful or profitable again!' ft.trib.al/nVULAT4
Martin Rowson on the drought and Britain’s water companies – cartoon
Martin Rowson on the drought and Britain’s water companies – cartoon
While the hot summer and hosepipe bans continue, bosses at many utilities firms are receiving pay rises
theguardian.com
Whatever could have caused this? 🤔 I wonder how many more times shit like this will be breaking news? 🙄 I’m bored of the ignorance and hypocrisy of it all already. Breaking news! It’s just gonna keep getting worse you morons.
Sky News@news.sky.com · last wk.UK record for number of days above 30C broken, as new heatwave approaches
After plenty of fictional works written about the #Dunwich fire in certain other publications, it's great to read this excellent piece of #NonFiction by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social and @pippaneill.bsky.social at @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation
As residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their minds
theguardian.com
I dearly wish it was here not seen a drop for months!
Stewart@stewchat.bsky.social · last wk.Sunday not at work. Pissing it down all day so far. Fine all week when at work and fine next week too.
France's recovering population of Bonelli's Eagle has enjoyed its most successful breeding season on record, with a provisional total of 44 young fledging during 2026:
Record number of Bonelli's Eagle chicks fledge in France
A record 44 young Bonelli's Eagles have fledged in France this year, marking another milestone in the recovery of one of the country's rarest breeding raptors.
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Zitting Cisticola has bred successfully in Britain for a second consecutive year, with at least seven juveniles from three broods recorded at Walberswick NNR, Suffolk, this summer:
Zitting Cisticola nests in Suffolk for second year running
Zitting Cisticola has bred once again at Walberswick NNR this summer, with two pairs raising three broods.
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Petition: Require green roofs and solar panel shelters in all car parks Require all car park operators to build green roof and solar panel parking shelters which could REDUCE the need to use farmland for solar farms and support biodiversity. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
Maybe vertical drinking is a crucial aspect of British life, and it's appropriate for Downing Street to intervene. In the meantime, however, Number 10's howling silence about the climate emergency - amidst drought, fire and crop failure - continues. #Priorities www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘It is British life’: No 10 vows to stop councils trying to limit standing in pubs
Westminster council has recommended banning ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policy
theguardian.com
The Sound Approach to Birding (second edition) review This ultimate guide will genuinely alter how people experience birds in the field, enthuses David Campbell: https://f.mtr.cool/zlbmyszaxc
Richard Tice appears to have used more than half a million pounds he received from the mother of Nigel Farage’s long-term aide George Cottrell to convert loans he had made to Reform UK into donations. ft.trib.al/YwfH2uZ
Knowledge of common farmland birds is declining among younger generations, according to new research that highlights a growing disconnect between people and the wildlife around them:
Knowledge of common countryside wildlife fading among young adults
A new study has found younger adults are significantly less familiar with common farmland birds and plants than older generations, highlighting a worrying decline in species knowledge.
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The Boys recording one of the greatest albums of all time — REVOLVER — at Abbey Road in 1966. This seminal album was released 60yrs ago today.
I'm delighted to hear that BP doubled their profits, making £4.2bn in just 3 months. Not that I have any vested interest in it, other than the £50,000 given to us by the wife of former senior BP executive James Hay.
#patch nice to see juv Red Kites in flight with adults 3rd year of successful breeding nearby.
The development and behaviour of the juvenile Ravens is so interesting ( hope it is interesting to others!) As I have said there is one dominant one. As you can see Gravy grabs its tail and it stands up to her and gets lots of the suet! The close ups are of the dominant juvenile.
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
theguardian.com
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2w agoBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Had an hour on Slaughden Quay (Mrs shopping) 1 Black Tern with feeding Sandwich Terns close in then flew out to sea! Lg looking Skua prob Bonxie but could not be sure as only had bins today!
