Senior Conservation Ranger for idverde Bromley. My hobby is my work. Lucky or what!! All views expressed are my own :)
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The biggest crisis is not immigration or pot holes, not left or right, it’s the tragic decline in biodiversity and wildlife loss. Yet people ignore it as we become human obsessed forgetting that nature is the source of all our resources.
What helps: Intergenerational conversations, reconnecting us with what nature used to be. Direct experiences with nature that sharpen our awareness of change. Remembering the past is the first step to restoring the future. #nature #environment #awareness #nativeplants
Researchers warn that this shift lowers our expectations, increases our tolerance for decline, and reduces our urgency to protect what’s left.
If you never saw that version, you don’t feel the loss — and that quiet forgetting becomes the new baseline. Over time, we start accepting degraded ecosystems as normal.
Each generation grows up with a more depleted environment and calls it “normal,” because it’s all they’ve ever known. Think about walking through a park and thinking, “This seems healthy.” But maybe 30 years ago that same park had twice as many birds, wildflowers, or insects.
Monitored vertebrate populations, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, have fallen by 73% on average from 1970 to 2020. Freshwater species are down 85%. Shifting baseline syndrome (SBS) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be.
A dogs dinner of a 'wild flower verge' managed by @TfL has not been cut for two years and is scrubbing over. A21 near Orpington. Some have been cut all through the summer and some never. Paying lip service or what? @MarkCocker2 They don't know what they are doing! #biodiversity
@TfL It has been cut in the last 24hrs, in spring. As has the one in the picture. See the sign? It says Wild Flower verge. Cut in the spring? WTF? A "responsible authority" Ignorant twits! @MarkCocker2 It's maddening that this mismanagement is allowed.
Dilemma! I always go for the underdog but I am a @OfficialBHAFC supporter! Added to that if Palace win the cup it makes it harder for @OfficialBHAFC to get a European place 🫤
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3n… And some farmers are concerned??? About environmental and #biodiversity gains??? What are the chances? #environment #farming #flooding
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new Tesla speedometer looks awful
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Gorse, Ulex europaeus (bottom branch). Evergreen up to 2.5m. Grey-green. Furrowed, rigid spines (right) up to 2.5-3cm with 2mm point. Stems sparsely hairy.
Western Gorse, Ulex gallii (top branch) Up to 1m. Dark green. Weakly furrowed spines (left) up to 2.5cm with 1-1.5mm point
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Where are all the butterflies?
Years of habitat destruction, climate breakdown and pesticide use have taken their toll. If we're to restore nature and save our butterflies and moths we must act now.
Sign our letter to @SteveReedMP 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/e…
#ButterflyEmergency
ALT A colourful wildflower meadow with no insects. Text overlay reads: "Where are all the butterflies?" with alarm and butterfly graphic above the text. Image credit Philip Hambly. Butterfly Conservation logo in top left corner.
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When was the last time you saw a Small Tortoiseshell?
This year's #BigButterflyCount saw the average number of Small Tortoiseshells counted fall by a massive 74% from the previous year, with a decline of 59% since the Count began 14 years ago.
#ButterflyEmergency
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Butterflies are dying. The way we currently manage our land is not working.
@TonyJuniper will you join 16k nature lovers who have signed our letter to the UK Gov asking them to declare a Nature Emergency?
Add your name today butterfly-conservation.org/e…
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