David Smith

Tweeting mainly about the environment and nature. Views are my own.

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

Join our team and be a voice for the small things that run the world!
We are currently recruiting for:
🐞 England Manager https://t.co/ewUX7Zst2J
🐌 Important Invertebrate Areas Officer https://t.co/nQ5RBVs6ru
🐝 Belfast's Buzzing Conservation Officer https://t.co/JkjiIWLLoV

[Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @BonnConvention]

📢BREAKING: World Migratory Bird Day 2022 to focus on #LightPollution

💡Ever-increasing artificial light is a significant threat to #migratorybirds, causing disorientation or collisions.

✅But solutions are also readily available.
Stay tuned! ➡️https://t.co/Z1hD0IBBQ0
#WMBD2022

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

NEW BLOG!
Light - the last socially accepted form of pollution?
https://t.co/eSP6qf9Ivq
#LightPollution

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

📢BREAKING NEWS!
Today @NaturalEngland have confirmed protected SSSI status for #SwanscombePeninsula in Kent. This welcome decision takes us one step closer to preventing the colossal #LondonResort theme park development from destroying this wildlife haven.

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

On the 10th Nov @NaturalEngland will confirm legal protection for the Swanscombe Peninsular, a Kent wildlife haven under threat.
@TonyJuniper please confirm the SSSI designation & #SaveSwanscombe!
@Kentwildlife @RSPBEngland @CPREKent @sspcampaign

[Matt Shardlow @MattEAShardlow]

JUST NOW - MPs vote NOT to save bees from pesticides.
Despite passionate MP speeches - vote 297 to 182 to reject House Of Lords clause.
Closest Env Bill vote yet.
Thanks to the supporting MPs and 65,000 members of the public who wanted them to save pollinators.
#FixThisLords

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

Did you know that medicines are found in our freshwaters? A new Buglife report launched yesterday finds common pharmaceuticals are widespread in British rivers. https://t.co/X2YFovnkVH 1/4

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

#EnvironmnetBill update. Thanks to the work of @GreenerUK_ @WCL_News there have already been key improvements to the #EnvironmentBill on soils, enforcing green laws, and halting species decline. With two days of debate left, there is time to strengthen the Bill further 1/3

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

The @UKHouseofLords will hear the #Lightpollution amendment as part of the #EnvironmentBill debate today. Artificial light is damaging for bats, other wildlife, people and planet. Great thread from @Buzz_dont_tweet

Read more about bats and lighting here: https://t.co/HEynGaKp9c

[David Smith @David_AJ_Smith]

It would be crazy to ignore a form of pollution that impacts every living thing, reduces biodiversity, costs money, contributes to greenhouse emissions and could be readily solved... theoretically, overnight. #LightPollution #EnvironmentBill

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

Light Pollution - a thread.
Today will see members of the House of Lords debate an amendment to the #EnvironmentBill that would require national targets on reducing #LightPollution. Read the thread below for just some of the reasons why targets are needed. 1/
📷William Warby

[David Smith @David_AJ_Smith]

An example of the damage caused by #lightpollution. Mayflies attracted away from the river, impacting their chances of reproducing and ultimately their vital role in the ecosystem.
We must treat light with the same concern we give any other form of pollution.

[Dr. Rebecca (Becca) Tarvin 🐸 ☠️ 🐍 💚🪰 @frogsicles]

I was so excited to see a mass emergence of mayflies in SW France last night. It was like snow !

[ECEHH @ECEHH]

A New Wave of Action on #WaterQuality @sascampaigns Hugo Tagholm highlights the value of #collaboration and #research in tackling #antimicrobialresistance in conversation with @WillHGaze
https://t.co/1ti25QnJOZ

#tenthanniversary #BeachBumsSurvey
#10yearsECEHH
@ExeterMed

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

Bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects are in trouble.

A lack of connected wildflower areas in our towns and countryside make it difficult for pollinators and other wildlife to live and move around.

But, we have a solution - B-Lines:

[Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet]

We have a once in a generation chance to put stronger protection for nature into law! 🐝🐞🦋🌼We all want a better #StateofNature. 🌱Please help our wildlife to thrive by 2030 by asking the PM to make promises to protect nature legally binding: https://t.co/Cdb76j7E6B

[David Smith @David_AJ_Smith]

My 1st Chiffchaff of 2021.
4 days later than 2020.
2 days earlier than 2019.
Spring?
#birds #spring

[Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin]

Government 'painfully slow' on protecting environment https://t.co/B6T4eoTYOV

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

And the Government thinks this is a good moment to lift the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides ...

We have to help insects flourish, not reintroduce ways of killing them
https://t.co/Wmyywbrqwb

[David Smith @David_AJ_Smith]

Anyone know who made this nest? I’m guessing a small rodent, maybe a Harvest Mouse? @HarvestMiceDVN
Found while hedge laying on a Devon farm 🐭

[David Smith @David_AJ_Smith]

Right now, those affected by mental health problems are at risk of struggling to access vital services, food and benefits to help keep well.
Sign @MindCharity petition asking the UK Government to provide a Winter Mental Health Support Package. https://t.co/CAWzvKl2fr

[Hugo Tagholm @HugoSAS]

What an incredible photo of a tuna off Watergate Bay, Cornwall this weekend. Let’s hope we see more of these & other apex predators return in numbers as we create highly protected marine areas. #oceanrecovery @sascampaigns 💙🌊🌍🌱
📸: Megan Hemsworth:@surfsistas