Jennifer Garrett

Nature and place writer.
Find me @jmagarrett on Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

Our war on wildlife: now birds are not allowed in trees...?! Pigeon spikes spotted in Clifton, Bristol above a car park. Has anyone seen this before? How is it allowed?!
📷: thanks to Anna Francis

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

@DanicaPriest Also noting interrupting women...

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

On the gifts nature brings if you leave her space 💚 - here's my latest Substack post: https://t.co/f5cmNR0ZFm #naturewriting #nomowmay

[Bristol Tree Forum 🍃💚🍃 @BristolTreeFora]

Tree protection law is no longer fit for purpose:

https://t.co/7sT1nF4ykh.

[Glevum glass eels @leerust1966]

River Severn Glass Eels (abandoned and left to perish)

Millions of critically endangered baby eels die every year, trapped by man-made barriers in the River Severn while authorities look the other way. Against all odds, they complete an extraordinary journey—only to perish at the final hurdle.

Driven by instinct, under moonlit waters, one of nature’s most remarkable migrations unfolds: the glass eel migration. But for many, it ends before it truly begins.

@EnvAgency @DefraGovUK
@NaturalEngland @WildlifeTrusts @RSPBEngland

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

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[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

A young girl picked a dandelion and what happened next stopped me in my tracks... find out why in my new Substack post: https://t.co/aBfzniusNg

[Brislington Meadows @BrisMeadows]

Save Brislington Meadows is a community run campaign that is completely non-political. Our only aim is to have this designated site of nature conservation interest saved from any development so it can be enjoyed by future generations. We don’t care WHO saves it. 💚

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

A fabulous (full-on) weekend kick-starting the final year of my MA in Nature and Travel Writing at @BathSpaUni. Looking forward to another year buried in creative non-fiction, and crafting words about the wildlife and places we love ❤️

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

Say hello over here 🦋💙 https://t.co/1Psg5nSFyD

[Danica Priest🦇🦎🦇🦎🍃💚🍃 @DanicaPriest]

Omg! We are all making a difference!!!!! This is fantastic news. Keep up the pressure everyone! This nature harming bill has got to go.
Here’s a link to email your MP is you haven’t already 💚

https://t.co/9aXk4lgc18

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

Say hello over here 🦋💙 https://t.co/1Psg5nSFyD

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

We're seeing it again: FPTP makes a mockery of democracy.

🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices

Sign the petition to scrap it:
https://t.co/ge7tdwQXsa

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

BREAKING: The West of England has a Mayor that only 25% voted for.

3 in 4 voters chose a different candidate and didn't get the chance to pick their second option.

Regardless of which party you support, one thing is clear: this is not a democratic mandate. The system is broken.

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

What do you have to say @HomesEngland? @KeepmoatHomes haven't got planning yet but already wetland meadow area of Brislington Meadows has been destroyed. It was full of cuckooflower which orange-tip butterflies were laying their eggs on. Now looks like this (photo: Andy Green)

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

How many people just turned off the television after @Channel4 abruptly cut off #MAFSAustralia to play their new show...?! I'm not playing that game. I'm off to bed.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting.

This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.

These cuts are disgraceful - and will cost lives.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Around a million people will lose maybe £5,000 a year from these 'reforms'.
The gainers will receive a pittance.
This was not in Labour's manifesto. It is not the change people voted for. It is immoral.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

My government is trying to do two incompatible things simultaneously. On the one hand, it’s trying to fix our broken welfare system while saving money. This is not possible, and I told the minister in parliament today that her £5billion cut to disability support would increase hardship in my constituency and is contrary to the values of my party.

Ultimately, this Labour government is facing hard limits in doing what is right for our class while appeasing the interests of big business and the wealthy. They are incompatible aims and my party must choose in whose interests we are governing.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

The 4 points in one PIP component rule is a calculated tactic to reduce mental health and neurodivergent claimants. I see so many with high needs who don’t hit 4 in one area—so they get nothing. This must be challenged under the Equality Act, and it absolutely will be.

[Jennifer Garrett @JMAGarrett]

🚨 Chaffchaff! 💛