Producer / Director BBC #Planetearth2 Love all things wilderness and mountain. Children's Author ‘Snow Leopard’ 'Narwhals' and 'Super Swifts' for Walker books.
excited to release a trailer for my new film 'The 'other' Taylor Swift. Its been lovingly made my volunteers with the aim of raising awareness of and funds for swift conservation. Follow the film's story on instagram search for the_other_taylor_swift.film #swifts#shortfilm
The number of assessed species on the IUCN Red List is now 172,620, with over 48,000 threatened with #extinction.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s #biodiversity.
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@MatthewBockholt A: my hope is that in a future where everything is fake , authenticity will be like a desert island. I am happy to be a cast away
B: legislate and label but that won’t happen C: functionally useless but ethical nonetheless
@MatthewBockholt A: I am not mad at them - I feel sorry for them if they can't tell the difference between reality vs artifice.
B: You soon won't know for sure. And that the problem - we won't know what's real any more. That matters.
C: They are slop if they aren't real, howerver good they get.
No need to be rude. Not sure you responded to my points either. Whilst I’m excited by a future where AI cures cancer or stops road accidents as a professional creative I’m less excited about my work being ‘scraped’ and the end of my industry whilst tech ‘bros’ get even richer.
@JustinFAnderson@CarlBovisNature A lot of people responding.
None of them responding to me.
You all repeat the same phrases and points—as if parroting what you heard someone else say—none of which address my questions.
Like a bunch of mindless robots. 🤷♂️
@MatthewBockholt@CarlBovisNature The problem is that one is real and the other isn’t. On a world where declining nature connection is fueling a mental / physical health crisis and environmental decline, it’s important that the wildlife we encounter is real. Otherwise we are just living in a fake digital matrix.
🚨 It's official!
Swift nesting bricks have passed the Scottish Parliament and will now become law.
Swifts are in serious decline across the UK. This will help reverse that trend and make our communities more liveable for birds.
@markruskell and @WriterHannahBT explain 👇
Imagine swifts asking you to help them instead of me. They would if they could. Email me at [email protected] for a template to send to 4 people who may block swift bricks coming into law in Scotland. You don’t need to be based in 🏴. 🎥 by wildaboutimages
Today I discovered there is a bird known as Standard-Winged Nightjar. The male has wing ornaments called "standards" that grow out of the middle of its wings during mating season.
Into the 4th year of swift brick campaigning. Sigh. No I don’t have a team & no I’m not funded. The Scottish swift brick campaign is a real chance but I need your help. Email me at [email protected] for an easy template - will take two mins.
Happy New Year ❤️✨
‘I hope people will see my artwork and remember to care for nature.'
It’s Benji and Nish here, we’re so grateful for your friendship 🥹 It hasn’t been an easy year🙏but every kind comment and share means a lot to us both. Hope that 2026 treats you kindly🥰🍃x
@WriterHannahBT Couldn’t agree more Hannah. There is seldom just one factor threatening any endangered species. Every year swifts die from injuries trying to access blocked nest sites - giving them better nesting options means they have one less challenge to face.
It’s far below what is necessary to equate to every house actually having a swift brick in it. There is: no legal requirement, no enforcement, no transparency, no monitoring. And do the housebuilders take up guidance?
No backwards steps for nature!
We can't build homes or infrastructure because Tory cuts bled our planning system dry.
Putting our Habitats Regulations through a shredder isn't the answer.
I've tabled a Parliamentary Motion asking the Government to rethink its plans.
Wildlife is at risk.
Habitats disappearing. Species declining. Ancient Woodlands threatened.
This is the result of political choices over decades.
It's time to bin off spurious anti-nature narratives peddled by terminally online lobbyists.
The RSPB invited the British public to vote on this year’s Bird of the Year. Guess which bird won with 81% of the vote? A bird who needs the prize to be swift bricks! Oh yes, the swift won. Email your MP now about swifts. We need to pull together for Britain’s most popular bird