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[Exmouth Nub News @ExmouthNubNews]

Exmouth in Bloom has won a gold award at the 2023 Britain in Bloom UK Finals.

https://t.co/8PcOJtvpza

[Wild East Devon @wildeastdevon]

Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiaca are a rare visitor to the South West. So we were lucky to have these two spotted at the River Axe near Seaton Wetlands 🤩

Did you know? 🤓 They breed in cavities in very large trees 🌳🪺🌳

📸 Pete Turner

[charles watson @watsonchas]

‼️ BREAKING ‼️
@RiverActionUK wins critical ruling enabling it to sue @EnvAgency & @DefraGovUK via judicial review for failing to enforce key regulations that could have prevented much of the horrific pollution of the River Wye caused by intensive poultry production

[East Devon District Council @eastdevon]

Our Parks and Gardens team have been experimenting with a summer #wildflower mix in Winsor Gardens and sowed some seeds back in July with our Seaton Streetscene team. Now here they are with a beautiful October bloom; keeping food sources for #pollinators as long as possible!

[SharkmanDan 🦈 @Shark_ManDan]

DOUBLE LUNGE FEEDING FIN WHALES 🐋

Totally stunned, we watched 2 fin whales lunge feeding at the surface for around 30 mins. Dolphins, bluefin tuna and seabirds rounded up the shoals of fish into baitballs, allowing this incredible feeding event to take place in the Celtic Sea.

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

People asking us about big #bumblebees they’re noticing on the wing at this time of year.
Here’s a quick 🙄 thread explaining.
Please #retweet as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year.
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[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

Re-introducing underutilized crop varieties to consumers might be tricky.

But the researchers from @KewScience discovered that “forgotten” peas got higher scores compared to commercial varieties, bringing crop heritage back to the plates.

More ➡️ https://t.co/gVADFNLPBB

[BBC Coventry & Warwickshire @BBCCWR]

Heritage apple trees found on abandoned allotment in Coventry

https://t.co/bJh0GZQLWv

[Hastings & Rother Swift Conservation Group @HastingsSwifts]

Last night Hastings Borough Council voted unanimously to mandate swift bricks in all new builds after a motion was brought forward by Cllr Tony Collins (Green) working in conjuction with Hastings & Rother Swift Conservation Group {< {< {<
@swiftsweek @oxford_swift @WriterHannahBT

[Mike Blackmore @Blacky_Himself]

Another example.

People understand water quality 💩
They understand abstraction 🚰

But there’s little public understanding of just how badly, how thoroughly we’ve physically changed our rivers, and what that means.

We can change it back, but we’re running out of time to fix it

[Breaking_down_barriers_with_Brynn @down_brynn]

❤️Spending time with Summer this weekend & having her sing to me whilst getting the miles in really makes it all worthwhile.

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting & helping so far during this 2000mile challenge.

The smiles & songs are worth it!
👇🏻❤️
https://t.co/4MAmUNoun5

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Flying insects have declined by more than 75% in three decades. Please help in gardens and green spaces by:
🐝 Not over-tidying
🐝 Letting some grass grow
🐝 Welcoming wildflowers like dandelions
🐝 Saying no to weedkillers
🐝 More: https://t.co/cvqta580OH

[🌻 Go Wild With Annette @writethewrongs2]

Over the past five decades, Britain has lost close to 30 million house sparrows, 20 million starlings, four million skylarks, two million blackbirds and one million chaffinches https://t.co/YSYLlQ17yQ

[Joshua Styles @joshual951]

@seed_ball Oh nooo!!! Pollution in the form of nutrient addition is one of the top five causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Soils which are depleted in nutrients are the healthiest for biodiversity 🌱❤️

[Joshua Styles @joshual951]

Thanks to the @BSBIbotany #PlantAtlas2020,we now know that 53% of British wild plants,the cornerstone of our living world,are in significant decline!

We’re on the edge of ecosystem collapse & all desperately need to act to improve the state of nature NOW.https://t.co/4I0PfsAptp

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

Get a load of this 💩🤬

We're swimming in raw sewage while #fatcatssewerrats are swimming in cash.

Let's end #profitingfrompollution. Sign the #dirtymoney petition: https://t.co/VVOOoBIKmF

[Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 @vickihird]

"I don't really want to get rid of all of my fruit but I simply cannot see a way of overcoming all of the challenges,"
so sad and wrong. we need more fruit growing not less.
In the 'Garden of England', loss-making orchards are cut down https://t.co/Jjl0dDQibn

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Inspiring story of nature guardianship, with lots of usual themes: amateur spending their spare time on shoe string budget sorting out someone else’s destruction, government being more hindrance than help, & radical action driven by love & care for nature https://t.co/KUTd9WoaH1

[Wicked Leeks @wickedleeksmag]

It's #WorldWildlifeDay and @PAN_UK are urging supermarkets to take pesticide products in their gardening range off their shelves. Here are five top tips for organic pest control with no pesticides or harm to wildlife - https://t.co/cAvcgZwhmi