Penny Tomkins

Museum worker and nature lover 🏛️ 🏞️
All views are my own 📢

[Penny Tomkins @PenTomkins]

A lovely illustrated list of the UK's butterflies and a chance to vote for a favourite. @savebutterflies https://t.co/vaMogSCrd3

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

We need insects, but today, insects need us to take action 🚨

We've united with Buglife and @BumblebeeTrust to sound the alarm for insects, by launching a Declaration on UK Insect Declines.

Find out more about why it’s so important we speak up now 👇

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

Bottom trawling = one of the most destructive fishing methods in our seas. It drags heavy nets across the ocean floor 🌊🐟

The @GOVUK is consulting on a ban in 41 offshore Marine Protected Areas in England.

Tell Minister Hardy you support the ban 👉
https://t.co/sUMysSOoDu

[Liberty @libertyhq]

🚨 Labour have admitted defeat in our legal challenge against anti-protest laws

This means FINALLY, the laws that criminalised hundreds of protesters are officially gone 🎉

WATCH + SHARE

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Yay!! So the Govt *will* go ahead with #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. If we know & love nature, we’re far more likely to protect & restore it. Big shout-out to ⁦@curlewcalls⁩ for her vision🙏 https://t.co/iJ6jCUibyd

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

‘Daffodowndilly’
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour
“Winter is dead.”
~A.A.Milne #daffodil #spring #StDavidsDay

[United Nations @UN]

Air pollution is the greatest environmental health risk of our time, responsible for millions of deaths due to chronic respiratory diseases, lung cancer and cardiac emergencies.

Learn more about air quality and what @UNEP is doing to #BeatAirPollution: https://t.co/XLsUvADl4g

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

Slugs have a bad rep 😢

But the truth is, they bring so many benefits to our wild world. Did you know having them in your garden can be a good thing?

So lift that leaf, pick up that plant pot, and see which ones you can find! 🔍

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

As the days get longer and the flowers return, here are some of the species to look out for in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌼

Sign up to discover more species with tips on how you can attract them 👉 https://t.co/63In23gwBd

#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

February brings us closer to the return of bumblebees – you may even be lucky enough to see some this month🤞

Bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation in spring, but keep your eyes peeled for early emerging bumblebees ⏰

Learn how to identify bumblebees: https://t.co/53UZIp8TL3

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

“February comes when we are sick of winter. Wishing to do her best, she ventures her spring costume: crocus, primrose and daffodil days. Ah no! We know March is to come with its frosts, a plunge back into the winter which poor February tried to flatter us was over.”~A.A.Milne

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

Household water bills are to rise by an eye-watering average of 26%.

That's the biggest increase since privatisation.

Why on earth should people have to pay hundreds more while greedy companies line their pockets and pollute our rivers.

Bring water back into public ownership!

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

If the ocean could write a letter, what would it say?

@UPU_UN, @IMOHQ, and @UNESCO are inviting children and young people from around the world to write letters that inspire action to #SaveOurOcean.

Details: https://t.co/Xv0ozjh7UX #ILWC

[UK Youth for Nature @ukyouth4nature]

🦜 #YourWildStreets are coming! UK Youth for Nature is making UK streets richer with life, flowers, birds & clean air. This Feb, we’re launching the Your Wild Streets pack to wild 100 streets in a year! Sign up now to be the first to get it & win FREE seedballs from @seed_ball !

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Calling all Councils📢

Register now to be part of #NoMowMay 2025 & make meaningful change for nature🌱

You will receive our best practice guidance, case studies & resources to communicate with your community🌸

Sign up now👇
https://t.co/xq6gKMgdCr

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Every year, 10M hectares of forests are lost—fueling climate change and destroying biodiversity.

🌳 Protecting these precious ecosystems could slash emissions by 4 gigatonnes annually.

The solutions exist. It’s time to #ActNow for a sustainable future:
https://t.co/Npa459UpMm

[BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland @BSBIbotany]

The 2025 #NewYearPlantHunt is now officially underway!
All the resources needed to take part are here: https://t.co/mP3qDOTCRP
Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.

[BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland @BSBIbotany]

Just 7 days until #NewYearPlantHunt starts!
Help us learn how wild plants are responding to a changing climate, with knock-on effects for all our wildlife.
Register now for spotter sheets, plant hunting/ photographing tips, ID help & info on group Hunts:
https://t.co/mP3qDOTCRP

[Professor Plant @Professor_Plant]

175 schools across the UK are coming together in a collective action for nature by planting over 18,000 bulbs as part of the Spring Bulbs for Schools Investigation. Fab work #BulbBuddies https://t.co/f8RTZ2Vl3L #FridayFeeling #climate @Amgueddfa_Learn @EdinaTrust #HappierWorld

[Professor Plant @Professor_Plant]

Resource packs have been sent to all participating schools! Find out more about the fun we had packing resources and the next stage of the project here: https://t.co/dJ2gD60w7k