Maralyn

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[Anthony Teasdale @AnthonyTeasdale]

This, as you can see, is the greatest map in the history of the world.

At Manchester Victoria station.

[Maralyn @RedMaz03]

@WhatNowDoc Sending you wishes of peace, love, hope and joy x

[ALEXIS ™I ❤️🇷🇼• @dufitalexis1]

Britain has lost around half its hedgerows since the Second World War. The wildlife that depended on them has followed a similar trajectory. 🌿

The old field boundary — a strip of blackthorn, hawthorn, dog rose, and elder two to five metres wide between cultivated ground — was not wasted agricultural space. It was a functioning ecological system that maintained pollinators, pest predators, and farmland birds across centuries of working land.

Each hedgerow is a nesting corridor for grey partridge and skylark, a foraging habitat for brown hares and hedgehogs, a site for solitary bee colonies, and a windbreak for the crops alongside it.

The field cultivated to its very edge gives the maximum return this season. It removes the populations of beneficial insects, farmland birds, and small mammals on which stable long-term production depended.

The field with a hedgerow yields a few percent less per cultivated hectare — but remains productive across decades without compensatory chemical inputs. The documented declines in grey partridge, lapwing, and skylark across the British agricultural landscape since the 1970s are directly linked to field consolidation and hedgerow removal.

Practical equivalents for the garden or smallholding:
- A strip of wildflower meadow at least one metre wide at the plot boundary
- A clump of nettles in a shaded corner as a habitat base for red admiral, small tortoiseshell, and peacock butterflies
- A native mixed hedge of blackthorn and hawthorn in place of post-and-wire fencing
- A section of uncut grass between rows of fruit trees

#HedgerowHabitat #FarmlandWildlife #NativeHedge #GardenWildlife

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Next time you see a pigeon… pause.

That small life has known hunger,
cold nights,
and a world that rarely notices it.

They’re not asking for much—
just a chance to survive.

And sometimes…
a little kindness is enough to change their whole day.

[Ban Blood Sports @banbloodsports]

"Hunting is a coward's pastime" - Sir Roger Moore

[Dion @DION666J]

How did Britain, a decent farming nation who treats animals with respect, ever let even one lamb be slaughtered with no pre-stun in the name of Mohammad?
3 million lambs were slaughtered in this merciless medieval way in 2024, it has to stop, right now.

[Maralyn @RedMaz03]

Make Delay Repay simpler and fairer for everyone  - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/pmPHi0RfVH via @UKChange

[Maralyn @RedMaz03]

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[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Evening dress by Callot Soeurs, 1909-13. Les Arts Décoratifs.

[Matt Couch @RealMattCouch]

Pro Tip:

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A beautiful red wolf. There are fewer than 20 red wolves left in the wild.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Should be everyone’s New Year Resolution

[Vegan FTA @teamveganfta]

We destroyed their homes and then condemn them for wandering into spaces we call our home. 🤯

Protect their forests, their homes, their right to exist. 🙏

#animalrights #wildlife #deer #wildanimals #animals

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Fur only looks good on the original owner.