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Once York Natural Environment Trust CIO - protecting green spaces in York, UK since 1988 died 2006

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

So many otherwise trusted sites are posting deadly misinformation about bonfires, and hedgehogs who may be nesting under them.
PLEASE BE CLEAR:

❌Poking a broom or stick under the bonfire will do nothing - even if you actually hit the hiding hedgehog and hurt her, she will NOT run.
Hedgehogs DO NOT have the flight or fight reflex that humans and other animals have. Their response to threat and danger, and even pain, is to curl into a ball and stay put, and wait for the danger to pass.

❌A hiding hedgehog will NOT hiss, or make any sound at all! They are a prey animal, you are a predator - they will NOT alert a predator to their presence, they will stay silent.

❌Lighting the bonfire from one side will NOT WORK. Their response to danger is to STAY PUT AND CURL INTO A PROTECTIVE BALL. They won't come running out. As the heat comes closer and the smoke fills her lungs, a hiding hedgehog will just curl tighter.

Whoever wrote these 'tips' does not understand the nature of a hedgehog.
THEY DO NOT RUN FROM DANGER.
Broadcasting this total nonsense is spreading a false sense of security and is potentially extremely harmful.

The only safe bonfire is one that is built or moved ON THE DAY IT IS LIT.
Moving a bonfire takes less time than you'd think.

There are lots of late-born baby hedgehogs around right now, who would see a bonfire as a safe place to nest.
Regrets won't turn back the clock.
The 'If only' will haunt you for a lifetime.
If you have to have a bonfire, please make sure you do it right.

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

The dark side of the UK's gamebird shooting industry - Channel 4 News

https://t.co/s98THtzIWa

[Dr Elaine Cox 🍃 💚 🍃🌽🥬🐦‍⬛🐌🇬🇧 @ElaineCox11]

Fireworks provide a few minutes of joy, but the economic and environmental costs last much longer https://t.co/C3wBWwQpD2

[Peter Bill @peterproperty]

Mail: “The planned development dwarfs any similar facility currently in the UK and covers a mind-blowing 4,700 acres, around 2,600 football pitches – making it 50 per cent larger than Britain's biggest airport.” Crikey! Really? https://t.co/f5n5aZHJxw

[Birdwatch @BirdwatchExtra]

A White-tailed Eagle found dead in Hampshire was poisoned, according to reports, in the latest concerning incident involving Britain’s largest bird of prey: https://t.co/ux4qfYBIk0

[@saveoldmaltoncountryside 🍃💚🍃 @saveoldmaltonc1]

Plans to build a 126-acre (50 hectare) solar farm in North Yorkshire are to be reconsidered after a High Court judge quashed a previous decision to grant permission. 👍
https://t.co/b6ea0UIqpB

[IlkleyCleanRiver @CleanIlkley]

Yorkshire Water’s environmental performance hits the bottom of the pile (Environment Agency).
Its economic performance is ‘lagging behind’ (Ofwat).
The Board stays in place despite overseeing and rewarding this performance.
The CEO resigns to be replaced by a member of the Board.
Stark reality of privatised water. Do more of the same and pretend its different

https://t.co/GUZvMBgtxQ

[Dr Elaine Cox 🍃 💚 🍃🌽🥬🐦‍⬛🐌🇬🇧 @ElaineCox11]

Centuries of secrecy about who owns our land could soon end – but only if you help ... @guyshrubsole https://t.co/UhWd5O4Gk4

[Arcticfox 🍃💚🍃🦎🦇🦎🦇 @greenbeltsal]

Unbelievable the rate #GreenSpaces #Greenbelt
#Countryside is disappearing.
@CityofYork
Where will the water come from?
Where will the #Sewage go?
@BBCLookNorth
@YorkshireWater can't cope with the existing population
#FlaxbyPark
#Maltkiln
NOW #MonksCross
#Langwith
#Heronby

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Yorkshire Water CEO Nicola Shaw to step down after four and a half years in charge."

In those 4 and a half years Nicola Shaw was paid over £3 million including £1.3 million which was paid via an offshore company.

Everybody say aww!

https://t.co/wx2HPT02EG

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Environment Secretary commits to take further action against water bosses over pollution."

There have been 10 secretaries of state for the environment in the last 10 years alone, yep one a year.

Each and every one of them have made the same cry, demanded the same action, made the same promises and each and every one of them has delivered the same result, nothing.

There is only one answer, the one they all want to avoid. It's time for change, time to take these thieving, lying, corrupt companies back into public ownership.

[Arcticfox 🍃💚🍃🦎🦇🦎🦇 @greenbeltsal]

York isn't so prestigious any more it has a sewer flowing through it #RiverOuse
@YorkshireWater can't cope with the existing population
@BBCLookNorth

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

In midst of crisis shaking life up, making it unaffordable for a lot of people, private equity, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds are taking greater stakes in our food & farming systems -buying land & making big prrofits
a sobering read @GRAIN_org
https://t.co/RnEYx7mHXa

[YNET @YNET4]

#Nationalise @YorkshireWater

[Yorkshire Water 💧 @YorkshireWater]

Today the Environment Agency confirmed a one-star rating for our environmental performance in 2025. This result is disappointing, not just for us but for our customers too, and reflects areas where our performance last year wasn't where it needed to be.​

In a new blog on our website, our Director of Asset Management Steph explains the factors behind the result, the lessons we've learned and the changes already underway across the business and the region. We understand that customers will rightly judge us on progress, not promises.​

Read the full article here: https://t.co/jL5S62EvNC

[Rosewood Farm's Rob @Rosewood_Farm]

Damning report on ELMS from @WildlifeTrusts there, woefully inadequate funding and poor delivery results in poor outcomes that fall short of both need & targets to make nature recovery and food security work.

[River Ouse York Predictor Mouse @OuseYork]

River Ouse in York at 1.34 metres, rising again later today. Last night's rainfall no longer looks enough to see 2 metres again this week.

A moderate spell of rain on Wed morning to keep an eye on but levels look most likely to stay on the high side of normal winter range 🐁

[River Ouse York Predictor Mouse @OuseYork]

River Ouse in York at 1.03 metres and rising steadily. Levels near 2 metres are expected overnight.

After this, I'm predicting the final peak to be on Wednesday and slightly higher once the next batch of rain has fallen.

We will work towards a more concise flood prediction as the flood progresses. 🐭

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

Go for a walk on almost any farm in Britain and ask yourself where a hedgehog might find food, water or shelter there. The rough edges, pockets of scrub, areas of unkempt long grass, piles of dead wood, marshy wet areas and ponds, all tidied away. There’s nowhere left for them.

[Jason Endfield @JasonEndfield]

Nonsense.
To suggest that badgers have 'mainly caused' a 97% decline in hedgehogs is a ridiculous assertion. Clearly and obviously the primary reason for their decline is human-driven destruction of habitat.

[River Ouse York Predictor Mouse @OuseYork]

River Ouse in York at 0.54 metres and rising slowly overnight, picking up speed during Sunday.

We are working towards a peak (most likely on Wednesday, after Monday's rain) with levels expected to reach 2 metres+ 🐭