Part Tom

Wildlife, environment, nature. Minimise impact. Live locally.

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Can you help me stop this #AttackOnNature @scottmann4NC? Nature groups are worried, and so am I! There are Gov plans to rip up nature rules and renege on manifesto commitments! Please ask @DefraGovUK & @trussliz to listen to @WildlifeTrusts and others, you must #DefendNature

[Justin Wookey Webb @RainbowWookey]

36 pence for a dead baby octopus, one of the most amazing creatures to ever swim the seas.

I swear we do not deserve this world. 😢

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Birmingham City Council: Save The Bees! Ban the use of Pesticides in Birmingham's Public Green spaces - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/T6o1iYAWmB via @UKChange

[Part Tom @part_tom]

#Actionforinsects

Petition: Ban the sale and use of Fipronil and Imidacloprid in flea treatments for pets https://t.co/eaD62BM4io

[Jamie Rohu 🌍 @JamieRohu]

7 million cows in Ireland. Let that sink in for a minute.

We’re not eating all these animals - they’re going abroad. Our precious countryside is getting trashed for the animal export industry; contaminated drinking water, wildlife a rarity and declining, and naked mountains.

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

We're losing our wildlife – including frogs, butterflies, bees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds, and toads. But there are 16 million gardens in the UK – so if more of us garden in a wildlife-friendly way, we can start to turn this around! Who's in?

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Not to mention the number that are perfectly fine to eat!

[Carola Blaney🍃💚🍃 @BlaneyCarola]

Have just been reminded, that today is 'Weed Appreciation Day'. LET'S CELEBRATE: most 'weeds' are beautiful native wildflowers, essential for wildlife and often with medicinal properties, too. What's not to like?? 😍❤️🌿🌿🌿

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

For those who can’t get passed ⁦@thesundaytimes⁩ Firewall, see this 1,000 word article published today... ‘BRITAIN WORLD LEADER IN LITTER’ - our very own homemade litter epidemic.

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Lovely to see some patches of Wood Anemone flowering nearby. Also known as Windflowers and Smell Foxes. #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany @Love_plants

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Early #Bumblebee Queen in the garden yesterday - all over the (non-native) heather and hellebore (native #wildflowers are available here!). @BumblebeeTrust

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Beautiful Oak pollard - I'd guess stems might be 30-50 years old but the base looks properly ancient.

[Devon Climate Emergency @devonclimate]

Are you ready to switch off for our planet?🌏

Join millions across the world and switch off your lights from 8:30 – 9:30pm tonight!💡

Even small actions make a big difference and to avoid disastrous climate change we need to work together. Are you in?

@WWF #EarthDay2021

[Part Tom @part_tom]

'Exclosures' could be a great way to introduce in-field scrubby areas and copses, #habitat for #insects and small #mammals whilst still grazing the field. This one is full of voles. #wilding #ActionForInsects @RewildingB @RewildingEurope

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Dog's Mercury, Wild Daffodils, Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage and Marsh Marigold. Narcotic, poison, wart treatment, salad component, emetic, protection from witches... but which is which?! #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany

[Part Tom @part_tom]

@PhilBruss #deadwood!

[Gus Routledge @PinkfootedGus]

In Scotland, average deadwood volume in our pinewoods sits at 21m³/ha with our target, based on saproxylic species requirements, being 20m³/ha.
However natural boreal forests can have 80-100m³/ha. We must aim higher! #IntlForestDay #ThinkLikeAMountain #SBPNextGen

[Gus Routledge @PinkfootedGus]

In Scotland, average deadwood volume in our pinewoods sits at 21m³/ha with our target, based on saproxylic species requirements, being 20m³/ha.
However natural boreal forests can have 80-100m³/ha. We must aim higher! #IntlForestDay #ThinkLikeAMountain #SBPNextGen

[National Forest Gardening Scheme @NatForestGarden]

A good reminder on #international forestsday as we start a new week, of just how foundational and how precious are our forests. Your forest garden can mimic nature’s most productive ecosystem: a young woodland �� https://t.co/8U2z0z9TYN

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed #bumblebee, though I think I prefer 'Large Earth Bumblebee') hunting for suitable nest site. @BumblebeeTrust @Buzz_dont_tweet #spring

[Part Tom @part_tom]

Manage #soils properly.
Increase #whale numbers!
#Seagrass
Kelp beds and farming
Restore / allow recovery of #wetlands
Restore / allow recovery of #peat bogs

Sounds so easy - but requires total overhaul of current thinking & systems.

#climatechange #ClimateEmergency

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

'the eventual warming for 407ppm CO2 will be about 3.5°C'

~James Hansen (who hasn't given up)

3.5°C is horrific, hard to survive. We must suck carbon from the atmosphere, but forests are losing their ability to do this. Industrial methods seem unfeasible.https://t.co/eqjAgTfM4Q

[Part Tom @part_tom]

The government’s new #PolicingBill will severely restrict the #RightToProtest, and criminalise Gypsy and Traveller communities. I’ve signed the open letter to defend these rights and demand the government fundamentally rethinks its approach – will you? https://t.co/GmoPF2Jxok