Tom Oliver

Landscape conservation ; steered by history; I love railways; am steeped in Anglicanism and troubled by injustice. I don’t necessarily support re-posts.

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

Once again, despite Inspectors recommending AGAINST approval (The Examining Authority recommends that the Secretary of State should withhold consent for the reasons set out), @Ed_Miliband has approved the 'One Earth Solar Project' on farmland in Lincs. https://t.co/6iI4BQ2m16

[Harriet Cross MP @HarrietCross_MP]

Oil & gas, steel, refining, agriculture - all on a watchlist after the Government voted through the 7th Carbon Budget.

Labour’s plans mean we will import more, produce less and be poorer for it - all in the hope that others will copy us.

🤷‍♀️They think "climate leadership" is reducing our DOMESTIC emissions…while importing the same products with the same or more emissions from overseas.

[Francis Buner @fbuner]

Went to see wildlife-friendly Suffolk #farmer Patrick Barker @The_Barker_Boys today, to learn more about what drives his passion for farmland wildlife recovery, and was promptly rewarded by a singing #turtledove at one of his 32 ponds. Fabulous!

[American Rivers @americanrivers]

While dams can benefit society, they also cause considerable harm to rivers. Dams have depleted fisheries, degraded river ecosystems, and altered recreational opportunities on nearly all of our nation’s rivers.

🐠 Read four ways dams can damage rivers: https://t.co/uRnCGNvr1N

[Francis Buner @fbuner]

In case you didn't know: this famous proverb means that a single positive event/small sign doesn't guarantee lasting success or permanent improvement. The saying refers to Aesop's fables where a young man carelessly sells his winter coat after spotting the 1st swallow in spring.

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@fbuner Wonderful! Their return is precious & so lovely to watch and hear. Recently we rebuilt our old house from the ground up and this year we have: 5 house martin nests and for the first time ever, a pair of swifts…(2 pairs of swallows in the barn we have had all the while: lucky us)

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@RosieP4 @ryanleeball So right….. on all counts….

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

Another horrific proposal
850 acres of North Devon countryside at risk
Here's how you can share your views:
Data centre (Valeon): [email protected]
Battery storage: [email protected]
And project info: https://t.co/KpywpChIvx

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@adriawildlife I rather agree. 33.5 indoors at 2am three days’ ago - pins definitely a bit unreliable….(!)

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@LBFlyawayhome Yes, I can see - that’s an interesting thing about the Ladybird Book design and format - thank you!

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@adriawildlife This is a single knapweed on our farm yesterday. The wind concentrated the MWs in particular on the knapweeds.

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@adriawildlife

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@adriawildlife Ah! Lovely! - I fear so - though with some effort we can still have a reasonable host - a bit later in the year in the right weather. But not the whirling wonder you posted!

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@LBFlyawayhome .. and the faded green tarp…..

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@LBFlyawayhome Another “childhood formative” this one - the lightning and the dark slate rolling nimbus were exactly like our Norfolk thunderstorms when I was 3-4…. I think I see the world through Tunnicliffe eyes even now…

[Tom Oliver @TomOliver18]

@LBFlyawayhome Blissful Exmoor… and where the famous ‘overland launch’ of the lifeboat happened in 1899, I think. There’s a very good children’s novella based upon it.

[Francis Buner @fbuner]

I visited a farmer friend in the Wessex Downs who took over the management of an estate 5 years ago. Admiring his impressive wildlife habitats along pristine crops I asked him: 'How did you manage to transform this place so dramatically? He replied: ' You taught me, remember?' ☺️

[Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angelshalagina]

russia took my home.
My childhood.
My peace.

But every new sunrise
I still get to tell the truth.

And that is a victory they can never take from me.