Ecologist. PhD. Freshwater Pearl Mussel Officer @NatResWales. Still some African herps, chair @WirralARG, scientific associate @NHM_London. Views my own.
Eglwysbach, Wales
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The release of captive bred Freshwater Pearl Mussels on the back of river restoration in Wales has begun. This is a year's work for me since starting my role with NRW, but decades of work by numerous NRW conservationists for this Endangered sp, which see the end of the beginning
We’ve released over 100 captive-reared young freshwater pearl mussels into a protected location in a river where habitat was recently restored
Full story: orlo.uk/Aznqy
Funded by @WelshGovernment
@BBCWalesNews @ITVWales @WalesOnline @northwaleslive
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The future of the Rothbury Estate has now been secured.
We are delighted to have helped fund this campaign - one of England's biggest ever land purchases for nature recovery.
A fantastic achievement by @WildlifeTrusts and thousands of supporters.
wildlifetrusts.org/news/futu…
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Remembering Sir Patrick Stewart
This was his appearance on Saturday Night Live February 5, 1994
Mike Myers had a lot of fun with this one
Phil McCracken: Scottish Therapist
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Bill Maher has been so consistently great on defending free-range childhood and scorning safetyism.
Here, in 8 minutes, he basically summarizes The Anxious Generation, The TAG Movement, and Let Grow.
Thanks @billmaher!
youtube.com/watch?v=OjQZ6obD…
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🏠 Empty homes → much-needed homes.
We’re starting work to bring 52 long-term vacant properties back into use, beginning in Anfield.
They’ll be refurbished to provide quality homes for local residents and help improve neighbourhoods.
🔗 media.liverpoolexpress.co.uk…
ALT A before and after comparison of a Victorian terraced house showing a dilapidated exterior transformed into a restored home.
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Fuck it, 16 minutes of Patrick Stewart being a comedic genius on American Dad
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Tens of thousand of people have enabled the @WildlifeTrusts to buy the Rothbury Estate. Largest land purchase in a generation brings an area of Northumberland the size of Athens into Nature recovery. Brilliant & bold work that sets a new bar for ambition for Nature in England.
wildlifetrusts.org/news/futu…
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Monarch butterfly numbers climbed 64% this season, thanks in part to the growing number of people creating pollinator gardens. It’s a clear reminder of what shared purpose can accomplish. Look what we did
Their recovery is still fragile, though, so continuing, and expanding those plantings next year remains essential.
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📢 Registration open: Greater Thames Estuary Restoration Conference 2026
If you’re involved in coastal habitat restoration, research, monitoring, or community engagement across the Greater Thames Estuary, or simply have an interest in habitat restoration and want to learn more about the work happening in the estuary, you’re invited to the Greater Thames Estuary Restoration Conference, taking place on 9 November 2026 at the Zoological Society of London. If you’re London-based and interested in finding out more about restoration and nature recovery on the Thames, we’d also love to welcome you.
Connecting Practice and Learning Across the Thames Estuary, the conference will bring together restoration practitioners, landowners, regulators and scientists to share experiences and knowledge of restoration, explore innovative approaches and identify opportunities for collaboration across the estuary.
The topics of discussion will include:
• Transforming the Thames speed talks
• Nature based solutions and innovation
• Seascape restoration and connectivity
• Driving restoration – finance, incentives and delivery
• People, place and restoration
• Future planning
Registration is free and open now. Go to the transformingthethames.co.uk to find out more and register.
Please help us spread the word by sharing this event with colleagues and networks working across the Greater Thames Estuary and beyond.
#ThamesRestoration26 #Restoration #Conservation #CoastalHabitats #ThamesEstuary #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience #HabitatRestoration #KnowledgeExchange
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We lit up our iconic White Lion last week, to mark ZSL’s 200th anniversary. But did you know the Lion sits within an official Site of Special Scientific Interest?
Our Bagot goats, White Windsor goats and a whole flock of Soay sheep live wild on the chalk grassland, helping more than 100 species of native plants, invertebrates and animals living there to thrive.
Lighting up the lion took careful planning to keep this unique space safe for the incredible wildlife that call it home. We fine-tuned the light frequencies, the colour of the lights and even how long to light it for.
The White Lion lights up again this Wednesday, 30 September, at dusk. It will then be lit every Wednesday until the end of 2026 as part of our brand new Wildlife Wednesdays – a shining beacon of hope for wildlife.
Find out more: whipsnadezoo.org/Lighting-Wh…
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We're 200 this year, and we want to hear your ZSL stories 🎂
First zoo visits, family traditions, the animal that sparked a lifelong obsession... it all belongs in our Community Storybook. At the end of 2026, it will be preserved in the ZSL Library and Archives.
Add yours here 👉 happy-birthday.zsl.org/
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MORE OF THIS NEEDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
This is one way you change behaviour. Create a genuine fear of being caught - just like speeding.
A trial using LitterCam detection equipment linked to CCTV cameras was launched on Sept 14th on the Edinburgh City by-pass.
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Ghostbusters has always had room to grow.
GHOSTBUSTERS: NIGHT SHIFT takes us to New York City in 1994 with a new team, new supernatural problems and the same universe we began building more than forty years ago.
Very pleased to be part of this one. Coming to Netflix in 2027.
@Ghostbusters @JasonReitman @netflix
#Ghostbusters
deadline.com/2026/06/ghostbu…
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Unfortunately the rocky shoreline of Lough Ree is being invaded by the freshwater Demon shrimp. Surveys supported by local authorities along the Shannon and canal waterways @westmeathcoco @roscommoncoco @longfordcoco @offalycoco @ucdscience @UCDSBES
ALT Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in Lough Ree. In the process of invading and expanding it's range and a indance in the Shannon catchment
ALT The demon shrimp collected among the rocky substrates in Lough Ree in the Shannon river catchment in Ireland
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In the 1940s, a group of Oxford writers and academics would gather every week to listen to new chapters of J.R.R. Tolkien's ‘The Lord of the Rings’. English professor Hugo Dyson would sometimes interrupt these readings with, ‘Oh fuck, not another elf’.
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Amazingly, a very significant component of sea level rise is depletion of freshwater on land. As we drain wetlands & pump aquifers, so more is in the sea & less in land.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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200 years of wildlife - 200 years of starring roles at London Zoo 📽️
Over our double-digit-decades of existence at ZSL, our founding pre-dates moving pictures even being invented. But we've inspired creative works of literature, film and television throughout our history.🧵
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Squirrelpox threatens red squirrel populations across the UK. A vaccine offers hope, but public support is needed to help drive action.
Please sign and share this petition to help secure a future for red squirrels.
petitions.senedd.wales/petit…
