Ian Barrett
@IanBarrettSW
Chief Executive @avonwt. Tweets about wildlife issues, successes and hope. Passionate about creating better places for people & #wildlife. Views here my own.
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http://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk 23-11-2011 08:46:48
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Incredible bird survey at our #rewilding sites yesterday! Goshawk, woodcock & merlin all new records at #WilderLittleDuxmore & SE owl at #WilderNunwell . Great to see new species using the sites, nature is returning! Snaps of other species seen & an Exmoor pony of course!
The My Wild City project in Bristol ends, but its legacy is just beginning!
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We look back and celebrate the great work of volunteers and communities from all over this wild city in our latest blog
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avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/alex-dommβ¦
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#MyWildCity
Ian Barrett, Chief Executive of Avon Wildlife Trust, talks from the #RestoreNatureNow rally last week.
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The State of Nature report highlighted the devastating decline in wildlife nationwide. Find out how you can help #DefendNature on the link below
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wildlifetrusts.org/defend-nature
Outside the @defragovuk offices in Bristol today!
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Conservation charities and environmental groups from all over the country gathered outside Defra offices, asking the government to #RestoreNatureNow ! Chris Packham
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Find out how you can help!
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wildlifetrusts.org/defend-nature
Ten years of StateOfNature reports show the UK's wildlife is in a perilous state and continuing to decline. It's time for action. #DefendNature #RestoreNatureNow
bristol247.com/news-and-featuβ¦
Campaigners have been very successful in making the narrative about climate change,βΒ said Tony Juniper βWhat is less obvious, but just as urgent, is the parallel crisis in terms of the decline of nature'
osborneclarke.com/news/recovery-β¦
βIn this time of environmental crisis it absolutely beggars belief that, as well as polluting the environment, you are wilfully killing off the plants which provide vital sustenance to under-threat pollinators.β time to end #pesticide use Bristol City Council bristol247.com/climate/news-cβ¦
Time to stop the decline! We have reviewed evidence from thousands of species and find:
19% officially classed as Threatened with extinction (26% of mammals, 43% of birds, 31% of amphibians, 24% freshwater fish).
Mammal Society RSPB Amphibian and Reptile Conservation stateofnature.org.uk
It is more important than ever that we stand together and #DefendNature
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That is why we will be supporting Chris Packham's #RestoreNatureNow rally. We will be outside the Defra offices in Bristol between 10 and 12, standing with other NGOs to #DefendNature !
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Chris Packham
Today is the launch of the #StateOfNature report π£
Our wildlife is in decline & evidence shows that changes in the way we manage our land for agriculture & the ongoing effects of #climatechange have had the biggest impacts π
Find out more bit.ly/stateofnature23