This saddens me. I had such high hopes when we got a Labour government, but they seem to be failing in every field. Yes, we need to build more homes, but internationally protected sites are not the right place

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/revealed-5000-english-nature-sites-at-risk-under-labours-planning-proposals.

#GreenPolitics #Conservstion #Nature

I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.

First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.

Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch

#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark