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Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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Naturalist & writer; @gdnCountryDiary; @Right_2Roam; @YDS35; last book #TheFlow; WIP #OldNows
North Yorkshire
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Sep 14, 2023
    Either I had the best dream or I just won the @wainwrightprize for nature writing. I’m only just catching up with my phone, will read all the massages properly tomorrow, but meanwhile, thank you all, so much. Am brim-full. #JamesCropperWainwrightPrize #TheFlow #LoveYourRiver
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Sep 28, 2023
    By chainsaw or by inaction, we are failing nature. Not always as visibly as this, but this poor stump is a devastating metaphor for the State of Nature in UK. Heartbreaking. Disconnection is a disease. God help whoever did this. As it regenerates, let’s see if we can too
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Apr 17, 2019
    What a day I’ve had. #Yorkshire has #beavers again after 400+ years, and they appear to be delighted with this place. Welcome home 💚@forestryengland
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Sep 6, 2020
    Announcing... my new kitchen curtains! 20 months work by my amazing mum. Let me tell you, Twitter, they have *stratigraphy* and *ecotones*: rock, soil & fossils at the bottom; celestial bodies & creatures of the air at the top, and all major phyla in between. I’m bloody ecstatic.
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Oct 24, 2019
    I defy anyone to live a day that couldn’t be improved by a baby hedgehog, saved by a friend,
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Apr 18, 2020
    Hello @ChatsworthHouse. Please reconsider your plans to block swifts ans swallows from their nesting areas. Both species need help from humanity, not more hardship. Celebrate their presence! You can wash your precious statues after they’ve been ‘blessed’ with a little bird magic.
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Apr 20, 2023
    Wow. 12 months in prison and £1.2 million in costs. Really hope we don’t have to see many of these cases before everyone understands that ecocide is a crime even on land you own. #JusticeforRiverLugg
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    Farmer jailed for 'ecological vandalism' of River Lugg in Herefordshire
    John Price destroyed habitats and wildlife on an unspoiled stretch of the River Lugg.
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Feb 20, 2023
    Little story for you. Three years ago almost to the day I sat in Tate Britain, wallowing in this painting - John Everett Millais' astonishing portrait of Ophelia. It has always captivated me: such pathos and beauty, and such familiarity... 🧵
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Sep 28, 2023
    How damaged do you have to be to inflict such hurt? Meeting this tree in February felt like a genuine honour. Devastated. #SycamoreGap
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Feb 8, 2023
    If you use a spot-on flea treatment like frontline on yr pet, here’s how its astonishingly toxic active ingredient fipronil & deadly breakdown products get into the environment. One dog-dose suffices to kill 60 million bees. It was found in every river recently tested. Think on.
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Apr 19, 2022
    On a morning run in Scotland where they have freedom to roam, I saw this beauty marked on the map. Slid over a wall to find it, in full view of the farmer. He wasn’t bothered. I did no harm, came away happy. It really is that simple. #RightToRoam #CupAndRing
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Oct 3, 2022
    Rivers connect in so many ways. This is one of the stranger ones. Just had an energising talk & walk with this dynamo: on fish, abstraction, pollution, political power games & why most environmentalists might just be too nice to get the job done. Thanks @Feargal_Sharkey 💙🐟✊
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Jan 5, 2020
    A little announcement... I'm up to my neck in writing a book about rivers - about their beauty and wonder, their flood and fury, what they give and what they take. It's called #TheFlow and I'm very happy to say it will be published by Bloomsbury next year @chiffchat
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    Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky)
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    Jun 23, 2024
    .⁦@BBCNews⁩ what possible contortions did you go through to decide this wasn’t newsworthy? ⁦@RNNMarch #restorenaturenow⁩ Thousands march in London to urge leaders to tackle wildlife crisis theguardian.com/world/article/…
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