Jules Robinson

Out today by the truth telling @ProfBillMcGuire . Something to read , think about hard and act upon immediately . Like - now !

Brazil’s foie gras ban set to make history across Latin America “Brazil has passed a major new animal protection law, putting the country on track to lead the region on one of the food industry's cruelest practices” Some #goodnews animalequality.org/news/2026/05/0… via @animalequality

The Ravens are working hard with the fledglings so I’ve seen them less, mainly in flight supervising the fledglings going further afield. Saw more of them today: the adults were teaching the fledglings worming! Listen (video): they use their contact calls to keep in touch.

From my garden today.

A couple of colourful funky #beetles from around Marton village this morning. Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) and Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) @LincsWildlife @Buzz_dont_tweet @BNAscience @ColSocBI

Thank you to Cathy Constable for sharing this image of three very relaxed garden visitors , your #FoxOfTheDay today !

Yara turned one in March. She's the fourth calf of Yatta – the very first orphan we raised to full independence at our Ithumba Reintegration Unit in northern Tsavo. Yara was born in the bush on 29 March 2025. Hours later, Yatta walked Yara up to the stockades alone, no entourage, to show her to the Keepers who'd raised her. It's since become a tradition among nearly all the orphans we raise when they start a family! Yatta was rescued in 1999 from the Yatta Plateau, weeks old, after her mother was killed by poachers for her ivory. She is now a matriarch in her own right – four calves, a granddaughter, and a herd around her. All living wild. Follow us @SheldrickTrust for more videos of elephants enjoying life to the fullest.

It is with profound sadness that Virunga National Park confirms the deaths of two Park Rangers following a deadly armed attack on the ICCN post at Kamuhororo, on the southern shore of Lake Edward, this morning, Thursday 21 May 2026.⁠ ⁠ Read the full statement: bit.ly/4dWZvmt

Last week, we said goodbye to our beautiful Nisha. She came to us as a rescue, after being found as a stray, and became a deeply loved part of our family, and part of the music too, appearing quietly in so many of the cottage videos. Thank you to everyone who noticed her, asked about her, and loved her from afar. The music in the video is called “Nisha”, it's a melody we used to sing it to her at home during Covid lockdown, and I later recorded it on my album Solace. She was deeply loved. We miss her so much

Well done Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council @RMBCPress for putting wildlife first and mowing verges second! Can we please have more of this @SheffCouncil in Sheffield and across ALL Councils in UK @LGAcomms We need to let our verges grow if we want our bees to recover!

Cracking Spring Wryneck, found by @rob_murphy66 at @RSPBExeEstuary Labrador Bay this morning. Spent a lot of time around ants nests in the hedge below the car park @BirdGuides

Getting packed in the blue tit nest box all 9 chicks still going strong 🐦

You asked, "How do our Keepers tell each elephant apart?" Well, its a mix of physical features – ear shape, tusk angle, tail hair, freckling, gait – and, more importantly, behaviour. Every Keeper knows the rescue history and personality of every orphan in our care. Recognition runs the other way too. At milk feeds, each orphan walks straight to their own bottle position. And elephants remember Keepers across decades – eight years after he was last seen, Ndume recognised his former Keeper Joseph. Get to know the orphans currently in our herd: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

Show this to your children. They deserve to know that there once existed magical forests lit by fireflies, purple frogs that emerged with the rains, slender lorises watching silently from the night canopy, vultures circling wild skies, dugongs grazing seagrass meadows, striped hyenas walking forgotten scrublands, turtles blessing our shores, Raptors soaring high, Amur Falcons crossing oceans without rest for days, and Nilgiri Tahrs ruling mountain escarpments like a kingdom above the clouds. Perhaps we are the last generation to witness many of these wonders in the wild. The Earth is losing biodiversity at a pace never seen before and with every disappearance, something ancient, irreplaceable and deeply alive fades away forever. Biodiversity is Earth’s heartbeat. The moment it begins to fade, the planet will slowly forget how to breathe. If we want a future, we must help the Earth breathe again. We already know what to do. Let’s do it. Protect. Conserve. Cherish. Happy #BiodiversityDay @UNBiodiversity #LocalAction #KMGBF #IDB2026 #ForNature

When was the last time you saw a Stag Beetle?

This is the incredible South Door of St Saviour's Church in Dartmouth, UK. While the iron says 1631 testing shows the oak wood dates back to 1361.

The Queen and Paddington Bear 🍊🐻

A beautiful mother Swan carrying her young ones on her back 🤍❤️🤍 A heavy but precious load 🥰 Wednesday evening in Cambridgeshire #Swans #cygnet #wildlife #LoveNature Music license: ASLC-30BBE88F-845B833FCB