Rachel Lowry

@pixeltoofar @BushHeritageAus @BirdlifeOz @guardian Gosh it’s like picking a favourite child! But… Gouldian finch has my vote this year. But I hope those laughing Kookaburras never ever stop laughing, they’re a joy. 🥰

@BushHeritageAus So who did you vote for @Rachlowry? I’ve always loved the iconic Tawny Frogmouth! #BirdsOfTheYear @BirdlifeOz @guardian

It's #BirdoftheYear season, and we're cheering for a few of our favourites in Birdlife Australia and Guardian Australia's competition: the Spotted Pardalote, the Rainbow Bee-eater, and the ever-iconic Tawny Frogmouth. 🌿 These amazing contenders can be found at different locations across our network of reserves around the country, but only one can be crow-ned 2025 Bird of the Year! 👑👀🪶 Vote for your favourite bird today 👉 bit.ly/3J0h2gV 📸 #1 Rowan Mott, at Bellair Reserve, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, VIC 📸 #2 Lucca Amorim, at Tarcutta Hills Reserve, Wiradjuri Country, NSW 📸 #3 Tess Poyner, at Hamelin Station Reserve, Malgana Country, WA #SpottedPardalote #TawnyFrogmouth #RainbowBeeEater #WeLoveNature #Australia

Great news for nature in NSW! 🐨 176,000 hectares of state forest will be added to existing reserves and parks inland of Coffs Harbour to create the Great Koala National Park, which will have a total size of 476,000 hectares. Read more: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/minn-s-go… #Koalas #NSW #Biodiversity #Conservation #GreatKoalaNationalPark

This tree is incredible, a huge heritage-listed Curtain Fig Tree in Far North Queensland, estimated to be at least 500 years old! #tree #queensland #nature

I'm supporting Bush Heritage Australia's Cuppa for the Bush. On 4 March, donate the price of your daily coffee and help protect our precious bush. Will you join me? cuppa.bushheritage.org.au cuppa.bushheritage.org.au #CuppaForTheBush via @BushHeritageAus

1/7 🧵We checked out @FFMVic's planned burn site at Dales Creek. We found a healthy population of #BrushTailedPhascogales! We gave @DEECCAvic the locations. They burnt the habitat anyway. Phascogales are Vulnerable under Vic's state nature laws (FFG Act). #threatenedspecies

How incredible are Gouldian Finches?! There are about 2500 mature birds left in the wild across northern Australia #drawing #gouldianfinch #birdart #pencildrawing

Reports that the PM plans to water down an already weak proposal for a Federal EPA continues this govt's complete lack of courage. A total betrayal of the people and places we love. There is a path to get this through the senate in a better form that actually protects Nature.

If you'd like to listen to something a little bit uplifting before sleep tonight, maybe give this a go? Our Womad talk on nature in the city with the wonderful @MagpiejonesD and Chris Daniels @GreenAdelaideSA abc.net.au/listen/program… @ICON_Science @Biodivcouncil @RMIT_CUR

Australia’s nature is in deep crisis. These 3 easy changes would give our new ‘Nature Positive’ environment laws teeth @peterburnettanu @martine_maron @BrenWintle @Jaana_Dielen via @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/australias-nat…

We are on track to lose the Great Barrier Reef. Research published today in the journal Nature has found that 2024 is the hottest year in the last 400 years. The govt must treat research from our leading scientists with the urgency it deserves. smh.com.au/environment/cl…

Our national list of threatened plants and animals has just reached 2,118 species – it is the tip of the iceberg. Thousands of species are likely to meet the national threatened species criteria but have never been assessed, leaving them without protection under national environmental law. biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/13-specie…

NSW biodiversity conservation laws are getting an overhaul. New commitments by @PennySharpemlc @ChrisMinnsMP address many major issues enabling ongoing nature loss in NSW, such as the biodiversity offsets scheme - but there are still significant gaps, such as inadequate action to address land clearing. Learn more: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/nsw-biodi…

Purchasing Dodgey Downs will reconnect a nature corridor! 🎉 This incredible property is 'dodgey' by name but not by nature. Please help us secure, restore and protect it. Learn more and donate 👉 secure.bushheritage.org.au/donate

Dodgey Downs has to be the best ever name for an Australian reserve 😀 @BushHeritageAus is doing some really valuable conservation work. I support them.

🚨 BREAKING: We have the EU Nature Restoration Law! Member States have just adopted the game-changing law for Europe's degraded ecosystems It's a huge win for the EU's nature, citizens & the economy and the people behind the #RestoreNature campaign! Thank you all 💚

To restore degraded landscapes we need to start improving our native seed supply - only 10% of Aussie plants can be bought as seed - the majority are for trees and shrubs, with diverse understorey species missing - @Samanthaeandres @joeatkinsonii theconversation.com/only-10-of-nat…

Bush Heritage do land restoration better than anyone - an excellent investment in our natural heritage if you happen to have a few pennies spare go.shr.lc/3TkV8Y8

Multiple old growth trees harbouring animals on the verge of extinction inside Victoria’s Yarra Ranges National Park have been cut down by government contractors, in a move a leading conservation scientist has described as "complete madness". au.news.yahoo.com/national-park-…

Like many I’ve been digesting the recent federal budget announcement. The Australian Land Conservation Alliance summary below is an important one. There’s no doubt that our extinction and deforestation rates alone demonstrate that Australia’s nature needs and deserves better.

Vote well. Fly less. Eat less meat. Advocate. And support system change. theguardian.com/environment/ar…