@amberallott

Kiwi journo in the UK and environment specialist @NationalWorld. All opinions shared are my own 💚 Got a story you think I should cover? Send me a message!

 London, United Kingdom
Joined June 2017
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UK charity lightening the load for donkeys and horses 'critical' to people of Gaza nationalworld.com/news/world…

UK charity lightening the load for donkeys and horses 'critical' to people of Gaza

Evacuees count on their animals to help them get away from conflict zones, but many are suffering from a lack of food or even shrapnel injuries

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Really pleased that our @NationalWorld team, and @isabellaboneham and @RalphBlackburn individually, have been shortlisted for the @ukaop awards ukaop.org/digital-publishing… nationalworld.com
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This, by @amberallott, is lovely and an antidote to most of modern life. How to be a birdwatcher from home, with 2024's best 'nest cams' nationalworld.com/news/envir…
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"I'm always happy to see a large company improve the space in which birds could move. However it’s important that Lidl does not end their ambitions for chickens here." - Our CEO @CMJackson_ tells @NationalWorld nationalworld.com/news/uk/li…

Lidl announces 'big change' to chicken welfare, a month after hock burn investigation

Lidl says the changes had been in the works for some time, and were not linked to a recent investigation by an animal welfare charity

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Hey team! Every Tuesday from here on out, I'll be taking over the NationalWorld Today newsletter - bringing you some of the UK's most important, pressing, weird and wonderful environment stories. If that's something you're into, sign up for free here: nationalworld.com/newsletter💚
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Tried to save a sleepy bee yesterday, not sure that it's made it... but, you can do things to help our vital but struggling bumblebee species🐝(*yes that is a honeybee!), read @amberallott & @BumblebeeTrust's guide to things you can do in your garden: nationalworld.com/news/envir…

How to attract bumblebees to your garden this spring, and help save species in strife

Many of the UK's 24 surviving native bumblebees are in trouble, and need all the help they can get

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.@NationalWorld finds white striping disease on a 'large majority' of the chicken beasts on offer in a South London @LidlGB - just as we found in our new report. 👇 nationalworld.com/news/uk/ch…

New investigations suggest faeces 'burns' rife in UK supermarket chicken

NationalWorld has looked into the claims at four different grocery stores, which Lidl says don't stack up with its own findings

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Seabird supporters celebrate, as Defra bans sandeel fishing nationalworld.com/news/envir…

Seabird supporters celebrate, as Defra bans sandeel fishing

Sandeels, commonly ground up for fish meal, are an important food source for beloved seabirds like puffins

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Timely tips from @WoodlandTrust to help #SaveOurWildlife in winter nationalworld.com/news/envir…

How to help wildlife in your garden this winter, and protect hibernating critters

Dormice, hedgehogs, bats and toads are among the critters which may be snuggled up and sleeping in UK gardens right now

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Trees: The ancient giants and much-loved trees lost in 2023 - including the Sycamore Gap Tree trib.al/voMBwl7

The ancient giants and much-loved trees Britain lost in 2023

The Sycamore Gap tree was not the only famous or beloved British tree that was downed in 2023

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Veganuary 2024: Why you should make trying out veganism a New Year's Resolution this January trib.al/T4bRDjW

Why you should give Veganuary a try in the new year

You don't have to commit to the lifestyle forever, but why not try a New Year's resolution that will make a tangible difference to nature?

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We agree with Björk: intensive salmon farming "is an extraordinarily cruel way to make food" that comes with serious environmental concerns. It is not a sustainable way to produce food. Article by @amberallott for @NationalWorld nationalworld.com/news/envir…

Salmon CEO goes head-to-head with Björk over bid to end open-pen fish farming

The chief of a salmon farming operation called out by Björk says she has clear opinions, but "we find that not everyone agrees with her"

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Absolute blast from the past reporting on the most important event in NZ's political calendar from London - @Forest_and_Bird's Bird of the Century 🪶 Congrats to pūteketeke for its well deserved win, despite the American interference... nationalworld.com/news/envir…

John Oliver's Pūteketeke pick crowned Bird of the Century, amid calls of fowl play

It's the highlight of New Zealand's political calendar, but some decried John Oliver's campaign to crown the grebe species Bird of the Century

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Charles Darwin Oak: Council approves felling of 550-year-old tree linked to famed naturalist for new bypass trib.al/Us4GTwO

Outrage as council approves felling of Charles Darwin oak for new bypass

Not long after the illegal felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, another iconic British tree may be lost

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Hawthorn berries: bumper autumn crop UK's biggest on record - and it's good news for wildlife trib.al/IfTHDHi

Bumper Hawthorn crop UK's biggest on record - and it's good news for wildlife

This autumn has been rated "exceptional" on the fruit scale, and may be the UK's best on record

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North Sea oil: environmentalists slam government over 'backwards' move to grant 27 new oil and gas licences trib.al/LgRajmQ

Environmentalists slam 'backwards' move to grant 27 new oil and gas licences

Greenpeace says it plans to fight the new oil and gas exploration licences in court

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'We demand allotments': huge living artwork 'guerrilla planted' at old Tesco site as 170,000 languish on waitlists trib.al/6KL8l75

Living artwork 'guerrilla planted' on old Tesco site as 170,000 wait for allotments

Greenpeace says data released to them revealed the longest wait for a council allotment was 15 years

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Just Stop Oil: University College London and four other university buildings 'painted orange' by student activists trib.al/zpCyGb6

University College London and four others 'painted orange' by Just Stop Oil

UCL's iconic pillars now sport orange squiggles, while buckets of paint have been hurled at Exeter University's Stella Turk building

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023: 'golden horseshoe' scores undersea photographer Laurent Ballesta second win trib.al/3wl5qeq

'Golden horseshoe' wins top prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

The winning snap features an otherworldly image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab accompanied by a trio of golden trevallies

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Vanishing flowers: Kew Gardens study finds nearly half of all flowering plants at risk - with big impacts on medicine trib.al/O2to9tj
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