We can’t recreate a chalk stream.
We can’t move one.
We can’t build a new one.
We can only protect the ones we have.
📣 Add your voice and tell the Government to protect chalk streams as irreplaceable habitats.
➡️ action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/183198/...
#ChalkStreams #ChalkRivers #UKRivers
#volunteers wanted to join Our Community Litter Blitz with Canal & River Trust along the canal from #Denham Deep Lock to #Uxbridge on Friday 6th March at 10:30am. No experience needed. Book here:
volunteer.canalrivertrust.org.uk/opportunitie...
A Wren is perched with its bill wide open as it sings. Wording above reads: Bird Songs & Calls Practice Sessions.
Join our our expert team to learn bird songs & calls.🐦 #Ornithology
Events are taking place at ⬇️
📍 RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire ➡️ bit.ly/BirdSongsHerts
📍 Irchester Country Park, Northamptonshire ➡️ bit.ly/BirdSongsNort...
📍 Ascott Estate, Bedfordshire ➡️ bit.ly/BirdSongsBedf...
Blue tit enjoying the reserve, photo by member Daniel Ellerby.
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Do you want to know how much rain fell in the #Herts and North #London Area during #January or how high the river flows were?
Here are the actual figures from the @envagency.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#RainFall
Our campaign: ‘A Corridor for Life’ aims to Protect and Restore the Colne Valley to become one of the best green corridors round any city in the UK.
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/project/camp...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker on the reserve. Photo taken by member Iain Nibbsy.
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Lovely to see a more or less full house on our Winter Walk & Talk this morning.The weather stayed dry which was an added bonus😊
Existing members enjoyed the talks from our expert guides and hopefully we have some new members joining up!
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If you want to know why the Colne Valley Regional Park is important for wildlife and people and why it needs to be restored, follow this link and scroll down
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/why-we-need-...
#environment
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Egyptian Goose on the reserve photo by member Andrew Dand
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#eygptiangoose #birds #waterbirds
Britain's Little Egret population is bigger than thought, according to a fascinating new BTO study:
This is one of the most sensitive sites in the Colne Valley, valuable for wildlife and it provides an important green buffer next to the River Colne and the London Loop
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Unfortunately, people still don’t realise what #HeathrowExpansion actually means. FIVE rivers will be diverted, which is unprecedented. Here’s one of them – the Colne Brook. The M25 and local roads would also be diverted.
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/heathrow-pos...
We start 2026 feeling optimistic about the future of our local countryside. In 2025 government stepped up to say positive words about the Colne Valley Regional Park, we hope in 2026, they follow up with action to protect and restore the Colne Valley to benefit people & wildlife.
Male Shelduck at the reserve - photo by Neil Shepherd.
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#birds #waterbirds #shelduck
Female Kingfisher on a branch with a fish in mid-air in the middle of its open beak.
Female Kingfisher at the reserve yesterday. Photo by Steve Beasant.
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#birds #kingfisher
A Water Rail walking across an icy lake.
A "skating" Water Rail at the reserve 😊 Photo by Simon Ridley.
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#waterrail #waterbirds #birds
Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata) on a lichen-covered log with a black background.
Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata) at the reserve.
Deadly poisonous!
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#fungi #fungifriends
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The British Photography Awards 2025
CONGRATULATIONS to @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Barry Webb, on winning the 2025 People’s Choice Award for Macro Photography!
#slimemoulds
#birds Lovely views of Jack Snipe at Maple Lodge today. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds
Sparrowhawk @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social Photo by Martin Patten.
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Photo of a Jack Snipe bird, searching for food by probing its long bill into the mud
New @birdtrack.bsky.social migration blog!
➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/migblog/24-oct-2025 Reports of winter thrushes continued to rise along with Brambling & Goldcrest. We’ve also seen a spike in Jack Snipe & more Short-eared & Long-eared Owls were recorded on the east coast. #Ornithology
#birds Jack Snipe still at Maple Lodge today. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds
#birds Water Rail at Maple Lodge this morning. #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds
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🌾 🐭Join the Mammal Society #NationalHarvestMouseSurvey from Oct to Mar!
Help record nests and protect this species! No experience or specialist equipment is needed and anyone can get involved.
👉 Learn how to get involved: https://mammal.org.uk/current-research/national-harvest-mouse-survey
Common Snipe @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
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#birds #waders #snipe
