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Scotland’s wildlife needs aspen. But for both to thrive, aspen needs the chance to regenerate and expand.
Find out how you can help aspen return: https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/xiwtaaioaq
#PaintingScotlandYellow #Aspen #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery
Yesterday our team were working on a new site (gifted to Natural England) which includes two meadows and an old orchard off the Pocklington Canal. It's long been neglected, but has huge potential for #naturerecovery and opportunities for public access and engagement in the #LDV.
Workshop 1: Nature Recovery 11.15am to 12.15pm --- Introductions (10 mins) Facilitator role: Welcome participants, set a positive tone, ask everyone to introduce themselves. Activity: Each participant to introduce themselves in 1 minute or less, including: · Name, · Organisation, · Area of expertise, · A nature recovery project they are involved in or interested in. --- Question 1 (20 mins) Peer learning Facilitator: Ask participants to reflect on what they heard during the panels and consider who is at the table. Ask everyone to write down one question for someone else on the table. Facilitator selects a participant to start. Questions are asked and answered. Activity: Each participant writes down one question for someone else at the table on a sticky note. Participants respond. Example prompts: · Ask someone else for advice or expertise, · Ask how you could better collaborate or help someone else, · Ask about challenges they’ve faced or successes they’ve had. Put sticky notes in envelope to be collected. --- Question 2 (25 mins) Barriers and Opportunities Facilitator: Ask participants to reflect on barriers and opportunities they’ve encountered in relation to a nature recovery project (e.g., funding, policy, support, knowledge). Activity: Each participant writes one barrier or one opportunity, on paper, according to their experience. Go around the table and share aloud. Facilitator notes significant points. Follow up prompts: · Can anyone else in the group offer a solution to these barriers? · Has anyone heard of or experienced similar opportunities before? Facilitator notes significant points. --- Closing pledges (5 mins) Reflect, consolidate & commit to action. Activity: Each participant..
Disclaimer: The following text is generated by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) from handwritten sticky notes. Based on your instruction, all notes below have been grouped as responses to Question 1 (Peer learning) from the Nature Recovery workshop. --- Workshop 1: Nature Recovery Question 1 – Peer Learning Responses Burston Rec ground Simply reorientated their football pitch to make more room for other activities, nature recovery etc. · Good relationship with land owners + front trees planted by community. --- Can Climate Ambassadors help with push climate action plans? Technically "no" → but nothing stopping support for a joint push→ local school CAP. --- How to get local involvement in projects when everyone is so busy. Waverley Quaker Wood. Have funding, but need help - when everyone is so busy. Waverley Volunteers for Nature? The Conservation Volunteers. --- Encouraging community engagement against habitat loss. Eg Hartshorn → quiz evening. Public seminar, school visits. (Through Climate Ambassador scheme?) --- How to be successful? · Encourage community engagement → gain visibility. · Eg Hartshorn → quiz evening. · Public seminar, school visits. · (Through Climate Ambassador scheme?) --- How do we attract non climate-fearing members of society to our work in nature conservation. Usability is important - What are group/community groups? NWT are hosting focus groups to gather e.g. ideas through audience research. Also can avoid this so not for "if" they can see themselves.
Disclaimer: The following text is generated by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) from handwritten sticky notes. All notes below have been grouped as responses to Question 2 (Barriers and Opportunities) from the Nature Recovery workshop. --- Workshop 1: Nature Recovery Question 2 – Barriers and Opportunities Responses --- Disinterest from Land Owner · to manage the habitat they own + no offer of money to back volunteers to do the work needed. · Can get money for people only goods --- Opportunity · Celebration / Social community together. · Banner: Overwhelmed --- Wiveton Church yard, event · Wiveton Bell → free drinks · Bakery → free food · Community Celebration --- Opportunities · Support local land owners — challenge, into the mix. · reach out to people with legal expertise? · liaise with District councils · Mass emails to store managers. --- Opportunity - B4RN · Community Fibre - social targets. · B4RN - trying to bring magazines on board who don't like any change or are cybercautious. --- Benefits · Schools are vital parts of the community & change, but harvest/protected by institutional aid resource pressures e.g. funding, curriculum resources. --- Barriers · Discourse within the community's resource access --- Done-to · Wanting to be part of a long-term/ persistent effort, building cohesion, by training every day "Natural Heritage Exhibits" e.g. Harleston from 2022 which is actually quick. --- Meet other people · Networking
Disclaimer: The following text is generated by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) from handwritten sticky notes. All notes below have been grouped as responses to the Closing Pledges section of the Nature Recovery workshop. --- Workshop 1: Nature Recovery Closing Pledges – Reflect, Consolidate & Commit to Action --- 1. ASK! lots of people will help! Pledge --- 1. How do we change minds? This is a crisis. 2. Reach out to local nature projects Pledge --- 1. How can NWT support the amplification of local action on the ground? Pledge --- 1. Communication = Success 2. How do we change minds? This is a crisis. 3. Reach out to local nature projects Pledge --- 1. Apprenticeship for intergenerational Nature recovery & other sectors Pledge --- 1. More interaction with local based projects – annual gathering? Paid venue. Pledge --- 1. I will budget Adrian + Jen to provide our Nature Recovery for a key fund Pledge
We then spent an hour in facilitated group discussions. I hosted one of the twelve groups to talk about #NatureRecovery. Here are some of our group’s discussions (see ALT text)
Alt text: A panel listing titled "NATURE RECOVERY" with five speakers and their affiliations: Martha Meek (Director, River Waveney Trust), Richard Parmee (Biodiversity Manager, Mid Suffolk Council), Trevor Graham (Director, Harleston Greenspace CIC; Chair of Environment Committee, South Norfolk District Council), Daniel Wade (Project Manager at WaLOR, Suffolk Wildlife Trust), and Andy Donnelly (Director, Enviropartner UK Ltd; Lead Facilitator 4 Rivers Project, Deben Climate Centre).
Now for the #NatureRecovery panel
DEADLINE TOMOROW ! PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB.
#phd #ecology #rewilding #naturerecovery #bird #plant #invertebrates #biodiveristy #research #teesside
Recently we welcomed the Natural England leadership teams from the north of England to our NNR Base, which provided a great opportunity to showcase our work in the #LDV NNR and surrounding area, as well as looking at how our new Community Hub will further enable #NatureRecovery in the wider area 🐦
The Large Tortoiseshell butterfly has been spotted again in southern England after disappearing in the 1950s.
Warmer temperatures across Europe are helping
goinggreenpodcast.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
#Butterflies #ClimateChange #WildlifeUK #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #UKNature #Pollinators
🌿 Maidstone wildlife boosted by our Nature Recovery Fund 🌿 Funding awarded to local groups to protect habitats & support priority species. 💚 Another funding round is now open. 🔗 news.maidstone.gov.uk/home/news/20...
#NatureRecovery #Maidstone
📸Cllr Tony Harwood & High Weald Swifts
Sunrise over a pond the Peterborough #GreenTalent team have worked on at Boardwalk Nature Reserve.
#NLHF #Community #NatureRecovery
🦫 Beavers return to Norfolk, transforming wetlands and boosting wildlife! 🌿 Read more: https://ow.ly/Zx2U50Yq0mX #Beavers #NorfolkWildlife #Rewilding #Conservation #NatureRecovery
So good to catch up with colleagues from BHCC, BHFP, and the SDNPA. It takes a village (or a city and a national park!) to make landscape-scale change happen. 🤝✨
#ChangingChalk #SouthDowns #NatureRecovery #Brighton #Lewes
Butterflies returning soon! 🦋 Every policy makes a difference to protect their future! #ButterflyLove #NatureRecovery #EvergreenCares @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Today we begin a new chapter: Cymru Wyllt / Wild Cymru.
We believe Wales can be wilder — in its landscapes, its wildlife and its spirit. This isn’t just a new name. It’s our vision for nature recovery.
What does a wilder Wales mean to you?
#CymruWyllt #NatureRecovery
🌎Check out our new #paper which analyses #AI-generated representations of #rewilding produced by different chatbots alongside visual and textual materials from UK rewilding advocacy organisations. #Rewilding #CriticalAIAnalysis #ConservationScience #NatureRecovery
PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB.
ONly two weeks left to apply!
#phd #ecology #rewilding #naturerecovery #bird #plant #invertebrates #biodiveristy #research #teesside
Nice to host a group of Bishop Burton students yesterday afternoon/into the evening – looking at our ringing and tracking projects to help understand and inform site management and functionally linked land, and which delivery tools to use where in helping #NatureRecovery 🐦
Chalk streams are the jewels in our national heritage. Today I'm presenting a bill to require the Government to nominate chalk streams for UNESCO's Natural World Heritage Status
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
#ClimateAndNature
#naturerecovery
#chalkstream
Veitch Land is a designated Local Wildlife Site, home to diverse habitats & wildlife. 💚 We've recently had issues with off-road biking & litter. Please help protect this area by sticking to paths, reporting issues, and taking litter home. Thank you! 🌱 #Maidstone #NatureRecovery
Fancy helping monitor ponds for Great Crested Newt in Shropshire? 💧 Join as a volunteer April–June, full training & free transport! 🌿 #Shropshire #Volunteering #NatureRecovery
Mainstreaming nature ensures societal values are recognised and encourages investment: Food Security: Nature makes our food production possible. Water Security: Clean and reliable water Culture & Livelihoods: Nature anchors national identity, rooting people in their community & traditions Health & Wellbeing: Nature enhances quality of life Climate Mitigation & Energy Security: Nature provides our best tools to tackle climate change Climate Adaptation & Reilience: Nature based solutions safeguard property, livelihoods & lives Copyright JNCC
🌿 We’ve published an introduction to our Science Signpost report series which highlight opportunities & evidence needed to accelerate #NatureRecovery across the UK - offering thought leadership & practical ideas to support better policy & investment.
🔗 data.jncc.gov.uk/data/8e1f7b5...
The weather is getting more extreme. Floods, heatwaves, droughts… you name it.
So why are calls to roll back environmental rules getting louder?
goinggreenpodcast.blogspot.com/2026/02/when...
#ClimateResilience #NatureRecovery #GoingGreen #SustainabilityUK #WaterQuality
#WestNorthantsLNRS public consultation is now open! If you live in the area, #haveyoursay on this #naturerecovery strategy.
NCS mapped this LNRS' Areas that Could Become of particular importance for biodiversity and supported the #StatementofBiodiversity.
www.westnorthants.gov.uk/consultation...
By the end of Feb over 10,000 trees will have been planted! Well done to our volunteers, we couldn't do it without you 😁
Click here to volunteer: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8
#hedges #CPRE #hedgerowheroes #naturerecovery #friendsoflakes #planting #trees #wildlife #conservation #volunteer
The Research summary posted today in The Applied Ecologist! appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/02/19/p... @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social
#woodlandcreation #woodlandtrust #naturerecovery #soilcarbon
On Friday 20th February, hear about nature recovery in Greater Lincolnshire, both on land and at sea. Presenter, Tammy Smalley, has been the Head of Conservation at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust since 2016. Find out more at www.sgsoc.org/events/natur...
#NatureRecovery #Lincolnshire #SpaldingEvents
Brilliant.
#NatureRecovery #EcosystemRestoration #Rewilding
Two light brown horses standing close together in a lush green meadow under soft sunlight.
Happy Lunar New Year 🧧
Year of the Horse 🐎✨
📸 Konik ponies — one of the largest ‘pony’ breeds (often horse-sized!). ‘Konik’ literally means small horse. Bred to live in the wild, they help us restore habitats through conservation grazing.
#LunarNewYear #YearOfTheHorse #Konik #NatureRecovery
(2/4) Snaizeholme Valley is one of the largest upland woodland creation projects in the #YorkshireDales, forming a part of the #WhiteRoseForest #NorthernForest. Its carefully planned tree planting is designed to boost #naturerecovery, and #climatechange mitigation benefits at a landscape scale.
🌎🧪New #blog ahead of our upcoming #research #paper: Why visual #representation in #rewilding matters👬👫🌳👩👩👧 Visual patterns reveal exclusionary visions of #landscapes & environmental futures. #AI generated images risk amplifying biases tinyurl.com/y9dyyfrf #repeopling #UK #naturerecovery #socialjustice
