#Grassland

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Grassland, some quantification of loss1932-1984, 92% losspermanent pasture (this includes hay meadow) & rough grassland7.2 million hectares to 0.6 million hectares (Fuller 1987) 2 million acres of grassland lost since

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

I may start a daily tweet,It is not mowing versus not mowingwhat matters is species rich grasslandwe can have lawns mowed which have flowers, insects, short grass can be a

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Grassland, hated by some vegans and rewilders, meat and not ‘natural’. Ancient grasslands are loved by botanists, entomologists, naturalists, conservations, hardy native cattle. Not by many farmers or government policy,

Jonny Ecology

JonnyEcology

Thread 1/14. One of the positives I've tried to take from lockdown is the opportunity for exploring local nature on a deeper level than time normally allows 2/14 This winter

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

This sort of attack on nature conservation is disingenuous and dishonest. You know perfectly well that bullfinch is much commoner than species restricted to Mendip ancient grassland, it is hedge

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

This bloke is full of let farming die, grow meat in vats, no conservationist can support sheep grazing, anti deer stalking. While some places could be woodland and change is

Regina R. Rodrigues

rrrocean

The Pantanal is currently on fire in Brazil and yet this doesn’t make the headlines. I don’t mean to say it is more or less important than current fires on

linden hawthorne

Haggewoods

Origanum vulgare, Wild marjoram, is almost ubiquitous on our North Yorkshire Verges, in flower June–September & buzzing with pollinators. It also supports nearly 50 other invert species as a larval

Parveen Kaswan, IFS

ParveenKaswan

Today is #WorldMangroveDay. So let me remind you. #Mangroves;- acts as buffer & reduce impact of cyclones & #storm surge.- they break the #wind force- provide #habitat to #animals during

John Carey

jgjcarey

Not quite the lushest Nettle bed I encountered on my Corncrake travels this week but I literally almost stood on a bird that was hiding in here!!!!!An amazing experience.These early

Brad Scott

Trichocolea

A quick walk down the road to Forest Row cemetery for #FungiOfTheWorldWeekend to be confused yet again by the waxcaps and other grassland fungi @__clare__ @aplin_nick @fungi_flowers @lukaslarge 1/3 There

Andrew Dreelin

Dreelin4birds

It’s here!! Last Friday I promised a thread on prairie dogs & grassland birds! Well, here’s the thread you never knew you always wanted!Buckle up for an intro to

DownlandsLivestock

Downygrazers

1/3 In 2012 the sheep paddock on Chipstead Downs was a largely scrubbed up site, patches of chalk grassland (CG) had to be hunted out. The sward was dominated by

Ed Chivers 🇪🇺💙

ed_chivers

Hi @DMs_Block - I listened to your episode on ambient weather and wanted to share something. "Bad" weather can have positive effects - have you considered how the weather might

Benedict Macdonald

Rebirding1

1. This is a short thread about the austere, four-legged shaggy carpets of Europe’s wooded grasslands – the European Bison, or WISSENT. From butterflies to beetles, bees to birds, this

Gus Routledge

PinkfootedGus

One of my favourite woods in Midlothian with a few young coos amongst the birches. Other parts of this site are a diverse mosaic of grassland, gorse, wet heath, rush

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