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Astonished by the resilience of this Yorkshire Sandwort Arenaria norvegica subsp. anglica on Ingleborough the other day. Growing on a tiny scrap of moss on a bone dry slab of limestone during one of the longest spring droughts on record. 🫡 ✊

Working on 'other' phones 🙄 now too. Thanks Miles 😁

Hi Miles. The link in this post doesn't appear to work? Sounds like an interesting project.

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development www.theguardian.com/environment/...

😆😉 Genius idea! Robo-pooch! 🐾🐶

Volunteering Weekend

People suffering most from climate crisis unable to cope – activist The best way to solve the environmental crisis is to tackle the problem of inequality - that's the argument made by Tony Juniper in his new book ‘Just Earth’.

People suffering most from climate crisis unable to cope – activist
www.channel4.com/news/people-...

Three individuals using binoculars observe a wintry landscape with distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Beaver tail tracks in the snow.

A person in a green jacket using binoculars to observe the environment in a dense pine forest.

We've experienced all sorts of weather in the past few months, but something we can always look forward to - whatever the season - is the wildlife 🌱

Our countryside ranger Pete has some great tips for spotting species 🔍

Find them at ➡️ cairngorms.co.uk/voices/watch... 🌿

These deeply beautiful maps show the migration patterns of––respectively––Curlew, Kittiwake & Blackcap.
From this interactive migration atlas recording migrations of 300 bird species: migrationatlas.org
Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together.

That new land use policy that the Tories call ‘national suicide’? It’s urgent, essential – and their idea | Henry Dimbleby No, it isn’t a leftwing plot, it’s a proposal I authored for the Conservatives in 2021. And it could be brilliantly transformative for England, says Henry Dimbleby, managing partner of Bramble Partner...

“We need to reverse the collapse in biodiversity, before it threatens our own survival. Without pollinators or healthy soil micro-organisms, we won’t be able to grow enough food to feed ourselves.”

Henry Dimbleby speaking about the land use policy.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our Dark Skies Festival kicks off next weekend! It's a great opportunity to explore the beauty of the night sky, and with its stunning landscapes and clear skies.

📸 Paul Clark | #YorkshireDales #DarkSkiesFestival #DarkSkyReserve

Yesterday in @andrewpakes.bsky.social debate on apprenticeships, Environment APPG supporter @terryjermymp.bsky.social discussed how green apprenticeships will be key to building the skills we need to close the green skills gap as we transition to a more climate and nature-friendly society 🌷

Had to stop and admire this Lancashire style of hedge-laying today, on land which was historically in Lancashire!

#Hedgelaying #Hedgerows

On the 75th anniversary of the legislation that led to the creation of National Landscapes, we're looking to the future. We crunch the numbers on the outsize role National Landscapes could play in delivering 30by30 if adequately resourced.
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Kerenza McClarnan, arts development and programme manager, spoke to a packed house at the Northern Nature Culture and Place Forum organised by Ecosystems Knowledge Network in Leeds today.
She was invited to provide the provocation for the #NNCP25 event and asked 'Who are you inviting?'

Beat the winter blues when you join us for some hands-on conservation #volunteering. We have opportunities to get involved in #treeplanting work, helping to increase tree cover, capture carbon and support wildlife. Find out more and sign-up here: https://bit.ly/wintervolunteerevents
#NorthPennines

Manchester based rapper OneDa created 'Connections' for her Nature Calling commission, working with Forest of Bowland National Landscape. She spent time in Bowland and ran Hip Hop workshops with young people in nearby Burnley. Visit the Nature Calling website to listen: tinyurl.com/4x54bzmh

That'll learn ya! 😂

Our #HeritageTreasures are the important species in the #NorthPenninesNationalLandscape. We're celebrating adders, with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, sharing why these creatures are special and need to be protected northpennines.org.uk/what_we_do/n... #HeritageTreasuresDay

15 mile winter epic to Pendle summit & back🏃🏻Lapwing and winter thrushes foraging lower down. Short-eared owl quartering the moor. Deep drifts and cornices on the summit plateau. Bliss! 😎

I've been lucky enough to have a sneak peek of some of this work and I think it's gonna be fantastic. Can't wait! #arts #landscapes #nature @stoat65.bsky.social @jimdixonwriter.bsky.social

Volunteer with us & become a vital part of our work. We have opportunities throughout January to support #nature recovery & historic environment work across the National Landscape. Find out more & sign-up here: https://buff.ly/42gSA2n
#volunteering #NorthPennines

Snow on ground, single gate, freezing fog with sun peeping through the mist above the gate.

From a while ago whilst walking on a quarry track at Orton Scar in winter in #cumbria, #uk Freezing fog with some snow on the ground. The sun is there but weak. The isolated gate stops cars going to the Limestone Quarry further up the track.

#landscspephotography
#winter
#Westmorlanddales

Back home in the Borderlands...always so tranquil 😊

A photo of four Curlew eggs in a nest of dried grass. Across the top of the photo is a graphic of falling snow. In one corner is a red number 24, wearing two Santa hats.

We finish our 2024 #CurlewAdvent on a note of hope.

With so much fantastic conservation work being undertaken to help Curlews both in the UK and elsewhere, our Christmas wish is for a great 2025 breeding season

Heading out for a walk?
National Landscapes have walks on their websites so you can easily find a route.
Find your new favourite here:
national-landscapes.org.uk/national-lan...
Or the slow ways website has many new routes joining towns and cities.
beta.slowways.org

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I have rather split loyalties these days...but when it comes to cheese...Lancs wins hands down 🧀

Better with a bit of Lancashire though...natch! 😉

I'm no expert, but isn't that a red kite?