@ryebankfields.bsky.social
Conscientious Protectors of a rewilded urban green space ๐ under threat of destruction by Manchester Metropolitan University ๐ซ
@paulpowlesland.bsky.social @cerysmatthews.bsky.social a plug would be lovely for this fundraiser event to #SaveRyebankFields โบ๏ธ ..just about 20 mins from @bbc6music.bsky.social studios in Salford if any of your colleagues fancy coming along Cerys ๐ค
09.07.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Paul Woodโs ๐ โTree Huntingโ Book Launch (featuring our own #Aspen Grove) and screening of Ben Gibbsโ documentary ๐ฌ โSave These Fieldsโ ๐ณ about us - at Dulcimer, Chorlton on 20th July - all proceeds to RFCGs Alternative Plan Application for Ryebank Fields www.ticketsource.co.uk/save-ryebank...
01.07.2025 18:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2@cerysmatthews.bsky.social great to hear you featuring Paul Woodโs book on #6music ๐ He came to #RyebankFields Manchester looking for our rare #ManchesterPoplar and wrote about our rare #AspenGrove both are under threat of development by #ManMetUni www.saveryebankfields.co.uk/features/asp...
01.06.2025 09:24 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you ๐คฉ
13.05.2025 00:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ah so sorry we didnโt see you there! a magic evening and some moving words by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social about access, reciprocity, and community that really resonated for our campaign ๐ #wearenature
13.05.2025 00:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So lovely to meet you and connect @salthepoet.bsky.social ๐ค
13.05.2025 00:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0*Sound On* Rewarded for the 3am alarm by the birdsong in the woods and then this beautiful sunrise on #InternationalDawnChorusDay
Letโs make sure itโs not their last May #SaveRyebankFields
If you liked this - 24 hours to object to the felling of many of these oaks and tearing up grassland and scrub habitats home to hedgehogs, wood mice tawny owl and more! www.saveryebankfields.co.uk/object-now/
04.04.2025 22:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yes - this is not about loss of โa viewโ or โovercrowdingโ. Itโs about the loss of a place thatโs so important to 100s of not 1000s who spend time here regularly, some daily. For many itโs our church, our community centre, our playground, our youth club, our garden. For some, a home ๐ฆ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
24.03.2025 00:29 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0100 years ago, this rewilded urban greenfield space was claypits with only an ancient ditch, a row of magnificent Black Poplars, and a hedgerow. Please join our campaign and object to #MMU plans to build on this special beloved place #RewildingTogether www.saveryebankfields.co.uk/object-now/
20.03.2025 17:43 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We wondered if it was that one! That phrase inspired by our own Ryebank Song maybe..and the wording on our profile pic here. Itโs what itโs all about for some of us ๐ชบ #HomesForEveryone
06.02.2025 13:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ooh which is yours @minimastersart.bsky.social? Theyโre all beautiful ๐ฅน and each square full of love and our histories and connection with the land. #Reciprocity @righttoroam.bsky.social we think youโll understand..
05.02.2025 22:42 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1The case for Heathrow expansion was commissioned by the airport themselves (ie not independent) and based on methodology the Government itself has discredited!
02.02.2025 10:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Are there student rate tix do you know?
02.02.2025 10:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Our own #Imbolc ceremony at Ryebank Fields - hoping Brighid will spread her cloak and protect our #Aspen and the surrounding grasslands and woodlands from the #ManMetUni bulldozers ๐ค
02.02.2025 01:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ooh you do look alike, thatโs a lovely find after all this time ๐ค
02.02.2025 01:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Beautiful #Imbolc celebration in our #Aspen Grove this evening โจ poetry, readings and music from ๐ฏ๐ต to ๐ฎ๐ช
The #community and #culture of Ryebank Fields are a part of why we can and do fight so hard to save them from the bulldozers. We have a relationship with this land ๐ค#WildService #RightToRoam
In South Manchester, we have a nature shortage - not a housing land shortage
#Housing #brownfieldfirst #saveryebankfields #urbannature
โค๏ธโ๐ฅ Cockles well and truly warmed ๐ค a jolly #ryebankfields ๐ #wassail ๐ป Thanks to everyone who was there for being part of it ๐
"For in this city of stone, well the green is always near...and I hope to see you back again, when we do this again next year!"
Letโs make sure of it
#saveryebankfields โ๐ผ
๐๐๐ฅWASSAIL!! ๐ช๐๐ป
Today Saturday 11th *at 4pm* - our annual Orchard Wassail ๐๐ป
Please join us, all welcome. Bring a noisemaker, or just your voice, and bring a mug and donation to exchange for some warm mulled Apple Juice or Cider ๐บ
Absolutely gorgeous and so close to our hearts โบ๏ธ (see profile pic!)
09.01.2025 11:38 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Find out more and sign up for updates via our website: www.saveryebankfields.co.uk
08.01.2025 21:41 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Our oaks ๐ณ 100s of them, all under threat. Please join our campaign to save them, and the rest of the ecosystem they are part of ๐๐ผ www.saveryebankfields.co.uk/features/mil...
08.01.2025 21:39 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0We have more than a 100 oaks, and many of them will be a quarter of a century old this year. Will they make it to a century? Not if Manchester City Council let ManMetUni and Step Places have their way ๐
#saveryebankfields
www.saveryebankfields.co.uk/features/mil...
Something of a #Star theme on @cerysmatthews.bsky.social show this morning, if youโre in Manchester head to #RyebankFields for the last day of our Star Trail โจ even more magical in the #snow
05.01.2025 12:54 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โจ #solstice blessings to the Fields โจ
25.12.2024 09:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โจ Seasonโs Greetings to all our #RyebankFields community, wherever you are. Some photos and footage here of our candlelit Solstice celebrations, the launch of the star trail with wintry singing led by the wonderful Jules Gibb. We sprinkled a little magic across the Fields โจ
25.12.2024 09:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0