Text- ECT Newsletter: Bringing you news on long-term experiments and from our partners. 4 photos from top left clockwise: Resilient Landscapes conference banner. Celebrating the installation of the interp board at Aston Rowant. 2 white men checking out the drone before use at North Wyke Farm Platform. 3 white women standing on heathland smiling at the camera.
Our two-monthly #newsletter is for anyone who likes to hear about new publications, events & updates from the #ecological #LongTermExperiments #LTEs in our network & from our partners.
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16.02.2026 11:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LTE Site of the Week: Somerford Mead, England. Landscape photo of a meadow showing cattle either side of a fence. Running since 1985, David Gowing, Open University. Icons for grassland and grazing.
Somerford Mead, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.
David Gowing at @openuniversity.bsky.social is the current custodian of this #LTE. He is testing how #grazing affects meadow #restoration.
bit.ly/SomerfordM
Read his blog bit.ly/3CLizBH
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social
13.02.2026 10:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Wednesday 10 Feb. Photo on the right shows a stream and trees.
Session 6: A Vision For the Future and Close. Dr Hannah Rudman
James Hutton Institute & The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital Back to the future: the community play. Discussion and feedback Prof. Bridget Emmett OBE, British Ecological Society.
After hearing from Hannah Rudman’s reflection @hannahrudman.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk & the concluding symposium discussion, what ONE key action will you take towards your #LandscapeScale project?
& what will you do when you’re back at work towards this action?
Tell us below!
#RLASSymposium 🌍
11.02.2026 15:05 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wednesday 10 Feb. Photo on the right a stream with vegetation either side.
Will Stephens (3Keel) Exploring Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs) for resilient landscapes and stakeholder value. Melissa Swartz & Keith Davie (Environment Agency) Blending funding at scale – what is possible. Henry Leveson-Gower (Promoting Economic Pluralism) Relationships, adaptation and a just transition.
Funding the #LandscapeScale projects:
How do you think you can adapt the LENs for your landscape-scale project?
Which insight stood out to you about blended #finance?
How could you use the co-design template for shared stewardship?
#RLASSymposium #GreenFinance 🌍
11.02.2026 13:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wednesday 10 Feb. Photo on the top right shows a valley. Session 4: Engaging and involving communities and landowners.
Diana Sandon (Dialogue Matters) Landscape governance & justice enabling positive and resilient landscape change. Dr Jan Hogarth (SCAMP Landscape Connections, Dumfries & Galloway Council) SCAMP Landscape Connections coastodians & custodians. Prof. Ellen Weerman (HAS University of Applied Sciences) Fast forward to sponge landscapes Experiences from a case study in the Netherlands
Engaging & involving communities & #landowners:
What will you do differently when connecting with others after hearing Diana’s talk?
What is your biggest take-away from the SCAMP Landscape Connections #restoration project, & the Netherlands case study?
#RLASSymposium #Farmers #Restoration 🌍
11.02.2026 11:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As chair, Dr Julie Ewald @ja-ewald.bsky.social from the @gwct.org.uk kicks off day 2 of the #RLASSymposium 🌍
11.02.2026 09:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tuesday 10 Feb. Photo on the right shows a landscape view of vegetation with trees in the distance. Session 3: Working in Partnership. A list of names, organisational affiliations, and talk titles for the session.
Tuesday 10 Feb. Photo on the right shows a landscape view of vegetation with trees in the distance. Session 3: Working in Partnership. A list of names, organisational affiliations, and talk titles for the session.
Partnership is essential if we are working at a #LandscapeScale. Which talk in session 3 was your personal highlight?
@hutton.ac.uk @rspb.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
#RLASPartnership #RLASSymposium 🌍
10.02.2026 16:15 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tuesday 10 Feb. Photo on the right shows a stream running through a valley. Session 2: Working at scale. A list of all the speakers, their affiliations and their talk titles.
Working at scale:
What do you think is the biggest challenge in resilient landscape #restoration? @cieem.bsky.social
Which of Caroline’s case studies did you find the most interesting?
What do you think of the Severn Treescapes project, & the Fens #landscape transition?
#RLASSymposium🌍
10.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Where is your #LandscapeScale project?
Delegates are encouraged to pin their project on the map & tell us about their project back in the conference room, & then afterwards, why not share more in the comments below on your project?
#RLASSymposium 🌍
10.02.2026 11:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tuesday 10 Feb. Photo top right of a valley.
Session 1: Setting the Scene. Jessica Findlay (NatureScot) Land and seascape scale nature restoration and climate adaptation in Scotland. Mike Morecroft (Natural England) Science for nature recovery: learning by doing in a changing climate.
"Setting the scene” with @naturescot.bsky.social & @naturalengland.bsky.social.
Which project in Jessica’s talk caught your eye?
& given the challenges that Mike presents, how can we ensure that #LTEs continue?
@mikemorecroft.bsky.social
#RLASSymposium #LandscapeScale 🌍
10.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dr Tony Juniper CBE @tonyjuniper.bsky.social from @naturalengland.bsky.social delivers the symposium keynote A century of transformation: plotting Nature's recovery from the 1970s to the 2070s. #RLASSymposium #LandscapeScale #Nature 🌍
10.02.2026 10:00 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Dr Clive Mitchell from @naturescot.bsky.social welcomes everyone to #Scotland. #RLASSymposium #LandscapeScale 🌍
10.02.2026 09:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome to the #RLASSymposium!
We begin with an introduction to the first #RLASPartnership symposium by Prof. Bridget Emmett OBE @britishecologicalsociety.org. 17 organisations make up this partnership, & we hope it will provide connectivity between #LandscapeScale #LTEs 🌍
10.02.2026 09:42 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Tomorrow is #NationalSnowdropDay!
Have any #LongTermExperiment researchers seen any #snowdrops onsite?
If so, post a photo below & don’t forget to mention which #LTE you work at.
#NationalSnowdropDay 🌏
06.02.2026 10:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ECT at 10 Years — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -
ECT trustee Jonathan Silvertown (University of Edinburgh) writes about the Ecological Continuity Trust reaching its 10th anniversary in this blog.
2018 marked the ECT’s 10-year anniversary, & in 2019, ECT #trustee @jwsilvertown.bsky.social at Edinburgh University wrote a #blog reflecting on its origins at @britsciassoc.bsky.social in 2004 bit.ly/30GQzi8
@britishecologicalsociety.org @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social #LTE 🌏
05.02.2026 09:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LTE Site of the Week: Ruabon Moor. Aerial photo looking down on heathland Running since 1989, Chris Field & Simon Caporn, Manchester Metropolitan University. Icons for heath and nutrients
Ruabon Moor #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.
Chris Field & Simon Caporn at @manmetuni.bsky.social are trying to understand the effects of #nitrogen on upland #heath bit.ly/RuabonMoor
Listen to our #interview #podcast with Simon Caporn bit.ly/3Cpz6I2 🌏
04.02.2026 09:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Text: See you at the Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2026. 3 photos from left to right: A lake sandwiched by land, a landscape view of a valley, a stream with vegetation either side.
Not long to go now until the #RLASSymposium!
The #RLASPartnership looks forward to welcoming delegates to this event next week in Edinburgh at the @thebotanics.bsky.social.
Until then, see the programme & the abstracts: bit.ly/RLASProg #LandscapeScale 🌏
03.02.2026 11:29 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
5/5 If you liked this #WorldWetlandsDay2026 thread then sign up to our 2-monthly #newsletter to learn more about #LTEs bit.ly/ECTNews 🌏
02.02.2026 10:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Aerial photo of the peatbog site with wooden pathways forming a pattern.
4/5 Scotland
Whim Bog - Netty van Dijk & Matt Jones @ukceh.bsky.social bit.ly/WhimBog
#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #LTEs🌏
02.02.2026 10:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
A peatbog landscape with a hill in the distance to the right.
A landscape photo of grassland and vegetation with a few trees in the distance.
3/5 England
Peatland-ES-UK- @andreasheinem.bsky.social @york.ac.uk bit.ly/PeatlandESUK
Wicken Fen- Francine Hughes @angliaruskin.bsky.social bit.ly/WickenF
#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #LTEs🌏
02.02.2026 10:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A stream runs through the landscape with trees.
A lake sandwiched by land.
A wooden pathway runs from the front of the photo to the back where there is equipment.
2/5 Wales
Plynlimon Catchments- Jade Hatton @ukceh.bsky.social bit.ly/Plynlimon
Llyn Brianne- @steveormerod.bsky.social at Cardiff University bit.ly/LlynBrianne
Cors Fochno- Ben Keane @york.ac.uk bit.ly/CorsFochno
#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #LTEs 🌏
02.02.2026 10:05 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
1/5 It’s #WorldWetlandsDay2026! @ramsar.org
#LongTermExperiments #LTEs help us understand how #ClimateChange affects these #ecosystems.
Here are some #wetland #LTEs registered with us: 🌏
02.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
@climchangesoil.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
30.01.2026 10:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Frequent Droughts Reduce Carbon Stabilisation in Organo‐Mineral Soils
Climate change is increasing drought frequency, threatening the stability of soil carbon sinks. Using a biogeochemical soil model, we simulated carbon cycling in an organo-mineral soil to understand ...
While it is known that #drought affects #CarbonSequestration, it is unknown how the #soil is affected if they occur frequently.
A new paper on the #LongTermExperiment Clocaenog in Wales shows that drought frequency affects carbon sequestration more than the duration of it: bit.ly/3NCLGis
30.01.2026 10:52 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
In March 2024, Jonathan Storkey from @rothamsted.bsky.social spoke about the Park Grass #LongTermExperiment that has been going since 1856 at our lunchtime bi-monthly #webinar.
Watch it on YouTube bit.ly/3ybMy5Q 🌏
29.01.2026 09:36 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
LTE Site of the Week: Rowden Plots, England. Aerial photo looking down on grassland. Running since 1982, Adrian Collins, Rothamsted Research. Icons for grassland, nutrients and grazing.
Rowden Plots, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.
Adrian Collins at @rothamsted.bsky.social is investigating the effects of draining #grassland plots on #ecosystem productivity bit.ly/RowdenPlots
See their website for more bit.ly/3r8syeZ
@ukceh.bsky.social
28.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ECT Newsletter: Bringing you news on long-term experiments and from our partners. 4 photos from top left clockwise: Resilient Landscapes conference banner. Celebrating the installation of the interp board at Aston Rowant. 2 white men checking out the drone before use at North Wyke Farm Platform. 3 white women standing on heathland smiling at the camera.
Our #newsletter is for anyone who is interested in using #evidence for #ecological action.
Subscribe today: bit.ly/ECTNews 🌏
27.01.2026 10:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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