Carl Sayer

The glory of a well managed Norfolk marl pit #pond. If a little buffered from the fields & no inflow pipe ponds can be spectacularly diverse even in intensive arable. Ponds are probably the most important farm habitat @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social

Simon Johnson from @freshwaterbio.bsky.social talking straight about the poor state of Norfolk's River Wensum
#wensumriverkin

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Yes!!!!!! Surely yes!!!!!!

Yes 1 mm scale

I will defo a look at that!!!

Thanks so much :)

Could it be Silene noctiflora?

I need find out!

A palaeoecological plant find from a Breckland ghost ice age pond core (East Harling, E. England). Puzzled over by @hayleymcmechan.bsky.social & myself. Help with ID please team!! Seems obvious but stuck. @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social

Such a shame. What a missed opportunity with loads economic benefits missed too... :(

A wooded multi-channel #chalkstream in a Norfolk (eastern England) military training area that has avoided tidying & dredging. Lots of fallen wood & bankside trees. Sparkling gravel patches, sands & leaf packs. Crystal clear waters fed by healthy local springs. Everything we have lost & want back

What is & who are Wensum Riverkin? Meet a river in trouble & meet the team who will never stop fighting for it - part 2 #wensumriverkin

4 brill volunteers standing in a farm pond

Digging Crassula helmsii out if a farm pond

The invasive plant, New Zealand Pigmywort Crassula helmsii, is a big trouble maker, but can be hand-picked & dug out of ponds & eradicated. Over recent days our Julia Mumford-Smith & 4 volunteers worked hard to clear Crassula from 2 species-rich North Norfolk farm ponds. Crassula can be beaten!!!

Wensum Riverkin - part 1 @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @fishtwitcher.bsky.social

This is good news!!! #wensumriverkin

Please support #WensumRiverkin. Many Anglers & local people are up for fighting for Norfolk's iconic River Wensum. The Wensum is in big trouble!!! Please join us & follow.

For your freshwater Friday delight... we're thrilled to present a deep dive with @carlsayer.bsky.social, Prof of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL, into the fascinating world of #GhostPonds, and their potent power for ecological and palaeoecological regeneration:

www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...

That's how u doing it!!! :)

If not it should be!!!

Ghost pond resurrection – the most successful ecological restoration ever known? — Freshwater Biological Association Carl Sayer is Professor of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL. We were delighted that Carl was able to attend the FBA ASM to deliver a keynote talk on ghost ponds. These pond resurrections are ...

Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...

Jersey wildlife trust recognised for protecting agile frogs Wildlife experts say the agile frog could have "disappeared from Jersey" without the project.

Agile Frog is getting a helping hand in the Channel Islands. Brilliant project underway in Jersey. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Much talk all the time of freshwater wetlands being great filters & cleaning water. We must remember that sending dirty water into wetlands destroys them. There is nothing more certain in science than that. Make wetlands clean!!! @ramsar.org @freshwaterbio.bsky.social

Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻

Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!

Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw

Wondering why water so high. So much easier to get Crassula when pond dry. Was hoping pond would b dry for you this year.

Where are you now? Are you close to eradication? So surprised water in pond when most ponds so dry?

You are also v. brilliant!

How do you get a 120% increase in wetland plants in the farmed landscape & massively increase water beetle diversity too? The answer is restore farm ponds by scrub & sediment removal - key is to go in hard & make a big impact. See new paper: share.google/VVowsJzqHdPT...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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The great Helen Greaves representing us at the Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership Community Biodiversity Fair today @theforumnorwich.bsky.social promoting ponds, #pond restoration & of course #ghostpond resurrection