David Alexander

Nice panel at my local conservation area in Rotherham. Small outcrop of limestone near a SSSi - Anston Stones. Not many Meadows left around here.

Bottles thrown at police as 100 officers clash with ‘unite the kingdom’ marchers – UK politics live Met police estimate 110,000 people attended rally, with smaller number of counter-protesters ‘penned in’

In June 2024, 80,000 of us marched peacefully to #RestoreNatureNow with hardly a mention in the media. Were we supposed to have thrown stones and fought the police to be noticed?

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I missed this too! Must remember next year.

Agreed. He's excellent on TV, YouTube and in print. Loved his recent appearance on the Lex Friedman podcast.

The Protected Landscapes Partnership: working together for nature, people and climate Our Protected Landscapes aren’t just lines on a map or signs at the side of the road. Each Protected Landscape has a dedicated team behind it who are experts in their local area and both national and ...

Doing stuff together that we can't do alone... #protectedlandscapes

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"Megaberg" currently slightly larger than the size of the Peak District National Park. Hard to comprehend the scale.

Useful guide for tonight's eclipse... Hopefully it's not too cloudy ☁️

That's a very nice research poster! Looks 😎

Nice graph 📉

Nice map 🗺️

Nice map

Yes! I had a lecturer that could see in stereo. In 1991 we digitised all national parks in the UK using this method - 4 years in total!

Thank you Clare

Our new Landscape Observatory website went live today. Please check it out www.landscapeobservatory.org.uk

It was excellent to attend and speak at the #landscapesconference 2025. Highlight was the Ministerial address, talking about our new Landscape Observatory 🤯

Love the multi-scale framing—makes me wonder how our data resolution needs to evolve to match it!

Survivorship bias - Wikipedia

Celebrating a single successful hen harrier nest in the Peak District risks creating a false impression of conservation success en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivo...

Irreplaceable habitats are on the line. This is the reality if an unamended Part 3 of the Bill passes.

It must not.

@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social great to see dry stone walls on Springwatch this evening. Since the 1950s we've seen a gradual decline all over the white peak. Gradual feature loss, resulting in shifting baselines.

Do they have tramlines on old OS maps 😉

And one out to Morecambe Bay

A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.

In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.

@ember-energy.org

@kirstylilley.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social

Most interpretation panels I come across these days are old. This is a fantastic one near my house, explaining a little known fact... the stone used to construct the Houses of Parliament, originates from Rotherham!

Check that link out. Code and models pre trained. Super easy to run, very powerful tools

Just attended a fascinating workshop on DV. Got me thinking about the 40,000+ images in our #LandscapesUnlocked archive at the Peak District. Huge potential for AI-driven insight into people, place, and landscape change. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/learning-abo...

I know it's Friday & sunny, but mark your calendars for next Wed lunchtime to hear @catsporter.bsky.social talk about WEATHER and the early Irish Ordnance Survey.

Shocking stats in today's FT: "England faces driest year this century."

April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…

Monitoring protected areas by integrating machine learning, remote sensing and citizen science Protected areas are central to addressing the world's biodiversity crisis, but rapid and high-resolution monitoring is required to assess their effectiveness for conservation. Two data sources, remot...

We need to rethink how we monitor biodiversity at scale

Traditional methods alone can’t keep pace with the urgent need for high-resolution, landscape-scale monitoring of protected areas & landscapes

New methods with @vdplasthijs.bsky.social

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Combining occupancy and dispersal models to predict the conservation benefits of land-use change - Landscape Ecology Context Economic incentives for habitat creation in productive agricultural land are an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Given inevitable funding constraints, assessing the cost-effective...

🌲 Planting trees helps woodland birds—but how and where we plant matters. 🐦
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We modelled how different woodland creation strategies affect 10 woodland bird species in England’s agricultural landscapes. @watts-km.bsky.social @tomfinch.bsky.social