Briefly joined the NWT #Nottingham group at Chilwell Dam Plantation, a fragment of ancient woodland on the edge of the city.
Particularly pleased to be see Sanicle in it's only known location in the city. A number of other Spring flowers were out: the odd Bluebell, Lesser Celandine, Dog's Mercury and (photos) Elm, Elder and Wood Anemone.
My charity @ProtectEarthUK is five years old this week.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
- Working on 100 sites across England, Wales, and Scotland.
- Never sold a single carbon credit to anyone.
#biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #AncientWoodland
Nobody is paying for the ancient woodland restoration work @ProtectEarthUK do for small holders all over the UK.
We’re not special enough to access the elusive new ancient woodland restoration grants. That’s for fancypants with plenty of money already like the Dutchys and W* Trusts.
Instead you can sponsor the work directly by the sq. meter. Keeps us in loppers, saw blades, and volunteer biscuits. 🫡
https://shop.protect.earth/products/ancient-woodland-restoration
If you think we should spend less time creating new woodlands and more time restoring ancient woodland please put your money where your mouth is and sponsor ancient woodland restoration.
We’re in the process of buying our second degraded #AncientWoodland 🥳
https://shop.protect.earth/products/ancient-woodland-restoration
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bring-back-the-ghost-woods
"#AncientWoodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of Wight. But instead of flourishing as rich, native forest, much of it has been turned into sterile plantations of fast-growing, non-native trees – choking out the life that once thrived there"
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of Wight. But instead of flourishing as rich, native wood, much of it has been turned into sterile plantations of fast-growing, non-native trees – choking out the life that once thrived there. Buried in these Ghost Woods are the seeds, fungal networks and surviving species which cling on from...
This very stark picture perfectly captures the feeling of chaos that I felt while exploring this #AncientWoodland recently.
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#photography #fujifilm #xh2 #KitLens #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Wales
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