Dominick Spracklen

Forests, air quality and climate change. Working to understand how all three are connected.

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

We're so close to our £1000 target to start funding the tools and equipment we need for our new #tree nursery. Donations and shares gratefully received. Many thanks.
@ShowcaseCumbria @EnvLeeds @TheTreeCouncil

https://t.co/PHQMOeFXh4

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

We're just back from an enjoyable mini-conference organised by @Leeds_LEAF. Talks included everything from changes in tree growth rates in the tropics, to our work at Hardknott! Practical work at Gair Wood the university's new woodland site the following day.

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

A few recent pics for the last post of 2024. Jess checking out a pine marten den box using our thermal scope, visits to two plant nurseries, a chat about tranferable skillsets & volunteering to a group in #Millom. Cheers everyone! @IsaacJHawk @PeteBarron2 @NMBCo @vincentwildlife

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Fab work from @Team_BMC volunteers last week. We took them on a tour of the site (imagining the views through the clag) and then planted over 300 wildflowers. @ForestryEngland @NatureVolUK @SEELeeds @WildHaweswater @cumbriawildlife

[Jude Lane @heyjooode]

📢Exciting PhD opportunity: machine learning & seabirds! 🐦💻
Revolutionise how seabird colonies are imaged & counts analysed - focus on Bass Rock Gannet colony.
Partnership @GeosciencesEd @SBSatEd @RSPBScience @UK_CEH @SeabirdCentre
Deadline: 6th Jan 👇
https://t.co/eX3iHDgzs7

[Sarah Watts @Watts_SH]

We're recruiting for an exciting new #PhD project in #mountain #woodland restoration! "The genetic diversity & adaptive potential of mountain birch in Scotland for high-altitude nature recovery" hosted by
@UK_CEH, @StirUni & @Forest_Research
Apply here: https://t.co/EkL7yNXlR4

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

“The UK has more potential for temperate rainforest restoration than anywhere else in the world… UK rainforests are resilient to low & medium amounts of future warming”

But climate action needed to save other temp rainforests

Ace new paper by Leeds Uni: https://t.co/MizMoQygVZ

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Positive news for pine martens in Cumbria. And a great example of partnership work getting the job done.
@CumbriaUni @EnvLeeds
@ForestryEngland @ShowcaseCumbria @GraythwaiteW1ld @LifescapeProj @DomSpracklen @cumbriawildlife https://t.co/Oafsnd2ybX

[IAN CONVERY @ConveryIan]

I'm watching "Pine martens have been introduced to try to boost numbers" https://t.co/2FA5XEY2AU via @ITVX @CumbriaUni @HardknottForest @DomSpracklen @cumbriawildlife @LifescapeProj @ForestryEngland @RMFrancksen

[Jeanette Hall - ask me about woods 🌳 and newts 🦎 @JeanetteHall9]

Important new paper from @DomSpracklen about climate change impacts on temperate rainforests. Expanding #ScotlandsRainforest looks vital, as it should lose less climate space than other regions - and has more unforested land for restoration. @ASRainforest https://t.co/lA4NeeTscp

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Our vol day this weekend was at the new plant nursery. We got all the juniper seedlings up off the ground for the winter & dug some new beds for sowing wildflowers for seed. A small number of tea-leaved willow also went as a future source for cuttings. @MontaneWoodland @UBoCarbon

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Two different examples of tree protection here. First some recently planted #aspen emerging from biodegradable tree tubes. And hazel, now protected from deer browsing by a windblown oak. Spotted on vol days with @CumbriaUni & BAE groups. @EnvLeeds @UBoCarbon @FriendsofLakes

[Dominick Spracklen @DomSpracklen]

A partnership led by @CumbriaUni with @ForestryEngland & @Graythwaite_ Estate is helping pine martens return to Cumbria. Supported through #landscaperecovery by @NaturalEngland @DefraGovUK & @RewildingEurope & @LifescapeProj

https://t.co/6Y2Dwe3KKN

[University of Cumbria @CumbriaUni]

NEWS: Pine marten populations look set to increase due to a project led by #CumbriaUni and partners

STORY: https://t.co/WyPCaX02W7

📸 Mic Mayhew

@cumbriawildlife @ForestryEngland @Graythwaite_ @lakedistrictnpa @NaturalEngland @RewildingEurope @LifescapeProj @UniversityLeeds

[IAN CONVERY @ConveryIan]

Thank you @cumbriawildlife @SteveTrotter1 @LifescapeProj @UniversityLeeds @DomSpracklen @RMFrancksen for all your support with this project

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Not only are Northern Monk @NMBCo helping us as one of the causes they support, they also visited (all the way from Leeds!) to help out on site yesterday. We had a great day planting wildflowers and removing spruce from regenerating woodland.

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Our Autumn newsletter is out next week. It's got news of a new partner project, someone pointing at bog myrtle, lots of tree tube wombling and the opportunity to win a Northern Monk hat! Sign up here: https://t.co/8hnNPUDauj
➡️Check we're not going to spam/junk mail⬅️

[Sarah Watts @Watts_SH]

Moments like this remind us just how much we have lost from our #mountains, but also showcase the huge potential for #NatureRecovery at scale. To revive a healthy mosaic of trees & open vegetation together weaving a vibrant tapestry of life across high-altitude landscapes. 🤗 4/4

[Restoring Hardknott Forest @HardknottForest]

Join us & moth expert @RyanClarkNature to identify the moths of Hardknott. We'll use lures & light traps to attract & ID our moths. We'll also bring our thermal scope to view larger animals.

Evening session: https://t.co/YYIwU8FQ69
Morning session: https://t.co/Pggs2oZpzS

[Lincoln Alves @lincolnalves]

In Brazil, Early Wildfires Break Records — and Raise Alarm https://t.co/pWZD5ZL3Hv #pantanal #INPE