Kirsty Brannan

Biodiversity & Conservation manager for @TheCrownEstate. Working with farmers for wildlife. Often attached to a collie. Own views.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Friends - the seasons are changing and I’m migrating to https://t.co/NmqRT2GP6m. It would be lovely to connect with you over there. 🦋

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@emmahamer2 That does look good for Toothwort, which is also in the Orobanche family. Lovely find!

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

First Dark-edged bee-flies of the year at a local wood this morning. Brimstone, Comma and Peacock butterflies on the wing. #BeeFlyWatch

[Farm Safety Foundation @yellowwelliesuk]

Good turn out at FG Live event to launch the Agriwellbeing Alliance today @lammashow with @TheCrownEstate @TheNAAC @AgriiUK @MatesInMind @HarperAdamsUni @d_christianrose and @FCNcharity 👏🏼👏🏼💛

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

The best New Year lights.
A touch of #AuroraBorealis this evening, Warwickshire.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@DefraGovUK closes the main Capital Grants scheme to new applications, apparently without giving the 6-week notice promised.
It leaves many who applied to the scheme months ago waiting until ‘early 2025’ for more info.
Bad news for the environment.
https://t.co/g4pUwjb2UF

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@ChrisHewis So sorry, Chris.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Completing the last of some woodland plant transects today, but kept getting distracted by fungi. Like these stunning Amethyst deceivers. #MushroomMonday

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@DittishamFarm @EnvAgency I would agree - it’s no replacement for walking the land (especially when it’s raining). There are situations when that level of local knowledge isn’t easily available though. Tools like this can help target further investigation and evidence support for interventions.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Pleased to hear that the @EnvAgency ALERT tool is now available via https://t.co/ZJ3ICTWdhZ
A useful mapping tool to spot out potential runoff pathways and areas vulnerable to soil erosion.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Forget Norway, Finland etc, clearly we should be marketing north Oxfordshire as THE tourist destination for seeing the #NorthernLights. #Aurora

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Another scale busting map!

September rainfall for the UK.

Huge variation but parts of southern England seeing over three & a half times their average rainfall.

Incredibly Bedfordshire & Oxfordshire saw their wettest month (of any month) in at least 188 years.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Selection of #StillFlowering plants from this morning’s dog walk for #WildflowerHour - Red clover, Autumn hawkbit, Yarrow, White clover, Common ragwort, Spindle, Ivy, White campion, White dead-nettle, Red campion & Hogweed.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Male Box-tree moth showing off his iridescence whilst looking for a dry spot amongst the long grass this morning. Accidentally introduced to Europe from east Asia on imported plants around 2007, and spread into and across the UK since then.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@LinesMartin Slight correction suggestion - ‘In 2023, about 1,200 farmers in England applied for *Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship,* but fewer than 600 had agreements taken forward.’
(The older Higher Level Stewardship scheme closed for new applicants c2013.)
@FarmersWeekly @PhilipCaseFW

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@BritishSpiders Fantastic - thank you so much!

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Going through inverts swept from grassland in Hampshire in July - anyone fancy naming this large, dark (crab?) spider? @BritishSpiders

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@GhostlyVision Only if it had been hitchhiking.

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

Bit of light cloud and a slight camera wobble, but a lovely pass from @Space_Station just now. @NightCapApp

[Kirsty Brannan @Vanellus26]

@legless2007 🧡