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[David Oatway @Oatway]

Land managers and ecologists in the Lake District - have a look at this lecture @HighamHall (June 8th): “The Hidden Majority in Soil: Why Soil Life Matters” by Prof Richard Bardgett CBE. Pls share if you can @leeinthelakes @WildLakeland @herdyshepherd1

https://t.co/ANz3EFDtwN

[David Oatway @Oatway]

Just encountered this article (haven’t actually read it yet) but the title grabbed my attention. Not least because it’s some work I’ve been doing #teesdale @TeesdaleFlora https://t.co/1zCKvKKmT9

[David Oatway @Oatway]

Final day of data collection for 2022 in #Teesdale for @TeesdaleFlora on the calcareous mire full of rare plants threatened by aggressive sedges & rushes. Mapping out soil moisture & pH to help understand why. The WET-150 moisture sensor by @DeltaTDevices was great. #ecology

[David Oatway @Oatway]

As part of my species recovery plan for @TeesdaleFlora had a fantastic day on #Helvellyn looking at @JohnMuirTrust conservation of rare arctic-alpine plants there. I also helped plant a few downy willows to help save extant pop’n. Thank you @PeteBarron2 & colleagues. @BSBIbotany

[David Oatway @Oatway]

Spent today pretending to be a #beltedgalloway; simulating hoof prints on a very special #mire in #Teesdale. It’s part of a trial to look at ways of reversing decline of rare plants there for @TeesdaleFlora. In summer the flora here looks incredible. @BSBIbotany #ecology

[David Oatway @Oatway]

I was fortunate enough to spend most of August in #Norway, seeking out incredible arctic & alpine plants. So much to see & compare with UK, but several people I spoke with talked about the unusually wet (N) and dry (S) summer they’d had. @BSBIbotany #wildflowers #alpines #climate

[TeesdaleSpecialFlora @TeesdaleFlora]

Thurs Sept 29 at 7.30 Lee Schofield will present 'Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm' @BarneyWitham
Visit https://t.co/mmjtdCAHQ8
@leeinthelakes
This is the 2nd talk #plantsontheedge, with #GreenRecoveryChallengeFund @HeritageFundUK
https://t.co/XjEkedkIqR

[David Oatway @Oatway]

It was a pleasure to speak today at the Teesdale Special Flora Research & Conservation Trust AGM. Followed by a quick field trip to a special site where the Saxifraga aizoides caught my eye among all the other special species #wildflowers #meadows #teesdale

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Doing fieldwork on Widdybank Fell earlier this week and despite the overcast conditions was treated to a show by the Spring Gentians, Bird’s eye Primroses and a few of the other Teesdale rarities. #nature #flora #plants #ecology #botany #conservation

[Historic England North East @HE_NorthEast]

Bracken poses a big threat to many our scheduled monuments in Northern England.

We funded @Ketmarconsult to research bracken control techniques to help protect our precious heritage.

Read the report: https://t.co/NvQSimLbkl

Image: Don Cload

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Hi @SolHeritage & @sacha_ecology the report has now been published. Thank you for your input!

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Just published: https://t.co/anye5YOgmn our report for @HistoricEngland looking at how bracken control techniques affect the historic environment. Click on link above to see how concrete cylinders & drones played a part #farming #Archaeology #research @HE_NorthEast @HE_SouthWest

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Just published: https://t.co/anye5YOgmn our report for @HistoricEngland looking at how bracken control techniques affect the historic environment. Click on link above to see how concrete cylinders & drones played a part #farming #Archaeology #research @HE_NorthEast @HE_SouthWest

[Prof Adam Beaumont @adam_beau]

If anyone (anyone) needs access to free data/sms/voice services to test #innovation which can benefit vulnerable #society at this time - drop the @aqldotcom team a message. We’re powering home deliveries, messaging for schools and healthcare. Let’s work #smart #healthy #safe

[Cazgraham @CazGraham1]

"We absolutely have to be with our farmers supporting them to do the right thing for our environment and for our food supply." On @BBCSounds too if 6.30's a tad on the early side. https://t.co/jPCUdA5RSJ

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Well that took a while, but a welcome addition. I remember this being a concern 7 years ago & colleagues (pre-Ketmar) finding it really easy to create a malware-ridden app #Malware: https://t.co/ok4MG13bop

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Ketmar’s Dr David Oatway will be speaking at the @HistoricEngland conference on bracken control & the historic environment in Exeter on 5th Nov. Also speaking will be @lakedistrictnpa @_MBay @HarperAdamsUni & @robmarrs1 Free tickets available from https://t.co/ERDei2GwPR

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

@themarkrad @StuartMaconie we were looking at this several years ago... so has the number changed?

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Ever wondered how many beans in a can? Well there were 467 in this can of @BranstonUK #data #dataviz #beancount

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

@BBCFarmingToday @SybilRuscoe just catching up with Farming Today This Week and the piece of social media in farming. We did this analysis a couple of years back - might be of interest to listeners: https://t.co/NsQ9viUe5A

[Dr Elizabeth Fisher @_LizzieFisher]

Lots of great speakers at this study day on environmental activism in art in King’s Lynn 18 July https://t.co/qtJSInjVa8 @GroundworkKL inc @CCI_Cambridge @amycutler1985 @XRebellionUK #ActNow part of @KLFestival

[Ketmar @Ketmarconsult]

Ketmar is back in beautiful Ingram, Northumberland. Plenty of bracken (and other plant species) here to survey for @HistoricEngland @HE_NorthEast so hoping for good weather this week. @NlandNP @VisitNland