Mark Smart

25+ years working to improve wet grassland for wildlife in the Norfolk. Now working with RSPBELM across the UK helping landowners to do the same. AVMO

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@BillyBloodworm Yep, Steve has done a great job in turning the site around following many years of challenges.. looked round it a year or so ago, had never seen it so wet

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

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[Mark Smart @markasmart]

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[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@Yarmouthbirder @rbransell Possibly, has taken many others to get it over the line though, it is a special one for me as we called the area Loughlins, in memory of Ralph.

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@Yarmouthbirder @rbransell It’s great to see this project finally happening, think it is 7 years in the making…

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@GTAlstonWader @RSPB_OldMoor @Heather_Benn88 @YoungStandPipe Cheers Gav. It’s always nice to see how thing you have done have developed and are working.

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@Johnpingham @RSPBAireValley Looking great John, they always look better when they fill up with water

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

Been a busy few days on the spoil spreader front, Cheshire, @WWTMartinMere, @RSPBAireValley St Aidan’s @NosterfieldLNR
Now at @RSPBSaltholme .
Mix of habitat creation for waders, waterfowl, and marginal wetland plants.
Hasn’t all gone smoothly but we are still moving forward.

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@upstarts1979 Sure that could be arranged, get in touch and we can have a chat about it.

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

A busy start to the footdrain cleaning season. First job working on a @CheshireWT site near Ellesmere Port. Features were installed for breeding waders but haven’t been maintained for a number of year. New Holland T6 auto command been put through is paces. #rspbelm @PammentJim

[Robert Hawkes @Robert_W_Hawkes]

Job alert!📢 We are looking for a conservation scientist to explore how scrub habitats can be created and maintained for use as landscape-scale interventions for priority bird species, including Cuckoo, Turtle Dove and Nightingale. Pls RT. Details 👉 https://t.co/8aLdCkbpvy

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

This week is new tractor week for the #RSPBELM team. Proud owner of a T6.180 from @ErnestDoeSons of South Walsham. This tractor will be working across England creating wetland habitats for water birds, working with private landowners, NGO’s and eNGO’s. @PammentJim @RSPBEngland

[Robert Hawkes @Robert_W_Hawkes]

📢Job alert! 📢 We have a fantastic opportunity for a Conservation Scientist with a background in ecology, applied statistics & remote sensing to model conservation strategies for lowland waders @RSPBScience #ornithology Deadline 24th July. Pls RT! Info👉https://t.co/rX6qDLFjUO

[Ryan Burrell @RyanABurrell]

Extremely lucky to be on leave for 2 weeks in Delaware Bay. This is the largest spawning area in the world for Horseshoe Crabs. Each May, they come to the beaches to spawn. At the same time, 1000s of shorebirds - stopover on their annual migration from South America to the Arctic

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@BillyBloodworm Looking forward to a return visit this autum with the spoil spreader to carry on the footdrain refreshing work.

[Dominic Buscall @WildKenHill]

“Massive costs, massive damage, massive risks.”

I'm grateful to Professor David Hill CBE who shares his thoughts on the idea for a Wash barrage in our latest Wild Ken hill blog.

Safe to say we are in agreement. 👇

https://t.co/dCyqjOhVsI

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

North Devon coast. Never been here before so thought I would pop over as I am working near Exeter this week then along the south coast with site visits for a few weeks after that. Friends, you have been warned, you might get an unexpected visitor…..

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@ruskin147 I have been following this story with fascination, this tweet made me cry. Absolutly amazing. Well done to you and to Sophie for allowing you into her world.

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

@ElmleyNNR I’m good thanks Gareth. Hope you are the same. One of our spoil spreaders. This link below gives you a better idea of the machine, quick and easier than a 360 and material is spread so quickly disappear into the sward with no spoil banks created.
https://t.co/lZUZe970gU

[Mark Smart @markasmart]

More great wader habitat being installed by Adam from #RSPBELM at Dingle Marshes as part of a wider strategy to deliver more habitat for breeding waders across Suffolk. #footdrains #wetlands #water

[Suffolk Wildlife Trust North East Reserves @SWT_NE_Reserves]

Great job by RSPBs team creating footdrains on Dingle Marshes for Suffolk Wildlife Trust and more importantly those muddy edges for breeding waders this coming spring! Bring on the wader productivity! 🤞🤞🤞@markasmart @RSPBEngland @suffolkwildlife