simon needle

Urban Forestry and Nature Lead for Birmingham City Council, Green woodworker, photographer. Former Chair of B&BC Wildlife Trust. also @Sylvanus_llp

[simon needle @sneedle46]

@Innercitygarden @SilviaGullino @CllrMajid Sorry, not to have been there. All the best laid plans and all that, but Storm Darragh has left us with a monumental clear up and other issues. Would have been great to have been there to give a big thanks to our groups and wish them all a Merry Christmas.

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At the West Midlands Environment Summit at Aston Uni. Defra Minister for Nature Mary Creagh giving the key note presentation. She is setting the picture on the huge benefits that nature plays and gave a shout out for birminghams GI.

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At the West Middland Parks forum annual conference today. Will be leading a workshop later on Local Nature Recovery Strategies and opportunities for parks and greenspace @BhamCityCouncil @forum_parks

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@BIFoRUoB @BhamCityCouncil Great to be a part of this two day conference and get to present on the work @BhamCityCouncil is doing around Urban Forest resilience in the face of climate change.

[Trees for Cities @TreesforCities]

Today, we’re holding Tree People Network Day with @BhamTreePeople to share and connect with urban forestry community groups across the UK.

We had introductions from BTP’s Mac and keynote speaker Mark Johnston who shared his learnings on the ‘people’ aspect of urban forestry.

[Trees for Cities @TreesforCities]

For the first time ever, we’ve brought together our UK Tree Cities of the World for the UK Tree Cities Forum 2024 at The Exchange, Birmingham.

Kicked off with opening remarks from our CEO Kate Sheldon and @arborday’s Matt Spitsen!

#TreeCitiesoftheWorld 🌍🌳

[Trees for Cities @TreesforCities]

At the UK Tree Cities Forum 2024, we’re looking at how UK cities are meeting the five #TreeCitiesoftheWorld standards.

Simon Needle, @BhamCityCouncil, spoke on ‘Establish Responsibility’. Ross Deering, @belfastcc, and John Rose, @Treeconomics, spoke on ‘Set the Rules’.

[simon needle @sneedle46]

@SteveBown9 @WorcsBirding @EcoRecording Barnt Green not Bartley Green, Doh. So not Birmingham but close by. What direction was it heading? Towards Bittle Reservoirs?

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@SteveBown9 @WorcsBirding I'd say White Stork. A pretty unusual record for Birmingham if it is. There are some breeding in the UK around the Knepp estate and I think in Norfolk. But probably not more than 20 seen per year. @EcoRecording

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@simonneedle @JaneEFindlay @talklandscape @ICF @elainecresswll Hi Simon, so our paths cross once again 🙂. Jane did mean me. Seems we share more in common as I too, make Avengers references although they are often lost on some.

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@JaneEFindlay @LGSpace @cleanupbritain @theriverstrust Had you seen this? https://t.co/vdvlTqibvm.

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@WildlifeTrusts I beg to differ 😉

[Cllr Majid Mahmood @CllrMajid]

Amazing to see the transformation at Small Heath Park after @BhamCityCouncil contractors carried out a cleanup 💚

We need everyone to respect all of our open spaces - please don’t use them as a dumping ground as we don’t have the resources to keep cleaning up like this.

[Cllr Majid Mahmood @CllrMajid]

The wind and rain didn’t stop us from planting new trees in #Nechells ward🌳

Huge thanks to the fab @BhamTreePeople , who have helped us plant over 100,000 trees in the last 15 years 💚

Over the winter 100 trees will be placed in key locations to help benefit the environment🌳

[Cllr Majid Mahmood @CllrMajid]

Really enjoyable morning in the #Nechells ward with the brilliant @BhamTreePeople fab local ward member @BhamCityCouncil Chair of Sustainability and Transport OSC Cllr @LeeMarsham and residents planting trees that will benefit the people of Nechells for hundreds of years🌳💚

[Cllr Majid Mahmood @CllrMajid]

In Islam the planting of trees is regarded as Sadaqa Jaariya (ongoing charity)🌳

The one who plants trees will be rewarded for it as long as any living being benefits from it. Alhamdulillah 💚

Thank you so much to everyone involved🌳💚

[simon needle @sneedle46]

@onesellywoman @BoldGreenBham @BrumLordMayor @CllrMajid @BOSFonline @BhamCityCouncil @TreeCouncil @BrumLeader There are few but hard to say exactly. There are two very ancient Yew trees at St Laurence Church in Northfield and ancient Sweet Chestnut on edgbaston golf course. Both are likely to be north of 1000 years old

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@ikonic_exposure @BirminghamWeAre It's part of an art trail installed 15+ years ago now. Trainee artists developed a number of art installations gaining experience of public art commissions. This one was called " at a glance" internally was an angled mirror that provided a different perspective of the view.

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@autisticgardner @Feltip1982 @WMmetro These plating beds are bioretenion areas too, taking surface water from the footways.

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@naomi_fisher @bhamconnected Definatley BCC parks ( checked our system). This is the uncut growth from around the trip rail so not picked up by main mowing gang but a follow up crew. Will raise it with the district park manager and GM team leader.