🌳 A new mission to bring nature home We’re on a mission to help millions more people enjoy nature and green space. Two thirds of people lack access to quality green space close to home. We’re working to change that, together. naturetownsandcities.org.uk #NatureTownsAndCities

New Carbon Garden at Kew Gardens - worth a visit - simple interpretation, clear messaging and nice pavilion

We’ve announced a £15million investment in Nature Towns and Cities, a UK-wide mission to enable millions of people to enjoy nature and green space close to home. It’s a partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and Natural England. www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/nature-...

Now we need to save our woodlands. Woodland Trust ‘State of Woodlands’ new report. 37% drop in woodland birds since 1995. 47% drop in woodland butterflies between 1990 and 2022. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

JOB VACANCY! Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below Deadline: 30 June 

Excited to announce this new Landscape Connections project today! www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Hi Chris. If you are talking about red squirrels on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social next week any chance you could name check National Lottery Heritage Fund and this brilliant new project we’ve just funded. Massive boost for our fave mammal. www.nwt.org.uk/news/future-...

Free online conference on creating nature towns and cities. 5 June. Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social naturetownsandcities.org.uk/event/creati...

Met members of Peakland Environmental Farmers and Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers this week with @heritagefunduk Trustee Julian Glover. Supported with some grant funding they plan to work collaboratively across nearly 200 farms to help nature recover.

Audley End, Saffron Walden dating from 1831. William Sawrey Gilpin parterre “Gilpin obliged with a parterre garden stretching out towards the Temple of Concord and composed of 170 geometric flower beds crisply cut from the turf - no yew hedges, no clipped box.” @englishheritage.bsky.social

Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds

📢We’re hiring an Events and Special Projects Coordinator! This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is passionate about Nature Recovery and wants to work with a team that really makes a difference! 🌳 We have some exciting events in the pipeline that you could lead! Deadline 11th April!

Good article about when developers and wildlife trusts can work together www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Find out more about Changing Chalk here: www.southdowns.gov.uk/wildlife-hab...

Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Beautiful afternoon to visit the newly completed restoration works at Greenwich Park supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social. Avenue planting, 1661 Grand Ascent reinstated, view point refurbished and new education garden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

Magnolia stellata ‘roses’. Stunning.

Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, one of the most exhaustive global studies on the subject ever conducted finds. This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great to see that one of three new national forests is planned for the west of England. Positive there’s a focus on urban areas too (including Bristol) where trees are going to play a crucial role in supporting climate resilience.

Feeling very seen... 😝 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trainee Gardener - Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme with English Heritage, various garden locations around the UK, full-time for 12 months. If gardening is your passion and you want to make it your career, apply now! See: c-js.co.uk/4imaQvT

I'm officially launching this tomorrow with a newsletter thru work and the CHAP initiative, but Bluesky gets a sneaky preview. please share amongst students, friends, enthusiasts. It's going to be a good summer for #archaeology in the @chilternsnl.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1272753914...

Two trustees wanted by The Ernest Cook Trust. One focused on land management and one on growth. Paid too! join-ernestcooktrust.co.uk/all-roles/

If you can create brilliant social media content across a range of channels and you want to work for a better world we're hiring. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/digi...

Sorry only just spotted @urbanparksgirl.bsky.social has moved over👍

Good to see this MHCLG report published. “Integrating parks and green spaces into the strategic vision and core strategies of the local authority underpins successful practices”. Learning from Heritage Fund supported Future Parks project in LB Islington. 👍 www.gov.uk/government/p...

It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨 The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔 Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...

Applications open! The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below! www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social

Thank you Lord Tony Hall and all the team at the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Nature for the tour last night. Fantastic resource as below. Do visit! @nhm-london.bsky.social www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/ce...

A few of the Heritage Fund supported jobs on @countrysidejobs.bsky.social today

Think solar farms are bad for nature? Think again. Those designed for nature in East Anglia are teeming with birdlife - including threatened species. A new study reveals why. ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

LET’S CELEBRATE COMMUNITY GARDENING! ➡️Are you are involved with a community garden, charity veg box scheme or food bank or know someone who has helped an allotment site to get back on its feet? If so message us or drop an email to KG editor Steve Ott at [email protected]

It’s been 130 years since @nationaltrust.bsky.social was founded by three people who believed everyone should have access to green spaces. To celebrate, they’re launching 130 new apprenticeships nationwide. Learn more about their new strategy & how to apply here c-js.uk/3EpY1SA

FIRNS is currently open for applications. A launch webinar will be held on Monday 17th of February 2025. @naturescot.bsky.social and Heritage Fund supported. www.nature.scot/funding-and-...

Good news. £2.9m awarded to Green Action Trust Scotland to support the rejuvenation of the Leven valley into an accessible and biodiverse park that brings Levenmouth’s social and economic heritage to life. www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/fifes-r...

'Restoring Ghost Pingos' - a new advisory booklet about realising the biodiversity potential of backfilled periglacial ponds - norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/LostPonds. 🌍 🧵

Stoney Road Allotments, Cheylesmore www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Day spent in Cuckmere @southdownsnp.bsky.social talking National Parks, National Landscapes, salt marsh, funding, planning, devolution, LNRS and nature recovery. Thanks @sionmcgeever.bsky.social

Great to be at the Natural History Museum today to celebrate the amazing impact of the Explore Urban Nature project which has seen 13 museums across the UK work with schools to help pupils understand and care for urban nature: www.nhm.ac.uk/schools/expl...

Job with @rspbengland.bsky.social working as a project manager jobs.theguardian.com/job/9451687/...

#NationalWetlandsDay and #NationalYorkshirePuddingDay all in one day. Wetland this morning followed by Yorkshires later.

#HeritageFund believes in wetlands. Here’s one of our largest ever investments in wetlands for #WorldWetlandsDay - Peatland Progress at The Great Fen www.greatfen.org.uk/peatland-pro...

In my column today I argue that, unbelievably, Labour are worse on environmental issues than the Conservatives. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Packed house tonight for Woodland Trust parliamentary reception led by Chair Lord Hall and Defra Baroness Hayman

Storm Eowyn’s hurricane-force winds wreaked havoc at places cared for by the National Trust. More than 10,000 trees were toppled at Mount Steward in County Down alone. Elsewhere, world-renowned gardens, irreplaceable specimen tree collections and outdoor structures suffered widespread damage.

We missed a milestone. On January 15th, the 2-year running mean for the global surface temerpature anomaly reached 1.55°C above the 1850-1900 baseline. Goodbye Paris, we hardly knew ye.

🐝 Have you heard the news? We're all a buzz! The UK Government has confirmed TODAY that it will maintain its ban on bee-killing pesticides, the first time in five years that emergency authorisation has not been granted. Read the full announcement 👇 https://buff.ly/4gdrtZh

Heritage Fund Scotland is looking for a new Chair who will also be a trustee of the UK Board. Critical role for nature and cultural heritage investment in Scotland apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8102