We’ll be closed for the festive period from tomorrow. We return on Friday 2 January 2026. We would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays & a great New Year! Watch this nice video of the snow-covered #LongTermExperiment the Brignant Plots in #Wales bit.ly/SnowBrignant Video credit: JonM 🌏

Chilterns beechwoods, stunning just now, before the beautiful autumn colour leaves all are blown to the ground. Then they are are nice to kick through as you walk through the woods & great for #fungi of course Aston Rowant NNR @chilternsnl.bsky.social @rowantnnr.bsky.social

@dmevans.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social is looking at how grazing and hay cutting affects grassland bit.ly/PalaceLeas This is the last LTE Site of the Week for 2025. It will return in 2026🌏

At the @britishecologicalsociety.org, we ran a #SilentAuction for 2 books & on the final day the winners of the highest bids came to collect their books. Congratulations to Premysel who received Dalton, S (1975) & Jason who received Darwin, C (1897)! #BES2025

@hannahrudman.bsky.social from @hutton.ac.uk‬ & Scottish Forum on Natural Capital is a keynote speaker for A Vision for the Future on 11 Feb 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear her talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Hannah: https://bit.ly/RLASHR #RLASSymposium 🌍

Peatland-es-uk, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek  @andreasheinem.bsky.social‬ from @york.ac.uk is investigating the impact of different types of #LandManagement on blanket #bog at three different Yorkshire sites. http://bit.ly/PeatlandESUK  @naturalengland.bsky.social#England🌍

Register for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 #RLASSymposium by the 12 Jan 2026. Join us to build a more cohesive community around #LandscapeScale transformation. Learn more & register: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍

Will Stephens from @3Keel_LTD is a keynote speaker for the session on #Funding for #LandscapeScale projects on 11 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear his talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Will: https://bit.ly/RLASWS #RLASSymposium 🌍

In the winter edition of The Niche, Ben Sykes (ECT) writes about the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium which is the first symposium hosted by the #RLASPartnership. Subscribers can read it on pg 38-39 @britishecologicalsociety.org#ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium#RLASPartnership.egister for the symposium: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍

Watch this video that @innov8digitalmedialtd produced when we were filming for our Llyn Brianne #VirtualReality experience in #Wales https://bit.ly/3KsYEON & then if you are a @britishecologicalsociety.org#VirtualReality#Wales#BES2025 delegate, come by our stall (LT1) to see it. 🌍

Harriet & Rob Fraser from somewhere nowhere arts practice @butnorain will be the leading the interactive session on 11 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to join in: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Harriet & Rob: https://bit.ly/RLASFraser #RLASSymposium 🌍

Diana Sandon from Dialogue Matters is a keynote speaker for the session on Engaging & Involving Communities & #Landowners on 11 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear her talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Diana: https://bit.ly/RLASDS #RLASSymposium 🌍

Park Grass, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Andy Gregory from @rothamsted.bsky.social is comparing the effects of organic and inorganic fertilisers on crop yields. bit.ly/ParkGrass You can watch Rothamsted’s YouTube #video about Park Grass bit.ly/3tYSQOA @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social 🌏

There are #PhD opportunities at 2 #LongTermExperiments #LTE: Glen Finglas: bit.ly/4iEgYRB Based at: @newcastleuni.bsky.social ‬| Deadline: 5 January 2026 Tulloch: bit.ly/4avAi18 | Based at: @srucnews.bsky.social | Deadline: 7 January 2025 🌏

Rachel Blount from NatterGal is a keynote speaker for the session on Working in Partnership on 10 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear her talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Rachel: https://bit.ly/RLASRB #RLASSymposium #RLASPartnership 🌍

Calling all @britishecologicalsociety.org #BES2025 conference delegates! Have you ever wanted to try out #VirtualReality? Well, now you can. Just come along to LT1 where you can see Glen Finglas (Scotland) & Llyn Brianne (Wales) in #VR! 🌏

Registration of the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium is now full price at £95. Book your ticket before the deadline on 12 January 2026. It will feature keynote & session speakers across 6 themes, & a poster session. Book: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍

Sally Hayns from @cieem.bsky.social  is a keynote speaker for the session on Working at Scale on 10 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear her talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Sally: https://bit.ly/RLASSH #RLASSymposium #LandscapeScale 🌍

We have a brand-new webpage on the #LongTermExperiment #LTE Moor House Grazing Plots which is being led by Don Monteith @ukceh.bsky.social who is testing the effects of removing #grazing sheep across 4 plant community types. Learn about this LTE: bit.ly/MoorHouseGP 🌏

At 2:15pm today in the main auditorium at the British Society of #SoilScience conference we will have a session on evaluating #BiodiversityNetGain using #LongTermExperiments which will feature talks on a few #LTEs in our network. If you are attending the conference, come & join us! #Soil 🌏

Prof. Zoe Davies from the University of Kent is a keynote speaker for the session on Setting the Scene on 10 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear her talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Zoe: https://bit.ly/RLASZoeD #RLASSymposium 🌍

North Wyke Farm Platform, England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Paul Harris at @rothamsted.bsky.social & is looking at the impact of #grazing systems on the #sustainability of #grassland bit.ly/NorthWykeFP & see the @thefarmplatform.bsky.social’s portal bit.ly/3DnITAe @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social 🌏

Last call to book your ticket at the early bird price! From 5 Dec, tickets for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 #RLASSymposium will go up to full price. Featuring talks across 6 themes, this is the first annual #RLASPartnership symposium. Book: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍

Dr Clive Mitchell from @naturescot.bsky.social (which is one of the RLAS Partners) will be welcoming everyone to #Scotland on 10 February 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium. Register to hear his talk: bit.ly/RLASReg About Clive: bit.ly/RLASCM #RLASPartnership #RLASSymposium 🌏

#ThrowbackThursday to June 2024 when we hosted with @britishecologicalsociety.org & 6 other #NGOs the Resilient Landscapes for People, #Nature & #Climate symposium. Following that, the Resilient Landscapes & Seas Partnership #RLASPartnership is now hosting the #RLASSymposium. bit.ly/RLASReg 🌏

@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social (one of the RLAS Partners) will be giving the opening address on 10 Feb 2026 for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium.  Register to hear his talk: https://bit.ly/RLASReg About Tony: https://bit.ly/RLASTJ #RLASPartnership #RLASSymposium 🌍

We are pleased to welcome the Migneint Bog #LTE site to our national register! Lead by Michael Peacock at @liverpooluni.bsky.social‬, this experiment tests the effects of #rewetting ditch-drained #peatbog. Pending a webpage on this LTE, see this open access publication: bit.ly/4pdfvDC 🌏

#NewboroughWarren, #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.  @Laurence_Jones is looking at the effects of excess #nitrogen & #grazing on #SandDune #grassland.  https://bit.ly/NewboroughW    Listen to our #interview with Laurence https://bit.ly/3und6cV  @ukceh.bsky.social‬ @natreswales.bsky.social#NewboroughWarren,🌍

Connect with researchers, Government agencies, landowners & the farming community at the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium to tell them how your #NGO can contribute towards delivering benefits for nature, people & climate. Register for the symposium: https://bit.ly/RLASReg  #LandscapeScale  🌍

Listen on SoundCloud to the #podcast #interview we had with James Rowson in 2019 on the #LTE #CorsFochno, #Wales: bit.ly/3wCtGcZ It’s a #climate experiment that is being run at this #bog site 🌏

Nash’s Field, #SilwoodPark, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Catalina Estrada at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is looking at the effects of fertiliser & #grazing on #grassland bit.ly/NashsField See this key paper bit.ly/3WSFPaf 🌏

Connect with researchers, Government agencies, landowners & the farming community at the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium next year to tell them how your #NGO can contribute towards delivering benefits for nature, people & climate. Register now: https://bit.ly/RLASReg  #RLASPartnership 🌍

Connect with NGO’s, Government agencies, landowners & the farming community at the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium next year to tell them about your #LandscapeScale transformation #research. Register for the symposium: https://bit.ly/RLASReg #Ecology 🌍

#Evidence from the Elan Valley #LongTermExperiment #LTE registered with us showed how managing pH is key to maintaining meadow biodiversity. See the publication here: bit.ly/3CwXZYC 🌏

We are going to #Edinburgh for the @britishecologicalsociety.org #BES2025 annual meeting in December. Who else is going? Find us at stand LT1 to see #LongTermExperiments in #VirtualReality & see the books in our give-away 🌏

There is one day left to submit your abstract to the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 taking place in Edinburgh next year. For full details & to submit your research on #LandscapeScale transformation, see bit.ly/488EYcd #RLASSymposium 🌏

Remember if you are a long-term field ecological researcher who has a #LongTermExperiment registered with us, & you have any new publication, comment below with a link to the publication URL and we will do the rest. 🌏

The MOORCO sites in #Scotland & #England are the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Ruth Mitchell at hutton.ac.uk‬ is investigating the effects of planting birch trees o#moorlandnd https://bit.ly/Moorco See this key paper https://bit.ly/3jbZUVI @robinjpakeman.bsky.social 🌏

A 19-year study in Mongolia examined how mowing affects the stability of above- and below-ground #productivity in a temperate steppe climate. #LongTermExperiment #LTE

We upload our past #webinars to our YouTube channel bit.ly/ECTYouTube so if you have missed any, catch them there. To stay notified for when we upload more, subscribe to our #YouTube channel #Videos #LTE #ClimateChange #LTE #Ecology 🌏

Early bird registration for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 is now open! #RLASSymposium. This symposium will bring together stakeholders in #LandscapeScale transformation & it will feature 5 themes. Book now: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍

There is 1 week left to submit your abstract!  Join the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 #RLASSymposium to share your research on #LandscapeScale transformation.  Deadline: 17:00 Friday 14 November. Submit now: https://bit.ly/rlassymposium 🌍

Moor House Hard Hill, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Don Monteith @ukceh.bsky.social is looking at the effects of #grazing & rotational burning on #bog vegetation bit.ly/MHHardHill See this key paper bit.ly/2XQKxdh @lancasteruni.bsky.social @ukecn.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social

In 2 days, Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk will be talking about #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno. There is still time to register for this #webinar: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏

If you missed our October #newsletter, you can read it here: bit.ly/ECTOct25 Find out about the new small #grants, the #RLASSymposium Call for Submissions (deadline is 14 November), new publications & the new social media platform we are on. #LongTermExperiments #LTE 🌏

This Friday’s lunchtime #webinar will feature Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk talking about Cors Fochno - the #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Experiment at 15 years. Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏

Don’t miss our lunchtime #webinar next month when Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk#webinarwill talk about #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno. Register: https://bit.ly/ECTWebinarsEvents 🌍

Moor House Grazing Plots, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Rob Marrs is testing the effects of removing #grazing sheep across 4 plant community types ranging from #grassland to #peatbog. Pending the webpage on this site, you can read about it in our #newsletter from 2021: bit.ly/Dec21ECTNews 🌏

We’re looking to increase the size of our #volunteer pool to be called on occasionally on an ad-hoc basis depending upon availability. Volunteers must be 18+ years & based in the UK. Do you want to know more? See: bit.ly/ECTOpportuni... #Volunteering #Ecology #LongTermExperiments 🌏

Don’t miss our lunchtime #webinar next Friday when Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk will talk about #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno. Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏