What’s happening in #FloodplainMeadows in June? The meadows are now at their peak. You’ll find our favourite crimson great burnet flowers & the heady scent of meadowsweet. Find out more about the rich biodiversity of species-rich floodplain meadows (above & below ground) here: tinyurl.com/mpnz3r87

For #30dayswild the Wildlife Trusts challenge everyone to connect with nature daily. Our meadows are at their absolute peak now so why not find a beautiful floodplain meadow and immerse yourself in glorious native wildflowers? See our webmap for publicly accessible meadows: tinyurl.com/3fdhamxa

Lovely blog from FMP steering group member Debbie Wilkins on how managing species-rich floodplain meadows has benefitted her farm business. She has some beautiful meadows! www.nffn.org.uk/resources/na...

So pleased Welsh floodplain meadows are getting some love on Iolo's River Valleys. Thanks @iolowilliams.bsky.social  🥰 Watch from 5:17 & see our website for more info. tinyurl.com/bdzmvuvk @openuniversity.bsky.social @openuniversitystem.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social

On the same @floodplainmead.bsky.social trip as @milesking.bsky.social to W. Fermanagh, Green-veined white on Heath spotted orchid @ukorchids.bsky.social

4/5 Grazing can increase #plant #biodiversity which has helped restore the Somerford Mead floodplain #meadow. This #LTE is managed by @openuniversity.bsky.social & @floodplainmead.bsky.social, & has been going since 1985: bit.ly/SomerfordM #InternationalBiodiversityDay 🌏

Wonderful trip to West Fermanagh with the @floodplainmead.bsky.social to explore the meadows around Lough Erne. Thanks in particular to Giles at @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social for arranging most of the visits. & our hosts at RSPB sites and @nationaltrust.org.uk at Crom, base for Springwatch next week!

On #worldbeeday lets celebrate our wonderful, fuzzy friends, a key part of the rich biodiversity of floodplain meadows. Read more about our fascinating pollinator study in the Biological Flora of Snakes'-head Fritillary here: tinyurl.com/2n98fx9n

In Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the grasslands at the top of the slopes are as wet as those in the wetter end of English floodplain meadows.

On #FascinationofPlantsDay we thought we’d share some of our favourite floodplain meadow species. #plantsday floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/di...

We've been out and about on the Nene this week with @wildlifebcn.org, @therrc.bsky.social, the Nene Rivers Trust and Fjordr (@antonyfjrth.bsky.social) discussing our #waterrestorationfund project. #RiverRestoration #floodplainmeadows #NaturalFloodManagement www.instagram.com/reel/DYFMzay...

A fabulous soil profile from a floodplain in Oxfordshire showing mottling. This tells us that there is water movement in the soil profile and at this depth (about 80 cm) makes it suitable for restoration to a more species rich sward.

What’s happening in #FloodplainMeadows in May? Plants are growing thick and fast now for the spring flush. Golden buttercups and shaggy meadow foxtail flowers are in the mix. Find out more about the rich biodiversity of these special habitats here: tinyurl.com/bd2e7zy7

Last week FMP staff attended a British Society of Soil Science workshop to deepen our knowledge of how soil properties help us understand hydrological regime, water storage capacity, management history and more. Read more on floodplain meadow soils in our technical handbook: tinyurl.com/mw6hmjtc

Spring into our latest newsletter for more on: Recent changes to GRH6 in SFI New papers on history & Scottish wet grasslands CGS18 training webinars Grasslands Ecosystem Services Toolkit for Farmers Landscape Recovery Local Nature Recovery Strategies ...and more tinyurl.com/yv68a9jf

Find out more about our long term monitoring of snakes head fritillaries at North Meadow NNR and get involved here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/discover/lea...

Its #worldcurlewday. Curlew are in serious decline and floodplain meadows are one of their main breeding habitats in lowland England. Our management guidelines, developed with @wwtworldwide.bsky.social, provide advice on protecting curlew in species-rich floodplain meadows: tinyurl.com/4nbnfcru

It’s #Nationaldandelionday! We love #dandelions. One of the earliest flowers to emerge on floodplain meadows they provide vital food for invertebrates when not much else is around. But with around 250 different species in the UK they can leave botanists scratching their heads!

What’s happening in #FloodplainMeadows in April? We’re getting more colours now with snakes-head fritillaries, cuckooflower and sweet vernal grass. Find out more about the beautiful snake's-head fritillary here: tinyurl.com/2emysrvs

Places still available on these walks at Mottey Meadows in Staffordshire: Mottey Meadows Fritillary walk: Saturday 18 April 1:30pm: tinyurl.com/545dwvzk Mottey Meadows Summer Walk Saturday 27 June: tinyurl.com/3rdumwdh Mottey Meadows Summer Evening walk Thursday 2 July: tinyurl.com/46cus9xw

On #internationaldayofactionforrivers consider the special habitats that live alongside our rivers. Traditional haymaking is a sustainable land management technique that exports nutrients from river systems, supporting recovery from half a century of eutrophication. More here: tinyurl.com/42d3x486

Catch up with the latest from our friends at Herefordshire Meadows 👇 www.herefordshiremeadows.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Along with Natural England and volunteers, we have been monitoring the UK's largest population of snake’s-head fritillary at North Meadow NNR in Wiltshire since the 1970s. Sign up to join us for this year's count on Thursday 23rd April here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/keep-updated...

Happy #internationalwomensday. We're very lucky here at FMP to have a fantastic group of talented women, all working together to protect our precious floodplain meadows. Find out more about the team here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab... #IWD2026 #womeninstem

Last night's winter workshop on snake’s-head fritillaries at North Meadow NNR at the Cricklade Club was a resounding sucess 😄. Data shared and crafts enjoyed. If you'd like to join us, sign up for this year's fritillary count on 23rd April here: tinyurl.com/4j5r6s4y

What’s happening in #FloodplainMeadows in March? Underground activity becomes evident as early flowers like dandelions burst into life, bringing a splash of early colour and welcome nectar for hungry pollinators. Find out more here:https://tinyurl.com/44ujx98k

It is freshwater Friday, so a good time to flag our recent open access article with @floodplainmead.bsky.social on using a historic landscape approach to identify former meadow habitats with origins in the early medieval period: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Join us for a free winter workshop to hear about the latest findings from the annual snake’s-head fritillary count at North Meadow NNR and craft your own fritillary. 🍰Refreshments and cake will be provided 🫖 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/6xjyhftc

Very much in agreement with the concerns raised by The Wildlife Trusts here. Maize is incredibly damaging to floodplains. tinyurl.com/2tvz8xfw

The sun came out briefly yesterday. We are longing to be back in the meadows rummaging around in quadrats. Not long to wait...

Yesterday we delivered the last of four training webinars for 231 stautory agency staff from @naturalengland.bsky.social, DEFRA, and EA on the new Floodplain Meadow CSHT Option. Anyone giving advice on or hoping to apply for the option can register for the next series here 👇 tinyurl.com/84chmc7p

New blog from our director, Professor David Gowing, @openuniversity.bsky.social on the long-term monitoring at Somerford Mead. tinyurl.com/5cswcf7p

How Can Art Save Meadows? Find out in this lovely article by @openuniversity.bsky.social team @artandecology.bsky.social, @vickybowskill.bsky.social and our own Emma Rothero 👇 (Image: ‘Long Mead in Late June’, by Julia Loken) tinyurl.com/mssv8usy

🥳🌱New Paper!🌱🥳 Check out how we have been working with our friends at Fjordr to detect historical locations of floodplain meadows using physical and documented traces in the landscape, suppporting the case for restoration. 👇 tinyurl.com/y8frpr2h

Check out our new paper on the newly defined oceanic wet grasslands of Scotland in the latest issue of British and Irish Botany 👀👀 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...

'Art and visual culture has a huge role to play in communicating information about the environmental crisis' youtu.be/TXdoHdZRXnU?...

Our Biological Flora on Wood Crane's-bill is out in @journalofecology.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A team effort w/ @ruthsk.bsky.social @sandravarga.bsky.social @spp-rich.bsky.social @duncanwestbury.bsky.social, irina Tatarenko & artist Lucy Hulmes on pen and ink.

Check out this new @journalofecology.bsky.social paper on Geranium sylvaticum. Produced by @openuniversity.bsky.social, @ukceh.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social, North Pennines AONB Partnership, University of Lincoln and Royal Agricultural University Read for free here: tinyurl.com/4vrn979j

This #WorldWetlandsDay, let’s celebrate floodplain meadows, pieces of living history woven into our culture. Managed communally for centuries, they supported shared livelihoods, local traditions and rich biodiversity. Find out more about these fascinating landscapes here: tinyurl.com/2s4byw74

Check out the latest newsletter from our friends at Herefordshire Meadows 👇 tinyurl.com/356d2rza

Check out this fantastic online art exhibtion by @artandecology.bsky.social showing how art can help us understand and conserve our wonderful floodplain medows. artuk.org/discover/cur...

Some lovely events coming up at the wonderful Mottey Meadows, do go along if you can. Info and booking links below. Saturday 18 April: Fritillary walk: tinyurl.com/uxvc4tfu Saturday 27 June: Summer Walk tinyurl.com/3rdumwdh Thursday 2 July: Summer Evening walk tinyurl.com/46cus9xw

Merry Christmas to all our followers, see you on the other side 🎄☃️

New grassland toolkit! Realising Grassland Potential: An Ecosystem Service Toolkit for Farmers' is a free toolkit designed to help increase understanding of nature markets and their potential to support grassland restoration. Access it here: url.td/7F7E1 and read more here: tinyurl.com/2s3v3w2e

It's #worldsoilday 🥳Floodplain meadow soils are ecosystem service superheros. Watch Professor David Gowing's video on floodplain meadow soils here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIki... Learn more about floodplain meadow soils in the OU's FREE course here: www.open.edu/openlearn/na...

As part of tiny.cc/azov001 we spent a day at @bbowt.bsky.social reserve Meadow Farm assesing soils to determine suitability for floodplain meadow restoration. Some of the techniques demonstrate just how much water these very well-structured soils can hold, reducing overland flooding.

A pleasure to meet @alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament today to discuss our research work on the Outer Hebrides on the threatened Oceanic Wet Grasslands bit.ly/43FpLML. Hopefully we have made him as keen as we are to protect and conserve these uniquely Scottish habitats!

PhD opportunity 👇 Come and work with our awesome team to explore whether our understanding of niche segregation can be harnessed to predict the response of vegetation to alterations in hydrological regimes that are likely to result from global change. 🌱 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

theconversation.com/how-the-nati... Lovely article from @artandecology.bsky.social on our recent joint project with @nationaltrust.org.uk, looking at how how art and visual culture can help us better understand and engage audiences with meadow restoration 🥰🌱 Read it here: tinyurl.com/39r2kkk2

Floodplain meadows are rich both in fungi and carbon stored in the soil. Our co-created research project looks at fungal communities in meadows influence long-term sequestration, and whether we can seed meadows with the right fungi to store even more! 🍄 university.open.ac.uk/stem/environ...