Excellent inspiring day spent with the Trustees and the Colne Valley Park team at #Denham Waterski Club on Thursday; brainstorming on how we can better protect, promote and enhance the Regional Park. Many thanks to Robin for his excellent hospitality.

Always lovely to spend an afternoon with the kingfishers at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. This female was out fishing immediately after the rain on Sunday. Plus bonus migrant hawker dragonfly pic. #birdwatching #ukbirding #kingfisher #dragonfly #odonata @colnevalley.bsky.social

Stunning sky this morning. Glorious walking along the Grand Union Canal to #Denham country park past Frayes meadow. A reminder of how lucky we are to have the Colne Valley Regional Park.

Nuthatch at the reserve yesterday. Photo by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Iain Nibbsy. @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds

Great work from these #volunteers from @heathrow.com who spent the morning at Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve in #Horton near #Windsor cutting back overgrown vegetation from around the site’s footpaths to help improve accessibility to reserve users.

@gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an enthusiastic Rivers Project Officer to deliver a variety of river enhancement, monitoring and citizen science-based community engagement across the Colne Catchment. Last chance to apply! Expires today. #recruiting www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/rivers-p...

Nicky from @gwksouth.bsky.social spent a Saturday morning at Willowbank in #NewDenham with Malcolm and his #volunteer friends recently and was impressed by their #Riverfly monitoring skills and set up, thank you Roger @goldcrest10.bsky.social for the photos. @riverflies.bsky.social

Kingfisher, Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler from a visit to Maple Lodge yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds

Thank you to everyone who was generous enough to give up their Saturday morning to Clean Up #Colnbrook #Slough. These are some of the amazing #volunteers. They had a big impact. The local residents and wildlife have a lot to thank them for.

Productive meeting with @buckscouncil.bsky.social councillors in #Denham this afternoon and joined by @joymorrissey MP on Teams. Exciting to progress opportunities to protect & enhance the Colne Valley Regional Park. Thank you everyone for making the time for this.

Do watch Stewart Pomeroy last night on @BBCLondonNews explaining the importance of the Colne Valley Regional Park and why our beautiful landscape is a lot more than a backdrop to an engineering project. Starts at 15:12 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Great work from these #volunteers from @HeathrowAirport who spent the morning at Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve in #Horton near #Windsor clearing vegetation and litter from around the entrance to make the reserve more accessible and pleasant for local users.

@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social #bats #moths

#Uxbridge Lock this morning. Look No Litter! Thank you to whoever has removed the litter around the lock, that has been there for months. It is so lovely to see it litter free. Hooray @CanalRiverTrust

Who’d like to #volunteer for a Litter Blitz at 10am on Saturday 27th September? This #Colnbrook Community Cleanup is organised by Cllr Puja Bedi & @SloughAntilitter. The more people, the greater the impact. #Slough www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/events/colne...

Invasive Non-Native Species can look innocuous, even pretty, but they cost the UK over £4 Billion every year though direct damage and loss of habitat for native species. This latest threat to our local rivers is American Skunk Cabbage @invasiveSP www.youtube.com/shorts/fmWDe...

Pleased to meet with the Colne Valley Region Park team at Langley Park to discuss how we can improve access to the Colne Valley Regional Park — including better cycling links and attractive walking routes. Protecting and enhancing our precious green spaces must be a key priority.🌿

The Visitor Centre in #Denham is now temporarily Closed. Please rest assured that the Colne Valley Park continues to offer countless ways to get out and explore your local countryside.

Who’d like a map that shows the boundaries of the Colne catchment, Colne Valley Regional Park and those of the Chilterns National Landscape? You’re welcome 😊 @colnevalley.bsky.social @chilternstreams.bsky.social @chilternsnl.bsky.social @vervalleysoc.bsky.social

Who’d like to #volunteer for a Litter Blitz at 10am on Saturday 27th September? This #Colnbrook Community Cleanup is organised by Cllr Puja Bedi & @SloughAntilitte. The more people, the greater the impact. #Slough www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/events/colne...

Welcome to the Colne Valley!

Great work here from these #volunteers from @centricaplc.bsky.social at College Road allotments in #Slough clearing plots so they can be used by the wider community. We are really grateful for your hard work and enthusiasm. @gwksouth.bsky.social @groundworkuk.bsky.social

We agree with government that we need growth. Growth of trees, growth of wildlife corridors and growth of access to nature for people. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/lets-create-...

This 2023 survey proves the national importance of the lakes of the Northern half of the Colne Valley Regional Park for water birds. The headlines revealed that Broadwater Lake remains the key refuge, Stocker’s Lake second. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/ducking-and-... @HMWTBadger @Hillingdon

Read our response to this planning application for yet another immense data centre in #Iver here… www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Many thanks to these hard-working volunteers from @cocacolaep.bsky.social at #Denham Quarry Woods. They coppiced hazel: increasing sunlight to the woodland floor and allowing establishment of a greater diversity of understory and canopy woodland species.

@gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the development phase of our @heritagefunduk.bsky.social lottery funded Colne Connections Project. Last chance to apply: closes today 8th Sept www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/colne-co... #recruiting #hiring #conservation

Great to meet with @tandhesi.bsky.social today at Langley park near #Slough to discuss how we can protect and enhance the Colne Valley Regional Park including improving cycling connections and attractive walking routes to this amazing site.

In #Colnbrook now meeting with Jack Rankin MP, Dexter Smith @SloughLeader & Cllr Puja Bedi @SloughCouncil; looking at the good, bad and ugly areas of the Colne Valley Regional Park. Working out how best to protect, promote and enhance this precious green space. #Slough

. @gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an enthusiastic Rivers Project Officer to deliver a variety of river enhancement, monitoring and citizen science-based community engagement across the Colne Catchment. #jobsearch #greenjobs #conservation #hirefriday www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/rivers-p...

We can see an opportunity to create the best managed and best connected green corridor around any city in Europe. We know this is a big claim, but its no less real for that www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/lets-create-... @wclnews.bsky.social #dolondondifferently @nationalparkcity.bsky.social

@CanalRiverTrust are leading a litter pick on the #Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal at 10:30am on Sunday 7th September. The Friends of Slough Canal are also joining. If you would like to #volunteer to help out, they would be very glad to see you volunteer.canalrivertrust.org.uk/opportunitie...

. @gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the development phase of our @heritagefunduk.bsky.social lottery funded Colne Connections Project. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/colne-co... #jobsearch #vacancy #BucksJobs

We have recently been carrying out work to eradicate an invasive non native species with the unlikely name of skunk cabbage, from Hardings Row #NatureReserve #Iver Heath and on the River Alderbourne. With thanks to @AffinityWater and NEP Biodiversity Group www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/skunk-cabbag...

These neglected allotments in #Slough have been reinstated thanks to a maintenance visit organised by our @gwksouth.bsky.social Green Team with hard working #volunteers from @heathrow.com

Run out of things to do with the kids this summer holiday? Why not try paddle boarding at #Denham Waterski Club? See the website for further details www.denhamwaterski.com

We’re delighted to have got funding from Heathrow Community Trust to run a series of litter blitz sessions in the Colne Valley Regional Park in the next 10 months. If you’d like to #volunteer to join, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more here www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/colne-valley...

. @gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the development phase of our @heritagefunduk.bsky.social lottery funded Colne Connections Project. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/colne-co... #jobsearch #vacancy #BucksJobs

Welcome @awscloud.bsky.social our latest corporate supporter & thank you to the amazing Amazon team who joined us in July for a corporate volunteer session. A great team effort! Thank you for producing this great video that highlights our mission #AmazonInCommunities www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pW...

Legal challenge over datacentre on #GreenBelt land. Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW #Iver #Buckinghamshire facility www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com

A new set of signs for our hides! Produced and installed by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social volunteer, Paul Marshall. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that @gwksouth.bsky.social has received initial support from The @heritagefunduk.bsky.social for the Colne Connections project. Made possible thanks to National Lottery players. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/project/coln... #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

Looking for somewhere local to walk? Try one of our 18 Short Circular Walks: an easy way to start exploring the Colne Valley Park. Varying from 1½-5 miles. See here for directions, a map, points of historical interest and cafes en route. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/things-to-do...

How well do you know the Colne Valley Regional Park? #DYK it stretches from #Rickmansworth in the north, to #Staines and the Thames in the south, #Uxbridge and Heathrow in the east, to #Slough and #Chalfont in the west; that’s 43 square miles. Here’s a map

We are kept busy responding to planning applications and writing letters to decision makers, in our drive to protect and maintain the beautiful landscape of the Colne Valley Park. You can see the detail on the library page of our website here www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/library/

Many thanks to our dedicated team of cattle checkers, who ensure the @Colne_Valley cows are healthy and happy. Cows munching the grass encourages wildflower growth. Learn more about our conservation grazing project here www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/conservation... @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

. @gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the development phase of our @heritagefunduk.bsky.social lottery funded Colne Connections Project. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/colne-co... #jobsearch #vacancy #BucksJobs

Another load of plastic, collected by the @colnevalley.bsky.social green team, being loaded up by Tony Booker ready to go to the amazing ReAP. ReAP #recycle plastics collected from aquatic ecosystems such as rivers; to reduce the amount of plastic waste, for a cleaner and healthier world.

If you live in #StAlbans #Amersham #Uxbridge or other parts of #Herts #Bucks & #London you may think the impact of #HeathrowExpansion is remote. But building a runway over 5 rivers will harm the connection for fish & otters between the #Thames & #Chilterns www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/catastrophic...

NewsFlash: Government has stated that they value the Colne Valley and want to see it protected. We need to help them turn these words into concrete action before the Park is lost under concrete. Read this link to find out more, including how you can help www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/protection-o...