And that's a wrap for fieldwork across @nationaltrust.org.uk sites on our joint TREASURE project. We've been from Norfolk to Dorset to Cumbria and everywhere in-between. This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴

Lovely to see floodplain meadows celebrated by senior advocacy stakeholders. Let's work together to restore floodplain meadows at a landscape scale 🥰

A great morning hosting ‪‪@tonyjuniper.bsky.social‬ & Alan Lovell Chair of the Environment Agency at Achurch Meadow, a wonderful example of floodplain meadow in Northamptonshire. Looking forward to working together to realise potential of this special habitat on a greater scale. Thanks to Kevin too!

Top notch advocacy by @floodplainmead.bsky.social Heads of @naturalengland.bsky.social and the Environment Agency got to appreciate the many benefits of floodplain meadows 🥳

Beautiful great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) for #wildflowerwednesday Did you know this, classic indicator of floodplain meadows has roots up to 2m deep? Read more here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/about-meadow...

As part of the #SpeciesOnTheEdge #OuterHebrides Wildlife Festival, join us online on 25th June 18:30 to hear about our research on a uniquely Scottish ecosystem, the astonishingly species-rich Oceanic wet grasslands. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Our summer intern David has been hard at work learning his rush species today. Left to right: Compact, soft, and hard rush. We also had some hybrid material but I let him off because I'm nice like that 😅

Today's merry band learning about floodplain meadow soils, hydrology, vegetation,and management are @nationaltrust.org.uk staff. Part of our TREASURE project, helping to raise the profile of floodplain meadows, share best practice and highlight restoration opportunities. + bonus tansy beetle 🪲😍.

Day 2 of training @naturalengland advisors covered assessing restoration potential/eligibility for the floodplain meadow CS option we helped develop. We also saw Long Mead's plug planting programme, a fantastic volunteer project producing floodplain meadow species for restoration projects 😍🌱

I've been really lucky to be working on a project with @nationaltrust.org.uk and @floodplainmead.bsky.social on the role that art can play in promoting floodplain meadows restoration. Short film on its way...

Day 1 of our training for @naturalengland staff at Long Mead in Oxfordshire. We've covered floodplain meadow soils, hydrology, vegetation, and heard about restoration techniques from the wonderful Catriona Bass who been instrumental in restoring large areas of species rich meadow along the Thames 🥰

Highlights of week one of our TREASURE project with @nationaltrust.org.uk. Floodplain meadow indicator species pepper saxifrage and meadow rue hanging on in there in some fairly agriculturally improved grasslands, hinting at their former glory. Botanising in the rain and chalk in the soil profile ☺️

Today's @nationaltrust TREASURE: Oenanthe pimpinelloides, mottles soil with a teeny tiny Ramshorn snail and survey helper 🌱🐌🐎

Braving the rain at Bathampton Meadows today. Part of a project with our friends @nationaltrust.org.uk looking at potential for restoring species-rich floodplain meadows across their estate. And Day 1 for our summer intern, David who discovered grass ID isn't impossible and he needs new boots 😂🥾

What's up? Radishes 😋

Counting fritillaries + eating cake = a great day at North Meadow NNR! 🍰🌷 Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s. Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)

🚨 The @floodplainmead.bsky.social team has produced a free @ouopenlearn.bsky.social course, 'An Introduction to Floodplain Meadows'. The course explores how these traditional landscapes can deliver a range of nature-based solutions to improve our environment. www.open.edu/openlearn/na...

📢New policy brief with partners Pasture For Life: Research funding should prioritise scientists and livestock farmers working more closely together on co-designed, co-delivered farm-level research projects 👩‍🌾🧑‍🔬🐮 Full story 👇 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/more-fu...

FMP are one of 50 Nature & farming groups united in calling for Government to protect the nature-friendly farming budget. Cuts could scupper the vital work of farmers trying to restore soils, boost nature & grow healthy food. Read the press release here: www.wcl.org.uk/farming-and-...

Grasslands like floodplain meadows are vital for food, carbon storage, water management, wildlife and more. Better coordination from Government can unlock their potential. That's why we’re joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social uk.bsky.social, NNFN and partners in calling for a Grassland Taskforce.

Celebrate World Wetlands Day by showing some love for floodplain meadows—sustainable, biodiverse agricultural systems that excel in ecosystem services. We think they're great 🥰Learn more here https://buff.ly/3PVbbJK #naturalfloodmanagement #WWD2025 #WetlandsCOP15

Sunset walk to shake off society (I think I'm allergic).

Oh look, it's me waffling on about how awesome floodplain meadows are again. Gis a listen if you're interested in sustainable climate change solutions 😊

A practical definition for better ID and protection of British ancient grasslands is discussed in this recent @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @britishecolsoc.bsky.social discussion paper by @caroline-orourke.bsky.social, D. Gowing, G. Griffith, @bsbiscience.bsky.social: www.plantlife.org.uk/wp-content/u...

A wonderful evening of Welsh folk. There's something very special about music that's so grounded in a particular place 🥰 #vri_cymru #maindeelibrary #welshfolkmusic

Not quite sure where I'm going on here yet... But here's some nice colours going from the garden to the kitchen. I like to grow at least some of my own food for both simple and complex reasons.

Come over yer to bury my head from the Musky hellscape.