Reflective Ape. Ecologist. Trail Runner.
Joined August 2022
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Wondering how sediment accumulates in beaver ponds? The second paper from my PhD has just been published in ESPL @UniofExeter @BristolUni @nationaltrust : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@Keir_Starmer Britain is struggling financially alongside many other countries because Putin invaded Ukraine. America only benefits from a weakened Europe and will not feel the economic pressure if lands are conceded to Putin in Trump's peace plan. What is Britain doing?
Excited to have successfully defended by viva voce my PhD: Beavers mediate diffuse water pollution in agriculturally impacted catchments. Very grateful to Prof Nigel Willby @StirUni for taking the time to travel down to Exeter, and @DiegoPanici as internal examiner.🤓🦠 🦫✔️🍾.
Followed by some more great aquatic and semi-aquatic mammal encounters..
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yep, already greening up nicely and naturally with grasses, cornsalad, speedwell, bittercresses, thale cress, forget-me-nots, groundsel, willowherbs and others! Blue tits and sparrows risk the local cats to gather seeds!
Really finding its roots now. I'll do a plant and insect survey soon, but amazing what was already in the soil seed-bank or has found its way in. As is my ethos, the only things I planted were a hedge (from beech nuts in a local wood) and some food (soft fruits @AdamsAppleTrees )
The moment I dropped a file into a folder. PhD thesis submitted. I've got a few paper corrections to make, but hopefully we can then share our contribution to how reintroducing beavers is good for water quality. 🦫@ExeterGeography @GW4FreshCDT @nationaltrust @BristolUni
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Wonderful to be in Purbeck Dorset with @HattonLloyd @nationaltrust @BeaverTrust @NaturalEngland @UniofExeter for the first ever wild release of beavers in England!
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Historic first official wild beaver release in England!
Earlier today, our team was delighted to support the historic first licensed wild beaver release @nationaltrust site at Little Sea in Purbeck, Dorset.
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Credit to all those who made this happen, from the first beaver believers, the land managers, advisers and researchers on the ground, to those compiling reports and pushing for legislation for years from desks🦫🎉
Welcome back, beavers. 🦫
We are thrilled to support the Government’s decision to allow the reintroduction of beavers into the wild in England.
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Beaver clips @BeaverTrust and Alan Puttock (University of Exeter).
The easiest way to get land in England is to buy a bucket and take it out the river. River Exe, well mostly Exe catchment soil, after the rains today.
I will pay land owners in the UK to NOT plant trees. Nature can plant trees SO much better than us. If you have space, just let it go. If you're in a deer area, put up a deer fence with a gate in. You'll need a gate so you can see the AMAZING things happening when left alone.
Why am I concerned? It's not Russia's invasion of Ukraine, or other horrific acts of oppression elsewhere, but it is forcing our hand on nature again which will take hundreds of years for nature to take back. Or we can truly give nature the space and enjoy all the benefits.
Tree planting (in the UK) is no part of the solution to climate change -that's leaving fossil fuels in the ground, and it's not even close to being as good for biodiversity where natural regeneration, which WILL happen on anything but bare rock practically, is an option.
I like articles like this: theguardian.com/wellness/202…. Fossil fuel execs are just rubbing their hands when millions of us think 'but my changes won't make a difference.' Meanwhile the planet burns. Be vocal. Discuss it. Normalise actions, not in-action.
Very excited as British Ecological Society meeting kicks off. So many good sessions coming up, but if you want to learn about impacts of beavers on water quality, come see me at 10am on Friday!🦫
