I hope you will enjoy this lovely journey into feasts of Christmas past, giving us insights into the diversity of the early English kitchen, with regional delights and stories of lost ingredients from "pre-turkey Britain".. Merry Christmas! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g8m…

Sophie Corrigan @SeaweedSoph 's pioneering work on Seaweed Farming in the SW has also been nominated for the Student Innovation Category in Thursday's Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards. youtu.be/Z2Payg4cCHk Watch this space as the results are announced at 9pm tomorrow evening!

Also nominated for the KE Awards Student Innovation Category is SWEEP's PhD student Roger Auster @AusterRoger for his research on "Coexistence | Human Dimensions of Reintroducing the Eurasian Beaver into England". Results announced at 9pm this Thursday youtube.com/watch?v=a_Ka0dC9…

We're excited to share that SWEEP has been nominated for the Knowledge Exchange Team of the Year, for the University of Exeter's KE Awards! Winners will be announced at this Thursday's award ceremony... best of luck team!! youtu.be/YFdeDg8_UKU

Good morning! Find out how the Natural Environment Online Evaluation Tool brings data to the heart of natural environment decision making for land use across England & Wales. netzeroplus.ac.uk/resources/…

"It's worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change" - Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022 Image: NASA 2022

Today, the MET Office verified the UK's highest temperatures for July. For all those who sought shade, NEVO provides "insights into the integrated relationships between climate change, land use change, ecosystem service flows and economic values". exeter.ac.uk/research/leep/r…

Swim and surf safely this summer! Here's the SWEEP Wave Forecasting team's excellent new Swim Safety short film: youtu.be/0r_PgMuLWQU

Closer to home, Wilderfest wilderlands.co.uk/wilderfest… starts this weekend from Friday 1st -3rd July at Rewilding Coombeshead rewildingcoombeshead.co.uk/ A new kind of micro festival with SWEEP's own Dr Richard Brazier, presenting "Beavering away with the architects of change".

As flooding continues globally, it's great to share SWEEP’s sustainable drainage systems and new SuDS Resource Hub sweep.ac.uk/sustainable-drai… “SuDS are a crucial element in stormwater management” James Webber in ‘Smart Stormwater’ Water Research, June 2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.202…