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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the warning, will do. It is going to be a long time till we see any evidence of any ecosystem engineering I'm afraid. You may have noticed the Crassula in the picture, we could do with some suppression!

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · 3d

We are getting Marsh Lousewort establishing in our created fen habitat @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social at last. We'll have to deter the deer from taking all the seed for a while yet. @judywebb.bsky.social

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Ripon Perambulation of 1481: a window onto the late medieval landscape of the Lower Ure Valley, North Yorkshire.
www.luct.org.uk/new-page-2

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · Aug 1

Great to see Water Germander thriving at Bolton-on-Swale Lake @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
despite drought and sheep grazing, lots of plants established on the lakeshore drawdown zone. Thanks to @palustris.bsky.social and LUCT.

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nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social · Jul 14

Fen Creation Workshop, 8th August 10am - 1pm

Suitable for conservation practitioners, students and volunteers, this free workshop explores fen creation on a sand and gravel quarry

For more information, see the link below:

www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 9

This looks like a sown mixture of 'cornfield annuals' without the corn crop. Meadows are mixtures of grasses and mostly perennial plants, usually cut for hay.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 9

It looks like a sown mixture of 'cornfield annuals' without the corn crop. It is absolutely not a meadow, which is a mixture of grasses and mostly perennial plants, usually cut for hay.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 8

It was, though a sales failure as we'd aim to sell them before flowering!

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 8

Marjoram & Thymes were our most popular herbs for butterflies. We kept an old patch of Hedge Germander to flower because it was so attractive to Bumlebees. Bring back flower- rich meadows!

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 8

These were a real menace for us, used to net them.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 2

I will try again then. The mature plants seem very robust. I think these areas of SSSI are cut on a 6 year NE rotation.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 2

Marsh Pea plants in the habitat creation nursery @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social are setting seed for the first time. We have put plants together from several remaining Yorkshire sites, hoping for some genetic variation, as plants seem clonal in some places.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jul 2

We have huge swathes of them growing with Meadowsweet & Comfrey on High Batts reserve near Ripon, but I've never managed to get seed to germinate.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Good idea, giving some chance of natural spread.

carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jun 10

First time in ages the bunnies did not eat everything.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · Jun 8

A Dyer's Greenweed stock plant flowering in the habitat creation nursery @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social. Seed from the Central henge at Thornborough, and plants we raise will be going back there. Stock plants in the polytunnel as deer ate all the flowers/ young pods in previous years.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 13

A beautiful Marsh Stitchwort in the habitat creation nursery @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social seed collected from Lower Derwent Valley NNR.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 10

Another great thread Lin, thank you.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 9

Tufted Loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora) in the habitat creation nursery @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social. Only the second time we've seen it flower, deer ate the buds last time. Only 1 site known in England.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 7

Great to see our plants from the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social flowering and about to produce seed so soon after planting. Thank you volunteers!

Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · Apr 12

The ground is so saturated here that I had to crawl or else sink to the top of my waders in the mud. I was staggered to see how some of the plants were flowering today. We have only one UK population.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they produced seeds this year?

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nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social · May 7

Fantastic to see Scarce Tufted Sedge, propagated by our team of volunteers here at Nosterfield, being introduced to four sites in Hertfordshire 👏👏

www.luct.org.uk/well-wetland...

@heritagefunduk.bsky.social
@carlinethis.bsky.social
@palustris.bsky.social

Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · Apr 12

C. cespitosa (Scarce Tufted-sedge) on the Gaddesden Estate today. Here's one of nearly 1000 plants I reintroduced in four Herts sites, funded by NE Species Recovery Programme grant. At this point along the River Gade, water runs out of the hillside & seeps across an open, muddy area into the river.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 6

All the feathery bits of panicle which don't make it into the liquidiser. There are not many viable seeds produced, so we probably processed a couple of buckets of seedheads.

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 5

Bottom pic looks like Marsh Violet.

carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 4

Ah, that will be the slow-release fertiliser...

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carlinethis.bsky.social @carlinethis.bsky.social · May 4

We gave some of the plants a 'headstart' immersion tratment to encourage tussocking. It seemed to delay early Spring development, but they have put on a spurt!

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