Dan Abrahams
@danabrahams2.bsky.social
Woods, trees, Nature, Rewilding, Restoring natural processes
Visited Goss Moor NNR. Surely one of the largest expanses of Willow scrub in UK? Exciting plans for restoring a more natural hydrology
July 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Visited Goss Moor NNR. Surely one of the largest expanses of Willow scrub in UK? Exciting plans for restoring a more natural hydrology
Awesome visit to the Undercliifs NNR. Largest coastal landslip in UK and subsequent natural regeneration of woodland. Just a wierd wild wonderful place!!
July 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Awesome visit to the Undercliifs NNR. Largest coastal landslip in UK and subsequent natural regeneration of woodland. Just a wierd wild wonderful place!!
Some nice things in and around scrub mosaics including “saum” habitat
June 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Some nice things in and around scrub mosaics including “saum” habitat
New forest shenanigans
May 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New forest shenanigans
Fun day at Langley Wood NNR with colleagues talking deer, oak regeneration, old trees, lichens
May 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fun day at Langley Wood NNR with colleagues talking deer, oak regeneration, old trees, lichens
Great day in New Forest taking in bog woodland! One of the rarest wooded habitats in the UK
May 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great day in New Forest taking in bog woodland! One of the rarest wooded habitats in the UK
Scrubby loveliness, Monsal Dale, Peak District full of birdsong and invertebrates
April 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Scrubby loveliness, Monsal Dale, Peak District full of birdsong and invertebrates
All the trees not in leaf here are Ash. Pretty much all are showing symptoms of Ash Dieback. Not all with die but the majority are likely to, reshaping these landscapes
April 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
All the trees not in leaf here are Ash. Pretty much all are showing symptoms of Ash Dieback. Not all with die but the majority are likely to, reshaping these landscapes
Some shots from water-cum-jolly today
April 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Some shots from water-cum-jolly today
Some shots in the spring sun. #peakdistrict
April 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Some shots in the spring sun. #peakdistrict
1st visit to Leighton Moss. Will have to go back because I had so little time.
March 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
1st visit to Leighton Moss. Will have to go back because I had so little time.
Tree of the day! Everyone needs one!! Somewhere in Cumbria
March 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tree of the day! Everyone needs one!! Somewhere in Cumbria
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An historic moment for Nature recovery in England with a new policy setting out plans for the return of wild Beavers. Licenses will be issued by Natural England so that we can harness the power of these keystone animals for the many benefits they bring.
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
Beaver wild release: a milestone for nature recovery in England
By Stuart Otway, Principal Officer in Natural England’s Complex Cases Unit and Delphine Pouget, Principal Officer in Natural England’s Species Recovery & Reintroductions Team After centuries of absen...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk
February 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
An historic moment for Nature recovery in England with a new policy setting out plans for the return of wild Beavers. Licenses will be issued by Natural England so that we can harness the power of these keystone animals for the many benefits they bring.
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
Really inspiring 2 days at Cambridge Uni rewilding conference. Thanks to Citizen zoo for organising! Lots of great insights from across the globe. Some highlights:
January 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Really inspiring 2 days at Cambridge Uni rewilding conference. Thanks to Citizen zoo for organising! Lots of great insights from across the globe. Some highlights:
Ok rewilding conference Cambridge Uni. Let’s go!!
January 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ok rewilding conference Cambridge Uni. Let’s go!!
The wilderness area at monks wood is inspiring. Natural process in action!
Emergent young oaks, ready to broaden into a tree canopy over the understorey of hawthorn/blackthorn thicket, which protected them from deer. Future ancient woodland in the making. All natural colonisation, unmanaged, at our Monks Wood site. #forests #trees #rewilding #sustainability #conservation
November 22, 2024 at 6:04 PM
The wilderness area at monks wood is inspiring. Natural process in action!
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Disentangling direct & indirect effects of forest structure on biodiversity: Bottom-up & top-down effects between forestry, bats & their insect prey 🦇
Expanding management towards open & old-growth forests may increase roosting & foraging opportunities 🌏 🧪
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Expanding management towards open & old-growth forests may increase roosting & foraging opportunities 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/4fRIOqT
November 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Disentangling direct & indirect effects of forest structure on biodiversity: Bottom-up & top-down effects between forestry, bats & their insect prey 🦇
Expanding management towards open & old-growth forests may increase roosting & foraging opportunities 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/4fRIOqT
Expanding management towards open & old-growth forests may increase roosting & foraging opportunities 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/4fRIOqT
1st time visit to Burnham beeches back in June. It’s a pretty special place. Amazing wood pasture and scrubby edges. The mire with Royal Fern was an unexpected surprise!
November 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM
1st time visit to Burnham beeches back in June. It’s a pretty special place. Amazing wood pasture and scrubby edges. The mire with Royal Fern was an unexpected surprise!
#thicktrunktuesday 8m girth sycamore in a Northumberland churchyard! #nature #trees #veterantree #ancienttree
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
#thicktrunktuesday 8m girth sycamore in a Northumberland churchyard! #nature #trees #veterantree #ancienttree
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A veteran Field Maple, pollarded long ago, marking the Medieval wood-boundary of Old Sulehay Forest. Host to a magnificent tiered specimen of Mossy Maple Polypore (also known more prosaically as Poplar Bracket).
#ThickTrunkTuesday 📸🍄
#fungifriends
#ThickTrunkTuesday 📸🍄
#fungifriends
November 19, 2024 at 5:40 PM
A veteran Field Maple, pollarded long ago, marking the Medieval wood-boundary of Old Sulehay Forest. Host to a magnificent tiered specimen of Mossy Maple Polypore (also known more prosaically as Poplar Bracket).
#ThickTrunkTuesday 📸🍄
#fungifriends
#ThickTrunkTuesday 📸🍄
#fungifriends
BIG TREE GOOD!! This ancient oak “The Old Man of Calke” is one of my faves. 10m girth and conpletely hollow. It’s seen some things I bet! Just as impressive is the ancient lime at the same site. Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. #ancienttrees #trees #nature
November 17, 2024 at 8:20 PM
BIG TREE GOOD!! This ancient oak “The Old Man of Calke” is one of my faves. 10m girth and conpletely hollow. It’s seen some things I bet! Just as impressive is the ancient lime at the same site. Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. #ancienttrees #trees #nature
Good (bad?) example of the effect of deer browsing on the accessible leaves of ivy.
November 16, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Good (bad?) example of the effect of deer browsing on the accessible leaves of ivy.
Some of the damage that gamebird release can have along with soil enrichment, lack of tree regeneration etc
November 16, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Some of the damage that gamebird release can have along with soil enrichment, lack of tree regeneration etc
November 16, 2024 at 11:27 PM
#peakdistrict #nationalpark strategic restoration of dry ponds between clusters of intact ones providing aquatic continuity through the valley with benefits for amphibians and invertebrates. Nature recovery in action 💪 Dewponds the only standing water in this landscape
November 13, 2024 at 2:18 PM
#peakdistrict #nationalpark strategic restoration of dry ponds between clusters of intact ones providing aquatic continuity through the valley with benefits for amphibians and invertebrates. Nature recovery in action 💪 Dewponds the only standing water in this landscape