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Nature Towns and Cities @naturetownscities.bsky.social · Aug 4

🌳 A new mission to bring nature home

We’re on a mission to help millions more people enjoy nature and green space. Two thirds of people lack access to quality green space close to home. We’re working to change that, together.

naturetownsandcities.org.uk
#NatureTownsAndCities

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Jul 27

New Carbon Garden at Kew Gardens - worth a visit - simple interpretation, clear messaging and nice pavilion

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Jul 21

We’ve announced a £15million investment in Nature Towns and Cities, a UK-wide mission to enable millions of people to enjoy nature and green space close to home. It’s a partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and Natural England. www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/nature-...

Nature Towns and Cities launches with £15million investment

We’re supporting 40 towns and cities across the UK to improve and create accessible green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods.

www.heritagefund.org.uk

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Jun 10

Now we need to save our woodlands. Woodland Trust ‘State of Woodlands’ new report. 37% drop in woodland birds since 1995. 47% drop in woodland butterflies between 1990 and 2022. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Woodland Trust report calls for action to save woodland wildlife - BBC News

Nearly a quarter of Surrey is covered in woodland but the quality is declining, says Woodland Trust.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chilterns Chalk Streams Project @chilternstreams.bsky.social · Jun 7

JOB VACANCY!

Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project

Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below

Deadline: 30 June

Citizen Science Coordinator (Chalk Streams)

We are seeking a motivated professional with experience in recruiting, coordinating and facilitating volunteer activities for citizen scientists to conduct research and monitoring effectively, safely ...

www.environmentjob.co.uk

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Jun 6

Excited to announce this new Landscape Connections project today! www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Jun 6

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Hi Chris. If you are talking about red squirrels on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social next week any chance you could name check National Lottery Heritage Fund and this brilliant new project we’ve just funded. Massive boost for our fave mammal. www.nwt.org.uk/news/future-...

Future of reds looks rosy thanks to massive funding award | Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to have received an amazing £4.86m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for the five-year Red Squirrel Recovery Network (RSRN) project.

www.nwt.org.uk

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · May 12

Free online conference on creating nature towns and cities. 5 June. Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social naturetownsandcities.org.uk/event/creati...

Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference - Nature Towns & Cities

Join us for our Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference. This will take place online, on Thursday 5 June. Book your place now.

naturetownsandcities.org.uk

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · May 2

Met members of Peakland Environmental Farmers and Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers this week with @heritagefunduk Trustee Julian Glover. Supported with some grant funding they plan to work collaboratively across nearly 200 farms to help nature recover.

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Apr 22

Audley End, Saffron Walden dating from 1831. William Sawrey Gilpin parterre “Gilpin obliged with a parterre garden stretching out towards the Temple of Concord and composed of 170 geometric flower beds crisply cut from the turf - no yew hedges, no clipped box.” @englishheritage.bsky.social

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Apr 17

Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Apr 8

📢We’re hiring an Events and Special Projects Coordinator!
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is passionate about Nature Recovery and wants to work with a team that really makes a difference! 🌳 We have some exciting events in the pipeline that you could lead! Deadline 11th April!

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Apr 11

Good article about when developers and wildlife trusts can work together www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

www.theguardian.com

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Apr 5

Find out more about Changing Chalk here: www.southdowns.gov.uk/wildlife-hab...

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Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · Apr 5

Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals

While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals

While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The

www.cam.ac.uk

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Apr 2

Beautiful afternoon to visit the newly completed restoration works at Greenwich Park supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social. Avenue planting, 1661 Grand Ascent reinstated, view point refurbished and new education garden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Mar 29

Magnolia stellata ‘roses’. Stunning.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Mar 27

Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, one of the most exhaustive global studies on the subject ever conducted finds.

This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report

Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Mar 21

Great to see that one of three new national forests is planned for the west of England.

Positive there’s a focus on urban areas too (including Bristol) where trees are going to play a crucial role in supporting climate resilience.

New national forest to see 20m trees planted across West by 2050

The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets.

www.bbc.com

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Mar 18

Excellent work👏👍

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · Mar 18

Feeling very seen... 😝
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Countryside Jobs Service @countrysidejobs.bsky.social · Mar 10

Trainee Gardener - Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme with English Heritage, various garden locations around the UK, full-time for 12 months. If gardening is your passion and you want to make it your career, apply now!
See: c-js.co.uk/4imaQvT

c-js.co.uk

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · Mar 6

I'm officially launching this tomorrow with a newsletter thru work and the CHAP initiative, but Bluesky gets a sneaky preview. please share amongst students, friends, enthusiasts. It's going to be a good summer for #archaeology in the @chilternsnl.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1272753914...

Archaeology Training Excavation / Fieldschool

Looking for fieldwork experience and skills training? CHAP (Chilterns Heritage & Archaeology Partnership) offers a training excavation!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social · Mar 8

Two trustees wanted by The Ernest Cook Trust. One focused on land management and one on growth. Paid too! join-ernestcooktrust.co.uk/all-roles/

All Roles | The Ernest Cook Trust

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Mar 8

If you can create brilliant social media content across a range of channels and you want to work for a better world we're hiring. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/digi...

Digital Communications Officer | Good Law Project

Join the team at Good Law Project

goodlawproject.org

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