Floodplain Meadows Partnership
@floodplainmead.bsky.social
The Floodplain Meadows Partnership is an innovative project focusing on research, management, promotion and restoration of these special meadows in England and Wales 🌱
https://linktr.ee/floodplainmead
https://linktr.ee/floodplainmead
It's #worldsoilday 🥳Floodplain meadow soils are ecosystem service superheros.
Watch Professor David Gowing's video on floodplain meadow soils here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIki...
Learn more about floodplain meadow soils in the OU's FREE course here: www.open.edu/openlearn/na...
Watch Professor David Gowing's video on floodplain meadow soils here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIki...
Learn more about floodplain meadow soils in the OU's FREE course here: www.open.edu/openlearn/na...
Soils of Floodplain Meadows Professor David Gowing
YouTube video by FloodplainMeadows
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December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's #worldsoilday 🥳Floodplain meadow soils are ecosystem service superheros.
Watch Professor David Gowing's video on floodplain meadow soils here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIki...
Learn more about floodplain meadow soils in the OU's FREE course here: www.open.edu/openlearn/na...
Watch Professor David Gowing's video on floodplain meadow soils here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIki...
Learn more about floodplain meadow soils in the OU's FREE course here: www.open.edu/openlearn/na...
As part of tiny.cc/azov001 we spent a day at
@bbowt.bsky.social
reserve Meadow Farm assesing soils to determine suitability for floodplain meadow restoration. Some of the techniques demonstrate just how much water these very well-structured soils can hold, reducing overland flooding.
@bbowt.bsky.social
reserve Meadow Farm assesing soils to determine suitability for floodplain meadow restoration. Some of the techniques demonstrate just how much water these very well-structured soils can hold, reducing overland flooding.
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As part of tiny.cc/azov001 we spent a day at
@bbowt.bsky.social
reserve Meadow Farm assesing soils to determine suitability for floodplain meadow restoration. Some of the techniques demonstrate just how much water these very well-structured soils can hold, reducing overland flooding.
@bbowt.bsky.social
reserve Meadow Farm assesing soils to determine suitability for floodplain meadow restoration. Some of the techniques demonstrate just how much water these very well-structured soils can hold, reducing overland flooding.
A pleasure to meet @alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament today to discuss our research work on the Outer Hebrides on the threatened Oceanic Wet Grasslands bit.ly/43FpLML. Hopefully we have made him as keen as we are to protect and conserve these uniquely Scottish habitats!
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A pleasure to meet @alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament today to discuss our research work on the Outer Hebrides on the threatened Oceanic Wet Grasslands bit.ly/43FpLML. Hopefully we have made him as keen as we are to protect and conserve these uniquely Scottish habitats!
PhD opportunity 👇 Come and work with our awesome team to explore whether our understanding of niche segregation can be harnessed to predict the response of vegetation to alterations in hydrological regimes that are likely to result from global change. 🌱
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-OU07 The role of the hydrological niche in predicting vegetation response to climate change – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
PhD opportunity 👇 Come and work with our awesome team to explore whether our understanding of niche segregation can be harnessed to predict the response of vegetation to alterations in hydrological regimes that are likely to result from global change. 🌱
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
theconversation.com/how-the-nati...
Lovely article from @artandecology.bsky.social on our recent joint project with @nationaltrust.org.uk, looking at how how art and visual culture can help us better understand and engage audiences with meadow restoration 🥰🌱
Read it here: tinyurl.com/39r2kkk2
Lovely article from @artandecology.bsky.social on our recent joint project with @nationaltrust.org.uk, looking at how how art and visual culture can help us better understand and engage audiences with meadow restoration 🥰🌱
Read it here: tinyurl.com/39r2kkk2
How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration
Treasures inside the National Trust’s cultural collections can also draw attention to what is going on outside these estates.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
theconversation.com/how-the-nati...
Lovely article from @artandecology.bsky.social on our recent joint project with @nationaltrust.org.uk, looking at how how art and visual culture can help us better understand and engage audiences with meadow restoration 🥰🌱
Read it here: tinyurl.com/39r2kkk2
Lovely article from @artandecology.bsky.social on our recent joint project with @nationaltrust.org.uk, looking at how how art and visual culture can help us better understand and engage audiences with meadow restoration 🥰🌱
Read it here: tinyurl.com/39r2kkk2
Floodplain meadows are rich both in fungi and carbon stored in the soil. Our co-created research project looks at fungal communities in meadows influence long-term sequestration, and whether we can seed meadows with the right fungi to store even more! 🍄
university.open.ac.uk/stem/environ...
university.open.ac.uk/stem/environ...
The Open University
Mitti Matters is a collaborative project involving a selected group of experts and citizens from Milton Keynes with varying interests in nature and the environment, working with Open University staff....
university.open.ac.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Floodplain meadows are rich both in fungi and carbon stored in the soil. Our co-created research project looks at fungal communities in meadows influence long-term sequestration, and whether we can seed meadows with the right fungi to store even more! 🍄
university.open.ac.uk/stem/environ...
university.open.ac.uk/stem/environ...
As we celebrate our amazing fungi today take 5 minutes to top up your knowledge with this BBC Ideas video written in partnership with our own FMP Director Professor David Gowing – top facts to make you the fun-guy at parties! 🤪🍄
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/czrgg...
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/czrgg...
The fascinating world of fungi
More than 90% of fungi are unknown to science. But what we do know about this incredibly adaptable and unique life-form is mind-blowing.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As we celebrate our amazing fungi today take 5 minutes to top up your knowledge with this BBC Ideas video written in partnership with our own FMP Director Professor David Gowing – top facts to make you the fun-guy at parties! 🤪🍄
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/czrgg...
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/czrgg...
Floodplain meadows are rich in fungi & carbon stored in the soil. We’re piloting research following a co-creating project that identified fungi as an area to explore. Do fungal communities living on the meadows have an active influence on this incredible long term sequestration? #UKFungusDay #fungi
October 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Floodplain meadows are rich in fungi & carbon stored in the soil. We’re piloting research following a co-creating project that identified fungi as an area to explore. Do fungal communities living on the meadows have an active influence on this incredible long term sequestration? #UKFungusDay #fungi
As we celebrate our amazing fungi on #UKFungusDay take 5 minutes to top up your knowledge with this BBC Ideas video written in partnership with our own FMP Director Professor David Gowing. Top facts to make you the fun-guy at parties..!
bit.ly/3Iu5NNN #fungi #fungus @openuniversity.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Iu5NNN #fungi #fungus @openuniversity.bsky.social
The fascinating world of fungi
More than 90% of fungi are unknown to science. But what we do know about this incredibly adaptable and unique life-form is mind-blowing.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
As we celebrate our amazing fungi on #UKFungusDay take 5 minutes to top up your knowledge with this BBC Ideas video written in partnership with our own FMP Director Professor David Gowing. Top facts to make you the fun-guy at parties..!
bit.ly/3Iu5NNN #fungi #fungus @openuniversity.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Iu5NNN #fungi #fungus @openuniversity.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Our friends over at Herefordshire Meadows Group have been busy bees this summer 🌱💪. See what they've been up to here: tinyurl.com/59s756yf
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our friends over at Herefordshire Meadows Group have been busy bees this summer 🌱💪. See what they've been up to here: tinyurl.com/59s756yf
We're very pleased to have contributed data to this great piece of work 😁🌱
We've brought together a diverse range of high-quality vegetation plot datasets to form a new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain!
Read more:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🌱🌿🧪
Read more:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🌱🌿🧪
A National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain
UKCEH has brought together, for the first time, a diverse range of high-quality vegetation plot datasets to form a new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain – the GBNVPD.
www.ceh.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We're very pleased to have contributed data to this great piece of work 😁🌱
The 2026 River Restoration Centre Conference call for abstracts is now open. There are now just 3 weeks until the October 16th deadline, don't miss out!
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The 2026 River Restoration Centre Conference call for abstracts is now open. There are now just 3 weeks until the October 16th deadline, don't miss out!
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
Our #rivers are in crisis – polluted & stripped of their natural features. We’re calling on the government to urgently make #SpaceForWater & support a network of nature-rich river corridors including meadows. Sign the petition and help restore our rivers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Provide funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network.
Support farmers and landowners to make space for water with more, easily accessible funding schemes. We call on government to commit to providing financial incentives to help farmers create & maintain...
petition.parliament.uk
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our #rivers are in crisis – polluted & stripped of their natural features. We’re calling on the government to urgently make #SpaceForWater & support a network of nature-rich river corridors including meadows. Sign the petition and help restore our rivers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
A fantastic opportunity to work with one of our Steering Group members @nationaltrust.org.uk - so much potential, not only for the restoration of nature rich floodplains, but also for using their wonderful collections to bring the story of the role and value of this precious habitat to life!
Did you know, floodplain meadows deliver multiple benefits to our ecosystem and are a crucial tool in efforts to address critical environmental challenges.
They reduce and delay flood peaks, help to combat drought, provide a home for diverse animal and plant species and help improve water quality.
They reduce and delay flood peaks, help to combat drought, provide a home for diverse animal and plant species and help improve water quality.
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A fantastic opportunity to work with one of our Steering Group members @nationaltrust.org.uk - so much potential, not only for the restoration of nature rich floodplains, but also for using their wonderful collections to bring the story of the role and value of this precious habitat to life!
The joys of pressing flowers! Our own Director, Professor David Gowing curates how science & art can be combined in this short film co-produced by OU & BBC, with the One Show. A Pressing Matter aired on Tuesday 12th August at 7pm on BBC One & will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer. bit.ly/3HONXVg
August 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The joys of pressing flowers! Our own Director, Professor David Gowing curates how science & art can be combined in this short film co-produced by OU & BBC, with the One Show. A Pressing Matter aired on Tuesday 12th August at 7pm on BBC One & will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer. bit.ly/3HONXVg
And that's a wrap for fieldwork across @nationaltrust.org.uk sites on our joint TREASURE project. We've been from Norfolk to Dorset to Cumbria and everywhere in-between.
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
July 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
And that's a wrap for fieldwork across @nationaltrust.org.uk sites on our joint TREASURE project. We've been from Norfolk to Dorset to Cumbria and everywhere in-between.
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
This #NationalMeadowsDay, we’re backing @Plantlife in their urgent call to protect what’s left of our irreplaceable meadows. But we need your help!
These vital ecosystems cannot simply be recreated.
📖 Learn about Irreplaceable Habitats and join us here:
lnkd.in/edhij8Pv
joinplantlife.org/4ecU2q8
These vital ecosystems cannot simply be recreated.
📖 Learn about Irreplaceable Habitats and join us here:
lnkd.in/edhij8Pv
joinplantlife.org/4ecU2q8
Protect Our Irreplaceable Meadows - Plantlife
We need your help to call on our governments to protect our irreplaceable meadows - don't let meadows become a memory!
joinplantlife.org
July 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This #NationalMeadowsDay, we’re backing @Plantlife in their urgent call to protect what’s left of our irreplaceable meadows. But we need your help!
These vital ecosystems cannot simply be recreated.
📖 Learn about Irreplaceable Habitats and join us here:
lnkd.in/edhij8Pv
joinplantlife.org/4ecU2q8
These vital ecosystems cannot simply be recreated.
📖 Learn about Irreplaceable Habitats and join us here:
lnkd.in/edhij8Pv
joinplantlife.org/4ecU2q8
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🥵 Too hot out in the sun botanising today. Instead, I spent a lovely day focused on Snake’s-head Fritillaries at @floodplainmead.bsky.social craft workshop in Cricklade. Results are not too shabby given my usually poor artistic skills. 😃 Thank you to Alice, Emma and Olivia.
June 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🥵 Too hot out in the sun botanising today. Instead, I spent a lovely day focused on Snake’s-head Fritillaries at @floodplainmead.bsky.social craft workshop in Cricklade. Results are not too shabby given my usually poor artistic skills. 😃 Thank you to Alice, Emma and Olivia.
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One of my favourite floodplain meadow plants - Pepper Saxifrage Silaum silaus. For it's amazing cinnamony smell of leaves and fruits mostly. And a good insect nectar source, like most Apiaceae.
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One of my favourite floodplain meadow plants - Pepper Saxifrage Silaum silaus. For it's amazing cinnamony smell of leaves and fruits mostly. And a good insect nectar source, like most Apiaceae.
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Snakes-head fritillaries are a special joy with floodplain meadows & one we celebrated with an art project this week in Cricklade led by Alice Walker. On #NationalMeadowsDay lets commit to greater protection and awareness of the potential for grasslands such as floodplain meadows can bring.
July 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Snakes-head fritillaries are a special joy with floodplain meadows & one we celebrated with an art project this week in Cricklade led by Alice Walker. On #NationalMeadowsDay lets commit to greater protection and awareness of the potential for grasslands such as floodplain meadows can bring.
Celebrating the glories of Cumbrian and Lancashire floodplain meadows for #NationalMeadowsDay! We paid a visit to these beauties with the FMP Ambassadors floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab.... So much more potential for this valuable landscape in the northwest and throughout the UK.
July 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Celebrating the glories of Cumbrian and Lancashire floodplain meadows for #NationalMeadowsDay! We paid a visit to these beauties with the FMP Ambassadors floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab.... So much more potential for this valuable landscape in the northwest and throughout the UK.
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Visited Somerford Mead, a recreated (from arable) floodplain haymeadow nr Oxford. Looking good, but surprised to see that even here the Rough Hawksbeard Crepis biennis (last photo) is gaining ground as it is in all dry verges & meadows locally
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Visited Somerford Mead, a recreated (from arable) floodplain haymeadow nr Oxford. Looking good, but surprised to see that even here the Rough Hawksbeard Crepis biennis (last photo) is gaining ground as it is in all dry verges & meadows locally
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@floodplainmead.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Lovely to see floodplain meadows celebrated by senior advocacy stakeholders. Let's work together to restore floodplain meadows at a landscape scale 🥰
Wonderful to visit Achurch Meadow with colleagues from Floodplain Meadow Partnership, Natural England & Environment Agency. Vivid reminder of the HUGE importance of such places, for biodiversity, clean rivers, flood storage, carbon & more. 99% is gone, but massive opportunities for restoration.
June 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Lovely to see floodplain meadows celebrated by senior advocacy stakeholders. Let's work together to restore floodplain meadows at a landscape scale 🥰
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Wonderful to visit Achurch Meadow with colleagues from Floodplain Meadow Partnership, Natural England & Environment Agency. Vivid reminder of the HUGE importance of such places, for biodiversity, clean rivers, flood storage, carbon & more. 99% is gone, but massive opportunities for restoration.
June 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wonderful to visit Achurch Meadow with colleagues from Floodplain Meadow Partnership, Natural England & Environment Agency. Vivid reminder of the HUGE importance of such places, for biodiversity, clean rivers, flood storage, carbon & more. 99% is gone, but massive opportunities for restoration.