Chilterns National Landscape
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
Covering 838 km2 of countryside across Beds, Bucks, Herts & Oxon, the Chilterns offers breathtaking views, sweeping chalk hills and ancient beech woodlands - all on London's doorstep.
The improvements will increase access to the meadows & is part of Mend the Gap.
Mend the Gap is jointly run by the Chilterns & North Wessex Downs National Landscapes. The project is enhancing areas of the Goring Gap negatively impacted by the electrification of the Great Western mainline.
Mend the Gap is jointly run by the Chilterns & North Wessex Downs National Landscapes. The project is enhancing areas of the Goring Gap negatively impacted by the electrification of the Great Western mainline.
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The improvements will increase access to the meadows & is part of Mend the Gap.
Mend the Gap is jointly run by the Chilterns & North Wessex Downs National Landscapes. The project is enhancing areas of the Goring Gap negatively impacted by the electrification of the Great Western mainline.
Mend the Gap is jointly run by the Chilterns & North Wessex Downs National Landscapes. The project is enhancing areas of the Goring Gap negatively impacted by the electrification of the Great Western mainline.
📸 @kittyloganmedia.bsky.social & Open Sky Media
February 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📸 @kittyloganmedia.bsky.social & Open Sky Media
Funded by Thames Water & working in partnership with a range of NGOs, farmers, local authorities, government bodies & local communities, the project is delivering tangible benefits – at a catchment scale – for both people & the natural environment.
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February 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Funded by Thames Water & working in partnership with a range of NGOs, farmers, local authorities, government bodies & local communities, the project is delivering tangible benefits – at a catchment scale – for both people & the natural environment.
(🧵2/3)
(🧵2/3)
Wetlands are among the most diverse habitats on Earth; 40% of all plant & animal species depend on them to live or breed. They store vast amounts of carbon – making them vital in controlling the impacts of climate change. (🧵4/4)
#chilternsnationallandscape #WWD2025
#chilternsnationallandscape #WWD2025
February 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Wetlands are among the most diverse habitats on Earth; 40% of all plant & animal species depend on them to live or breed. They store vast amounts of carbon – making them vital in controlling the impacts of climate change. (🧵4/4)
#chilternsnationallandscape #WWD2025
#chilternsnationallandscape #WWD2025
Mend the Gap has funded approx. 20,000 m2 (3 football pitches) of wetland in a former crop field on the Sulham Estate, in the south Chilterns.
Wet-loving plant species will provide habitat for a variety of species, from dragonflies to wading birds. (🧵3/4)
📸 Sulham wetland (ARK)
Wet-loving plant species will provide habitat for a variety of species, from dragonflies to wading birds. (🧵3/4)
📸 Sulham wetland (ARK)
February 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Mend the Gap has funded approx. 20,000 m2 (3 football pitches) of wetland in a former crop field on the Sulham Estate, in the south Chilterns.
Wet-loving plant species will provide habitat for a variety of species, from dragonflies to wading birds. (🧵3/4)
📸 Sulham wetland (ARK)
Wet-loving plant species will provide habitat for a variety of species, from dragonflies to wading birds. (🧵3/4)
📸 Sulham wetland (ARK)
@chilternstreams.bsky.social worked with a number of landowners to create 2,500 m2 (1/2 a football pitch) of wetland in the Hambleden valley as part of wider restoration to the Hamble Brook – a winterbourne chalk stream. (🧵2/4)
📸 Hambleden wetland (@hedleythorne.bsky.social)
📸 Hambleden wetland (@hedleythorne.bsky.social)
February 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@chilternstreams.bsky.social worked with a number of landowners to create 2,500 m2 (1/2 a football pitch) of wetland in the Hambleden valley as part of wider restoration to the Hamble Brook – a winterbourne chalk stream. (🧵2/4)
📸 Hambleden wetland (@hedleythorne.bsky.social)
📸 Hambleden wetland (@hedleythorne.bsky.social)