@wanderingpath.bsky.social
Hi @andreasheinem.bsky.social, the @moorlandassoc.bsky.social state about your recent paper "An extensive review finds no grounds for the claim that controlled burning 'causes biodiversity loss.'"
My reading of point 10 in your review is that the evidence is mixed. Would you care to comment?
My reading of point 10 in your review is that the evidence is mixed. Would you care to comment?
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hi @andreasheinem.bsky.social, the @moorlandassoc.bsky.social state about your recent paper "An extensive review finds no grounds for the claim that controlled burning 'causes biodiversity loss.'"
My reading of point 10 in your review is that the evidence is mixed. Would you care to comment?
My reading of point 10 in your review is that the evidence is mixed. Would you care to comment?
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Restoring Yorkshire’s peatlands! 🌱
Over 800ha of bog at #HumberheadLevels is being revived to lock carbon, boost biodiversity & reduce floods.
Learn more 👉 www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/bringing-back-bog-peatland-restoration-humberhead-levels
#PeatlandRestoration
Over 800ha of bog at #HumberheadLevels is being revived to lock carbon, boost biodiversity & reduce floods.
Learn more 👉 www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/bringing-back-bog-peatland-restoration-humberhead-levels
#PeatlandRestoration
Bringing back the bog: peatland restoration in the Humberhead Levels | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
A major project run by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Natural England, and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is utilising methods like peat bunds and sphagnum planting to restore over 800 hectares of the…
www.ywt.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Restoring Yorkshire’s peatlands! 🌱
Over 800ha of bog at #HumberheadLevels is being revived to lock carbon, boost biodiversity & reduce floods.
Learn more 👉 www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/bringing-back-bog-peatland-restoration-humberhead-levels
#PeatlandRestoration
Over 800ha of bog at #HumberheadLevels is being revived to lock carbon, boost biodiversity & reduce floods.
Learn more 👉 www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/bringing-back-bog-peatland-restoration-humberhead-levels
#PeatlandRestoration
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The #YorkshireDales National Park really is limestone country ❄️
Limestone is a hard sedimentary rock formed when remains of sea creatures dropped onto the sea floor. It contains fossils like corals and shells.
📌 Ribblehead
📸 Kev Lockwood Photography
#ChristmasCalendar
Limestone is a hard sedimentary rock formed when remains of sea creatures dropped onto the sea floor. It contains fossils like corals and shells.
📌 Ribblehead
📸 Kev Lockwood Photography
#ChristmasCalendar
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The #YorkshireDales National Park really is limestone country ❄️
Limestone is a hard sedimentary rock formed when remains of sea creatures dropped onto the sea floor. It contains fossils like corals and shells.
📌 Ribblehead
📸 Kev Lockwood Photography
#ChristmasCalendar
Limestone is a hard sedimentary rock formed when remains of sea creatures dropped onto the sea floor. It contains fossils like corals and shells.
📌 Ribblehead
📸 Kev Lockwood Photography
#ChristmasCalendar
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ICYMI, we still don't have legislation to ban the use of peat in bagged compost (or horticulture more widely) in the UK. Please sign the petition and let's keep peat in the bog and not a bag: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-...
Bogs not bags... | Yorkshire Peat Partnership
In 2011, the UK Government set a voluntary target for the use of peat in amateur horticulture to be phased out by 2020. In 2021, Defra launched a consultation on whether the use of peat in horticultur...
www.yppartnership.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ICYMI, we still don't have legislation to ban the use of peat in bagged compost (or horticulture more widely) in the UK. Please sign the petition and let's keep peat in the bog and not a bag: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-...
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I'm lichen it ...
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm lichen it ...
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
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Fantastic job: Specialist Advisor in Peatland Habitat Monitoring.
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fantastic job: Specialist Advisor in Peatland Habitat Monitoring.
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales
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It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like #Christmoss! Have you been good peatland practitioners and restored a lot of #Peatland this year? #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Christmas
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like #Christmoss! Have you been good peatland practitioners and restored a lot of #Peatland this year? #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Christmas
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@yorkshirepeat.bsky.social is highlighting the lack of Government action on the horticultural peat ban despite overwhelming support.
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition, write to your MP & go #PeatFree in your own garden.
www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-marquis/bogs-not-bags
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition, write to your MP & go #PeatFree in your own garden.
www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-marquis/bogs-not-bags
Bogs not bags... | Yorkshire Peat Partnership
In 2011, the UK Government set a voluntary target for the use of peat in amateur horticulture to be phased out by 2020. In 2021, Defra launched a consultation on whether the use of peat in horticultur...
www.yppartnership.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@yorkshirepeat.bsky.social is highlighting the lack of Government action on the horticultural peat ban despite overwhelming support.
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition, write to your MP & go #PeatFree in your own garden.
www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-marquis/bogs-not-bags
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition, write to your MP & go #PeatFree in your own garden.
www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-marquis/bogs-not-bags
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National Tree Week. Ash trees keep woodlands bright with their open, late-leafing canopy. And despite Ash Dieback Disease, many are showing resilience, pushing new growth and adapting.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
National Tree Week. Ash trees keep woodlands bright with their open, late-leafing canopy. And despite Ash Dieback Disease, many are showing resilience, pushing new growth and adapting.
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Although our work is focussed on restoring natural #peatland habitats, it's also great to remember that there is a wealth of human history in these hills😊
It's important to retain these cultural connections to the landscape, while also trying to restore natural habitats for future generations 🌿
It's important to retain these cultural connections to the landscape, while also trying to restore natural habitats for future generations 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Although our work is focussed on restoring natural #peatland habitats, it's also great to remember that there is a wealth of human history in these hills😊
It's important to retain these cultural connections to the landscape, while also trying to restore natural habitats for future generations 🌿
It's important to retain these cultural connections to the landscape, while also trying to restore natural habitats for future generations 🌿
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Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
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Isn't lichen brilliant?
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Isn't lichen brilliant?
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We love before and after pictures😃Before work started, this eroding area fed water into a narrow but deep channel, causing further erosion downslope.
After such a wet week, the impact of the work is clear to see! The large volumes of water are being slowed down, reducing the likelihood of erosion💦
After such a wet week, the impact of the work is clear to see! The large volumes of water are being slowed down, reducing the likelihood of erosion💦
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We love before and after pictures😃Before work started, this eroding area fed water into a narrow but deep channel, causing further erosion downslope.
After such a wet week, the impact of the work is clear to see! The large volumes of water are being slowed down, reducing the likelihood of erosion💦
After such a wet week, the impact of the work is clear to see! The large volumes of water are being slowed down, reducing the likelihood of erosion💦
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November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Own peatland?
Restore it with this 100% grant (£10K-£250K).
Benefit from reducing flood and fire spread risk, a possible grazing opportunity, keeping carbon in the land and reducing GHG emissions, and boosting the bog’s unique nature.
bit.ly/4qbX6bT
@natreswales.bsky.social
#HighNatureLowCarbon
Restore it with this 100% grant (£10K-£250K).
Benefit from reducing flood and fire spread risk, a possible grazing opportunity, keeping carbon in the land and reducing GHG emissions, and boosting the bog’s unique nature.
bit.ly/4qbX6bT
@natreswales.bsky.social
#HighNatureLowCarbon
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Own peatland?
Restore it with this 100% grant (£10K-£250K).
Benefit from reducing flood and fire spread risk, a possible grazing opportunity, keeping carbon in the land and reducing GHG emissions, and boosting the bog’s unique nature.
bit.ly/4qbX6bT
@natreswales.bsky.social
#HighNatureLowCarbon
Restore it with this 100% grant (£10K-£250K).
Benefit from reducing flood and fire spread risk, a possible grazing opportunity, keeping carbon in the land and reducing GHG emissions, and boosting the bog’s unique nature.
bit.ly/4qbX6bT
@natreswales.bsky.social
#HighNatureLowCarbon
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PhD opportunity: "Mapping, modelling and monitoring peatland pollution"
Led by @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social and co-supervised by myself and Prof. Jonny Huck.
Full details and how to apply can be found here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you are interested, please do get in touch!
Led by @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social and co-supervised by myself and Prof. Jonny Huck.
Full details and how to apply can be found here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you are interested, please do get in touch!
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] Mapping, modelling and monitoring peatland pollution at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] Mapping, modelling and monitoring peatland pollution at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
PhD opportunity: "Mapping, modelling and monitoring peatland pollution"
Led by @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social and co-supervised by myself and Prof. Jonny Huck.
Full details and how to apply can be found here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you are interested, please do get in touch!
Led by @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social and co-supervised by myself and Prof. Jonny Huck.
Full details and how to apply can be found here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you are interested, please do get in touch!
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Sphagnum capillifolium #moss #bryophyte
October 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sphagnum capillifolium #moss #bryophyte
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Peat and whisky have a long association🥃
As the importance of protecting and restoring peatlands is now recognised 💚 the Manx Whisky Company create their delicious whisky without the use of peat, using other ways of creating flavours 😋 It was great to show them around one of our sites!
As the importance of protecting and restoring peatlands is now recognised 💚 the Manx Whisky Company create their delicious whisky without the use of peat, using other ways of creating flavours 😋 It was great to show them around one of our sites!
September 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Peat and whisky have a long association🥃
As the importance of protecting and restoring peatlands is now recognised 💚 the Manx Whisky Company create their delicious whisky without the use of peat, using other ways of creating flavours 😋 It was great to show them around one of our sites!
As the importance of protecting and restoring peatlands is now recognised 💚 the Manx Whisky Company create their delicious whisky without the use of peat, using other ways of creating flavours 😋 It was great to show them around one of our sites!
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Sphagnum lindbergii, majus, medium, rubellum, papillosum, and tenellum. Can you spot them all? #moss #bryophyte
September 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Sphagnum lindbergii, majus, medium, rubellum, papillosum, and tenellum. Can you spot them all? #moss #bryophyte
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Sphagnum squarrosum in a swampy woodland pond in the New Forest on Monday. Such a pretty moss!
September 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Sphagnum squarrosum in a swampy woodland pond in the New Forest on Monday. Such a pretty moss!
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When old meets new. Two restoration interventions, 10 years apart. The timber dam has been overgrown by #Sphagnum and #Cottongrass. We then added a coir log to improve water retention in some part of the gully. #PeatlandRestoration #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When old meets new. Two restoration interventions, 10 years apart. The timber dam has been overgrown by #Sphagnum and #Cottongrass. We then added a coir log to improve water retention in some part of the gully. #PeatlandRestoration #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog
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Great to be in Westminster talking #Peatlands & the #GreatNorthBog with Minister @marycreagh.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks to all who gave their time & attention to listen to us making the case for for #Restoration, and to @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Rachael Bice for making that case so eloquently.
September 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Great to be in Westminster talking #Peatlands & the #GreatNorthBog with Minister @marycreagh.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks to all who gave their time & attention to listen to us making the case for for #Restoration, and to @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Rachael Bice for making that case so eloquently.
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We need to talk about geoengineering ⚠️
In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems.
This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️
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In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems.
This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️
🧵 1/6
September 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We need to talk about geoengineering ⚠️
In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems.
This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️
🧵 1/6
In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems.
This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️
🧵 1/6
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"Regarding the relationship between burning and wildfire, there is evidence that out-of-control burns are a cause of wildfire in the UK, particularly in the uplands".
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/08/c...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/08/c...
Comprehensive evidence review on effects of grouse moor burning on biodiversity, carbon & water – a report the shooting industry doesn’t seem keen to promote
Over the last few months you’ve probably noticed that the grouse-shooting industry has been ramping up its rhetoric about the so-called virtues of what it calls ‘managed burning’ …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"Regarding the relationship between burning and wildfire, there is evidence that out-of-control burns are a cause of wildfire in the UK, particularly in the uplands".
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/08/c...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/08/c...
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Great to see that government WILL ban moorland burning on peat deeper than 30cm, and over a much greater area than previously
Big win for communities who've suffered the smoke + floods stemming from this Victorian practice
Only losers are ~150 wealthy grouse moor owners
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Big win for communities who've suffered the smoke + floods stemming from this Victorian practice
Only losers are ~150 wealthy grouse moor owners
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Burning banned on England’s deep peat to protect wildlife
Ban on burning heather and grass on deep peat extended to improve air quality for local communities, reduce flood risk and protect wildlife.
www.gov.uk
September 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Great to see that government WILL ban moorland burning on peat deeper than 30cm, and over a much greater area than previously
Big win for communities who've suffered the smoke + floods stemming from this Victorian practice
Only losers are ~150 wealthy grouse moor owners
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Big win for communities who've suffered the smoke + floods stemming from this Victorian practice
Only losers are ~150 wealthy grouse moor owners
www.gov.uk/government/n...