A great opportunity for 16-30 yr olds to present their stories in #nationalparks Campaign for National Parks Deadline 30/6/24.

I will be involved in the mentoring & prep drop-in sessions/Q&A. A great track record of successful applicants.

Do share and encourage young people to apply 🌿🥳

'Be in your pleasures, like the flowers and the bees.'
#SavetheBees

Job alert! 📢📢
Delighted to be partnering with BBO Wildlife Trust on one of our flagship programmes working to heal the scars caused by electrification of the Great Western Railway in Chilterns National Landscape & North Wessex Downs National Landscape.
Pls RT
#jobs #nature #farming
Drew Bennellick National Landscapes Association NEThamesSolent

Following the BBC Countryfile last night, Thames Water briefly stopped discharging untreated sewage from Chesham Sewage works. This reset the duration on their 'spill' map so now it reads just over 4hrs, rather than 1944hrs. (Or 2250hrs+ in 2024 as sewagemap.co.uk shows!)

Did you see BBC Countryfile last night? Paul Jennings addressed sewage discharges in the R. Chess Association & residents of Chalfont St. Peter spoke about recent sewage flooding from the R. Misbourne. 🚱💧

Catch up on BBC iPlayer now! 👇
bbc.in/3K57n5Q

We've published our report today on Defra's implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain.

In prioritising launching the policy in February 2024 Defra has accepted significant risks to effectiveness that it must now manage.

⚖️ In what could be one of the last major deregulatory shunts before the election, the government has announced some proposals to chop and change environmental laws.

🔍 We’ll be putting these under the microscope in the coming weeks.

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Latest research shows that letting parts of your garden grow wild with long grass can increase butterfly numbers by up to 93%! 🌿🌼

With #NoMowMay upon us and the summer ahead, experts at Plantlife, Inc. explain why you should let it grow 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…

📷: Jaco Costerus

We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive. Now we need economies that enable us to thrive, whether or not they grow. Here's what I just wrote about it in The Guardian 1/2
theguardian.com/books/article/…

Can you help us ensure Chilterns National Landscape's #volunteering activities are inclusive and relevant to everyone, incl our diverse urban audiences?
Apply by 28 May.
Pls RT
#citizenscience
National Landscapes Association Siôn McGeever Drew Bennellick Anita Kerwin-Nye Mik Scarlet Dr Gemma Harper Dr Anjana Khatwa Wildlife and Countryside Link

This Sunday! 🌿🐦🎵

#earlymorningbirdsong with theearlybirder

7am start 👏🏽✨️

🚜 Ahead of the Government’s #FarmToFork summit in Downing Street tomorrow, we’ve set out our key priorities for the agricultural and food supply sector, which we want the Government to address in 2024.

➡️ Read our statement here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/52/e…

The Chilterns Walking Festival kicks off this Saturday, 18 May! 🥾🌳

Explore the beautiful Chilterns National Landscape, discover new walks, and learn about history, heritage, wildlife, farming and much more!

Have you booked your walk yet? 👇

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Good morning - I hope you slept like a gnat-stuffed swallow - I'm starting with ‘Sunburst and Bluebells’, Paul Evans, acrylic on canvas, 2016. Available as single card or as part of the 'Paul EVans Seasons and Shadows' collection.
rathergoodart.co.uk/product/paul-e…

Sunday book review - Hunt for the Shadow Wolf by Derek Gow markavery.info/2024/05/12/sun…

'... a riveting look at human attitudes to a contentious species. The book is as much a look in the mirror for us as it is a look at a top carnivore.'

'Gow has a great turn of phrase. How about

We won our case against the UK government - again! The High Court told the government last week, for the second time, that its climate strategy is not fit-for-purpose, and is therefore unlawful.

Read the full story here: brnw.ch/21wJHgs

The ruins of St James, Bix Bottom. #chilterns
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Lovely walk BBO Wildlife Trust College Lake yesterday. Lots of #wildlife including a pregnant toad and ermine moth caterpillars. Also great to see #access improvements funded by Chilterns National Landscape thro' Defra UK
Access for All programme. Applications invited for 24/25: chilterns.org.uk/flagship-proje…

Learn about agroforestry in the Chilterns with Darvills Hill Farm. Take in the deciduous woodland, mixed orchard, living barn & hedgerows. 

📅 Sat, 18 May
🕚 11am
📍 Darvills Hill Farm, Princes Risborough
🚨 Booking essential

Find out more & book 👉 bit.ly/44OsJOx

Exciting to show one of our Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team #farmercluster members his first Duke of Burgundy on a site neighbouring his farm that is brilliantly managed for them by National Trust South East & BC Upper Thames & Chiltern Rangers nice to also get my fix while they are still on the wing 👍👍