Thanks for the time, insight and strategic view yesterday @johncurtinEA. These structures look inactive in this hot, dry weather; yet when the flooding comes, they act. #SmithillsEstate livunigeog Natural Course Env Agency NW Slow The Flow Ribble Rivers Trust #NFM #NorthernForest

#RTplease 🌳Tree Planting Programmes are going ahead🌳 If you own or manage land in #Merseyside or North #Cheshire, contact us for independent advice about grants available for planting new woodland or managing existing woods. ow.ly/oRqZ50AXmun

Great to see the latest NFM interventions going in at the @WoodlandTrust Smithills Estate to #slowtheflow of water and reduce #flood risk. #partnershipworking #workingwithnature

More willowed leaky dams being installed to slow the flow of floodwaters on the #SmithillsEstate #WinterHill @WoodlandTrust Env Agency NW Natural Course Hazel Phillips @rivernim James Pownall

Managed to see the #jupitersaturnconjunction tonight with Hazel Phillips and caught a very rare phenomenon of the planetary jig 💃, possibly influenced by my non-steady hands #planets #dontmindmehidingbehindthebench

Our thoughts are with all those affected by #StormChristoph. As we begin to think about the storms impact we may also need to look upstream, see how landscapes are managed and how water runs-off the land and what can be done to naturally slow and temporarily hold excess flow.

Like the leaky dam featured on tonight’s BBC Countryfile? You can watch a timelapse video of it being created here - youtube.com/watch?v=ZTmD-p… Env Agency NW @oldhamcouncil Mark Lupton Communications #GMGreenCity

Nice early start to highlight some fantastic NFM work. Collecting great slow the flow data with livunigeog and The Mersey Forest too!

It is great to be supporting this initiative in a technical support and monitoring capacity alongside @CommForestTrust @rivernim Hazel Phillips Natural Course #SmithillsEstate #NaturalFloodManagement 🌳🌲🏞️

#Competition! Garden Organic are giving away 10 copies of their brilliant #PeatFree Growing Guide! Read Garden Organic's peat-free #gardening tips here: gardenorganic.org.uk/peat-free-grow… To enter, RT & like this tweet by midnight 25-Apr 2021. #PeatFreeApril #Garden #Organic #Plants

Good news for #trees today! #EnglandsCommunityForests welcome funding boost to tree planting around England’s towns and cities: englandscommunityforests.org.uk/news/community…

🚨 The closure of the University of Sheffield's @unishefarch would be a devastating blow. The University has a very high profile in the archaeological and academic world and has made huge contributions to the country's higher education profile. (1/4 )

#RT please It's another #BankHoliday weekend which means woodlands are likely to be busy. Help by: ⏰ visiting earlier or later 🐕‍🦺keep dogs under control 🚯take your litter home Here is the Forestry England code in full ⤵️ forestryengland.uk/the-forest-code

Partnership working @WoodlandTrust #SmithillsEstate means we can achieve so much more than we can alone. Env Agency NW The Mersey Forest The National Lottery Heritage Fund North demonstration day for peers - natural flood management

🌳 From 19th - 25th July we are hosting a Natural Flood Management Focus Week, sharing all things related to #NFM! Join us to learn more about NFM, its benefits, and projects across the #NorthWest! 🌳 thefloodhub.co.uk/nfm/ #NaturalFloodManagement #SlowTheFlow #FloodAware

It's here! Almost 2 years monitoring willowed leaky dams at #SmithillsEstate. A great team effort, looking at nature based solutions to reduce flood risk #naturalfloodmanagement

We planted more than 81,000 trees across Cheshire and Merseyside in the last year 🌳We are now in a new planting season. Landowners/farmers who'd like to plant trees please contact The Mersey Forest team by calling: 01925 816217 or emailing: [email protected]

These clever leaky dams stem but don't stop the flow of water, protecting the environment | Great team work with The Friends of Sefton Park The Rivers Trust & Gino's Cafe #SeftonPark #environment

We're thrilled to be part of this new project @Liverpool_One as part of the URBAN GreenUP programme, bringing wildlife friendly greenspaces to the city #InternationalDayofForests

People help to repair damaged wall at #Southport Mosque after violence last night. Latest in BBC North West at 1.30