And such a great project to be involved with. Trees from our past for the future.

Female Kingfishers on the River Holme. These fabulous birds are on the Holme from Lockwood up to Bottoms Mill & are currently showing well, particularly at Magdale michaelforsterjones rspb #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #rivers

What an incredible event showcasing our work in a room full of heart and the kindest people and organisations 💛 #ThankYou

Learn new skills & have some fun!

To help us carry out more practical conservation tasks, we are looking to expand our volunteer team. If you like the outdoors & would like to make the River Holme a better place for people and wildlife, please email [email protected]

Nature's Holme Landscape Recovery Project Community Open Evening-16/1/24 6pm The Civic Hall, Holmfirth. Further details here ⬇️
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As part of Nature`s Holme, we are hoping to create over 20 hectares of species-rich grassland in the Holme Valley. Species-rich grassland is an important habitat for wildlife and exists because of traditional farming methods. 🔽

What a lovely job Kirklees Council have made repairing the footbridge at Water Street Holmbridge. Thanks to all those involved :-)

We’d like to say a big thank you to Meltham Walkers are Welcome for supporting us at our recent Nature’s Holme Access
Event & all their hard work serving refreshments. We’d also like to thank Meltham Carlile Institute for their hospitality & everyone who attended.

We are excited to announce 2 tenders that have launched for Nature’s Holme, the project aiming to improve biodiversity & water quality across the landscape here in the Holme Valley, Yorkshire. Go to our news pages southpenninespark.org/news/ for further details. 1/2

And that's a wrap! We've finished our last balsam session for this year. Our volunteers have completed a whopping 462.5 volunteer hours across the 3 months we've been running balsam sessions, which is amazing! What a team! YISF_InvasiveSpecies iCASP Invasive Species Week #Balsam #INNS

River Holme Connections Open Day
Thursday 10th August 2023
10am - 4pm, The Old Bridge Inn & Coffee House, Holmfirth. Pop in for a chat & find out about our work.

Interested in creating this AMAZING habitat in the Holme Valley? We are looking for sites ideally a minimum of 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres) Find out more southpenninespark.org/projects/natur…
#landscaperecovery #ELM #naturesholme River Holme @DefraGovUk Natural England Environment Agency

That’s a lot we will have to plant out but so exciting

Good at the time and still good!

We said a fond farewell to Natasha last Friday as she completed her 11 month placement. Natasha has done a brilliant job leading the water vole surveys & education work. We wish her well in her studies!@TrentUni Yorkshire Water 💧 YNU Jo Cartmell #RewildTheEarth 🍃💚🍃 #StudentPlacement #WaterVoles

Well chuffed! So proud of the team and everyone we work with. This would not have been possible without you. Thank you.

#BEM #BDHonours23 #kingbirthdayhonours #kirklees #yorkshire #naturesholme #waterquality River Holme Loose Change Charity Dr Catherine Russell #charity

By Royal appointment - Richard Paxman, Sue Taylor and Lynva Russell are honoured by King Charles III in his first Birthday Honours List #Huddersfield
Rich Paxman OBE Paxman Lynva Russell
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Really exciting opportunity for the Holme catchment and all of us who live here - and for nature of course!

Humans have pumped so much groundwater that we have measurably shifted Earth's axis. news.agu.org/press-release/…

Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about the important work our behind the scenes volunteers do! Massive thanks to Jean, Janet, Mick, Yana, Gerald, Sue, our trustees, event vols, leafleters & anyone else who has fundraised, made something for us, or helped us out in any way.