Alistair Whitby (@alistairwhitby) 's Twitter Profile
Alistair Whitby

@alistairwhitby

Working in conservation, habitat restoration & community engagement with the @OuseAdurRT and @EPIC_Sompting project. Into organics, renewables, rewilding.

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linkhttps://oart.org.uk/epic/ calendar_today10-04-2012 09:27:40

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Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wonderful to see both grass snakes & slow worms at our new Cockshut wetland today! 🐍 🐍 🐍 The place is buzzing with life, with a wealth of wildflowers, damselflies, dragonflies, bees, & birds 🐝 πŸŒΌπŸ¦†πŸ¦‹πŸͺ³πŸ¦β€β¬› Great partnership Lewes District Council Railway Land Wildlife Trust πŸ‘

Wonderful to see both grass snakes & slow worms at our new Cockshut wetland today! 🐍 🐍 🐍 

The place is buzzing with life, with a wealth of wildflowers, damselflies, dragonflies, bees, & birds  🐝 πŸŒΌπŸ¦†πŸ¦‹πŸͺ³πŸ¦β€β¬› 

Great partnership <a href="/LewesDC/">Lewes District Council</a> <a href="/RailwayLand/">Railway Land Wildlife Trust</a> πŸ‘
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fantastic to be at the launch of #SussexBay working with a host of brilliant organisations to enhance and restore our blue & green spaces, ecosystems & landscapes! πŸŸπŸŒ±πŸ¬πŸ¦žπŸ’¦πŸŒ³πŸ¦€ Let's go!πŸ‘ŒπŸ’ͺ😍

Fantastic to be at the launch of #SussexBay working with a host of brilliant organisations to enhance and restore our blue &amp; green spaces, ecosystems &amp; landscapes! πŸŸπŸŒ±πŸ¬πŸ¦žπŸ’¦πŸŒ³πŸ¦€ 

Let's go!πŸ‘ŒπŸ’ͺ😍
Anna Ford (@annahford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chuffed to be at the launch of #SussexBay. Paul Brewer wows with an image of blue Sussex - the complex system of waterways which feed Sussex Bay.

Chuffed to be at the launch of #SussexBay. 

Paul Brewer wows with an image of blue Sussex - the complex system of waterways which feed Sussex Bay.
Alistair Whitby (@alistairwhitby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fascinating discussion from Hugo Tagholm & Blue Marine Foundation on #marine protected areas & how well they're protected in UK overseas territories vs in UK territorial waters. Small scale fishing vessels only have 5% of UK quota! 🐟 🐠 #BlueEarthFutures

Fascinating discussion from <a href="/HugoSAS/">Hugo Tagholm</a> &amp; <a href="/Bluemarinef/">Blue Marine Foundation</a> on #marine protected areas &amp; how well they're protected in UK overseas territories vs in UK territorial waters. 

Small scale fishing vessels only have 5% of UK quota! 🐟 🐠 #BlueEarthFutures
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy Fathers' Day to all the Dads! We celebrated with a great River Rangers session EPIC Project! πŸ™Œ Repaired & secured the picnic tables after recent vandalism πŸ™Œ Sorted hedge lines & removed spent rabbit guards πŸ™Œ Vegetation management House Martins & moths aplenty!

Happy Fathers' Day to all the Dads! We celebrated with a great River Rangers session <a href="/EPIC_Sompting/">EPIC Project</a>!

πŸ™Œ Repaired &amp; secured the picnic tables after recent vandalism 
πŸ™Œ Sorted hedge lines &amp; removed spent rabbit guards
πŸ™Œ Vegetation management 

House Martins &amp; moths aplenty!
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super exciting to see such a range of freshwater invertebrates turning up at our new Cockshut wetland, including ramshorn snails, cased caddis & mayfly! πŸ’¦πŸͺ±πŸšπŸͺ³πŸ˜ Great to be creating & managing vital new habitat with Lewes District Council, South Downs National Park & Railway Land Wildlife Trust πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘

Super exciting to see such a range of freshwater invertebrates turning up at our new Cockshut wetland, including ramshorn snails, cased caddis &amp; mayfly! πŸ’¦πŸͺ±πŸšπŸͺ³πŸ˜

Great to be creating &amp; managing vital new habitat with <a href="/LewesDC/">Lewes District Council</a>, <a href="/sdnpa/">South Downs National Park</a> &amp; <a href="/RailwayLand/">Railway Land Wildlife Trust</a> πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fabulously productive day with GSK Worthing, working to enhance the EPIC Project wetland. Lots of channel wiggling & vegetation management. Birds, dragonflies, wildflowers & butterflies aplenty! 🐦 🌼 πŸ¦‹

Fabulously productive day with <a href="/GSK/">GSK</a> Worthing, working to enhance the <a href="/EPIC_Sompting/">EPIC Project</a> wetland.

Lots of channel wiggling &amp; vegetation management. Birds, dragonflies, wildflowers &amp; butterflies aplenty! 🐦 🌼 πŸ¦‹
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge thanks to our fantastic volunteers for helping us pull Himalayan balsam at Worth Abbey today 🀩🀩 We’re really getting on top of balsam here, and with each plant able to produce between 500 -2,500 seeds, that’s a lot of downstream infestations prevented πŸ™Œ

Huge thanks to our fantastic volunteers for helping us pull Himalayan balsam at Worth Abbey today 🀩🀩

We’re really getting on top of balsam here, and with each plant able to produce between 500 -2,500 seeds, that’s a lot of downstream infestations prevented πŸ™Œ
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're thrilled that our new Cocksut wetland is in the running for the South Downs Awards! πŸ˜€ πŸ† southdowns.gov.uk/landscape-desi… Please vote for the project in the People's Choice Awards! The egrets will thank you 😊 🐟 πŸ¦πŸŒ±πŸ’§πŸ™

Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An amazing day out on the Uck with Year 3 students learning about rivers, habitats & freshwater invertebrates! 🐟🐚πŸͺ±πŸ’¦ Great to have so many Mayflies, Blue winged olives & Stoneflies in our samples! πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸ’ͺ Some budding ecologists, scientists & river champions in this group!

An amazing day out on the Uck with Year 3 students learning about rivers, habitats &amp; freshwater invertebrates! 🐟🐚πŸͺ±πŸ’¦

Great to have so many Mayflies, Blue winged olives &amp; Stoneflies in our samples! πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸ’ͺ

Some budding ecologists, scientists &amp; river champions in this group!
Joshua Styles (@joshual951) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you’ve ever wondered what a near-pristine piece of blanket bog looks like - this is it! Over 200 years, we’ve lost/severely damaged >99% of our raised bogs & >87% of our blanket bogs. Here’s hoping the fab work across our peatlands happening now can help get us back here!🌱❀️

If you’ve ever wondered what a near-pristine piece of blanket bog looks like - this is it!

Over 200 years, we’ve lost/severely damaged &gt;99% of our raised bogs &amp; &gt;87% of our blanket bogs. Here’s hoping the fab work across our peatlands happening now can help get us back here!🌱❀️
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A couple of really successful days this week slowing the flow & removing invasive species on the Longford stream.πŸ’¦πŸŒ± Diverters installed, ditch blocking completed, & loads of himalayan balsam pulled! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ Thanks to Lewes District Council for support! #riverrestoration #slowtheflow

A couple of really successful days this week slowing the flow &amp; removing invasive species on the Longford stream.πŸ’¦πŸŒ±

Diverters installed, ditch blocking completed, &amp; loads of himalayan balsam pulled! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

Thanks to <a href="/LewesDC/">Lewes District Council</a> for support!
#riverrestoration #slowtheflow
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust (@ouseadurrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Were joined by the brilliant Worthing Conservation Volunteers for a very productive River Ranger session! πŸŒ±πŸŸπŸ˜πŸ’¦ πŸ‘Œ150 metres of low flow channel cleared πŸ‘ŒNon-native pampas grass & cyperus eragrostis removed πŸ‘ŒWillow hide tidied up and rewoven Enjoyed buzzards & egrets!

Were joined by the brilliant Worthing Conservation Volunteers for a very productive River Ranger session! πŸŒ±πŸŸπŸ˜πŸ’¦

πŸ‘Œ150 metres of low flow channel cleared
πŸ‘ŒNon-native pampas grass &amp; cyperus eragrostis removed
πŸ‘ŒWillow hide tidied up and rewoven

Enjoyed buzzards &amp; egrets!
Jake Fiennes (@jake_fiennes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A year ago the Holkham with the Norfolk Rivers Trust & Charles Rangeley Wilson embarked on a project to reconnect an ancient chalk stream back to the floodplain This is the result, amazing what you can achieve when you work collectively allow nature some space

A year ago the <a href="/HolkhamEstate/">Holkham</a> with the <a href="/N_Rivers_Trust/">Norfolk Rivers Trust</a> &amp; Charles Rangeley Wilson embarked on a project to reconnect an ancient chalk stream back to the floodplain

This is the result, amazing what you can achieve when you work collectively allow nature some space
Butterfly Conservation πŸ¦‹ (@savebutterflies) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are in a #ButterflyEmergency πŸš¨πŸ¦‹ This year’s #BigButterflyCount saw the lowest number of butterflies spotted per Count in its 14-year history. Join us as we demand the Government take urgent action to save butterflies & moths. Sign our open letter πŸ‘‰ butterfly-conservation.org/emergency