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Freshwater Habitats Trust

@freshwaterhabs

National UK wildlife conservation charity dedicated to reversing the decline in freshwater biodiversity.

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The frogs have been busy in our wildlife pond over the weekend 🐸🐸 Have you spotted any #frogspawn yet? Report your sightings on the Freshwater Habitats Trust #spawnsurvey! freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resourc…

The frogs have been busy in our wildlife pond over the weekend 🐸🐸

Have you spotted any #frogspawn yet? Report your sightings on the <a href="/Freshwaterhabs/">Freshwater Habitats Trust</a> #spawnsurvey!

freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resourc…
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💧 Lakes are home to a range of plants and animals from tiny crustaceans to freshwater plants. Some lakes are also vital habitats for rare and threatened freshwater wildlife such as the Glutinous Snail. 🐌 Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/habitats/lakes/ 📸 by Ian Hughes

💧 Lakes are home to a range of plants and animals from tiny crustaceans to freshwater plants. Some lakes are also vital habitats for rare and threatened freshwater wildlife such as the Glutinous Snail. 🐌 

Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/habitats/lakes/
📸 by Ian Hughes
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#WorldWildlifeDay is the perfect day to get outside and spot some freshwater wildlife! 🔎 From ponds to springs and streams, the UK has a diverse range of freshwater habitats where plants and animals thrive. 💚 📸 Southern Hawker by Kevin Baker, Diving Beetle by Neil Phillips

#WorldWildlifeDay is the perfect day to get outside and spot some freshwater wildlife! 🔎

From ponds to springs and streams, the UK has a diverse range of freshwater habitats where plants and animals thrive. 💚

📸 Southern Hawker by Kevin Baker, Diving Beetle by Neil Phillips
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🔎 Sharing your sightings of frog and toad spawn helps to provide a better understand of when frogs and toads are breeding, but how can you tell the difference? You can add any sightings to our #SpawnSurvey map: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resourc… Common Toad spawn photo by Kate Wright

🔎 Sharing your sightings of frog and toad spawn helps to provide a better understand of when frogs and toads are breeding, but how can you tell the difference?

You can add any sightings to our #SpawnSurvey map: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resourc…

Common Toad spawn photo by Kate Wright
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It's always exciting to see the first spawn of the year 🐸 Our own teams have spotted lots this week - from North Yorkshire to the New Forest, Cornwall to the Forest of Dean. Add your sighting to the PondNet #SpawnSurvey: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resourc…

It's always exciting to see the first spawn of the year 🐸 Our own teams have spotted lots this week - from North Yorkshire to the New Forest, Cornwall to the Forest of Dean. 

Add your sighting to the PondNet #SpawnSurvey: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resourc…
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This #InternationalWomensDay, we are sending a huge thank you to the many women who work and volunteer with us to take action for freshwater wildlife and habitats. 💚

This #InternationalWomensDay, we are sending a huge thank you to the many women who work and volunteer with us to take action for freshwater wildlife and habitats. 💚
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🌱 We are looking for schools in Buckinghamshire to join our #GroWet school sessions! This is an opportunity for children to learn about plant life, ecology and freshwater environments, while taking part in practical conservation work. Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/projects/growe…

🌱 We are looking for schools in Buckinghamshire to join our #GroWet school sessions! This is an opportunity for children to learn about plant life, ecology and freshwater environments, while taking part in practical conservation work. 

Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/projects/growe…
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Freshwater Pearl Mussels are magnificent bivalves that live in clean rivers with lots of healthy wildlife. They're spectacularly long-lived, often 100+ years, and have a fascinating life cycle. Find out more about this marvellous species: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/species/freshw… 📸 Andrew Shaw

Freshwater Pearl Mussels are magnificent bivalves that live in clean rivers with lots of healthy wildlife. They're spectacularly long-lived, often 100+ years, and have a fascinating life cycle.

Find out more about this marvellous species: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/species/freshw…

📸 Andrew Shaw
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📢 We are looking for volunteers in Oxford to help at our #GroWet greenhouses in Cutteslowe! This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about rare wetland plants while getting hands-on experience in greenhouse activities and plant conservation: …shwater-habitats-trust.goassemble.com/opportunities/…

📢 We are looking for volunteers in Oxford to help at our #GroWet greenhouses in Cutteslowe! 

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about rare wetland plants while getting hands-on experience in greenhouse activities and plant conservation: …shwater-habitats-trust.goassemble.com/opportunities/…
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📢 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill proposes sweeping changes to the way development’s impacts on nature are assessed and mitigated. Read our full response and what we hope to see in the Bill: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/what-will…

📢 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill proposes sweeping changes to the way development’s impacts on nature are assessed and mitigated.

Read our full response and what we hope to see in the Bill: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/what-will…
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Freshwater wildlife and habitats are under threat, but we're committed to changing that. 📰 You can keep up to date with work, campaigns, important issues and how you can help by signing up to our free quarterly newsletter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about-us/conta…

Freshwater wildlife and habitats are under threat, but we're committed to changing that.

📰 You can keep up to date with work, campaigns, important issues and how you can help by signing up to our free quarterly newsletter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about-us/conta…
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Contrary to its name, Common Cotton-grass is not a grass but a member of the sedge family. The white, fluffy cotton-like flower heads give it its name. You can spot this beautiful plant in wet bogs, shallow bog pools and acid fens. Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/species/common…

Contrary to its name, Common Cotton-grass is not a grass but a member of the sedge family. The white, fluffy cotton-like flower heads give it its name. 

You can spot this beautiful plant in wet bogs, shallow bog pools and acid fens.

Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/species/common…
New Forest NPA (@newforestnpa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Through the Youth for Climate and Nature (YouCAN) scheme, we have been able to provide volunteering opportunities across the Forest, alongside Freshwater Habitats Trust and partners, for young adults, designed to fit around their work and education. At the #MidwayMoment of the

Through the Youth for Climate and Nature (YouCAN) scheme, we have been able to provide volunteering opportunities across the Forest, alongside Freshwater Habitats Trust and partners, for young adults, designed to fit around their work and education.
 
At the #MidwayMoment of the
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Through the EU Horizon 2020 #PONDERFUL project, we worked with partners in Europe and South America to discover how ponds can help us adapt to climate change. This guidance shows how policymakers can harness the power of these small waterbodies. 👉 zenodo.org/records/142299…

Through the EU Horizon 2020 #PONDERFUL project, we worked with partners in Europe and South America to discover how ponds can help us adapt to climate change. 

This guidance shows how policymakers can harness the power of these small waterbodies.

👉 zenodo.org/records/142299…