#Grassland

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Permanant grassland has 300-500 earthworms per square metre, the biomass of worms is equivalent to the cattle in a fieldArable 50-250 per metre squareFallow 20-30 per m2Deciduous wood 100-150/m2Conifers

Ed Peveler

edpev7

Combining #HillfortsWednesday and #EarthDay2020 ! Many of our @ChilternsAONB @HeritageFundUK #Chilforts lie in magnificent chalk grassland, a rare habitat type with great ecological value.(Cowslips on the slopes of Ivinghoe Beacon

Mick Crawley

crawley_mick

This is an ideal time to learn about the grass genus Poa (Poaceae). These are the species with leaf-tips shaped like the bow of a canoe (x10). The 2 common

Rosie P 🍃 💧🚴‍♀️

RosieP4

This is the most depressing listening. Section 2 Colchester Local Plan Examination. Stantec ecologist talking about how they when 1000 homes are built on rare & ecologically valuable acid grassland

Mridula Paul

PaulMridula

Writing on grasslands and the importance of conserving ecologically rich habitats outside of forests with @abi_vanak https://inlaksshivdasanifoundationblog.org/home/2020/3/12/alumna-update-mridula-paul Between 1880 and 2010, India lost 26 million hec

Pete Manning

PeteEcology

Watching a wildlife drama unfold on a German meadow recently really brought home the devastating impact that modern mowing techniques have on grassland biodiversity (photo thread) #NationalMeadowsDay @Exploratories On arriving

Regina R. Rodrigues

rrrocean

The Pantanal is currently on fire in Brazil and yet this doesn’t make the headlines. I don’t mean to say it is more or less important than current fires on

Leif Bersweden

LeifBersweden

Cowslips (Primula veris) are much-loved, butter-flowered plants found on downland & in old meadows. We admire them year in year out, but did you know you can use your local

Parveen Kaswan, IFS

ParveenKaswan

Today is #WorldMangroveDay. So let me remind you. #Mangroves;- acts as buffer & reduce impact of cyclones & #storm surge.- they break the #wind force- provide #habitat to #animals during

Andrew Dreelin

Dreelin4birds

It’s here!! Last Friday I promised a thread on prairie dogs & grassland birds! Well, here’s the thread you never knew you always wanted!Buckle up for an intro to

Harriet Bradley

HarrietBirdlife

THREAD Worrying that much media are reporting favourably on EU Council's CAP deal. Please look at what lies beneath Ag minister @JuliaKloeckner deal and how it is is similarly dangerous

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Some of this pasture was clover ley, but much was botanically diverse grassland The agricultural population of Middlesex and London is surprising

Parveen Kaswan, IFS

ParveenKaswan

Today severe cyclone Nivar will hit eastern coast of India. In 12 seconds learn how coastal green shelter belts check tsunami & cyclones. Dutch research institute Deltares. We are facing

linden hawthorne

Haggewoods

Lotus corniculatus, Bird’s-foot Trefoil: 1 of 3 threadsBlooms May–Sept in grassy places, verges, short turf, meadows; reblooms rapidly after cutting. 130 dependents. Here are some of the 39 species of

Matthew Hurteau

MatthewHurteau

There is a lot of fear and fatalism around #ClimateChange and #wildfire. The combination of these two will cause significant ecosystem change, think forest to grassland. Large, hot wildfires are

Benedict Macdonald

Rebirding1

1. Should beavers move to The Lodge & help run the RSPB? Perhaps not – but they can help our NGOs restore complex habitats, beloved by a range of vanishing