#Uplands

collbradán

collbradan

this heavily grazed field supports some of Ireland's most threatened species, including Irish lady's tresses orchids, marsh fritillary butterflies and narrow bordered bee hawkmoths. but why this field? (thread) 2

Gregory Norminton #BLM

GDRNorminton

This tweet getting plenty of attention. There is a huge groundswell of popular support for change in our uplands. The great obstacle is that we, the people, own almost none

BlackMountainsLUP

BMLUP

Thread: As our £1.1 million 3 year #SMS project has drawn to a close, today we celebrate our actions on the ground that have improved, enhanced & supported the natural

David Blagden

blagden_david

A basic reality that advocates of Scottish independence should acknowledge - but won’t, for some obvious electoral reasons - is that it wouldn’t suddenly free them from the hated English

Shaun Spiers

ShaunSpiers1

I've had time to compose myself since George Eustice on #bbcr4today described no deal (or "an Australian style deal") as a good outcome for the UK. To be clear, quite

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: Today is the Feast of Bealtaine. It is one of the four major Celtic ancient feasts, the others are Samhain, Imbolc & Lughnasadh. It’s also considered the first day

Andy Jolley

ajjolley

Reflecting on the election results, I keep going back to my AuntyShe was staunchly Labour, then as her better educated family moved away she became disillusioned with the party, they

Evans

Mativenko80

It's not optimism or hope that drives Brexit and Brexiters any more.It's fear.Fear because Brexit is a terrible idea, and soon they'll be fully accountable.And fear of 'The Different'. New

Matt Cross

wildforest_matt

Killing of Raptors on Grouse moors Prof NetwonThis is a very rigorous and extremely clear and non-technical paper. If Grouse moors interest you, you should read it.It has some uncomfortable

Matt Cross

wildforest_matt

There are many reasons to distrust the 'we will replace it with tourism' paradigm for reforming the economy of the uplands. But this is a personal story about mine.People who

Andrew Wilcox I❤️Sheds

unclewilco

Love a shed on stilts > Nerys's Shed - Unique from Ceredigion #shedoftheyear http://www.readersheds.co.uk/share.cfm?SHARESHED=7213#.X5P0bS1_Pjk.twitter #SaturdayVibes The Lodge - Unique from Carmarthenshire #shedoftheyear http://www.

WestmorlandShepherdess

ruslandvalley

Last thread.....all this great stuff is going on on farms in Cumbria, but often the media perception is that upland farmers are wrecking the landscape. So- we have to tell

Declan Valters

dvalts

More distribution of hill names in Scotland, Ireland, and N. England: (I.e. the word for 'hill')The interesting Gaelic divide in the Highlands is the Sgor/Carn divide, with Sgor (and Sgurr)

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

The photo used on the BBC's story about Boris Johnson's pledge to increase the area of the UK's "protected" land illustrates our bizarre notions of protection. Anywhere else on Earth,

Gregory Norminton #BLM

GDRNorminton

I live very near the Moscar Estate (grouse moor owned by the Duke of Rutland) and it is a blasted killing ground. In the middle of a so-called National Park.

Phil Syrpis

syrpis

I started jotting down the similarities I see between right wing arguments for Brexit, and right wing arguments for lifting the lockdown, and now have what is quite an alarming