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Elliott Lorimer
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Looking after the Yorkshire Dales National Park when at work. National Landscapes Association trustee. Nature, landscapes, music & sports. Let's get out there and enjoy them! Views my own
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Thanks to brilliant conservation efforts with our partners it has been a record year for Hen Harriers in the Forest of Bowland, with one of the highest number of fledglings recorded in over 40 years! Read all about it here: www.rspb.org.uk/england/engl...
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Astonished by the resilience of this Yorkshire Sandwort Arenaria norvegica subsp. anglica on Ingleborough the other day. Growing on a tiny scrap of moss on a bone dry slab of limestone during one of the longest spring droughts on record. 🫡 ✊
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Volunteering Weekend
March 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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People suffering most from climate crisis unable to cope – activist
www.channel4.com/news/people-...
People suffering most from climate crisis unable to cope – activist
The best way to solve the environmental crisis is to tackle the problem of inequality - that's the argument made by Tony Juniper in his new book ‘Just Earth’.
www.channel4.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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We've experienced all sorts of weather in the past few months, but something we can always look forward to - whatever the season - is the wildlife 🌱

Our countryside ranger Pete has some great tips for spotting species 🔍

Find them at ➡️ cairngorms.co.uk/voices/watch... 🌿
March 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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These deeply beautiful maps show the migration patterns of––respectively––Curlew, Kittiwake & Blackcap.
From this interactive migration atlas recording migrations of 300 bird species: migrationatlas.org
Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together.
February 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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“We need to reverse the collapse in biodiversity, before it threatens our own survival. Without pollinators or healthy soil micro-organisms, we won’t be able to grow enough food to feed ourselves.”

Henry Dimbleby speaking about the land use policy.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That new land use policy that the Tories call ‘national suicide’? It’s urgent, essential – and their idea | Henry Dimbleby
No, it isn’t a leftwing plot, it’s a proposal I authored for the Conservatives in 2021. And it could be brilliantly transformative for England, says Henry Dimbleby, managing partner of Bramble Partner...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Our Dark Skies Festival kicks off next weekend! It's a great opportunity to explore the beauty of the night sky, and with its stunning landscapes and clear skies.

📸 Paul Clark | #YorkshireDales #DarkSkiesFestival #DarkSkyReserve
February 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Yesterday in @andrewpakes.bsky.social debate on apprenticeships, Environment APPG supporter @terryjermymp.bsky.social discussed how green apprenticeships will be key to building the skills we need to close the green skills gap as we transition to a more climate and nature-friendly society 🌷
February 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Had to stop and admire this Lancashire style of hedge-laying today, on land which was historically in Lancashire!

#Hedgelaying #Hedgerows
January 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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On the 75th anniversary of the legislation that led to the creation of National Landscapes, we're looking to the future. We crunch the numbers on the outsize role National Landscapes could play in delivering 30by30 if adequately resourced.
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December 16, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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Kerenza McClarnan, arts development and programme manager, spoke to a packed house at the Northern Nature Culture and Place Forum organised by Ecosystems Knowledge Network in Leeds today.
She was invited to provide the provocation for the #NNCP25 event and asked 'Who are you inviting?'
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Beat the winter blues when you join us for some hands-on conservation #volunteering. We have opportunities to get involved in #treeplanting work, helping to increase tree cover, capture carbon and support wildlife. Find out more and sign-up here: https://bit.ly/wintervolunteerevents
#NorthPennines
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Manchester based rapper OneDa created 'Connections' for her Nature Calling commission, working with Forest of Bowland National Landscape. She spent time in Bowland and ran Hip Hop workshops with young people in nearby Burnley. Visit the Nature Calling website to listen: tinyurl.com/4x54bzmh
January 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Our #HeritageTreasures are the important species in the #NorthPenninesNationalLandscape. We're celebrating adders, with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, sharing why these creatures are special and need to be protected northpennines.org.uk/what_we_do/n... #HeritageTreasuresDay
January 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
15 mile winter epic to Pendle summit & back🏃🏻Lapwing and winter thrushes foraging lower down. Short-eared owl quartering the moor. Deep drifts and cornices on the summit plateau. Bliss! 😎
January 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I've been lucky enough to have a sneak peek of some of this work and I think it's gonna be fantastic. Can't wait! #arts #landscapes #nature @stoat65.bsky.social @jimdixonwriter.bsky.social
🎵📣 Stay tuned for exciting news next week
Our Arts Council England and Defra funded arts project is well and truly underway!
Check out the amazing writers and artists we're working with on the Nature Calling website. www.naturecalling.org.uk
#outdoorarts #natureconnectedness #poetry #rap #music
January 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Volunteer with us & become a vital part of our work. We have opportunities throughout January to support #nature recovery & historic environment work across the National Landscape. Find out more & sign-up here: https://buff.ly/42gSA2n
#volunteering #NorthPennines
January 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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From a while ago whilst walking on a quarry track at Orton Scar in winter in #cumbria, #uk Freezing fog with some snow on the ground. The sun is there but weak. The isolated gate stops cars going to the Limestone Quarry further up the track.

#landscspephotography
#winter
#Westmorlanddales
December 27, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Back home in the Borderlands...always so tranquil 😊
December 27, 2024 at 12:27 PM
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We finish our 2024 #CurlewAdvent on a note of hope.

With so much fantastic conservation work being undertaken to help Curlews both in the UK and elsewhere, our Christmas wish is for a great 2025 breeding season
December 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Heading out for a walk?
National Landscapes have walks on their websites so you can easily find a route.
Find your new favourite here:
national-landscapes.org.uk/national-lan...
Or the slow ways website has many new routes joining towns and cities.
beta.slowways.org
December 23, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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🧵 The South Downs are excited to be part of an ambitious shared vision for National Parks and we welcome the Government's intention to strengthen legislation in Protected Landscapes. (1/2)
Announcement of new legislation for Protected Landscapes: our response — National Parks England
On Monday December 16 the government announced its intention to introduce new legislation for Protected Landscapes (National Parks and National Landscapes). This is our statement in response. ...
nationalparksengland.org.uk
December 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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We've an exciting opportunity to begin a career in the green sector as an Engagement Trainee delivering the Championing National Parks for Everyone project, aiming to connect people from ethnically and culturally diverse communities with the National Park 👇

www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authori...
December 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM