Stop Calderdale Wind Farm
@protectourpeat.bsky.social
We’re campaigning to stop what would be England’s largest onshore wind farm from being built on the highly protected moor (SPA, SAC, SSSI) between Hebden Bridge and Top Withens aka Wuthering Heights. Wind farms don’t need to be built on protected peatland!
Thanks as ever to the excellent Mark Avery for giving space to our campaigner Nick MacKinnon who in this episode walks to the proposed site of Turbine 13…
Guest blog: Walshaw Turbine 13 by Nick MacKinnon
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Thanks as ever to the excellent Mark Avery for giving space to our campaigner Nick MacKinnon who in this episode walks to the proposed site of Turbine 13…
If you live in #laneshawbridge #trawden or #colne or use Two Laws/Lancashire Moor Road, this makes interesting reading…
#wycoller #pendle #walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #protectourpeat #brontëcountry #blanketbog
#wycoller #pendle #walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #protectourpeat #brontëcountry #blanketbog
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you live in #laneshawbridge #trawden or #colne or use Two Laws/Lancashire Moor Road, this makes interesting reading…
#wycoller #pendle #walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #protectourpeat #brontëcountry #blanketbog
#wycoller #pendle #walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #protectourpeat #brontëcountry #blanketbog
Ali West goes in search of the BESS using this helpful map (left) supplied to us locals by Calderdale Energy Park. Thanks as ever to @markavery.bsky.social #stopcalderdalewindfarm #saveourpeat #batteryenergystoragesystem #walshaw #moor #peat #curlews #Brontës
September 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ali West goes in search of the BESS using this helpful map (left) supplied to us locals by Calderdale Energy Park. Thanks as ever to @markavery.bsky.social #stopcalderdalewindfarm #saveourpeat #batteryenergystoragesystem #walshaw #moor #peat #curlews #Brontës
We were baffled when one of our campaign banners mysteriously disappeared today, the very day when Mr Bannister was out shooting in the moor. Of course we were delighted to find it in one of his gun buses! HOW can it have got there? Delighted at this public spirited action against nasty thieves!
August 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We were baffled when one of our campaign banners mysteriously disappeared today, the very day when Mr Bannister was out shooting in the moor. Of course we were delighted to find it in one of his gun buses! HOW can it have got there? Delighted at this public spirited action against nasty thieves!
Happy Wuthering Heights Day! Today we celebrate the 207th birthday of Emily Brontë and the 67th birthday of Kate Bush. It’s a beautiful day out on #Walshaw Moor.
Image by @wutheringhikes after an illustration for #WutheringHeights by Fritz Eichenberg #StopCalderdaleWindFarm #protectourpeat
Image by @wutheringhikes after an illustration for #WutheringHeights by Fritz Eichenberg #StopCalderdaleWindFarm #protectourpeat
July 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Happy Wuthering Heights Day! Today we celebrate the 207th birthday of Emily Brontë and the 67th birthday of Kate Bush. It’s a beautiful day out on #Walshaw Moor.
Image by @wutheringhikes after an illustration for #WutheringHeights by Fritz Eichenberg #StopCalderdaleWindFarm #protectourpeat
Image by @wutheringhikes after an illustration for #WutheringHeights by Fritz Eichenberg #StopCalderdaleWindFarm #protectourpeat
We have a new website!
www.stopcalderdaleenergypark.com
#savewalshawmoor
#stopcalderdalewindfarm #peat #moor #blanketbog #curlew #lapwing #merlin #skylark #sphagnum #walshaw #hebdenbridge #haworth #bronte #brontë #wutheringheights #plath #tedhughes #brontecountry #brontëcountry
www.stopcalderdaleenergypark.com
#savewalshawmoor
#stopcalderdalewindfarm #peat #moor #blanketbog #curlew #lapwing #merlin #skylark #sphagnum #walshaw #hebdenbridge #haworth #bronte #brontë #wutheringheights #plath #tedhughes #brontecountry #brontëcountry
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The global phenomenon that is The Most Wuthering Day Ever came to #Haworth for the first time today. The aim was to raise funds for @womensaid.bsky.social and for our campaign to #stopcalderdalewindfarm and it was amazing! #wutheringheights #katebush #brontë
July 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The global phenomenon that is The Most Wuthering Day Ever came to #Haworth for the first time today. The aim was to raise funds for @womensaid.bsky.social and for our campaign to #stopcalderdalewindfarm and it was amazing! #wutheringheights #katebush #brontë
New blog out thanks to @markavery.bsky.social in which John Page walks to the site on Stanbury moor of the great big burst of 1824 experienced by Emily and Anne Brontë John’s guided by a walk described by Michael Stewart and mapped by @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/07/17/g...
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 29 by John Page – Mark Avery
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July 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
New blog out thanks to @markavery.bsky.social in which John Page walks to the site on Stanbury moor of the great big burst of 1824 experienced by Emily and Anne Brontë John’s guided by a walk described by Michael Stewart and mapped by @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/07/17/g...
Nick MacKinnon, the man behind the blog, is getting ready to wuther! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#stopcalderdalewindfarm #peat #moss #moor #protectourpeat #curlew #lapwing #goldenplover #skylark #haworth #bronte #brontë #wutheringheights #brontecountry #brontëcountry #katebush
#stopcalderdalewindfarm #peat #moss #moor #protectourpeat #curlew #lapwing #goldenplover #skylark #haworth #bronte #brontë #wutheringheights #brontecountry #brontëcountry #katebush
July 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Nick MacKinnon, the man behind the blog, is getting ready to wuther! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#stopcalderdalewindfarm #peat #moss #moor #protectourpeat #curlew #lapwing #goldenplover #skylark #haworth #bronte #brontë #wutheringheights #brontecountry #brontëcountry #katebush
#stopcalderdalewindfarm #peat #moss #moor #protectourpeat #curlew #lapwing #goldenplover #skylark #haworth #bronte #brontë #wutheringheights #brontecountry #brontëcountry #katebush
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Latest Walshaw Turbine blog by Nick Mackinnon which explores, in impressive detail, how you can/can't get wind turbine blades round tricky corners and how flood risk increases with tracks and turbine numbers. markavery.info/2025/07/04/g...
#walshaw #haworth #hebden #flood #turbines #wind #climate
#walshaw #haworth #hebden #flood #turbines #wind #climate
July 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Today is the 2nd anniversary of the publication of Reflections.
I reckon it’s a good book but then, I wrote it.
It proposes that we should all be conservation investors rather than passive members/supporters.
See what others think markavery.info/2025/07/04/r...
I reckon it’s a good book but then, I wrote it.
It proposes that we should all be conservation investors rather than passive members/supporters.
See what others think markavery.info/2025/07/04/r...
July 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the publication of Reflections.
I reckon it’s a good book but then, I wrote it.
It proposes that we should all be conservation investors rather than passive members/supporters.
See what others think markavery.info/2025/07/04/r...
I reckon it’s a good book but then, I wrote it.
It proposes that we should all be conservation investors rather than passive members/supporters.
See what others think markavery.info/2025/07/04/r...
Nick MacKinnon’s latest blog is out now, courtesy of @markavery.bsky.social Welcome to Bannister Country! markavery.info/2025/07/04/g...
#peat #Walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #brontë #narnia #moneymoneymoney #moor #teampeat #teamnature #windturbine #wutheringheights
#peat #Walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #brontë #narnia #moneymoneymoney #moor #teampeat #teamnature #windturbine #wutheringheights
July 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nick MacKinnon’s latest blog is out now, courtesy of @markavery.bsky.social Welcome to Bannister Country! markavery.info/2025/07/04/g...
#peat #Walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #brontë #narnia #moneymoneymoney #moor #teampeat #teamnature #windturbine #wutheringheights
#peat #Walshaw #stopcalderdalewindfarm #brontë #narnia #moneymoneymoney #moor #teampeat #teamnature #windturbine #wutheringheights
It’s #Glastonbury ! We thought you’d like to see a comparison of the #Glasto site (c. 600 ha) with the proposed windfarm site on #Walshaw #moor (2352ha) #peat #Brontë #stopcalderdalewindfarm #teampeat #teamnature #WutheringHeights #protectourpeat
June 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It’s #Glastonbury ! We thought you’d like to see a comparison of the #Glasto site (c. 600 ha) with the proposed windfarm site on #Walshaw #moor (2352ha) #peat #Brontë #stopcalderdalewindfarm #teampeat #teamnature #WutheringHeights #protectourpeat
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#Peat-friendly #peers speak up for #blanketbog and other #irreplaceable habitats - "not dying in a ditch but in a #chalkstream—we will fight to the last to have these irreplaceable habitats recognised in the Bill as such.” saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/p...
Peat-friendly peers speak up for blanket bog and other irreplaceable habitats
We asked some peat-friendly peers to speak up to protect blanket bog in the House of Lords’ second reading of the Planning and Infrastructure BIll [As Brought From Commons]. Thanks to ev…
saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Delighted to see this in today’s @thetimes.com . Thank you @davidmbarnett.bsky.social and BRAVO @clareshawpoet.bsky.social #katebush #masswuther #wutheringheights #bronte #brontë #brontecountry #brontëcountry #stopcalderdalewindfarm #stopcalderdaleenergypark #protectourpeat #teampeat
June 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Delighted to see this in today’s @thetimes.com . Thank you @davidmbarnett.bsky.social and BRAVO @clareshawpoet.bsky.social #katebush #masswuther #wutheringheights #bronte #brontë #brontecountry #brontëcountry #stopcalderdalewindfarm #stopcalderdaleenergypark #protectourpeat #teampeat
Photographer Kate Haslegrave has a great blog out courtesy of @markavery.bsky.social in which she walks to the proposed site of Turbine 25, Shooting Boxes, - or as close as she can get, given that #Walshaw #Moor full of #curlew #lapwing #goldenplover chicks right now. markavery.info/2025/06/20/g...
June 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Photographer Kate Haslegrave has a great blog out courtesy of @markavery.bsky.social in which she walks to the proposed site of Turbine 25, Shooting Boxes, - or as close as she can get, given that #Walshaw #Moor full of #curlew #lapwing #goldenplover chicks right now. markavery.info/2025/06/20/g...
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@protectourpeat.bsky.social #CalderdaleEnergyPark non-statutory consultation events are over. The deadline for responding is 23.59 on 10th June. Here are some ideas bit.ly/444iPbB
June 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@protectourpeat.bsky.social #CalderdaleEnergyPark non-statutory consultation events are over. The deadline for responding is 23.59 on 10th June. Here are some ideas bit.ly/444iPbB
Bit of an impromptu meeting this Wednesday in Trawden - come along to Nick MacKinnon’s presentation and Q&A
June 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bit of an impromptu meeting this Wednesday in Trawden - come along to Nick MacKinnon’s presentation and Q&A
Our petition to Parliament to ban wind farms on protected peatland in England has 10000+ names! Thanks to all who’ve signed so far - let’s keep on keeping on and #protectourpeat #stopcalderdalewindfarm #teampeat #teamnature #teambat #teamnewt #walshaw #moor #peat #blanketbog
May 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our petition to Parliament to ban wind farms on protected peatland in England has 10000+ names! Thanks to all who’ve signed so far - let’s keep on keeping on and #protectourpeat #stopcalderdalewindfarm #teampeat #teamnature #teambat #teamnewt #walshaw #moor #peat #blanketbog
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#BanWindfarmsOnProtectedPeatland - Here is the @naturalengland.bsky.social Peat depth map for #WalshawMoor, intended site of 300MW #CalderdaleWindfarm, which has erased most of the blanket bog from their habitats map and produced a poor quality interpolated peat depth map of their own
May 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
When is peat map not a peat map? When it’s a work of fiction dreamed up by a developer who wants to trash #Walshaw #Moor
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#BanWindfarmsOnProtectedPeatland - Here is the @naturalengland.bsky.social Peat depth map for #WalshawMoor, intended site of 300MW #CalderdaleWindfarm, which has erased most of the blanket bog from their habitats map and produced a poor quality interpolated peat depth map of their own
May 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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All about responsible dog ownership in this month’s #BBCCountryfile Mag (& a glorious issue it is!) Livestock, wildlife, pick it up or flick it (pick it up) & effects of flea, tick & worm treatments all covered, as well as the comprehensive model dog policy from the @righttoroam.bsky.social team.
May 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
All about responsible dog ownership in this month’s #BBCCountryfile Mag (& a glorious issue it is!) Livestock, wildlife, pick it up or flick it (pick it up) & effects of flea, tick & worm treatments all covered, as well as the comprehensive model dog policy from the @righttoroam.bsky.social team.