Siôn McGeever
@sionmcgeever.bsky.social
Chief Executive at South Downs National Park Authority. Views my own.
Butterflies is our business...
August 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Butterflies is our business...
The real reason AI was invented. Time's up on 🐕💩👇😐
We're calling time on 💩 left on the ground or put in a bag and hung on a branch.
Introducing B-I-N-G-O...
#SouthDowns #TakeTheLead #DogWalking
Introducing B-I-N-G-O...
#SouthDowns #TakeTheLead #DogWalking
April 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The real reason AI was invented. Time's up on 🐕💩👇😐
#fipl 🐸
Now that's a job well done.
Thanks to the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme, Keymer Farm in East Sussex was able to enhance their local chalk stream and increase natural flood management capacity through the restoration of two on-site ponds.
#SouthDowns #FiPL
Thanks to the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme, Keymer Farm in East Sussex was able to enhance their local chalk stream and increase natural flood management capacity through the restoration of two on-site ponds.
#SouthDowns #FiPL
March 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
#fipl 🐸
Who wouldn't want to be a cat...
March 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Who wouldn't want to be a cat...
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Happy St. David's Day!
Happy St. David's Day!
As snowdrops begin to recede from the woodland floor (still very much visible at the present), daffodils become ascendant.
The carpet of yellow flowers are a welcome reminder of longer, warmer, sunnier days ahead.
📷 Jamie Fielding
📍 Stopham
#SouthDowns #Spring
The carpet of yellow flowers are a welcome reminder of longer, warmer, sunnier days ahead.
📷 Jamie Fielding
📍 Stopham
#SouthDowns #Spring
March 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Happy St. David's Day!
Happy St. David's Day!
Ramadan Mubarak from the South Downs
March 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ramadan Mubarak from the South Downs
A little bit @southdownsnp.bsky.social magic for your February Tuesday. Chalk grassland at the start of its restoration journey.
February 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A little bit @southdownsnp.bsky.social magic for your February Tuesday. Chalk grassland at the start of its restoration journey.
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Thanks to @southdownsnp.bsky.social we took my mum out for first time since her hip replacement today - on a brilliant tramper that was *free* to hire. It was “wonderful to get out in nature after weeks of being house bound” and tramper had enough oomph to get up the hills. Buster loved it too ❤️
February 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thanks to @southdownsnp.bsky.social we took my mum out for first time since her hip replacement today - on a brilliant tramper that was *free* to hire. It was “wonderful to get out in nature after weeks of being house bound” and tramper had enough oomph to get up the hills. Buster loved it too ❤️
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In galactic terms, the Milky Way is a medium-sized galaxy, home to around 200 billion stars, of which, ours is one.
However, the largest galaxy we know of is called IC 1101 and, at a best guess, contains over 100 trillion stars.
Wowsers!
📷 Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📍 Eastbourne Downland
However, the largest galaxy we know of is called IC 1101 and, at a best guess, contains over 100 trillion stars.
Wowsers!
📷 Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📍 Eastbourne Downland
February 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In galactic terms, the Milky Way is a medium-sized galaxy, home to around 200 billion stars, of which, ours is one.
However, the largest galaxy we know of is called IC 1101 and, at a best guess, contains over 100 trillion stars.
Wowsers!
📷 Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📍 Eastbourne Downland
However, the largest galaxy we know of is called IC 1101 and, at a best guess, contains over 100 trillion stars.
Wowsers!
📷 Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📍 Eastbourne Downland
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Day spent in Cuckmere @southdownsnp.bsky.social talking National Parks, National Landscapes, salt marsh, funding, planning, devolution, LNRS and nature recovery. Thanks @sionmcgeever.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Day spent in Cuckmere @southdownsnp.bsky.social talking National Parks, National Landscapes, salt marsh, funding, planning, devolution, LNRS and nature recovery. Thanks @sionmcgeever.bsky.social
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Finally, we've reached the shortest month.
The 2025 South Downs Dark Skies Festival begins on Thursday 13 February.
Join us for two weeks of stargazing, star parties and starshine!
Full details 👉 https://buff.ly/340X7dy
📷 Pablo Rodriguez
📍 Ditchling Beacon
#SouthDowns
The 2025 South Downs Dark Skies Festival begins on Thursday 13 February.
Join us for two weeks of stargazing, star parties and starshine!
Full details 👉 https://buff.ly/340X7dy
📷 Pablo Rodriguez
📍 Ditchling Beacon
#SouthDowns
February 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Finally, we've reached the shortest month.
The 2025 South Downs Dark Skies Festival begins on Thursday 13 February.
Join us for two weeks of stargazing, star parties and starshine!
Full details 👉 https://buff.ly/340X7dy
📷 Pablo Rodriguez
📍 Ditchling Beacon
#SouthDowns
The 2025 South Downs Dark Skies Festival begins on Thursday 13 February.
Join us for two weeks of stargazing, star parties and starshine!
Full details 👉 https://buff.ly/340X7dy
📷 Pablo Rodriguez
📍 Ditchling Beacon
#SouthDowns
Wetlands R Us! 🙂💚👇
🌍💧 Happy World Wetlands Day! 💧🌍
The South Downs National Park isn't just rolling green hills, it’s also home to vital wetland habitats that play a crucial role in our environment.
📷 Sean Evison
📍 Amberley Wildbrooks
The South Downs National Park isn't just rolling green hills, it’s also home to vital wetland habitats that play a crucial role in our environment.
📷 Sean Evison
📍 Amberley Wildbrooks
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Wetlands R Us! 🙂💚👇
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Hello Bluesky! We’re the Knepp Wildland Foundation, committed to nature restoration.
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hello Bluesky! We’re the Knepp Wildland Foundation, committed to nature restoration.
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
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January 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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On the heaths in early February, visitors get their best opportunity to hear woodlarks sing.
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with 3000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with 3000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
January 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On the heaths in early February, visitors get their best opportunity to hear woodlarks sing.
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with 3000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with 3000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
There's a humpback whale out there, somewhere 🙂🐳 @southdownsnp.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
There's a humpback whale out there, somewhere 🙂🐳 @southdownsnp.bsky.social
So beavers have a vote now? 😉
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’
Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
So beavers have a vote now? 😉
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Winter brings spectacular sunsets. A view today towards the @southdownsnp.bsky.social from another brilliant PL, the #ashdownforest in the #highweald National Landscape. Working together to connect all these special places is going to be crucial in delivering #30by30 @natlandassoc.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Winter brings spectacular sunsets. A view today towards the @southdownsnp.bsky.social from another brilliant PL, the #ashdownforest in the #highweald National Landscape. Working together to connect all these special places is going to be crucial in delivering #30by30 @natlandassoc.bsky.social
Watery winter sunshine
January 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Watery winter sunshine
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January 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Synchronicity
Seven Sisters Country Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social
Seven Sisters Country Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Synchronicity
Seven Sisters Country Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social
Seven Sisters Country Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social
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What is the gravest ecological challenge? Global heating, mass extinction, pollution? My new book, ‘Just Earth’, published by Bloomsbury Books & which is out in March, suggests it’s actually social inequalities.
January 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What is the gravest ecological challenge? Global heating, mass extinction, pollution? My new book, ‘Just Earth’, published by Bloomsbury Books & which is out in March, suggests it’s actually social inequalities.