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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT)
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We are an ecology charity that preserves long-term experiments (LTEs) to understand how environmental changes affect different habitats over long timescales. #LongTermExperiments #Ecology
https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/
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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 9d
Early bird registration for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 is now open! #RLASSymposium.

This symposium will bring together stakeholders in #LandscapeScale transformation & it will feature 5 themes.

Book now: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍
Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh 10-11 February 2026. Early bird registration open. Photo showing a lake with trees behind it.
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Nash’s Field, #SilwoodPark, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Catalina Estrada at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is looking at the effects of fertiliser & #grazing on #grassland
bit.ly/NashsField

See this key paper bit.ly/3WSFPaf 🌏
LTE Site of the Week Nash’s Field, England. Photo of a grassland site with fencing and trees in the background. Running since 1992. Catalina Estrada, Imperial College London. Icons for grassland and nutrients.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Connect with researchers, Government agencies, landowners & the farming community at the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium next year to tell them how your #NGO can contribute towards delivering benefits for nature, people & climate.

Register now: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 
#RLASPartnership 🌍
Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 10-11 February 2026. Registration deadline 5 Jan 2026. Photo on the right- A lake surrounded by grassland. There are few clouds in the sky.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Connect with NGO’s, Government agencies, landowners & the farming community at the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium next year to tell them about your #LandscapeScale transformation #research.

Register for the symposium: https://bit.ly/RLASReg
#Ecology 🌍
Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 10-11 February 2026. Registration deadline 5 Jan 2026. Photo on the right- A lake surrounded by grassland. There are few clouds in the sky.
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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#Evidence from the Elan Valley #LongTermExperiment #LTE registered with us showed how managing pH is key to maintaining meadow biodiversity.

See the publication here: bit.ly/3CwXZYC 🌏
Photo close up of vegetation with yellow and purple flowers. Natural Resources Wales publication: Conservation management of species-rich grassland in the Elan Valley, Radnorshire. Authors Hayes and Lowther.
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We are going to #Edinburgh for the @britishecologicalsociety.org #BES2025 annual meeting in December. Who else is going?

Find us at stand LT1 to see #LongTermExperiments in #VirtualReality & see the books in our give-away 🌏
ECT attending BES 2025 Annual Meeting. On the left, Book Give-away and a photo of books. On the right, 2 photos. 1 shows sheep grazing on a hill, and the other shows a land surrounded by a lake. Find us at stand LTE1.
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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There is one day left to submit your abstract to the
#ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 taking place in Edinburgh next year.

For full details & to submit your research on #LandscapeScale transformation, see bit.ly/488EYcd
#RLASSymposium 🌏
ect-uk.bsky.social Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 12d
There is 1 week left to submit your abstract! 

Join the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 #RLASSymposium to share your research on #LandscapeScale transformation. 

Deadline: 17:00 Friday 14 November.

Submit now: https://bit.ly/rlassymposium 🌍
Text: Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2026 Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, 10-11 February 2026. Deadline for call for submissions 17:00 GMT Friday 14 November 2025. Photo: A small stream runs through a grassland site.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Remember if you are a long-term field ecological researcher who has a #LongTermExperiment registered with us, & you have any new publication, comment below with a link to the publication URL and we will do the rest. 🌏
A meadow filled with yellow flowers, and the sky is completely clear of clouds.
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The MOORCO sites in #Scotland & #England are the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Ruth Mitchell at hutton.ac.uk‬ is investigating the effects of planting birch trees o#moorlandnd https://bit.ly/Moorco

See this key paper https://bit.ly/3jbZUVI
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LTE Site of the Week Moorco, Scotland and England. Photo of a heath landscape showing a fence, and behind it there are trees. Text: Running since 1980. Ruth Mitchell, James Hutton Institute. Icons for heath, grazing and nutrients.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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A 19-year study in Mongolia examined how mowing affects the stability of above- and below-ground #productivity in a temperate steppe climate.

#LongTermExperiment #LTE
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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We upload our past #webinars to our YouTube channel bit.ly/ECTYouTube so if you have missed any, catch them there.

To stay notified for when we upload more, subscribe to our #YouTube channel

#Videos #LTE #ClimateChange #LTE #Ecology 🌏
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Early bird registration for the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 is now open! #RLASSymposium.

This symposium will bring together stakeholders in #LandscapeScale transformation & it will feature 5 themes.

Book now: https://bit.ly/RLASReg 🌍
Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh 10-11 February 2026. Early bird registration open. Photo showing a lake with trees behind it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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There is 1 week left to submit your abstract! 

Join the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 #RLASSymposium to share your research on #LandscapeScale transformation. 

Deadline: 17:00 Friday 14 November.

Submit now: https://bit.ly/rlassymposium 🌍
Text: Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2026 Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, 10-11 February 2026. Deadline for call for submissions 17:00 GMT Friday 14 November 2025. Photo: A small stream runs through a grassland site.
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Moor House Hard Hill, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Don Monteith @ukceh.bsky.social is looking at the effects of #grazing & rotational burning on #bog vegetation
bit.ly/MHHardHill

See this key paper bit.ly/2XQKxdh

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LTE Site of the Week Moor House Hard Hill, England. Photo of a lake coming from the background into the foreground. Text: Running since 1954. Don Monteith, UKCEH. Icons for bog, and grazing.
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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In 2 days, Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk will be talking about #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno.

There is still time to register for this #webinar: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏
Webinar Cors Fochno Long-term Climate Change Experiment at 15 Years. 7 November 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white woman wearing a hat smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie of herself in front of equipment. Text underneath: Nina Overtoom, University of York.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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If you missed our October #newsletter, you can read it here: bit.ly/ECTOct25

Find out about the new small #grants, the #RLASSymposium Call for Submissions (deadline is 14 November), new publications & the new social media platform we are on.

#LongTermExperiments #LTE 🌏
Landscape view of hills with shadows being cast in the foreground.
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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This Friday’s lunchtime #webinar will feature Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk talking about Cors Fochno - the #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Experiment at 15 years.

Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏
Text: Webinar Cors Fochno Long-term Climate Change Experiment at 15 Years. 7 November 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white woman wearing a hat smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie of herself in front of equipment. Text underneath: Nina Overtoom, University of York.
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Don’t miss our lunchtime #webinar next month when Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk will talk about #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno.

Register: https://bit.ly/ECTWebinarsEvents 🌍
Text: Webinar Cors Fochno Long-term Climate Change Experiment at 15 Years. 7 November 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white woman wearing a hat smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie of herself in front of equipment. Text underneath: Nina Overtoom, University of York.
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Moor House Grazing Plots, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Rob Marrs is testing the effects of removing #grazing sheep across 4 plant community types ranging from #grassland to #peatbog.

Pending the webpage on this site, you can read about it in our #newsletter from 2021: bit.ly/Dec21ECTNews 🌏
LTE Site of the Week Moor House Grazing Plots, England. Photo of a landscape and a building in the background. Text: Running since 1953. Rob Marrs, Liverpool University. Icons for grassland, bog, and grazing.
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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We’re looking to increase the size of our #volunteer pool to be called on occasionally on an ad-hoc basis depending upon availability. Volunteers must be 18+ years & based in the UK.

Do you want to know more?
See: bit.ly/ECTOpportuni...
#Volunteering #Ecology #LongTermExperiments 🌏
Text: Volunteer for the Ecological Continuity Trust. Photo on the left: A volunteer lies on the ground tipping over a container. Photo on the right:2 people hold a single column of wood as a third person looks on.
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Don’t miss our lunchtime #webinar next Friday when Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk will talk about #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno.

Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏
Text: Webinar Cors Fochno Long-term Climate Change Experiment at 15 Years. 7 November 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white woman wearing a hat smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie of herself in front of equipment. Text underneath: Nina Overtoom, University of York.
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Submit your abstract by 14 November! 

Join the #ResilientLandscapesAndSeasSymposium 2026 #RLASSymposium to share your research on tackling #biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange at a #LandscapeScale. 

More: https://bit.ly/rlassymposium 🌍
Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 10-11 February 2026. Call for Submissions. Deadline 14 November 2025. Photo on the right: Sheep grazing on a hill.
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Will you attend our lunch time webinar next month?

Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk will talk about Cors Fochno -the #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Experiment at 15 years.

Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... #Wales 🌏
Text: Webinar Cors Fochno Long-term Climate Change Experiment at 15 Years. 7 November 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white woman wearing a hat smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie of herself in front of equipment. Text underneath: Nina Overtoom, University of York.
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Join our #LongTermExperiment #LTE user group if you:

Are interested in LTEs
Want to become part of a wider network
Want to participate in knowledge exchange &
Want your LTE #ecology news to reach more people

More information & how to join is here: bit.ly/ECTUserG
#Research #Network 🌏
LTE User Group Benefits: Participate in knowledge exchange; Become part of a wider network; We can raise your profile. Close up photo of the trefoil (yellow) flower.
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Loughgall, #NorthernIreland is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Rodrigo Olave @afbini.gov.uk is looking at how tree density affects livestock, #pasture production and #EcosystemServices delivery.

Learn more about this experiment: bit.ly/LoughgallNI 🌏
Text: LTE Site of the Week Loughgall, Northern Ireland. Photo of a few sheep grazing by a tree. Text: Running since 1989. Rodrigo Olave, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. Icons for woodland and grazing.
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Register for our next lunchtime #webinar where we will have Nina Overtoom from @york.ac.uk speaking about the #Welsh #ClimateChange #LongTermExperiment Cors Fochno: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... 🌏
Text: Webinar Cors Fochno Long-term Climate Change Experiment at 15 Years. 7 November 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white woman wearing a hat smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie of herself in front of equipment. Text underneath: Nina Overtoom, University of York.
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM