Very cool! I’ll be road testing this with my first year students

Not attending, but interested. Do you want some European alpine biocrust sites to add to the network? This theme will grow over the next years for us, so happy to be involved.

Never tire of that view.

Drop me a line Robert.mills@york.ac.uk if you want a natter sometime.

Do you know what time of year this photo was taken?

Judging by the amount of Rumex, I think you’d have company too ☺️

Exactly that, conserving and protecting those places is key. Good old rough edges and mixed systems (wood pasture being an excellent option) are a way to start to bringing in diversity into the agri-landscape too alongside putting land to woodland regeneration

Whilst there is no doubt that conversion of forest to intensive grazing is an ecological catastrophe, it’s important to nuance this perspective: some of the most species-rich ecosystems on the planet are low-intensity pasture and meadow systems. Not all livestock agri is the same.

This is lush… where be this?

Oooh, Woodstock decomp? Also will be doing that this year.

Oooh, would be very keen to learn more about this!

Can do! Drop me an email Robert.mills(at)york.ac.uk