Limestone Pavement Partnership
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Aiming to build evidence and connect people to inform the conservation and management of limestone pavements. And we love limestone pavements!
You can read about Carly's success in the Quarry Life Award here!
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Lancaster Professor wins coveted Quarry Life Award for work on limestone pavements - Lancaster University
Professor Carly Stevens of the Lancaster Environment Centre was recently selected as the winner of the national division of Heidelberg Material’s 6th Quarry Life Award for her work on limestone paveme...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You can read about Carly's success in the Quarry Life Award here!
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The limestone pavement exhibit has moved on to Barrow library this week. The exhibit is only small but contains some interesting content with audio from Professor Carly Stevens and Ezra Tattersall (PhD student) from Lancaster University and Scott Petrek from Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The limestone pavement exhibit has moved on to Barrow library this week. The exhibit is only small but contains some interesting content with audio from Professor Carly Stevens and Ezra Tattersall (PhD student) from Lancaster University and Scott Petrek from Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
We would like to introduce Sian! Sian is a new Master's by Research student who will be looking at the soils of limestone pavements - something we know little about. We are very excited for her to join the research group!
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We would like to introduce Sian! Sian is a new Master's by Research student who will be looking at the soils of limestone pavements - something we know little about. We are very excited for her to join the research group!
Reminder that the limestone pavement exhibit is at Kendal library this week. There's some information about how limestone pavements have changed in recent years and some audio segments to listen to. Thanks again to @britishecologicalsociety.org for funding the project!
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Reminder that the limestone pavement exhibit is at Kendal library this week. There's some information about how limestone pavements have changed in recent years and some audio segments to listen to. Thanks again to @britishecologicalsociety.org for funding the project!
A new photo exhibition is at Kendal library for the next 3 weeks. Sponsored by @britishecologicalsociety.org , the exhibit explains the importance of limestone pavements and shows their beauty through photography.
Keep an eye out for updates as the exhibition will move to Barrow and Ulverston next.
Keep an eye out for updates as the exhibition will move to Barrow and Ulverston next.
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A new photo exhibition is at Kendal library for the next 3 weeks. Sponsored by @britishecologicalsociety.org , the exhibit explains the importance of limestone pavements and shows their beauty through photography.
Keep an eye out for updates as the exhibition will move to Barrow and Ulverston next.
Keep an eye out for updates as the exhibition will move to Barrow and Ulverston next.
Carly has recently visited the Isle of Man to support an exciting plan to create a limestone pavement from recovered clints. The latest blog is well worth a read to find out more about this innovative project.
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Ex-situ limestone pavement conservation - Lancaster University
I have been fortunate enough to spend the last couple of days at Shuttleworth Botanic Garden in the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is a beautiful place, and it is quite a few years since I have had the ...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Carly has recently visited the Isle of Man to support an exciting plan to create a limestone pavement from recovered clints. The latest blog is well worth a read to find out more about this innovative project.
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Reminder that we have an exciting opportunity to join the research team at Lancaster University for a master's by research on the soils of limestone pavements.
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Funded Masters by Research Opportunities - Lancaster University
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August 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reminder that we have an exciting opportunity to join the research team at Lancaster University for a master's by research on the soils of limestone pavements.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/graduate...
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You can read about what we have been up to this summer in our latest blog post!
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A busy summer! - Lancaster University
It has been a busy summer so far and will continue to be over the next few weeks. Ezra has been collecting lots and lots of data on wooded and open pavements while Sophie has been out surveying bryoph...
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August 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You can read about what we have been up to this summer in our latest blog post!
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A great opportunity to join the research team at Lancaster University for a Master's by Research. The project will focus on the soils of limestone pavements which we know so little about. Please share the opportunity with anyone who might be interested!
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Funded Masters by Research Opportunities - Lancaster University
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August 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A great opportunity to join the research team at Lancaster University for a Master's by Research. The project will focus on the soils of limestone pavements which we know so little about. Please share the opportunity with anyone who might be interested!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/graduate...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/graduate...
The grazing experiment at #HortonQuarry is coming along well. You can read the latest update in the #quarrylife blog here!
#quarrylife #quarrylifeawards #qla6
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#quarrylife #quarrylifeawards #qla6
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Finalising the experimental set up - Lancaster University
This week I have been able to finalise the set up of my grazing experiment. Earlier this summer I was able to install the grazing exclosures, collect baseline data and welcome the sheep but the grassl...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The grazing experiment at #HortonQuarry is coming along well. You can read the latest update in the #quarrylife blog here!
#quarrylife #quarrylifeawards #qla6
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#quarrylife #quarrylifeawards #qla6
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Carly is currently working with photographer Oana Bakovic to show the beauty and ecology of limestone pavements. Thanks to the @britishecologicalsociety.org we will be producing an exhibit for libraries in Cumbria. This orchid was captured at Gait Barrows.
July 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Carly is currently working with photographer Oana Bakovic to show the beauty and ecology of limestone pavements. Thanks to the @britishecologicalsociety.org we will be producing an exhibit for libraries in Cumbria. This orchid was captured at Gait Barrows.
Thanks to funding from @britishecologicalsociety.org Carly has been working with fine art photographer Oana Bakovic to capture the otherworldly beauty of limestone pavements. This image is from Farleton Fell.
July 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thanks to funding from @britishecologicalsociety.org Carly has been working with fine art photographer Oana Bakovic to capture the otherworldly beauty of limestone pavements. This image is from Farleton Fell.
Sophie is well into her field work looking at the zonation of bryophytes in limestone pavements. You can learn a bit about her project in this month's blog.
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My MSc by Research in Limestone Pavements - Lancaster University
I started my MSc by Research in January 2025 with a plan to study the bryophytes found in limestone pavements. I had found an interest in bryophytes during my undergrad and was lucky to be provided wi...
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July 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sophie is well into her field work looking at the zonation of bryophytes in limestone pavements. You can learn a bit about her project in this month's blog.
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Carly's latest paper explains a new protocol for surveying limestone pavement vegetation. This will ensure standardisation in monitoring of the habitat.
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Developing a new protocol for monitoring vegetation in limestone pavement - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Developing a new protocol for monitoring vegetation in limestone pavement
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July 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Carly's latest paper explains a new protocol for surveying limestone pavement vegetation. This will ensure standardisation in monitoring of the habitat.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You can learn more about Carly and Hannah's visit to Sweden in the latest blog post here:
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Exploring the Swedish Alvar - Lancaster University
One of the other countries with limestone pavement habitats is Sweden. Swedish Alvar habitats include a range of habitats on limestone, from meadows to limestone pavements so I was very keen to unders...
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June 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
You can learn more about Carly and Hannah's visit to Sweden in the latest blog post here:
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Carly is visiting the beautiful alvar pavements in Sweden this week!
Alvars consist of areas of thin-soiled calcareous grasslands interspersed with limestone outcrops meaning they are very similar to limestone pavements found in the UK.
#limestonepavement #karst #alvar
Alvars consist of areas of thin-soiled calcareous grasslands interspersed with limestone outcrops meaning they are very similar to limestone pavements found in the UK.
#limestonepavement #karst #alvar
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Carly is visiting the beautiful alvar pavements in Sweden this week!
Alvars consist of areas of thin-soiled calcareous grasslands interspersed with limestone outcrops meaning they are very similar to limestone pavements found in the UK.
#limestonepavement #karst #alvar
Alvars consist of areas of thin-soiled calcareous grasslands interspersed with limestone outcrops meaning they are very similar to limestone pavements found in the UK.
#limestonepavement #karst #alvar
The field season is upon us. This means we are spoiled with some excellent views... Carly has other priorities!
June 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The field season is upon us. This means we are spoiled with some excellent views... Carly has other priorities!
Check out the latest research on limestone pavements in the paper below. The study focusses on the connectivity of bird's foot sedge in Karst landscapes.
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#limestonepavement #karst
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Connectivity in a Karst landscape: genetic diversity and population differentiation in the rare plant Bird's Foot sedge, Carex ornithopoda Willd.
Within Britain the Karst landscape is predominantly upland and is characterised by high nature value grasslands which are home to many plant species of conservation interest. One such species is Care...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Check out the latest research on limestone pavements in the paper below. The study focusses on the connectivity of bird's foot sedge in Karst landscapes.
#limestonepavement #karst
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#limestonepavement #karst
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We are working hard to communicate our grazing experiment with Heidelberg Materials UK at #hortonquarry. Carly discusses the importance of communicating research to the right audience in her latest #quarrylife blog as well as the conference in general on our blogs page.
#qla6 #limestonepavement
#qla6 #limestonepavement
The importance of communication - Lancaster University
Last week I hosted the Limestone Pavement Partnership’s first conference, attended by 40 academics, students and conservation professionals from a range of organisations. The conference took place in ...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We are working hard to communicate our grazing experiment with Heidelberg Materials UK at #hortonquarry. Carly discusses the importance of communicating research to the right audience in her latest #quarrylife blog as well as the conference in general on our blogs page.
#qla6 #limestonepavement
#qla6 #limestonepavement
Last week, Carly presented the #QuarryLife grazing project at #HortonQuarry to 40 academics and practitioners at the Limestone Pavement Partnership Conference! We are really excited to be working with Heidelberg Materials for the project.
#quarrylifeaward #qla6
#quarrylifeaward #qla6
April 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Last week, Carly presented the #QuarryLife grazing project at #HortonQuarry to 40 academics and practitioners at the Limestone Pavement Partnership Conference! We are really excited to be working with Heidelberg Materials for the project.
#quarrylifeaward #qla6
#quarrylifeaward #qla6
Yesterday we held the first Limestone Pavement Partnership conference to great success. Thank you to all speakers and attendees for making it such an interesting event. We had the pleasure of visiting Gait Barrows for a closer look at the magnificent limestone pavements.
April 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yesterday we held the first Limestone Pavement Partnership conference to great success. Thank you to all speakers and attendees for making it such an interesting event. We had the pleasure of visiting Gait Barrows for a closer look at the magnificent limestone pavements.
"Grikey!" Members of the @britishecologicalsociety.org will find an article in the latest edition of 'The Niche' that discusses the recent national survey of limestone pavements.
March 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Grikey!" Members of the @britishecologicalsociety.org will find an article in the latest edition of 'The Niche' that discusses the recent national survey of limestone pavements.
Making the most of the beautiful weather up at Hutton Roof this week. Read about us gearing up for the field season in Carly's latest blog post!
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Getting ready for the field season - Lancaster University
March is a busy time for most ecologists. The end of the financial year is always busy with projects coming to and end and final reports needed but for most ecologists, the spring is when we start loo...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Making the most of the beautiful weather up at Hutton Roof this week. Read about us gearing up for the field season in Carly's latest blog post!
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Professor Carly Stevens talks about her recent research into Britain's limestone pavements in her latest blog for @britishecologicalsociety.org. Read the blog below.
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Carly Stevens: Exploring Great Britain’s limestone pavements
In this blog post Carly Stevens, professor at University of Lancaster, presents her work ‘Large changes in vegetation composition seen over the last 50 years in British limestone pavements’. She sh…
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March 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Professor Carly Stevens talks about her recent research into Britain's limestone pavements in her latest blog for @britishecologicalsociety.org. Read the blog below.
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In her latest paper, Professor Carly Stevens discusses the challenges associated with managing limestone pavement habitats. Read the paper here:
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More evidence gaps than grikes: how limestone pavements have fallen through the cracks of British conservation
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March 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In her latest paper, Professor Carly Stevens discusses the challenges associated with managing limestone pavement habitats. Read the paper here:
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