Visited Muckle Moss in Northumberland yesterday with Natural England colleagues. Great restoration work has restored hydrology, rewetted the bog, reinvigorated the plant community and restarted growth. Note the disappearing fence line as the peat builds up.

Coldest week of the winter last week. New heat pump working well, keeping us warm. Better and cheaper to run than our old gas boiler as well as low emissions.

Can’t resist a quick proud father moment as I reflect back on #BES2024 - great to have Matthew there! No expectations what my children will do for a career but it was fun!

Fantastic team

Great to listen to Leo Mercer talking about net zero and rewilding at #BES2042 - some key evidence gaps need to be resolved to make the most of the opportunities. Glad our carbon storage and sequestration by habitat report could provide useful context.

First properly cold weather of the autumn and our new heat pump is working well.

Coming back from a great couple of days with Natural England climate change colleagues seeing landscape recovery sites in Yorkshire and Lancashire; talking green finance and the Nature Returns programme: how to get best results for nature + climate+people

Aurora in west Berkshire. Who’d have thought that!

Great couple of days in Cumbria with colleagues from Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Nature Scot and Climate Change Committee comparing notes on climate change adaptation in different habitats and sites

First sighting of bluebells coming into flower. It’s early because of a warm winter and early spring.