Last farm #pond survey of 2024 for NorfolkPondsProject this eve in a stunning wildlife-filled old bit of landscape. There is hope. Keep fighting & keep a troshin

Day 3 of ressurecting pingos in the Brecks. Now on pingo 3. If our previous work is anything to go by we are expecting amazing results by summer 2025!!! Tim Holt-Wilson Helene Burningham

A resurrected #ghostpingo with "grow-faster" seedbank stripes (an expt!) that is >40 m long. In <2 yrs it will look like the ponds below as tons of long-lived seeds exposed in the excavation. Most successful ecological restoration known? Tim Holt-Wilson Helene Burningham The Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership

The #BESAG2024 annual meeting from BES Aquatic Ecology (BESAG) is now online-only! You can still get a ticket and hear from our amazing keynote speakers, and present yourself! eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2024-aq…

Footprints from the mesolithic elegantly preserved in this #ghostpingo trench in the East Anglian Brecks. From the angle & spacing of the footprints we can infer that the individual had a limp likely from a prior Bear attack

Harebells on a Northamptonshire hill #wildflowerhour

Last week, I spent 5 days at the NHM, London, IDing deep sea fish and generally gawping at ichthyological oddities. I must confess, though, that I had an ulterior motive. In this thread I'm going tell you the whole story and show you the single coolest fish I've ever found! 1/

Truly brilliant. Never give up!!!

Day 1 of #pondweek 2024. Almost 2 ponds finished already. Here we are with the wood cleared ready for the digger

The story of a #ghostpond in one year...one year!!!

Great pond archaeology recorded today. Romano-British wig most likely 3rd Century

We are in full swing at 4th pond of the trip! It's going to be a corker. Major scrub & mud removal to the rescue!!! #pondweek 2024

Bish bash bosh! 0 year, 1 year and 2 years on!!! #ghostpond

Day 3 of #pondweek & some 5.5 farm ponds have been restored in the upper reaches of the River Stiffkey, Norfolk, thanks to Norfolk Rivers Trust funding. We are on fire helped greatly by magnificent volunteers - many current & past students/staff from UCL Geography ++ working v. hard!

We are now almost 7 ponds done & after a glorious victory in the Red Hart pub quiz last night nothing will stop us today! #pondweek Norfolk Rivers Trust

Good news for #crucian carp conservation. A lack of introgression and hence genetic contamination is evident where hybridization occurs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our 10th pond of #pondweek. Yes... finishing on a #ghostpond that will be a corker! Norfolk Rivers Trust

Pond no. 10 of #pondweek. A #ghostpond just finished. An incredible centuries old layer of mud buried under the plough soil packed with mollusc remains, pressed willow & Broad-leaved pondweed leaves and soon to germinate seeds of many wetland plants. The pond is coming back!!!

Thanks to Toad of Earlham Hall #DomTheDig & 25+ volunteers who allowed us to restore 10 farm ponds in 6 days. So much hard work but also so much fun!!! Huge thanks to Norfolk Rivers Trust for funding. Expect great things!!! Over & out for #pondweek 2024 Helen Greaves Prof Carl Sayer

A #Ghostpond haunts this field