Just been directed to these messages from James Rebanks . Well worth reading these as they provide a comprehensive and candid assessment of rewetting on a working farm...

River rewiggling - a nerdy wet day update

If you hate this kind of thing you’ll hate this - go dredging instead

This is a little upland floodplain on a very wet day - doing what floodplains are meant to do - flood

The cold snap last week saw very different responses across floodplains where water simply accumulates compared to floodplains with flowing water. Water on the former was frozen, the later displayed amosaic of flowing wetlands and attracted plenty of bird life...

We are looking for a new Conservation Officer to work with others in the Lakes and other parts of Cumbria. Fantastic role with amazing people.

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My friend RSPB Community Fundraising is fundraising for RSPB. Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/rspb-save…

More good news from Wild Haweswater theguardian.com/environment/20…

What drought? Howgill Beck RSPB England #RSPBGeltsdale was freed from its historic shackles last year, reconnected to its floodplain and reborn. #Nature is reaping the benefits. #RSPBEcology

Brilliant job vacancy going at Geltsdale. If you like black grouse, hen harriers, curlews and helping nature at landscape scale, then apply now...
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The #Winterwatch team are going to be highlighting the wonderful #waders of the Wash this evening.
Hope they mention the newly threatened tidal barrage!
Blog about why the Wash is so important to species such as #Curlew :
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/six…

Love Curlew? Fancy spending 4 months getting to grips with Curlew behaviour and helping the Geltsdale/Curlew Life team this breeding season in the beautiful North Pennines? Volunteer position, accommodation on the reserve and car provided.
volunteer.rspb.org.uk/opportunities/…

Exciting job opportunity! We are looking to fill our Moorland Warden post (20 month fixed term) at RSPB Geltsdale. Habitat management, birds surveys, species protection and plenty of time on the fell!

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We've got a clutch of exciting job vacancies coming up at @wildhaweswater, associated with our Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme project and Defra UK Landscape Recovery pilot. More to come in the next few weeks, but details of the 4 that are currently live are in the thread below...
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Latest figure, just 105 breeding pairs left. 😢☹️😞

What a great field recording. This is such a magical sound, it makes me so happy to hear.
So it makes me very pleased to see my Curlew footage in this video.
Check out his album for lots more great field recordings!

As a thank you to everyone who’s supported the release of Simmerdim this year, here’s a new film combining one of my curlewsounds recordings from Geltsdale, Cumbria, with RSPB curlew video footage from the same location by Nick Rodd!

Full length: youtu.be/B9yx0_B1ghA

Just reflecting on the Cumbria RRS group winning the EUROPEAN RIVER PRIZE in Vienna. Little old Cumbria triumphed over projects from across a whole continent... Can't be bad!
We will be keeping this on the agenda showcasing the schemes that formed the bid through until Christmas.

WHAT A TEAM!
Massive congratulations to those in this picture and all of the others who sadly could not make it to the European River Prize award ceremony. Brilliant work by brilliant people.

Brilliant to see the transformation of the Howgill Beck at RSPB England Geltsdale at the weekend. A sad little drain restored to a complex, multi-channel, wandering wetland. Hats off to Dynamic Rivers, Jen Selvidge and Stephen W