#Walking in UK

[legitedigiulia]

Hot Monday at the South Downs june 2024, Amberley It's always worthy walk through the South Downs.

[soovyclub]

10 Best Places to Walk in UK: National Parks & Nature Reserves Wandering about where to go walking in the UK? Here are some of the best places to go hiking in the United Kingdom to experience scenic views from the summits of National Parks and Nature reserves in England, Wales, and Scotland. https://www.soovy.club/blog/best-places-to-walk-in-uk-national-parks-nature-reserves

[useless-englandfacts]

uk journalists having to report through gritted teeth that there were no riots last night as thousands of anti-racist protesters significantly outnumbered the racist rioters across the country

[reasonsforhope]

"Inspired by an innovative Chilean forest restoration effort, the English town of Lewes is enlisting the help of dog walkers to rewild a local nature reserve.

Heavily degraded by foot traffic, the project co-opts dogs’ tendency to run about in the woods to spread wildflower seed from saddlebags strapped to a harness around the dog’s abdomen.

The idea mimics the function that wolves once played in that part of England, roaming over vast distances getting grass and flower seeds stuck in their coat, only to fall off and germinate somewhere else.

This helter-skelter seed-spreading is actually how many plants evolved to reproduce, and it’s key to maintaining a biodiverse and native ecosystem.

“We’re really interested in rewilding processes, but they often involve reintroducing big herbivores like bison or wild horses,” said manager Dylan Walker from the Railway Land Wildlife Trust who organized the project back in 2019.

“In a smaller urban nature reserve it’s really hard to do those things. So, to replicate the effect that those animals have on the ecosystem we aimed to utilize the vast number of dog walkers that are visiting the nature reserve daily.”

The saddlebags are filled with a variety of perennial plant seeds mixed together with sand. This allows the seed to be spread for longer across larger distances, while also providing a helpful tracking sign to inform the Trust’s employees where dogs are walking.

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2 Beavers Named Hazel and Chompy Reintroduced to English County–the First Ones to Live Here in 400 Years

“I signed up because it sounded like such a good fit. I was asked to place a harness on my chocolate cocker spaniel called Bertie and he ran around spreading seeds like wolves used to do many years ago,” Cressida Murray, a dog walker who regularly uses the nature reserve, told The Guardian. 

Wolves were persecuted to extinction in England as early as the reign of Henry VII, who reigned during the latter third of the 15th century.

“A community-based project like this not only helps engage and teach people about the ecological impacts of wildlife but also allows us to make our wildlife and environments richer in the process,” said Walker."

-via Good News Network, July 30, 2024

[maureen2musings]

Cornish Coastal Path

George Hiles

[alexmurison]

Golden Enys Dodman Arch.  I sat on top of the cliffs watching the crowds in the distance watching the sunset from the Land’s End hotel, whilst I had this view all to myself as the golden light lit up the ocean right through the stone arch.

[vamprisms]

i love hearing about a native species being reintroduced to an environment like. haha yes bring the boys out

[dubmill]

Llanwern Church, Newport, Monmouthshire; 30.6.2024

[vela-pulsars]

not enough stonjourner art out there

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫 ℭ𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔚𝔞𝔩𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔦𝔫 

𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢: 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔭𝔬 𝔖𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩

[keepthethorns]

Out collecting the Christmas turkey 🎄

[countingmoomins]

Meet me in the pines

[maureen2musings]

@dpc_photography_

[alexmurison]

Well that has just been the most ridiculous couple of hours of my life witnessing the most beautiful, vibrant and mesmerising Aurora Borealis literally a 5 minute walk from my front door.

[londonedge]

Walking through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel

[dubmill]

Stanmore, London; 4.6.2023