Butterflies is our business...

Midsummer, @southdownsnp.bsky.social

The real reason AI was invented. Time's up on 🐕💩👇😐

#fipl 🐸

Who wouldn't want to be a cat...

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

Happy St. David's Day!

Ramadan Mubarak from the South Downs

And #penyrolewen wrth gwrs

#llynogwen

#tryfan

A little bit @southdownsnp.bsky.social magic for your February Tuesday. Chalk grassland at the start of its restoration journey.

Women on an off road mobility scooter explores the woods with a Collie dog.

Thanks to @southdownsnp.bsky.social we took my mum out for first time since her hip replacement today - on a brilliant tramper that was *free* to hire. It was “wonderful to get out in nature after weeks of being house bound” and tramper had enough oomph to get up the hills. Buster loved it too ❤️

A lone silhouette of a person and a tree against the backdrop of the night sky with the Milky Way streaking across the middle

In galactic terms, the Milky Way is a medium-sized galaxy, home to around 200 billion stars, of which, ours is one.

However, the largest galaxy we know of is called IC 1101 and, at a best guess, contains over 100 trillion stars.

Wowsers!

📷 Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📍 Eastbourne Downland

Day spent in Cuckmere @southdownsnp.bsky.social talking National Parks, National Landscapes, salt marsh, funding, planning, devolution, LNRS and nature recovery. Thanks @sionmcgeever.bsky.social

An absolute pleasure Drew. Sorry I couldn't make the 🌞 come out.

A lone figure stands on a green hill in front of a pond gazing upwards at the night sky with the Milky Way galaxy running through.

Finally, we've reached the shortest month.

The 2025 South Downs Dark Skies Festival begins on Thursday 13 February.

Join us for two weeks of stargazing, star parties and starshine!

Full details 👉 https://buff.ly/340X7dy

📷 Pablo Rodriguez
📍 Ditchling Beacon

#SouthDowns

Wetlands R Us! 🙂💚👇

Young people gather at Knepp on a bright sunny day.

Two storks stand on their nest at the top of a tree.

A Purple Emperor sits on a leaf in a green bush. It's markings look white, brown and orange in the light.

A group of four people wearing waders help build river management for Adur river restoration.

Hello Bluesky! We’re the Knepp Wildland Foundation, committed to nature restoration.

Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.

#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife

A Robin is perched on a weathered wooden surface, its bright orange-red breast puffed up and beak wide open in full song. The blurred background creates a soft gradient of earthy tones, making the Robin stand out. With its legs firmly planted and feathers fluffed, it looks as if it’s passionately delivering an important message to the world.

"Everybody - wake up! It's the #BigGardenBirdwatch!"

Will you be taking part today? 👀🌳

A small brown-grey bird sits on top of a gorse bush with green leaves and yellow flowers.

On the heaths in early February, visitors get their best opportunity to hear woodlarks sing.

In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with 3000 breeding pairs across the UK.

📷 Derek Middleton

There's a humpback whale out there, somewhere 🙂🐳 @southdownsnp.bsky.social

No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’ Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through

So beavers have a vote now? 😉
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Winter brings spectacular sunsets. A view today towards the @southdownsnp.bsky.social from another brilliant PL, the #ashdownforest in the #highweald National Landscape. Working together to connect all these special places is going to be crucial in delivering #30by30 @natlandassoc.bsky.social

Watery winter sunshine

climate stripes 1850 - 2024

Latest version of the climate stripes just in ...

HT @edhawkins.org

Synchronicity
Seven Sisters Country Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social

What is the gravest ecological challenge? Global heating, mass extinction, pollution? My new book, ‘Just Earth’, published by Bloomsbury Books & which is out in March, suggests it’s actually social inequalities.

On order

A lone person walks along a woodland trail on a frosty morning

A throwback to a deliciously frozen morning along the Downs Link near Botolphs.

📷 Colin Mitchell

#SouthDowns #MondayMotivation

A murmaration of starlings over the ocean

A starling murmuration is perhaps one of winter's finest spectacles.⠀⠀
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The Sussex Heritage Coast, stretching from Eastbourne to just past Cuckmere Haven is one of the best places to spot their dazzling, swirling displays.

#SouthDowns #Murmuration