Heathland Friday fieldwork!
A trip to the lowland heaths of Cheshire last week, collecting more soil samples for
@ukceh.bsky.social
It'll be interesting to see what these samples show about how different habitats recover from excess Nitrogen deposition
#fieldwork #heathlands #cheshire
Firstly to the upland moorlands of Wales, with an intense but worthwhile couple of days sampling.
It's been a good chance to learn more about fieldwork; and looking forward to taking it forward to future site visits.
#fieldwork #fridayfieldworkphotodump #ukceh #wales #moorland
Friday fieldwork from last week for
@ukceh.bsky.social
Whilst dodging the grim weather sample collecting, there were some nice breaks in the weather for some amazing scenery!
Following on from Sand Dune sampling in January, it was onto moorland sampling this week
First batch of fieldwork for 2026!
Revisiting coastal sand dunes for @ukceh.bsky.social change monitoring, and nice to learn about a new science issue; collecting samples to examine the effects of Nitrogen deposition on dune biology
#fieldwork #fridayfieldwork #sanddunes #ukceh
It'll be interesting to learn about how @ukceh.bsky.social Flux Towers can monitor how CO2 is both absorbed and emitted by the salt marsh, and how we can use this to monitor greenhouse gas changes
#saltmarsh #fieldwork #fridayfieldwork #co2 #lancashire #ukceh
Fieldwork Friday!
Another positive few days in the field working on some of our Flux Towers out on the salt marsh for @ukceh.bsky.social
Definitely a change in habitat from peat bogs to salt marsh! One of the big positives of the job that I get to see all these fantastic habitats
These cameras let us observe vertical movement of the surface of the bogs; from which we can observe if they're a healthy place for wildlife and storing greenhouse gases!
#cumbria #bog #peat #cumbriawildlifetrust #ukceh #fieldwork #fridayfieldwork #fridayfieldworkphotodump @ukceh.bsky.social
Friday Fieldwork!
Back out on the bogs again this week, however this time it's for a different piece of work for @ukceh.bsky.social!
This time was going out to change over monitoring cameras - some work I'm looking forward to start helping with :)
Last Friday's Fieldwork!
First fieldwork of 2025 on the South Cumbrian peatlands!
Interesting to see Hannah's moth recording; atmospheric chemistry; and water table work - plus how we can use the data for long term environmental management
#fieldwork #scicomm #bogs #cumbria @ukceh.bsky.social
Voted :D
Map of UK and Ireland illustrating broad habitats in the UK and Northern Ireland as classified by the UKCEH Land Cover Map
Broad habitats from the UKCEH Land Cover Map for an area around Norwich in England
Broad habitats from the UKCEH Land Cover Map for an area more zoomed in around Norwich in England
NEW! The latest UKCEH Land Cover Map, describing the UK land surface in 2024, is now available 🏞️ 🌳
See what broad habitats—ranging from broadleaved woodland and arable land to freshwater and urban areas— there are and where in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
#LandCover #LCM
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Screengrab from the Spatial Explorer on the Environmental Information Data Centre displaying UKCEH Land Cover Map 2024
UKCEH Land Cover Map 2024 is available in a variety of resolutions and formats. The raster (pixel) versions of the Land Cover Maps are available free for academic and other non-commercial use.
Explore the map and download: catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/5a...
#LandCover #LCM
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📊 ✨ We're delighted to introduce a new feature this year - a UK Land Cover Statistics data set providing country, county and (for England) regional level land cover statistics.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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Thank you @kitmacleod.bsky.social! Definitely a solid team effort :)
We also have a *NEW* prototype spatial data explorer on @eidcdata.bsky.social (catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/5a...)
The dataset was funded through the National Capability for UK challenges (NC-UK) programme
#landcover #remotesensing #ecology #landscapes #data
Land Cover Map 2024 is available now!
The latest in the series of @ukceh.bsky.social Land Cover Maps in raster and vector formats across spatial resolutions! This adds another year to our well established time series!
Land Cover Map 2024 is available through @eidcdata.bsky.social
It was really interesting to see Claire and Laura present on
@ukceh.bsky.social long term monitoring programmes - Countryside Survey and ERAMMP, along with Cecily's work on co-designing data platforms for restoration!
#peatlands #remotesensing #CS #ERAMMP
IALE conference in Edinburgh!
A great week in Edinburgh for @landscapeecologyuk.bsky.social conference representing @ukceh.bsky.social; showing our poster on using Sentinel 1 data to predict water table depth on lowland peatlands
Thank you @natreswales.bsky.social for your help with the project!
Ready for the International Association of Landscape Ecology Conference!
Presenting on our Remote Sensing for Water Table Depth monitoring 😊
@ukceh.bsky.social @landscapeecologyuk.bsky.social #remotesensing #landscapeecology
The Countryside Surveys were early initiatives to monitor environmental change, connecting with the theme of our conference this year, "Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale"
www.landscape-ecology.uk/uk-conferenc...
New paper alert! Read about the process undertaken to safe-guard valuable data from the British Countryside Surveys, established by our late co-founder, Professor Robert (Bob) Bunce, in the 1970s, and complementary surveys in 1969 and the 1990s. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out the great work by @fionaseaton.bsky.social :D
Really interesting listen Nick :)
Well deserved recommendation Manisha! You're doing great work 😃
Episode 4 is out now featuring Lauren Dueñas - an Archer and former Archery Club coach at the University of Florida.
Lauren shares challenges of being a Student Archer: managing expectations, time management, and how parents can support their Archer when far apart.
www.archeryparentpodcast.ca
Selfie with Neil and myself and our Unstrung Archery podcast shirts
Alongside competing, I enjoy getting people into archery; either by helping @llanilek.bsky.social with our Unstrung Archery podcast - talking archery with really interesting guests - including our friend Manisha (@archeryparentpod.bsky.social)
OR
Coaching at Northern Archery on weekends :)
I'm fortunate @athletenow.bsky.social let me represent them as an ambassador!
Holly (AthleteNow co-founder) supported me through preparation for swimming Windermere; sharing her vision as AthleteNow being the "Go To" place for people involved in sport/ active lifestyle at any level
AthleteNow ambassador photo. Me shooting at the West of Scotland Outdoor Championships in my Northern Archery shirt on the left. Highlighting my status as an archer and an archery coach on the right, above the AthleteNow logo.
Outside work I'm out and about for archery and open water swimming!
Currently in a year of sporting events (Sept 2024 - Sept 2025), including representing Cumbria at Archery GB's National County Team Champs (Sept 2024); Kings of Archery in Eindhoven (Nov 2024); and Chillswim Coniston (June 2025)
First post with what I do for a living!
@ukceh.bsky.social Land Cover Maps go back to 1990; telling us what’s on the ground for all of GB and Northern Ireland!
Check our paper (link below) for production and validation methods; and future improvements
essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/...