A common land year, March At Swaddy Well

The latest instalment of my year looking at Britain's common lands; this time a March trip across the Fens, and nature lost and found at John Clare's Swaddy Well.

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#JohnClare
#TheFens

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Seeking common land in Wales, I find Wyn, who was once a coal miner, like the men of my own past family. He shows me his lunch tin, shaped to the loaf and battered from years of being carried underground. A little relic in an old man's garage.

#commonland #welshhistory

A common land year Exploring the many lives of Britain's common lands.

Over on my blog, I've started a monthly chronicle of my encounters with Britain's #commonland.

In January we find out what common land is, bust some myths, speak of #JohnClare and hear about the lands I have lost.

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Night Walk, Twelfth Night I’ve been up before dawn every day of the past week, watching a the moon turn the snow and ice on the common into a glittering land.

My musings on common land, the wildlife around my Norfolk home, my night walks and the state of the world continue on Substack - take a look if you have time.

#commonland #defendnature #climatecrisis

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Centenary of Open Space Law 1 January 2026, is the centenary of landmark legislation which, created a right to walk and ride on significant areas of common land.

#openspacessociety #oss #publicfootpaths #publicpaths #commonland

Night walk 2 I sought out the comfort of the horses on the common tonight, the warmth of their breath and their whiskery noses, curious on my palms.

The dark months are back and I can walk at night without having to stay up late. Here's another night walk on my Substack, featuring Dolly and little Daisy her foal.

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#gypsyponies

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Myddfai Common in autumn sun, an old track vanished beneath gorse, only the lichen covered signpost still shows the way. Local herbalists once gathered their plants here, their lore handed down from a faery. The golden light and disappearing path makes all this believable.

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@guyshrubsole.bsky.social Hi Guy, Where might be a good place to find out more about common land: its history, its present & its future? Cheers, John #CommonLand

Clyne Common, Swansea, Saved From Housing Development The attempt by the Duke of Beaufort’s Somerset Trust to take part of Clyne Common for housing development has finally been refused.

#openspacessociety #oss #publicfootpaths #publicpaths #commonland

Vacancy: Foundation for Common Land- Operations Director — Foundation for Common Land Help shape the future of England’s common land. We’re the only charity in England dedicated to protecting and enhancing common land and supporting the tradition of sustainable pastoral commoning. F...

Foundation for Common Land is looking for its first Operations Director foundationforcommonland.org.uk/tenders-and-... #jobs #commonLand

#commons #community #rewilding #climatecrisis #landuse #commonland #biodiversitycollapse

#commons #community #rewilding #climatecrisis #landuse #commonland #biodiversitycollapse

#commons #community #naturerestoration #systemschange #landuse #commonland

More Dartmoor National Park land restored as common - BBC News Another chunk of land in Dartmoor National Park has been registered as common land.

More of this please! #nature #Conservation #commonland #dartmoor

More Dartmoor Land Restored as Common - Dartmoor Preservation Association Our friends, The Open Spaces Society, are delighted that another piece of Dartmoor National Park in Devon has been registered as common land. Planning Inspector Nigel Farthing has granted the society’...

Our friends, The Open Spaces Society, are delighted that another piece of Dartmoor National Park in Devon has been registered as common land.

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#commonland #access #accessrights

Newsletter — Campaign For Commons

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Got caught in the rain while scouting a walk on Pencoed footpath 41 near the underground reservoir on Cefn Hirgoed/Coity Wallia common land. Dramatic views and a smidgeon of blue sky over Hoel-y-Cyw 💚🥾🥾 #HoelyCyw #Pencoed #CoityWallia #OpenAccessLand #CommonLand #Walking #RightsOfWay #Wales

@wildjustice.bsky.social go to court today to demand Dartmoor Commoners Council look after nature

DCC have a statutory duty to ensure the commons aren’t overgrazed - thoughts?

#commons #commonland #landscaperestoration
#naturerestoration #landstewardship #uplandcommons #dartmoor #wildjustice

Welcome to Campaign For Commons — Campaign For Commons Campaign For Commons has just launched! Grown out of years of campaigning on nature and land issues, the time for common land has arrived.

CFC is committed to nature-rich & accessible commons. Expanded and reformed, we can collectively face the crises of the 21st century. Read more about us here: tinyurl.com/5fsrxap7

#commonland #commoning #commons #campaignforcommons

A woodland shrub layer in various shades of green, with different ferns and brambles.

A hand holding the base of a green frond in dappled sunlight.

After urban botanising in the morning, retreated to a lovely wet woodland LNR on Ynys Môn. A lovely Dryopteris understory (all the affinis group) plus a established garden throw outs including a Western Sword fern!
@cofnod.org.uk #CommonLand #YnysMôn #Fern #inns

Great spotted woodpecker over Frensham between big and little pond having a great time hopping from pine to pine

#greatspottedwoodpecker #600mm #commonland #hilltop #pinetrees #january #woodpeckersofinstagram

Image of speaker Guy Standing and the Kairos logo. Text reads Jan 16th @ 7pm. Reviving the Commons. A unifying vision for our common wealth with Guy Standing

Our friends at Kairos are hosting a series on the Commons. The first talk, given by Guy Standing, explores how we may revive, and best nurture, our common land. More info here www.kairos.london/event/revivi...

Be mindful it’s nearly full. Hope to see some of you there:

#Rewilding #CommonLand

In a new-year message, the Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, sets out its five top campaign aims for 2025.

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#openspacessociety #oss #openspaces #commonland #commons #publicfootpaths

Campaigners call for right to roam on edges of private farmland in England Group says people in rural areas have to walk on roads without pavement, which can be very dangerous

We need the right to roam, full stop. Fuck the landowners and the medieval set-up we still have in the UK. If it can happen in Scotland, it can happen here. This crap has been going on for centuries since our land was stolen in the enclosures.

#RightToRoam. #CommonLand

I love our local common in all weathers and yesterday it felt like I'd stepped into Narnia ❄️
#Narnia #commonland #winterwoodland