This is the last of the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

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LTE Site of the Week: Whim Bog, Scotland. An aerial photo showing the peatbog and wooden pathways breaking up the landscape. Running since 2002. Netty van Dijk & Matt Jones, UKCEH. Icons for peatbog and nutrients.

#WhimBog, #Scotland is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Netty van Dijk & Matt Jones from @ukceh.bsky.social are looking at the effects of different amounts & forms of #nitrogen on #peatland
bit.ly/WhimBog

Watch this introduction #video too: bit.ly/IntroToWhimBog 🌏

LTE Site of the Week: Wardlow Hay Cop, England. A landscape photo showing fields and a hill in the background where there are blue skies. Running since 1990. Gareth Phoenix, University of Sheffield. Icons for grassland and nutrients.

Wardlow Hay Cop, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@garethphoenix.bsky.social from @sheffielduni.bsky.social is looking at the effects of #nitrogen on #grassland
bit.ly/WardlowHay

Listen to our #interview #podcast with Gareth bit.ly/3sQ7jNW

@naturalengland.bsky.social 🌏

LTE Site of the Week: Thursday Common, England. A photo of trees in a road with heath either side. Running since 1989. Jill Kowal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Icons for heath and nutrients.

Thursley Common, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Jill Kowal at @kew-gardens.bsky.social is looking at the impacts of #nitrogen on #heath
bit.ly/ThursleyCommon
Listen to her #podcast bit.ly/3yTttDP

@naturalengland.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @ukecn.bsky.social 🌏

LTE Site of the Week: Somerford Mead, England. Landscape photo of a meadow showing cattle either side of a fence. Running since 1985, David Gowing, Open University. Icons for grassland and grazing.

Somerford Mead, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

David Gowing at @openuniversity.bsky.social is the current custodian of this #LTE. He is testing how #grazing affects meadow #restoration.
bit.ly/SomerfordM
Read his blog bit.ly/3CLizBH

@floodplainmead.bsky.social @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social

LTE Site of the Week: Ruabon Moor. Aerial photo looking down on heathland Running since 1989, Chris Field & Simon Caporn, Manchester Metropolitan University. Icons for heath and nutrients

Ruabon Moor #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Chris Field & Simon Caporn at @manmetuni.bsky.social are trying to understand the effects of #nitrogen on upland #heath bit.ly/RuabonMoor

Listen to our #interview #podcast with Simon Caporn bit.ly/3Cpz6I2 🌏

LTE Site of the Week: Rowden Plots, England. Aerial photo looking down on grassland. Running since 1982, Adrian Collins, Rothamsted Research. Icons for grassland, nutrients and grazing.

Rowden Plots, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Adrian Collins at @rothamsted.bsky.social ‬is investigating the effects of draining #grassland plots on #ecosystem productivity bit.ly/RowdenPlots

See their website for more bit.ly/3r8syeZ

@ukceh.bsky.social

LTE Site of the Week: RainDrop, England. Photo of a rain shelter on grassland with sun shining down. Running since 2016, Andy Hector, University of Oxford. Icons for grassland and climate.

RainDrop in #Wytham, #Oxfordshire is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Andy Hector ox.ac.uk is investigating how #calcareous #grassland will respond to #ClimateChange bit.ly/RainDropECT

Learn more from this #blog bit.ly/4orZP02 & #podcast bit.ly/4b3viz5
@robsalgo.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social 🌏

LTE Site of the Week: Pound Hill, England. Aerial photo of trees behind a field. Running since 1992, Mick Crawley, Imperial College London. Icons for grassland and text: Soil management and biodiversity.

Pound Hill, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Mick Crawley from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is investigating how the timing of soil disturbance affects the plants community composition & biomass bit.ly/PoundHillLTE

Check out this paper: bit.ly/4sxrM8x 🌏

LTE Site of the Week Plynlimon Research Catchments, Wales Photo of a stream with trees either side. Running since 1967, Jade Hatton, UKCEH. Icons for freshwater and grazing.

Plynlimon Research Catchments, #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Jade Hatton from @ukceh.bsky.social is comparing how the use of forested and moorland sites affects the water catchments which is also a #LandscapeScale LTE: bit.ly/Plynlimon 🌏

LTE Site of the Week Park Grass. Aerial photo looking upon fields. Running since 1856. Andy Gregory, Rothamsted Research. Icons for grassland and nutrients.

Park Grass, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Andy Gregory from @rothamsted.bsky.social is comparing the effects of organic and inorganic fertilisers on crop yields.
bit.ly/ParkGrass

You can watch Rothamsted’s YouTube #video about Park Grass bit.ly/3tYSQOA
@rothamsted-lte.bsky.social 🌏

LTE Site of the Week North Wyke Farm Platform. Photo of 3 sheep looking at the camera. In the background, other sheep graze. Running since 2011. Paul Harris, Rothamsted Research. Icons for grassland and grazing.

North Wyke Farm Platform, England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Paul Harris at @rothamsted.bsky.social & is looking at the impact of #grazing systems on the #sustainability of #grassland bit.ly/NorthWykeFP

& see the @thefarmplatform.bsky.social’s portal bit.ly/3DnITAe
@rothamsted-lte.bsky.social 🌏

LTE Site of the Week Nash’s Field, England. Photo of a grassland site with fencing and trees in the background. Running since 1992. Catalina Estrada, Imperial College London. Icons for grassland and nutrients.

Nash’s Field, #SilwoodPark, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Catalina Estrada at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is looking at the effects of fertiliser & #grazing on #grassland
bit.ly/NashsField

See this key paper bit.ly/3WSFPaf 🌏

LTE Site of the Week Moorco, Scotland and England. Photo of a heath landscape showing a fence, and behind it there are trees. Text: Running since 1980. Ruth Mitchell, James Hutton Institute. Icons for heath, grazing and nutrients.

The MOORCO sites in #Scotland & #England are the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Ruth Mitchell at hutton.ac.uk‬ is investigating the effects of planting birch trees on #moorland https://bit.ly/Moorco

See this key paper https://bit.ly/3jbZUVI
@robinjpakeman.bsky.social 🌏

LTE Site of the Week Moor House Hard Hill, England. Photo of a lake coming from the background into the foreground. Text: Running since 1954. Don Monteith, UKCEH. Icons for bog, and grazing.

Moor House Hard Hill, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Don Monteith @ukceh.bsky.social is looking at the effects of #grazing & rotational burning on #bog vegetation
bit.ly/MHHardHill

See this key paper bit.ly/2XQKxdh

@lancasteruni.bsky.social @ukecn.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social

LTE Site of the Week Moor House Grazing Plots, England. Photo of a landscape and a building in the background. Text: Running since 1953. Rob Marrs, Liverpool University. Icons for grassland, bog, and grazing.

Moor House Grazing Plots, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Rob Marrs is testing the effects of removing #grazing sheep across 4 plant community types ranging from #grassland to #peatbog.

Pending the webpage on this site, you can read about it in our #newsletter from 2021: bit.ly/Dec21ECTNews 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week Loughgall, Northern Ireland. Photo of a few sheep grazing by a tree. Text: Running since 1989. Rodrigo Olave, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. Icons for woodland and grazing.

Loughgall, #NorthernIreland is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Rodrigo Olave @afbini.gov.uk is looking at how tree density affects livestock, #pasture production and #EcosystemServices delivery.

Learn more about this experiment: bit.ly/LoughgallNI 🌏

LTE Site of the Week Llyn Brianne, Wales. Photo of a lake. Text: Running since 1981. Steve Ormerod. Cardiff University. Icons for freshwater and climate.

#LlynBrianne, #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@steveormerod.bsky.social at Cardiff University is looking at how global change affects freshwater species & #EcosystemServices
bit.ly/3CGasD2

See the following for more:
Key paper bit.ly/48psJs6
Webinar bit.ly/3H9h9R8
Podcast bit.ly/3P3llG6 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week Little Budworth Common, England. Photo of a heath landscape with trees on the right-hand side. Text: Running since 1996. Simon Caporn and Chris Field. Manchester Metropolitan University. Icons for heath and nutrients.

Little #BudworthCommon, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Chris Field & Simon Caporn are looking at the effects of nitrogen & drought on heathland: bit.ly/Budworth

Listen to Chris’ interview bit.ly/30nCbLv & see this key publication bit.ly/4omuURZ

@manmetuni.bsky.social ‬ 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week- Lady Park Wood, Wales/ England. Photo of a forest with little sunlight reaching the floor. Text: Running since 1944. Andrew Hacket-Pain, Liverpool University, John Healey, Bangor University. Icons for woodland and grazing.

#LadyParkWood which borders #England & #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social, & John Healey from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social are looking at #woodland development bit.ly/LadyParkWood 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week- Hordron Edge, England. Landscape view with hills and grey skies in the distance. Text: Running since 1993. Rob Marrs, Liverpool University. Icons for heathland and restoration.

Hordron Edge, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Rob Marrs at @liverpooluni.bsky.social ‬is testing the effectiveness cutting & herbicide application on bracken.
bit.ly/HordronEdge

Listen to our #interview #podcast with Rob bit.ly/3DpJ9y0 & see this key #paper bit.ly/4nvjjzg
@leverhulme.ac.uk 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week-Gibson ‘Upper Seeds’. Drone photo looking down onto grassland. Text: Running since 1982. Andy Hector, University of Oxford. Icons for grassland and restoration.

Gibson/ Upper Seeds, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Andy Hector from ox.ac.uk is the current custodian of this long-term experiment where he is investigating the impact of grazing on grassland restoration.

Learn more about it: bit.ly/UpperSeeds and check out this key paper: bit.ly/4656p49 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week- Glen Finglas, Scotland. Landscape photo showing sheep with hills in the background. Text: Running since 2002. Robin Pakeman, James Hutton Institute. Icons for grassland and grazing.

#GlenFinglas, Scotland is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Robin Pakeman is looking at the effects of sheep & cattle #grazing on grassland #biodiversity.
bit.ly/GFinglas

Listen to Robin talk at our #webinar bit.ly/4mETXza & read this key paper: bit.ly/3j81vvK

@robinjpakeman.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week-Cors Fochno. Photo of a walkway running through peatbog and equipment either side. Text: Running since 2010. Lead PI: Simon Caporn, Manchester Metropolitan University. Icons for bog and climate.

Cors Fochno, #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Simon Caporn (senior PI) from @manmetuni.bsky.social is examining how #ClimateChange (drought & warming) affects bogs.

bit.ly/CorsFochno

For more, see this #blog bit.ly/2POySry & this #interview #podcast we had with James Rowson: bit.ly/3wCtGcZ 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week-Colt Park Meadows. Photo of a meadow landscape. Text: Running since 1989. Richard Bardgett, University of Manchester. Icons for grassland and restoration.

Colt Park Meadows, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Richard Bardgett from @manchester.ac.uk is looking at how different types of land management affect meadow restoration.

More: bit.ly/ColtParkM

@lancasteruni.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk 🌎

Text: LTE Site of the Week- Clocaenog, Wales. Photo of several rain shelters covering patches of heath. Text: Running since 1998. Sabine Reinsch, UKCEH. Icons for heath and climate.

Clocaenog, Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Sabine Reinsch @climchangesoil.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social is looking at how drought & warming will affect #moorland.

More: bit.ly/Clocaenog & check out this key publication: go.nature.com/3xIO4ra
#ClimateChange #Heath
@natreswales.bsky.social 🌎

Text: LTE Site of the Week- Buxton Climate Change Laboratory Photo of 3 sheep grazing. Text: Running since 1993. Lead PI: Raj Whitlock, Liverpool University. University. Icons for grassland and climate.

Buxton, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@rajwhitlock.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social is the lead PI & with @panemma.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social & Karl Evans @sheffielduni.bsky.social they are testing how #ClimateChange will impact British ecosystems.

bit.ly/BuxtonCCIL 🌎

Text: LTE Site of the Week-Brignant Plots, Wales. Photo of 3 sheep grazing. Text: Running since 1994, Mariecia Fraser, University of Aberystwyth. University. Icons for grassland and grazing.

#BrignantPlots, #Pwllpeiran #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

Mariecia Fraser @uplandresources.bsky.social is testing the effectiveness of reducing different types of #LandManagement on #grassland.

bit.ly/Brignant
@ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social 🌎

Text: LTE Site of the Week- BIFoR-FACE, England. Upwards photo looking up trees and meteorological towers towards the sky. Text: Running since 2016, Rob MacKenzie, University of Birmingham. University. Icons for woodland and climate.

Welcome back to LTE Site of the Week!

#BIFoRFACE is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. Rob MacKenzie at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is investigating the effect of increased atmospheric CO2 on northern temperate forest growth. bit.ly/BiFoRFACE