We are a community interest group who have come together to realise our vision for Bridestones Moor: To restore the land for nature and for people 🌱🦋👐
Todmorden, England
Joined May 2024
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Climate change and the loss of biodiversity threatens every part of the planet. But it is something we can address by acting locally.
Our vision is to create a community-owned nature reserve in one of our most exceptional wild places. 🧵
We have been sent some amazing pictures of the aurora borealis up at Bridestones last night! Thanks to Andy for sharing.
We'll see you tomorrow at the AUCTION - SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER, 2-4pm, Natural Endings, Rise Lane, Todmorden.
Free entry. Merch stall and raffle.
🎨🖼. ART Auction News 🖼🎨
If you want to bid on art to help buy Bridestones as a community asset for biodiversity, nature & people, please sign up... Art goes live tonight at 7pm.
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There's an in person auction of all the pieces on 12th Oct in Tod!
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#PeatlandRestoration from above! Timber dams and coir logs holding water, helping to create a green #Sphagnum river! 💚 #SphagnumMonday
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#socialprescribing helps connect people to their local spaces and feel:
☀ Less stressed
☁ Less fatigued
🌲 Less anxious
Send your GP a postcard to celebrate the value of green prescribing 👇
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Many thanks to the organisers of Blackshaw Head Fete and to everyone who came to meet us today! Lots more t-shirts sold😁... Sunshine, great people, a lovely day.
It’s a beautiful day so why not pop up to the Blackshaw Head fete today. We will be there with lots of fundraising goodies so do come and say hello and find out more about what we have planned.
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Getting out in nature is great for our mental health - and we want to help you do that more often!
Help us build a greener region, by telling us about the types of green spaces you enjoy and what nature means to you.
Share your thoughts: yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.u… – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
ALT A photograph of the Mayor of West Yorkshire. She is standing in the woods gazing away from the camera.
In case you missed it, or just want to experience it again, Wilding is back on at Hebden Bridge Picture House, for 3 showings.
Sun 18th Aug, 4pm
Sat 24th Aug, 4pm
Wed 28th Aug, 4pm
We'll have a stall there, with T shirts and cards in stock (😱), so come and say hi!
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The peatlands are the UK’s Amazon rainforest- unique, spectacular & globally important.
It is vital we protect and restore them.
Bog ugly, but totally magnificent: peatlands are finally getting the respect they deserve | Sophie Yeo | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfre…
A beautiful piece from last week
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The story of rewilding Knepp is coming to Hebden Bridge for 3 showings (this Sunday 28th 4pm, Tuesday 30th 7pm, and Thursday 1st 7pm).
It's on at the fabulous Picture House where you can grab a brew and settle into large comfy seats to watch the film.
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If you’ve ever wondered what a near-pristine piece of blanket bog looks like - this is it!
Over 200 years, we’ve lost/severely damaged >99% of our raised bogs & >87% of our blanket bogs. Here’s hoping the fab work across our peatlands happening now can help get us back here!🌱❤️
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The #BigButterflyCount 2024 is officially here! 🦋
Our butterflies and moths need our help more than ever. This is why we are urging everyone to get out for the Count to help us conserve them. 💚
Download our free app and ID guide today 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
ALT Common Blue butterfly perched on an old dandelion head. Photo credit Rob Skinner. Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo and dates 12 July - 4 August in top left corner. Text below reads 'Get out for the Count and help nature thrive.'
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An abundance of benefits are unlocked for nature, climate and people when moors are restored:
🐦 Wildlife and biodiversity
🌍 Carbon storage
💧Clean water
🏘️ Flood protection
👷♂️ Green jobs and skills
Together, we can turn degraded moors into wild moors.
🎉 THANK YOU 💚
£55,000 with over 500 supporters.
We’ve been blown away by the support. YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!
The crowdfunder now stays open, as we continue to raise as much as we can before we are ready to compete the purchase of the land.
Last night we carried out a moth survey of Bridestones Moor using two portable moth traps on the moor itself, and one generator-powered Robinson trap in the conifer plantation to the west. 🧵
#MothsMatter #moths #moorland
The rest were generalists, including a huge number of hawk moths including Elephant, Small Elephant, Poplar and Lime. Overall a very good night. We have to thank the warm temperature of around 20 deg C at 10pm when the traps were switched on, and only a slight breeze. 3/4
