Helen Hebditch
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Conservationist, animal biologist. Director of Nature Recovery, Norfolk Wildlife Trust @norfolkwt. Tweets are my own.
Margate, England
Joined October 2008
The Council unanimously passed the Rights of the River motion last night 🎉 A bold step to protect a river under pressure, setting up a platform which will empower communities to deliver on-the-ground conservation, and ensuring future planning puts the River Wensum first 💪
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The Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) for Norfolk and Suffolk were launched today! But what does this mean? 🤔🧵 @suffolkwildlife, @Natures_Voice and us! 📸
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Join us @NorfolkWT in this exciting new role. Applications close 3rd November
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Happy Saturday 💃 Look at this absolute HAUL of bird's nest fungi found in our ecologist's garden 🪺 Ben Moore 📸
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Job Op: An exciting opportunity to join my Nature Recovery team & develop an integrated advisory offer with a focus on nature economy markets, & grow our ecological consultancy so it continues to provide a vital income for @NorfolkWT
norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Nature Recovery team are looking for a Head of Nature Economy and Business Development to develop and deliver an integrated advisory offer with a focus on nature economy...
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Climate change is causing serious pressures on our already depleted wildlife. Nature (& people) need assistance in adapting to what is now inevitable rapid change. One thing we can do is to expand the number & size of wetlands (Beavers can help with that).
theguardian.com
Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had ‘catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna’
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It's a butterfly bonanza! 🥳 Butterfly numbers have soared at Sweet Briar thanks to the good weather, with over double the population compared to last year 🙌🦋 We were so excited to see this clouded yellow - this species was last seen on the reserve 20yrs ago! Sarah Wilde 📸
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Last chance to donate to this brilliant cause that will help raise the profile of one of the most important species in the UK 🦫🦫🦫🦫
crowdfunder.co.uk
Friends of Kingsmead Field are raising money for celebrated street artist, Mark Anthony, to paint a mural of beavers at Canterbury Riverside
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Ummm... what did I just see? 😳 This male moth is releasing pheromones to attract a mate. It extends its coremata from its abdomen, which has feathery 'hair pencil' structures that help waft the scent into the air 💨💌👃 Lucy Denman 📸
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If you haven't spotted a swallowtail yet this year, there's still hope! 🦋 Pristine swallowtails have been seen on the wing at Hickling, likely a second brood. This caterpillar was photographed at Ranworth 😮 Holly Nichols 📸
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Can you help Canterbury District Biodiversity Network shine the spotlight on one of our most iconic and important species? With the help of @ATMstreetart we hope to create an amazing mural very close to one of the city's most active beaver lodges 🦫 https://t.co/V31yiBFDbD
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Crafty folks, assemble! 🤖 Why not spice up your junk journaling with pressed flowers or fallen leaves for #30DaysWild? Or you could doodle some wildlife, like our talented Reserve Assistant, Sarah, has 👏 Show us your nature-inspired creations (just cos we're nosey) 👇
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You heard it here first, folks! 📰 Osprey have bred in Norfolk for the first time in centuries at Ranworth 🥹 ...at least two chicks have been spotted at the nest! This shows us that when you build it, they do come 🙌
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Excellent news from @SteveReedMP @DefraGovUK today on plan to end the hugely destructive practice of #BottomTrawling in England's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) A very important step that will, finally, give a chance for nature to start to recover in English seas #ThankYou
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This was a special Sunday morning! Rare pool frogs and ice age pingos all in the same day. Thanks for visiting @TonyJuniper
A memorable trip today in search of Britain’s scarcest amphibian - the Northern Pool Frog. It went extinct here during the 1990s, but a brilliant partnership effort is aiding its recovery, with frogs now once again breeding in the wild. Thank you @NorfolkWT for hosting the visit
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Anti-nature rhetoric from the Chancellor would have you believe that nature blocks growth 🙅♀️ New evidence shows that isn’t the case — bats & great crested newts are a factor in 3% of planning appeal decisions 🤚🎤⬇️ Help us hold the gov to account 👇 https://t.co/Fggk54aS0j
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Bats and newts aren’t the problem ❌ we’re tired of hearing the Chancellor pin the blame for slow development on wildlife! After promising to protect nature, UK Government is now doing the opposite. This has to stop. Take our simple action today 👇 https://t.co/tKvWkqbIo7
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Astonishingly, bats make up approximately ONE-FIFTH of all mammal species worldwide. They are the only mammals that can fly, and are found on every continent except Antarctica. Here, rescued fruit bat Colin enjoys a banana. #BatAppreciationDay
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Astonishingly, bats make up approximately ONE-FIFTH of all mammal species worldwide. They are the only mammals that can fly, and are found on every continent except Antarctica. Here, rescued fruit bat Colin enjoys a banana. #BatAppreciationDay
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They form the skeleton of our landscapes. Hedges forever! #naturerecovery #hedges #species #connectivity Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges
theguardian.com
Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves
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