The Marsh Ranger
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#Walthamstowmarshes SSSI, NE London. Floodplain grassland & marsh, reedbed & wet woodland, cattle #walthamstow. Former site ranger.Views my own.
Walthamstow, London
Joined May 2014
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Father: I look at your lawn and all I see is a carpet of weeds. Me: Well all my three-year-old daughter sees is a carpet of wishes. Father: 😳 Me: 😎 #nomowmay #changeyourperspective
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We’ll, that’s it folks. Over six years have flown by and it’s been a pleasure looking after #Walthamstowmarshes. I now move on to new pastures but will miss being part of the ranger service here at @LeeValleyPark. A big thank you to my colleagues everyone who supported our work
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Big thanks to our local group @LBCV_London who helped finish off some coppicing for us at Horse Shoe Thicket woodland and built a dead hedge to help protect some of the regenerating wood from damage. Great work guys! #Walthamstowmarshes
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Another grazing season comes to a close on #Walthamstowmarshes Great team effort getting the cattle off. Our Herefords will spend winter at #Holyfieldfarm @LeeValleyPark Our Belted Galloways will graze up near Sewardstone. Fingers crossed we welcome in new calves this new year.
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We slubbed out more of the ditch this week, preventing them from drying out & helping to provide valuable open water habitat for wildlife. We also cut back more of the large bramble patches on the North Marsh which have been encroaching onto the meadows. #Walthamstowmarshes
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It was nice to have the team out helping today. Great bunch! We coppiced another section of Horse Shoe Thicket getting it ready for next year. Great for #biodiversity #Walthamstowmarshes @LeeValleyPark
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It’s that time of the year when evenings start getting dark. Be safe, don’t forget to light up that bike. We rangers take this stuff serious 😂#Walthamstowmarshes @LeeValleyPark
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Click on the link below to download the recent edition of our newsletter 'Musings from the Marshes'. See what's been happening out on #Walthamstowmarshes over the 2021 period and how we've been looking after the park with help from volunteers. https://t.co/YMNfHipzwX
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Click on the link below to download the recent edition of our newsletter 'Musings from the Marshes'. See what's been happening out on #Walthamstowmarshes over the 2021 period and how we've been looking after the park with help from volunteers.
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More volunteer work today unclogging ponds & clearing vegetation around the fences. We also checked our mink monitoring rafts and took some more cuttings of our rare Creeping Marshwort to grow on & replant next year #Walthamstowmarshes
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Great effort by our #volunteers today on #Walthamstowmarshes. Cleared reed from the old pond, pollarded willows, repaired fencing, gathered willow from ditches, checked mink monitoring rafts, litter-picked & cleared fly tip, checked cattle, welcomed 2 new vols & ate donuts 👍👏
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Our Hereford’s are settling in nicely to the North Marsh on #Walthamstowmarshes They’ll remain here until November then move north to Patty Pool Mead. Please remember, to keep a distance and keep moving past cattle if you have a dog with you.
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A bit of pond work today on #Walthamstowmarshes with volunteer Richard. Common Reedmace, left to it’s own devices quickly spreads & chokes water bodies if not kept in check. Maintaining enough openwater allows other aquatic plants & wildlife to use it. Smelly but satisfying 😬
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Grasslands are essential in the fight against climate change.I’ve just asked my MP to make sure their protection is on the agenda at COP26. Join me? https://t.co/7QT8838v3e
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Our cattle have now on the North Marsh of #Walthamstowmarshes Please read the signs on gates warning you of there presence and remember to keep dogs on leads 🦮🐕🦺at all times until you leave. @LeeValleyPark 🐄🐄
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Another truck load of rubbish cleared off #Walthamstowmarshes tow path by @LeeValleyPark #volunteers Any volunteers available to help @CRTvolunteers ? 🙂🙏
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Looking for some volunteering hours? We've a range of opportunities from tasks in our open spaces 🍃 to work in our sports venues 👟 https://t.co/dotZDv8EQj
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Looking for some volunteering hours? We've a range of opportunities from tasks in our open spaces 🍃 to work in our sports venues 👟 https://t.co/q3KmCQPcYW
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Hello @SkyNews have you noticed that the Faroese killed an entire pod of 1428 dolphins yesterday . That’s news . Report it . Please RT
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The hot weather today didn’t scare off these volunteers. We’re beating back encroaching bramble along the borders of the meadows. After the meadows are cut for hay these borders will provide overwintering refugia for insects.
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Some nice surveying underway on Leytonmarsh #Walthamstowmarshes #hedgehogs
A perfect night for a thermal-imaging survey & installing footprint tunnels & camera traps; part of a project with @ZSLScience, @LondonHogWatch & @PTES to learn more about #Hedgehogs in the Lee Valley & to continue to improve their habitat. 1/2
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