Bruce Winney
@brucewinney.bsky.social
Ex-academic now working on landscape-scale nature recovery policy
www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/sup...
Great to see the result of an idea that I pulled together through #BigChalk come to fruition. Well done to #Plantlife for agreeing to run the project and getting it through in collaboration with a great set of partners.
Great to see the result of an idea that I pulled together through #BigChalk come to fruition. Well done to #Plantlife for agreeing to run the project and getting it through in collaboration with a great set of partners.
Supporting Farmers to Access Funding for Grassland Restoration
A new free toolkit has been created to increase farmers' understanding of nature markets and their potential to support grassland restoration.
www.plantlife.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/sup...
Great to see the result of an idea that I pulled together through #BigChalk come to fruition. Well done to #Plantlife for agreeing to run the project and getting it through in collaboration with a great set of partners.
Great to see the result of an idea that I pulled together through #BigChalk come to fruition. Well done to #Plantlife for agreeing to run the project and getting it through in collaboration with a great set of partners.
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Yes! Hilary McGrady and the National Trust are right. Nature isn't a blocker to development - it's fundamental to a healthy, thriving economy.
The Chancellor must stop bat-bashing and instead embrace people's love of nature and the economic opportunity that it brings.🌳
The Chancellor must stop bat-bashing and instead embrace people's love of nature and the economic opportunity that it brings.🌳
Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Yes! Hilary McGrady and the National Trust are right. Nature isn't a blocker to development - it's fundamental to a healthy, thriving economy.
The Chancellor must stop bat-bashing and instead embrace people's love of nature and the economic opportunity that it brings.🌳
The Chancellor must stop bat-bashing and instead embrace people's love of nature and the economic opportunity that it brings.🌳
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First-time buyers are forced to choose homes in nature-poor areas 🥀
Far too often, affordable = low access to nature 🏠
This leaves younger homebuyers at higher risk of health issues including depression & anxiety❗
Planning reforms must integrate parks & nature into developments👇
buff.ly/NVWciBu
Far too often, affordable = low access to nature 🏠
This leaves younger homebuyers at higher risk of health issues including depression & anxiety❗
Planning reforms must integrate parks & nature into developments👇
buff.ly/NVWciBu
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
First-time buyers are forced to choose homes in nature-poor areas 🥀
Far too often, affordable = low access to nature 🏠
This leaves younger homebuyers at higher risk of health issues including depression & anxiety❗
Planning reforms must integrate parks & nature into developments👇
buff.ly/NVWciBu
Far too often, affordable = low access to nature 🏠
This leaves younger homebuyers at higher risk of health issues including depression & anxiety❗
Planning reforms must integrate parks & nature into developments👇
buff.ly/NVWciBu
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I'm no filmmaker nor film editor (especially) but with some much appreciated support from @campaign4parks.bsky.social I was able to take my first little baby steps.
A short film featuring lovely landscapes and some of my wise friends:
Boundaries/Ymylon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hg...
A short film featuring lovely landscapes and some of my wise friends:
Boundaries/Ymylon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hg...
Boundaries/Ymylon
YouTube video by Campaign for National Parks
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm no filmmaker nor film editor (especially) but with some much appreciated support from @campaign4parks.bsky.social I was able to take my first little baby steps.
A short film featuring lovely landscapes and some of my wise friends:
Boundaries/Ymylon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hg...
A short film featuring lovely landscapes and some of my wise friends:
Boundaries/Ymylon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hg...
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‼️JOB VACANCY ‼️
Become a Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project!
Two weeks until we close! ⌛
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Become a Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project!
Two weeks until we close! ⌛
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Citizen Science Coordinator (Chalk Streams)
We are seeking a motivated professional with experience in recruiting, coordinating and facilitating volunteer activities for citizen scientists to conduct research and monitoring effectively, safely ...
www.environmentjob.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
‼️JOB VACANCY ‼️
Become a Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project!
Two weeks until we close! ⌛
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Become a Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project!
Two weeks until we close! ⌛
Deadline: 30 June 2025
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🦇We are deeply concerned by the government’s latest rhetoric, which wrongly blames bats for slowing house building and infrastructure projects.
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games - News - Bat Conservation Trust
The government’s rhetoric is pushing for deregulation at the expense of nature.
www.bats.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🦇We are deeply concerned by the government’s latest rhetoric, which wrongly blames bats for slowing house building and infrastructure projects.
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...
#bats #planning
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We are looking for a casual catering assistant to join our team.
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]
February 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We are looking for a casual catering assistant to join our team.
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]
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We're hiring!
We're looking for a Duty Manager to support our mission by providing a positive experience to visitors of College Lake and increasing people's engagement with nature.
For more information, and to apply, click the link below.
We're looking for a Duty Manager to support our mission by providing a positive experience to visitors of College Lake and increasing people's engagement with nature.
For more information, and to apply, click the link below.
Duty Manager - College Lake | Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
The Duty Manager will support the vision by providing a positive experience to visitors of College Lake and increasing the engagement of people with nature.
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February 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're hiring!
We're looking for a Duty Manager to support our mission by providing a positive experience to visitors of College Lake and increasing people's engagement with nature.
For more information, and to apply, click the link below.
We're looking for a Duty Manager to support our mission by providing a positive experience to visitors of College Lake and increasing people's engagement with nature.
For more information, and to apply, click the link below.
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I spoke in support of the Climate and Nature Bill. In this clip from my speech, I explain that the climate and nature crises are here right now, and we need more decisive action now, too.
youtu.be/L9dSHElg7Vo
youtu.be/L9dSHElg7Vo
Clive Lewis Climate and Nature bill Second Reading speech Dystopian Future 24 01 25
YouTube video by Clive Lewis
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I spoke in support of the Climate and Nature Bill. In this clip from my speech, I explain that the climate and nature crises are here right now, and we need more decisive action now, too.
youtu.be/L9dSHElg7Vo
youtu.be/L9dSHElg7Vo
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🔔Vacancy reminder 🔔
Applications for our (RBOR) Nature and Greenspaces Officer are closing in next Sunday. help nature recover by working with stakeholders on a series of projects that take action for nature.
To find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3DFFlh9
Applications for our (RBOR) Nature and Greenspaces Officer are closing in next Sunday. help nature recover by working with stakeholders on a series of projects that take action for nature.
To find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3DFFlh9
January 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🔔Vacancy reminder 🔔
Applications for our (RBOR) Nature and Greenspaces Officer are closing in next Sunday. help nature recover by working with stakeholders on a series of projects that take action for nature.
To find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3DFFlh9
Applications for our (RBOR) Nature and Greenspaces Officer are closing in next Sunday. help nature recover by working with stakeholders on a series of projects that take action for nature.
To find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3DFFlh9
An important thread...
📢 THREAD: How Environmental Land Management Scheme Can Halt Farmland Bird Declines in England ?🐦🌾
January 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An important thread...
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There is a lot of talk about ‘food security’…
So I wrote this (and it got a sexed up headline :-)
unherd.com/2024/12/a-fo...
So I wrote this (and it got a sexed up headline :-)
unherd.com/2024/12/a-fo...
A food apocalypse is coming
unherd.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:06 AM
There is a lot of talk about ‘food security’…
So I wrote this (and it got a sexed up headline :-)
unherd.com/2024/12/a-fo...
So I wrote this (and it got a sexed up headline :-)
unherd.com/2024/12/a-fo...
My blog with Leo Fisher looking at where 30by30 is one year on from Defra's first publication on 30by30 in England. @wclnews.bsky.social(3.1%)and Defra (7.1%)differ in what they count. The reality - both are too restrictive.
national-landscapes.org.uk/news/deliver...
national-landscapes.org.uk/news/deliver...
National Landscapes - Delivering 30by30 on land in England – one year on
national-landscapes.org.uk
December 17, 2024 at 8:10 AM
My blog with Leo Fisher looking at where 30by30 is one year on from Defra's first publication on 30by30 in England. @wclnews.bsky.social(3.1%)and Defra (7.1%)differ in what they count. The reality - both are too restrictive.
national-landscapes.org.uk/news/deliver...
national-landscapes.org.uk/news/deliver...
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Another brilliant Farming in Protected Landscapes funded project! #naturefriendlyfarming #farmingfornature #fipl #farminginprotectedlandscapes @wclnews.bsky.social
For #WorldSoilDay 2024 we are sharing news of how funding from Defra’s Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme is helping a farmer in the
#NorthPenninesNationalLandscape
to improve soil structure by enhancing rotational grazing practices on his land. bit.ly/3Worldsoilday24
#soil #farming #waders
#NorthPenninesNationalLandscape
to improve soil structure by enhancing rotational grazing practices on his land. bit.ly/3Worldsoilday24
#soil #farming #waders
December 5, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Another brilliant Farming in Protected Landscapes funded project! #naturefriendlyfarming #farmingfornature #fipl #farminginprotectedlandscapes @wclnews.bsky.social
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Legal changes require planning authorities to take a more active role in conserving and enhancing National Landscapes. To support planning teams National Landscapes we've developed a briefing to explain what's changed.
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📷 Neville Stanikk
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📷 Neville Stanikk
National Landscapes - 'Furthering the purpose' explained - planning that supports nature, climate and communities
ow.ly
November 29, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Legal changes require planning authorities to take a more active role in conserving and enhancing National Landscapes. To support planning teams National Landscapes we've developed a briefing to explain what's changed.
ow.ly/hhbV50Ui3AG
📷 Neville Stanikk
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📷 Neville Stanikk
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On news @DefraGovUK paused capital grants for which support farmer #agroforestry #hedges #rivers etc
@WildlifeTrusts call on Government to set out clarity & certainty on future support for farmers to transition to nature-friendly farming practices.
Blog
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/barnaby...
@WildlifeTrusts call on Government to set out clarity & certainty on future support for farmers to transition to nature-friendly farming practices.
Blog
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/barnaby...
Farming Transition all at sea – but where’s the Captain? | The Wildlife Trusts
With yet another announcement from UK Government to add to farmers increasing concerns, Barnaby Coupe, senior land use policy manager, reflects on what the budget changes mean for nature.
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 29, 2024 at 4:26 PM
On news @DefraGovUK paused capital grants for which support farmer #agroforestry #hedges #rivers etc
@WildlifeTrusts call on Government to set out clarity & certainty on future support for farmers to transition to nature-friendly farming practices.
Blog
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/barnaby...
@WildlifeTrusts call on Government to set out clarity & certainty on future support for farmers to transition to nature-friendly farming practices.
Blog
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/barnaby...
This has the potential to seriously set back the great work that individual National Landscape teams are doing...
'Many landscapes’ teams are in single figures, meaning cuts of this scale are existential.' Don't cut teams that are delivering on the most critical challenges of this or any time.
national-landscapes.org.uk/news/nationa...
national-landscapes.org.uk/news/nationa...
November 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
This has the potential to seriously set back the great work that individual National Landscape teams are doing...
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Defra cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to England’s most beautiful areas
Defra cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to England’s most beautiful areas
Exclusive: National landscapes’ chiefs say environment secretary has given no budget assurances and they are to expect cuts
Proposed cuts to England’s most beautiful landscapes pose an “existential threat”, the managers of the National Landscapes…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Defra cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to England’s most beautiful areas
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🌿 Thread: DEFRA confirms ‘mirror’ agreements to avoid gaps in environmental rewards, but why is this even necessary? Let’s unpack the history and urgency of reforming Higher Tier environmental schemes. 👇
November 27, 2024 at 9:53 AM
🌿 Thread: DEFRA confirms ‘mirror’ agreements to avoid gaps in environmental rewards, but why is this even necessary? Let’s unpack the history and urgency of reforming Higher Tier environmental schemes. 👇
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Please share! Fascinating #climatejob as Senior Sustainability Consultant with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social and team at Small World. STEM at masters/PhD level, with quantitative analysis and carbon accounting experience.
Hybrid in Lancaster, UK, apply by 9 Dec
www.sw-consulting.co.uk/job-opportun...
Hybrid in Lancaster, UK, apply by 9 Dec
www.sw-consulting.co.uk/job-opportun...
November 26, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Please share! Fascinating #climatejob as Senior Sustainability Consultant with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social and team at Small World. STEM at masters/PhD level, with quantitative analysis and carbon accounting experience.
Hybrid in Lancaster, UK, apply by 9 Dec
www.sw-consulting.co.uk/job-opportun...
Hybrid in Lancaster, UK, apply by 9 Dec
www.sw-consulting.co.uk/job-opportun...
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"National Parks are for people of every class & kind, from every part of the country" - John Dower, 1949
This vision for #NationalParks still resonates with us today & yet we still have a long way to go
We're looking for 2 Trustees to support our work 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/blog/for-a-w...
This vision for #NationalParks still resonates with us today & yet we still have a long way to go
We're looking for 2 Trustees to support our work 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/blog/for-a-w...
For a wilder future, National Parks must represent us all
Chief Executive Dr Rose O’Neill reflects on what an increasingly diverse and modern nation needs from National Parks, and how we need to change to deliver it.
www.cnp.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM
"National Parks are for people of every class & kind, from every part of the country" - John Dower, 1949
This vision for #NationalParks still resonates with us today & yet we still have a long way to go
We're looking for 2 Trustees to support our work 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/blog/for-a-w...
This vision for #NationalParks still resonates with us today & yet we still have a long way to go
We're looking for 2 Trustees to support our work 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/blog/for-a-w...