Richard Bradford
@dorsetandbeyond.bsky.social
Muddlings from the banks of the Dorset Frome and its water meadows. Rusty botanist.
And finally, big thanks to everyone who looks after the Dorset Frome and its floodplains - the many land owners, farmers, angling clubs and riparian owners, authorities and organisations.
If you've enjoyed #WorldWetlandsDay, please join us again for #WorldRiversDay in September 2025.
If you've enjoyed #WorldWetlandsDay, please join us again for #WorldRiversDay in September 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And finally, big thanks to everyone who looks after the Dorset Frome and its floodplains - the many land owners, farmers, angling clubs and riparian owners, authorities and organisations.
If you've enjoyed #WorldWetlandsDay, please join us again for #WorldRiversDay in September 2025.
If you've enjoyed #WorldWetlandsDay, please join us again for #WorldRiversDay in September 2025.
The Dorset Frome and its floodplains are simply amazing wetlands - varied, resilient, adaptable, valuable and valued.
Long may they remain so, on #WorldWetlandsDay and beyond.
📷 Sentinel alder by the river near Stinsford.
Long may they remain so, on #WorldWetlandsDay and beyond.
📷 Sentinel alder by the river near Stinsford.
February 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Dorset Frome and its floodplains are simply amazing wetlands - varied, resilient, adaptable, valuable and valued.
Long may they remain so, on #WorldWetlandsDay and beyond.
📷 Sentinel alder by the river near Stinsford.
Long may they remain so, on #WorldWetlandsDay and beyond.
📷 Sentinel alder by the river near Stinsford.
Suggestion 4:
Walk the Frome Trail, following the river downstream from Maiden Newton. Keep watch for signs of otter.
📷 Fingerpost on the Church Path at Stinsford, alongside one of the tributaries of the Dorset Frome.
Walk the Frome Trail, following the river downstream from Maiden Newton. Keep watch for signs of otter.
📷 Fingerpost on the Church Path at Stinsford, alongside one of the tributaries of the Dorset Frome.
February 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Suggestion 4:
Walk the Frome Trail, following the river downstream from Maiden Newton. Keep watch for signs of otter.
📷 Fingerpost on the Church Path at Stinsford, alongside one of the tributaries of the Dorset Frome.
Walk the Frome Trail, following the river downstream from Maiden Newton. Keep watch for signs of otter.
📷 Fingerpost on the Church Path at Stinsford, alongside one of the tributaries of the Dorset Frome.
Suggestion 3:
Join a team of Citizen Scientists monitoring the biodiversity of their local rivers with @Riverflies see: riverflies.org/get-involved
Anyone interested in setting up a monitoring group along these lines for the Dorset Frome?
#WorldWetlandsDay
Join a team of Citizen Scientists monitoring the biodiversity of their local rivers with @Riverflies see: riverflies.org/get-involved
Anyone interested in setting up a monitoring group along these lines for the Dorset Frome?
#WorldWetlandsDay
Get Involved — The Riverfly Partnership
To become a riverfly monitor, find your nearest monitoring group and attend a training session.
riverflies.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Suggestion 3:
Join a team of Citizen Scientists monitoring the biodiversity of their local rivers with @Riverflies see: riverflies.org/get-involved
Anyone interested in setting up a monitoring group along these lines for the Dorset Frome?
#WorldWetlandsDay
Join a team of Citizen Scientists monitoring the biodiversity of their local rivers with @Riverflies see: riverflies.org/get-involved
Anyone interested in setting up a monitoring group along these lines for the Dorset Frome?
#WorldWetlandsDay
Suggestion 2:
Learn about the movement advocating that rivers in the UK should be given a legal status to increase the likelihood that they will be better protected, see
www.kcl.ac.uk/legal-clinic...
#WorldWetlandsDay
Learn about the movement advocating that rivers in the UK should be given a legal status to increase the likelihood that they will be better protected, see
www.kcl.ac.uk/legal-clinic...
#WorldWetlandsDay
February 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Suggestion 2:
Learn about the movement advocating that rivers in the UK should be given a legal status to increase the likelihood that they will be better protected, see
www.kcl.ac.uk/legal-clinic...
#WorldWetlandsDay
Learn about the movement advocating that rivers in the UK should be given a legal status to increase the likelihood that they will be better protected, see
www.kcl.ac.uk/legal-clinic...
#WorldWetlandsDay
What can we do, as citizens concerned about the future wellbeing of the Dorset Frome and its floodplains? A few suggestions.
1. Press that further nature enhancements be carried out via the new Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy
#WorldWetlandsDay
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/nature-recov...
1. Press that further nature enhancements be carried out via the new Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy
#WorldWetlandsDay
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/nature-recov...
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What can we do, as citizens concerned about the future wellbeing of the Dorset Frome and its floodplains? A few suggestions.
1. Press that further nature enhancements be carried out via the new Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy
#WorldWetlandsDay
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/nature-recov...
1. Press that further nature enhancements be carried out via the new Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy
#WorldWetlandsDay
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/nature-recov...