Floodplain Meadows Partnership
@floodplainmead.bsky.social
The Floodplain Meadows Partnership is an innovative project focusing on research, management, promotion and restoration of these special meadows in England and Wales 🌱
https://linktr.ee/floodplainmead
https://linktr.ee/floodplainmead
A pleasure to meet @alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament today to discuss our research work on the Outer Hebrides on the threatened Oceanic Wet Grasslands bit.ly/43FpLML. Hopefully we have made him as keen as we are to protect and conserve these uniquely Scottish habitats!
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A pleasure to meet @alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament today to discuss our research work on the Outer Hebrides on the threatened Oceanic Wet Grasslands bit.ly/43FpLML. Hopefully we have made him as keen as we are to protect and conserve these uniquely Scottish habitats!
Floodplain meadows are rich in fungi & carbon stored in the soil. We’re piloting research following a co-creating project that identified fungi as an area to explore. Do fungal communities living on the meadows have an active influence on this incredible long term sequestration? #UKFungusDay #fungi
October 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Floodplain meadows are rich in fungi & carbon stored in the soil. We’re piloting research following a co-creating project that identified fungi as an area to explore. Do fungal communities living on the meadows have an active influence on this incredible long term sequestration? #UKFungusDay #fungi
Our friends over at Herefordshire Meadows Group have been busy bees this summer 🌱💪. See what they've been up to here: tinyurl.com/59s756yf
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our friends over at Herefordshire Meadows Group have been busy bees this summer 🌱💪. See what they've been up to here: tinyurl.com/59s756yf
The 2026 River Restoration Centre Conference call for abstracts is now open. There are now just 3 weeks until the October 16th deadline, don't miss out!
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The 2026 River Restoration Centre Conference call for abstracts is now open. There are now just 3 weeks until the October 16th deadline, don't miss out!
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
More here: www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-conferen...
The joys of pressing flowers! Our own Director, Professor David Gowing curates how science & art can be combined in this short film co-produced by OU & BBC, with the One Show. A Pressing Matter aired on Tuesday 12th August at 7pm on BBC One & will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer. bit.ly/3HONXVg
August 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The joys of pressing flowers! Our own Director, Professor David Gowing curates how science & art can be combined in this short film co-produced by OU & BBC, with the One Show. A Pressing Matter aired on Tuesday 12th August at 7pm on BBC One & will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer. bit.ly/3HONXVg
And that's a wrap for fieldwork across @nationaltrust.org.uk sites on our joint TREASURE project. We've been from Norfolk to Dorset to Cumbria and everywhere in-between.
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
July 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
And that's a wrap for fieldwork across @nationaltrust.org.uk sites on our joint TREASURE project. We've been from Norfolk to Dorset to Cumbria and everywhere in-between.
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
This autumn we'll be using the data collected to provide restoration and management advice, but now it's time for a lie down! 😴
Snakes-head fritillaries are a special joy with floodplain meadows & one we celebrated with an art project this week in Cricklade led by Alice Walker. On #NationalMeadowsDay lets commit to greater protection and awareness of the potential for grasslands such as floodplain meadows can bring.
July 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Snakes-head fritillaries are a special joy with floodplain meadows & one we celebrated with an art project this week in Cricklade led by Alice Walker. On #NationalMeadowsDay lets commit to greater protection and awareness of the potential for grasslands such as floodplain meadows can bring.
Celebrating the glories of Cumbrian and Lancashire floodplain meadows for #NationalMeadowsDay! We paid a visit to these beauties with the FMP Ambassadors floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab.... So much more potential for this valuable landscape in the northwest and throughout the UK.
July 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Celebrating the glories of Cumbrian and Lancashire floodplain meadows for #NationalMeadowsDay! We paid a visit to these beauties with the FMP Ambassadors floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab.... So much more potential for this valuable landscape in the northwest and throughout the UK.
A great morning hosting @tonyjuniper.bsky.social & Alan Lovell Chair of the Environment Agency at Achurch Meadow, a wonderful example of floodplain meadow in Northamptonshire. Looking forward to working together to realise potential of this special habitat on a greater scale. Thanks to Kevin too!
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A great morning hosting @tonyjuniper.bsky.social & Alan Lovell Chair of the Environment Agency at Achurch Meadow, a wonderful example of floodplain meadow in Northamptonshire. Looking forward to working together to realise potential of this special habitat on a greater scale. Thanks to Kevin too!
Beautiful great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) for #wildflowerwednesday Did you know this, classic indicator of floodplain meadows has roots up to 2m deep?
Read more here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/about-meadow...
Read more here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/about-meadow...
June 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Beautiful great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) for #wildflowerwednesday Did you know this, classic indicator of floodplain meadows has roots up to 2m deep?
Read more here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/about-meadow...
Read more here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/about-meadow...
Our summer intern David has been hard at work learning his rush species today. Left to right: Compact, soft, and hard rush. We also had some hybrid material but I let him off because I'm nice like that 😅
June 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Our summer intern David has been hard at work learning his rush species today. Left to right: Compact, soft, and hard rush. We also had some hybrid material but I let him off because I'm nice like that 😅
Today's merry band learning about floodplain meadow soils, hydrology, vegetation,and management are @nationaltrust.org.uk staff. Part of our TREASURE project, helping to raise the profile of floodplain meadows, share best practice and highlight restoration opportunities. + bonus tansy beetle 🪲😍.
June 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today's merry band learning about floodplain meadow soils, hydrology, vegetation,and management are @nationaltrust.org.uk staff. Part of our TREASURE project, helping to raise the profile of floodplain meadows, share best practice and highlight restoration opportunities. + bonus tansy beetle 🪲😍.
Day 2 of training @naturalengland advisors covered assessing restoration potential/eligibility for the floodplain meadow CS option we helped develop.
We also saw Long Mead's plug planting programme, a fantastic volunteer project producing floodplain meadow species for restoration projects 😍🌱
We also saw Long Mead's plug planting programme, a fantastic volunteer project producing floodplain meadow species for restoration projects 😍🌱
June 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Day 2 of training @naturalengland advisors covered assessing restoration potential/eligibility for the floodplain meadow CS option we helped develop.
We also saw Long Mead's plug planting programme, a fantastic volunteer project producing floodplain meadow species for restoration projects 😍🌱
We also saw Long Mead's plug planting programme, a fantastic volunteer project producing floodplain meadow species for restoration projects 😍🌱
Day 1 of our training for @naturalengland staff at Long Mead in Oxfordshire. We've covered floodplain meadow soils, hydrology, vegetation, and heard about restoration techniques from the wonderful Catriona Bass who been instrumental in restoring large areas of species rich meadow along the Thames 🥰
June 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Day 1 of our training for @naturalengland staff at Long Mead in Oxfordshire. We've covered floodplain meadow soils, hydrology, vegetation, and heard about restoration techniques from the wonderful Catriona Bass who been instrumental in restoring large areas of species rich meadow along the Thames 🥰
Whilst some are busy in the field, others in the team presented the TREASURE project at the Open Societal Challenges Showcase event. Great to meet folk & encourage them to have a go at making pipe cleaner species found on the meadows! @openuniversity.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
June 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Whilst some are busy in the field, others in the team presented the TREASURE project at the Open Societal Challenges Showcase event. Great to meet folk & encourage them to have a go at making pipe cleaner species found on the meadows! @openuniversity.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
Highlights of week one of our TREASURE project with @nationaltrust.org.uk.
Floodplain meadow indicator species pepper saxifrage and meadow rue hanging on in there in some fairly agriculturally improved grasslands, hinting at their former glory. Botanising in the rain and chalk in the soil profile ☺️
Floodplain meadow indicator species pepper saxifrage and meadow rue hanging on in there in some fairly agriculturally improved grasslands, hinting at their former glory. Botanising in the rain and chalk in the soil profile ☺️
June 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Highlights of week one of our TREASURE project with @nationaltrust.org.uk.
Floodplain meadow indicator species pepper saxifrage and meadow rue hanging on in there in some fairly agriculturally improved grasslands, hinting at their former glory. Botanising in the rain and chalk in the soil profile ☺️
Floodplain meadow indicator species pepper saxifrage and meadow rue hanging on in there in some fairly agriculturally improved grasslands, hinting at their former glory. Botanising in the rain and chalk in the soil profile ☺️
Today's @nationaltrust TREASURE: Oenanthe pimpinelloides, mottles soil with a teeny tiny Ramshorn snail and survey helper 🌱🐌🐎
June 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's @nationaltrust TREASURE: Oenanthe pimpinelloides, mottles soil with a teeny tiny Ramshorn snail and survey helper 🌱🐌🐎
Braving the rain at Bathampton Meadows today. Part of a project with our friends @nationaltrust.org.uk looking at potential for restoring species-rich floodplain meadows across their estate.
And Day 1 for our summer intern, David who discovered grass ID isn't impossible and he needs new boots 😂🥾
And Day 1 for our summer intern, David who discovered grass ID isn't impossible and he needs new boots 😂🥾
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Braving the rain at Bathampton Meadows today. Part of a project with our friends @nationaltrust.org.uk looking at potential for restoring species-rich floodplain meadows across their estate.
And Day 1 for our summer intern, David who discovered grass ID isn't impossible and he needs new boots 😂🥾
And Day 1 for our summer intern, David who discovered grass ID isn't impossible and he needs new boots 😂🥾
Join us at Bartonsham Meadows on Friday 9th May for a guided walk and talk on floodplain meadow management.
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May 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us at Bartonsham Meadows on Friday 9th May for a guided walk and talk on floodplain meadow management.
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Counting fritillaries + eating cake = a great day at North Meadow NNR! 🍰🌷
Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s.
Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)
Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s.
Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)
April 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Counting fritillaries + eating cake = a great day at North Meadow NNR! 🍰🌷
Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s.
Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)
Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s.
Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)
FMP are one of 50 Nature & farming groups united in calling for Government to protect the nature-friendly farming budget.
Cuts could scupper the vital work of farmers trying to restore soils, boost nature & grow healthy food.
Read the press release here:
www.wcl.org.uk/farming-and-...
Cuts could scupper the vital work of farmers trying to restore soils, boost nature & grow healthy food.
Read the press release here:
www.wcl.org.uk/farming-and-...
March 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
FMP are one of 50 Nature & farming groups united in calling for Government to protect the nature-friendly farming budget.
Cuts could scupper the vital work of farmers trying to restore soils, boost nature & grow healthy food.
Read the press release here:
www.wcl.org.uk/farming-and-...
Cuts could scupper the vital work of farmers trying to restore soils, boost nature & grow healthy food.
Read the press release here:
www.wcl.org.uk/farming-and-...
Happy International Women's Day to all the amazing women working in STEM and conservation 🥰 FMP are lucky to have a highly skilled team of wonderful women all working together for our precious floodplain meadows. Find out more about the team here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab... #IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy International Women's Day to all the amazing women working in STEM and conservation 🥰 FMP are lucky to have a highly skilled team of wonderful women all working together for our precious floodplain meadows. Find out more about the team here: floodplainmeadows.org.uk/index.php/ab... #IWD2025
Grasslands like floodplain meadows are vital for food, carbon storage, water management, wildlife and more. Better coordination from Government can unlock their potential. That's why we’re joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social uk.bsky.social, NNFN and partners in calling for a Grassland Taskforce.
February 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Grasslands like floodplain meadows are vital for food, carbon storage, water management, wildlife and more. Better coordination from Government can unlock their potential. That's why we’re joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social uk.bsky.social, NNFN and partners in calling for a Grassland Taskforce.
Celebrate World Wetlands Day by showing some love for floodplain meadows—sustainable, biodiverse agricultural systems that excel in ecosystem services. We think they're great 🥰Learn more here https://buff.ly/3PVbbJK #naturalfloodmanagement #WWD2025 #WetlandsCOP15
February 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Celebrate World Wetlands Day by showing some love for floodplain meadows—sustainable, biodiverse agricultural systems that excel in ecosystem services. We think they're great 🥰Learn more here https://buff.ly/3PVbbJK #naturalfloodmanagement #WWD2025 #WetlandsCOP15
Our autumn newsletter is out! Dive in to find out more about the Grassland Parliamentary Reception, scything, green hay transfer, ID of historic floodplain meadows & more 👇🌼
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December 10, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Our autumn newsletter is out! Dive in to find out more about the Grassland Parliamentary Reception, scything, green hay transfer, ID of historic floodplain meadows & more 👇🌼
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