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Save Our Ancient Riverside

@SOARReading

Official account of the campaign to protect the riverside from Thames Valley Park to Napier Road, Reading.

 Reading, England
saveourancientriverside.co.uk/
Joined February 2018
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Marco S. Z.@mszeu17 Oct 2021
The beautiful autumnal colours of the Reading Riverside from the sky @SOARReading #Thames #ThamesPath #ReadingUK #DJIMini2 #drone #aerial #nature #landscape #Autumn youtube.com/watch?v=g0kkI0N3…
Autumn in Berkshire from the sky

Autumn in Berkshire from the sky

A panoramic flight over the Thames close to Reading.Drone: DJI Min...

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Floodplain Meadows Partnership@Floodplainmead2 Sep 2021
Check out our latest paper published today 👇 "Control of meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria through a change of management from grazing to mowing at an English floodplain meadow" @OU_EEE floodplainmeadows.org.uk/sit…
Conservation Evidence Journal (@ConservEvidJour) profile pictureConservation Evidence Journal@ConservEvidJour2 Sep 2021
We're excited to announce the publication of a new @Floodplainmead paper in conservationevidencejournal.… looking at the control of meadowsweet on a floodplain meadow at Fancott Woods & Meadow SSSI in partnership with @wildlifebcn doi.org/10.52201/CEJ18HFGL56…
Fancott Woods and Meadow SSSI treatment plot. Photo: Mike Dodd

ALT Fancott Woods and Meadow SSSI treatment plot. Photo: Mike Dodd

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The images and words you submit to our #art #craft competition could help change the way floodplain meadows are recognised in policy and in the wider discussions on climate and nature based solutions.  Enter by midday on 28 Aug here 👇 floodplainmeadows.org.uk/pro…
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Thames Path National Trail
@ThamesPathNT7 Aug 2021
#Saturday #ThamesPath walkers on the lovely Goring to Reading stretch keep a look out for 10-year-old Grace and her parents walking the National Trail from source to sea fundraising for @NHSCharities Spot her hand-crafted #NHS window hangers justgiving.com/fundraising/g… @BBCBerkshire
Grace's 2021/NHS Window Hangings

Grace's 2021/NHS Window Hangings

Help Karen Williams raise money to support NHS Charities Together

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Pipsticks Walks (@PipsticksWalks) profile picturePipsticks Walks@PipsticksWalks6 Aug 2021
We met this wonderful family @goringchoccafe9 today. Grace (aged 10) is walking the @ThamesPathNT with her Mum and Dad in support of @NHSCharities - say 'hi' if you see them! #hiking @NationalTrails #charity #SlowWays #NHS #chilterns @VisitThamesCoUk @VisitChilterns
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Thames Path National Trail
@ThamesPathNT6 Aug 2021
Renewable energy from Mother Thames, by the people for the people. @RdgHydro is almost ready to rotate those screws. Great murals @CJugendstil @edhawkins Lovely fish and eel pass too @Thames_RvrsTrst @EnvAgencySE #ClimateAction #NetZero
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Eastreadingcommunity@Eastreadingcom2 Aug 2021
"We have lift-off!" Both turbines active, and generating "clean" electricity! Many congratulations to the Reading Hydro team! photo from facebook.com/photo/?fbid=458…
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BBO Wildlife Trust@BBOWT28 Jul 2021
Have you heard that the government is planning to remove protected status from some endangered species? Here are the facts and what we think about it. bbowt.org.uk/blog/matthew-st…
Government changes could spell permanent open season for wildlife | Berks Bucks and Oxon Wildlife...

Government changes could spell permanent open season for wildlife | Berks Bucks and Oxon Wildlife...

Our wildlife protections cannot simply be about stopping extinctions. They need to be about helping populations recover and creating healthy ecosystems.

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Thames Path National Trail
@ThamesPathNT24 Jul 2021
It’s our birthday today 🎂 the #ThamesPath National Trail is 25 yrs old! Share your love for the 184-mile route from the river’s source in Trewsbury Mead to the Thames Barrier. Post your favourite photos #ThamesPath25 @tomchesshyre @rikardorichards @franHtweets @spike_abbott
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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian16 Jul 2021
“We found that there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10%, then the amount of driving in that city went up by 10%.” One of the best articles on why building bigger roads just leads to more driving. Via @WIRED wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-traff…
What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse

What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse

The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note...

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The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrusts16 Jul 2021
The Big Butterfly Count is officially underway! 🦋🦋🦋 Taking part in the count is a great way of checking to see how nature is doing in your area. 😊👇 bigbutterflycount.butterfly-… @savebutterflies #ButterflyCount
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The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrusts15 Jul 2021
Ten gorgeous moths you might spot out and about! 🌱💚
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It's Bees' Needs Week! Floodplain meadows provide an rich source of summer nectar. The regrowth after haymaking can also be a valuable late season nectar resource 🌼🐝#BeesNeeds floodplainmeadows.org.uk/abo…
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@DefraGovUK12 Jul 2021
This Bees’ Needs Week, discover the story of bees and how we can all help them to thrive once more. Learn more: bumblebeeconservation.org/be… #BeesNeeds
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WWT London Wetland Centre@WWTLondon10 Jul 2021
Do you want to know more about the basic principles behind environmental surveying? Join us for this one day workshop - Introduction to Freshwater Ecology ! Book now! ow.ly/WlMQ50FlDnd #freshwater #ecology #survey #habitat #workshop #environment
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WorthingCAN 🌍@WorthingCan6 Jul 2021
Our beautiful Community Road Verge in Goring is being cut because Cllr @steve_waight of Goring @WSCCNews has complained. The verge has public support, is part of a wildflower trail and is covered in wildflowers and grasses. Please RT. @BeccyCooper4Lab @DaveGoulson @Love_plants
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Eastreadingcommunity@Eastreadingcom5 Jul 2021
The River Loddon and the River Thames are two major waterways passing through our borough 💧 The Environment Agency are drawing up potential options to manage flooding across in our region 🌧 More info and respond ➡ cutt.ly/RmdWeOm
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Eastreadingcommunity@Eastreadingcom2 Jul 2021
Rewilding Reading? @ReadingCouncil destroy residents community flowers @TevyeMarksonLDR between Cumberland and amity road Newtown facebook.com/groups/13771491…
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Local people planted seeds and the fruits of their labour have produced these beautiful flowers (between C/land Rd & Amity Rd) - and today, @ReadingCouncil decided to destroy them by cutting them all down. 😞 facebook.com/photo?fbid=1015… @TevyeMarksonLDR
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Miles King@MilesKing101 Jul 2021
Great news for @Floodplainmead as in their latest report, @CommonsEAC recommends floodplains are restored to Floodplain Meadows, and not planted with trees. publications.parliament.uk/p… Pity they do not also push for no tree planting on all other semi-natural grasslands.
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Eastreadingcommunity@Eastreadingcom29 Jun 2021
Reading Cycle Festival 15th August 12 - 4pm, Christchurch Meadows / Sandy Park. readingcyclefestival.co.uk/?…
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Tony Juniper
@TonyJuniper23 Jun 2021
Long Mead, floodplain meadow by the Thames near Oxford. Cut for hay for 1000 years, today it provides multiple vital services: carbon & nutrient capture, wildlife haven, water purity & flood reduction. Partners @Floodplainmead &others working to protect & expand this rare habitat
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Reading Green Party@reading_greens22 Jun 2021
A letter obtained under FOI laws reveals that vital work on river pollution and on protecting homes from climate-change flooding is suffering from years of underfunding at the Environment Agency. theguardian.com/environment/…
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