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Mike Beard

@_mbeard_

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 Manchester, England
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Joined May 2013
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Public consultation: Greater Manchester Local Nature Recovery Strategy 💚 Do you care about the state of nature across our city-region? Have your say on how nature recovery is prioritised across Greater Manchester! Find out more here: orlo.uk/uZFCt #GMGreenCity
Picture of a woman with two children sat looking into a field. Text reads: Have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Save the date: Consultation live from Friday 15 November 2024. Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

ALT Picture of a woman with two children sat looking into a field. Text reads: Have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Save the date: Consultation live from Friday 15 November 2024. Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

Picture of a bee on a flower. Text reads: Come to one of our local drop in sessions and have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Town Hall Atrium, Wigan: 18 Nov, 1pm-4pm Number One Riverside, Rochdale: 19 Nov, 12pm-4pm Central Library, Manchester: 20 Nov, 11am-3pm Stockport Town Hall: 22 Nov, 9.30am-1.30pm Spindles Shopping Centre, Oldham: 26 Nov, 1pm-4pm Salford Suite, Civic Centre, Swinton: 29 Nov, 1pm-5pm Library Community Room, Tameside One: 4 Dec, 11am-3pm Sale Library, Trafford: 6 Jan 2025, 11am-2pm Moss Bank Cafe, Bolton: 7 Jan 2025, 10am-1pm Mill Gate Shopping Centre, Bury: 8 Jan 2025, 1pm-4pm Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

ALT Picture of a bee on a flower. Text reads: Come to one of our local drop in sessions and have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Town Hall Atrium, Wigan: 18 Nov, 1pm-4pm Number One Riverside, Rochdale: 19 Nov, 12pm-4pm Central Library, Manchester: 20 Nov, 11am-3pm Stockport Town Hall: 22 Nov, 9.30am-1.30pm Spindles Shopping Centre, Oldham: 26 Nov, 1pm-4pm Salford Suite, Civic Centre, Swinton: 29 Nov, 1pm-5pm Library Community Room, Tameside One: 4 Dec, 11am-3pm Sale Library, Trafford: 6 Jan 2025, 11am-2pm Moss Bank Cafe, Bolton: 7 Jan 2025, 10am-1pm Mill Gate Shopping Centre, Bury: 8 Jan 2025, 1pm-4pm Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

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Save the date: the public consultation for our Local Nature Recovery Strategy opens Friday 15 November. Join a drop in session or respond online to have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across the GM 🌲 Find out more: orlo.uk/ALuNW #GMGreenCity
Image of a flower. Text reads: Local Nature Recovery Strategy public consultation Have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Save the date: Consultation from Friday 15 November 2024. Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

ALT Image of a flower. Text reads: Local Nature Recovery Strategy public consultation Have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Save the date: Consultation from Friday 15 November 2024. Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

Image of a mother and her two young children, sat on a bench looking into a meadow. Text reads: Local Nature Recovery Strategy public consultation Come to one of our local drop in sessions and have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Town Hall Atrium, Wigan: 18 Nov, 1pm-4pm Number One Riverside, Rochdale: 19 Nov, 12pm-4pm Central Library, Manchester: 20 Nov, 11am-3pm Stockport Central Library: 22 Nov, 10am-2pm Spindles Shopping Centre, Oldham: 26 Nov, 1pm-4pm Salford Suite, Civic Centre, Swinton: 29 Nov, 1pm-5pm Library Community Room, Tameside One: 4 Dec, 11am-3pm Moss Bank Cafe, Bolton: 7 Jan 2025, 9am-1pm Mill Gate Shopping Centre, Bury: 8 Jan 2025, 1pm-4pm Trafford location - date TBC Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

ALT Image of a mother and her two young children, sat on a bench looking into a meadow. Text reads: Local Nature Recovery Strategy public consultation Come to one of our local drop in sessions and have your say on how nature recovery should be prioritised across Greater Manchester. Town Hall Atrium, Wigan: 18 Nov, 1pm-4pm Number One Riverside, Rochdale: 19 Nov, 12pm-4pm Central Library, Manchester: 20 Nov, 11am-3pm Stockport Central Library: 22 Nov, 10am-2pm Spindles Shopping Centre, Oldham: 26 Nov, 1pm-4pm Salford Suite, Civic Centre, Swinton: 29 Nov, 1pm-5pm Library Community Room, Tameside One: 4 Dec, 11am-3pm Moss Bank Cafe, Bolton: 7 Jan 2025, 9am-1pm Mill Gate Shopping Centre, Bury: 8 Jan 2025, 1pm-4pm Trafford location - date TBC Find out more: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/LNRS

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Replying to @BeeNetwork
@BeeNetwork Good morning. I have just completed a surprisingly short Bee Card survey that was advertised on Facebook. As a prize it is offering me a Bee Card with 6 months free travel. It is via topeastgate.com Is this official or a scam? – at Manchester, England
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Registration for #GMGreenSummit 2024 is now open 🎉💚 Join us on Monday 9 December for the launch of the next GM Environment Plan and to hear from a wide range of expert speakers. Register for free here: gmgreensummit2024.eventbrite…
Greater Manchester Green Summit 2024

Greater Manchester Green Summit 2024

Taking climate action today, tomorrow, together for a greener, fairer and more prosperous city region.

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Great opportunity to learn how to identify a range of invasive plants along the lovely Outwood Nature Trail on Sunday 26 May with @AnglingTrust anglingtrust.net/events/outw…

Outwood Nature Trail | River Irwell, Bury | Invasive Species I D Tour

  The Angling Trust’s Environment Officers are hosting  an Invasive Species tour in Bury, Greater Manchester. Unfortunately, the River Irwell and surrounding areas are suffering from various Invasive...

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Round One of the #GreenSpacesFund has attracted 1,707 volunteers (and counting) to projects across Greater Manchester. You know what they say: many hands make light work! 🫶🌻 @GMGreenCity @greatermcr
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It’s #INNSweek 2024! Today we’re looking at what is being done to reduce the impacts of invasive non-native plants and animals. The 2023 Invasive Species Strategy sets out ambitious aims to guide government and other organisations. Find out more nonnativespecies.org/what-ca…
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This week is invasive non-native species week or #INNSweek. One of our most common INNS in the catchment is Himalayan balsam. The good news is balsam is very easy & quite satisfying to clear, below Adam shows us how. Try it on your next riverside walk.
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It’s INNSweek 2024! Organisations across the #UK #Ireland #Guernsey #Jersey and #IsleOfMan are working together to raise awareness of: - invasive non-native species 🦞🦝🌱 - their impacts - how you can help Watch our video then find out more nonnativespecies.org/what-ca…
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The Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund is another of the funds we administer at the GMEF, and is a joint initiative by @recycle4gm and @suezUK So far, £659,141 has been awarded to 69 projects that reduce household waste, increase recycling and encourage reuse ♻
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Calling all community groups! Want to help reduce the use of single-use plastics across Greater Manchester? Join our upcoming webinar with @CitytoSea_ to learn all about the support they offer to reduce plastic use in your local area - find out more: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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This wonderful short film has just been released. It required a lot of skill from cast and crew! Here's some of my still photographs from the day. amicablephotography.co.uk/fi…

Amicable Photography - Film Stills - Sign Of Omission

Two co-writers are forced to confront not just their grammatical differences, but the negative impact their script has had on their personal relationship. Directed by Gabriel Brown. Unit stills/BTS...

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Terabithia Pictures (@TerabithiaPics) profile pictureTerabithia Pictures@TerabithiaPics19 Apr 2024
❗️ FILM RELEASE ❗️ Sign Of Omission is out now! The first Terabithia shoot outside of the North East, and an amazing job done by all involved! Watch here: youtu.be/BGaJHTMFYQE?si=XROW… Claire - @AnusiaBattersby Daniel - @leehardingg1 Writer/Director/Producer - @GabrielBrown123
Sign Of Omission | Short Film

Sign Of Omission | Short Film

Two co-writers are forced to confront not just their grammatical di...

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📢 New campaign launched to help Greater Manchester residents to Feel the Benefit of a warmer home through energy advice, support, and house upgrades 🏡 Find out more here: bit.ly/3SW20tE #GMGreenCity

Home

Helping residents reduce their energy bills and make their homes warmer and greener.

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Want to cut your energy bills down to size and take care of you, your wallet, and the planet? 🌍 Check your eligibility for impartial support to make your home more energy efficient: orlo.uk/ZpRdz #FeelTheBenefitGM
Feel the benefit of impartial energy advice. Feel the benefit of a warmer home, save money on your energy bills, and help tackle climate change. Check if you're eligible for funding support.

ALT Feel the benefit of impartial energy advice. Feel the benefit of a warmer home, save money on your energy bills, and help tackle climate change. Check if you're eligible for funding support.

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📢We're currently developing Greater Manchester's first plan for nature and would like to hear your views on priority actions for nature recovery across the city-region 💚 Share your thoughts here: gmconsult.org/environment-te… #GMGreenCity
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Development of Greater Manchester's first Local Nature Recovery Strategy is underway - learn more how priorities are being worked up in this great @DefraNature interview with Sam Evans, Head of Natural Environment at @greatermcr 👉 bit.ly/3UKVAjw #GMGreenCity

Local strategies, national ambitions: how Local Nature Recovery Strategies are helping us achieve...

In this blog, Julian Harlow, head of the Local Nature Recovery Strategies policy team in Defra, tells us how these local strategies are helping us to achieve our national environment targets.

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Another interesting discovery from the @natural_course #invasiveplants survey of the River Tame in #GreaterManchester was how little #GiantHogweed there was compared to similar rivers in the UK. – at Manchester, England
Natural Course (@natural_course) profile pictureNatural Course@natural_course20 Dec 2023
Over the summer, we commissioned a riverside survey of invasive plant species in the Tame Catchment. One interesting result was the discovery of Bohemian Knotweed - a hybrid of Japanese and Giant Knotweed. Find out more 👇 naturalcourse.co.uk/2023/12/… #INNS #InvasiveNonNativeSpecies

Bohemian Knotweed in the Tame Catchment - Natural Course

Over the summer of 2023, a riverside survey of invasive species of plant was commissioned by Greater Manchester Combined Authority as part of Natural Course. The survey is a detailed snapshot of the...

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And the answer to my previous quiz tweet is #BohemianKnotweed. You can find out more about it, and where we found it on the #TameCatchment, in this article published by @natural_course – at Manchester, England
Natural Course (@natural_course) profile pictureNatural Course@natural_course20 Dec 2023
Over the summer, we commissioned a riverside survey of invasive plant species in the Tame Catchment. One interesting result was the discovery of Bohemian Knotweed - a hybrid of Japanese and Giant Knotweed. Find out more 👇 naturalcourse.co.uk/2023/12/… #INNS #InvasiveNonNativeSpecies

Bohemian Knotweed in the Tame Catchment - Natural Course

Over the summer of 2023, a riverside survey of invasive species of plant was commissioned by Greater Manchester Combined Authority as part of Natural Course. The survey is a detailed snapshot of the...

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Can you guess what this invasive plant is? Several patches were found by @RiverStewards during their recent #InvasivePlant survey of the #RiverTame commissioned by @GMGreenCity as part of @natural_course. More information can be found in their report naturalcourse.co.uk/uploads/…
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The #uppermerseycatchmentpartnership have already started making plans to manage #InvasivePlants along the #RiverTame based upon the River Stewardship Company @riverstewards survey commissioned by @gmgreencity as part of @natural_course. naturalcourse.co.uk/uploads/… – at Manchester, England
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