Chilterns National Landscape

Celebrate the little-known lives of some of the #Chilterns' women & girls this International Women's Day. From straw plaiters to lacemakers, Hidden Hands is a collection of stories that brings the past to life. #IWD2025 Order your copy today 👇 f.mtr.cool/hotesnubng

🚨Calling all keen photographers🚨 To celebrate World Wildlife Day, @ageukbucks is hosting a wildlife photography competition! 📸 Anyone can enter, regardless of age or experience & participants can submit multiple entries. Email entries to: agefriendly@ageukbucks.org.uk

The UK pledged to protect 30% of its land & sea by 2030. 🌍 Our work to improve water vole habitat is part of the wider National Landscapes’ network & we look forward to helping deliver on international commitments. #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2025

Another fab video from Phil! 👇

📸 @kittyloganmedia & Open Sky Media

Great news! @DefraGovUK's Farming in Protected Landscapes #FiPL programme has been extended for a 5th year! Meet some of the Chilterns’ farmers who have benefited from the programme 👇 youtu.be/3_4g4snwA2g?si…

We worked on the Future Treescapes project to help guide decisions on improving protections for trees to benefit climate, nature & people & helped develop a guidance hub of resources for anyone growing, planting or managing trees.🌳 Explore the hub 👇 s.mtrbio.com/wxjwdotwyt

Recruitment is now open for the 2025 Tracking the Impact survey season! Help monitor bird, butterfly & plant species in the #Chilterns – no experience necessary 🦋🐦‍⬛🌿 Find out more and register your interest 👇 s.mtrbio.com/szyplhhauj  #citizenscience

What makes a perfect soil pit?? @KeironDBrown is not bad at them - as found out on @ChilternsNL #farmercluster earthworm surveys. Abundance vs diversity 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ Opening up new world of subterranean citizen science with a few hail storms, frozen fields and lots laughs too 👍👏🪱🪱

🌳 What has wet woodland ever done for us? Apart from habitat connectivity, flood prevention, bank erosion control, carbon sequestration... Learn more about the benefits of this habitat from Phil Bruss, #MendTheGap Project Officer. @ChilternsNL | @NWessexDowns

🌳 Alder, Beavers and Craneflies... learn the ABCs of wet woodland with Phil Bruss, #MendTheGap Project Officer. @ChilternsNL | @NWessexDowns

@Chilternstreams @thorneh @ARKennet Wetlands are among the most diverse habitats on Earth; 40% of all plant & animal species depend on them to live or breed. They store vast amounts of carbon – making them vital in controlling the impacts of climate change. (🧵4/4) #chilternsnationallandscape #WWD2025

@Chilternstreams @thorneh Mend the Gap has funded ~20k m2 (3 football pitches) of wetland in a former crop field on the Sulham Estate, in the south Chilterns. Wet-loving plant species will provide habitat for a variety of species, from dragonflies to wading birds. (🧵3/4) 📸 Sulham wetland (@ARKennet)

This World Wetlands Day, we're celebrating two recent wetland creation projects in the Chilterns. 💧🌳 (🧵1/4) #chilternsnationallandscape #WWD2025 #chalkstreams #mendthegap

The Tracking the Impact team are preparing for 2025! Since the project started in 2019, volunteers have submitted 20k+ records – identifying 500+ species of plants, birds & butterflies!  Join Tracking the Impact today! 👇 bit.ly/3CBn7NC

Worms 1 : Surveyors 0 🪱 A dedicated team were out surveying earthworms on farms in the central Chilterns yesterday when they had to run for cover due to a hail storm! Worm diversity gives a good indication of soil health, which is important to the farmers we work with.

@DefraGovUK @NatLandAssoc @BBOWT @ChilternSociety @chilternrangers @BucksCouncil @Chilternstreams @DrElaineKing ...but we'll always be out in the Chilterns, working with communities, farmers & landowners to protect & enhance this area of outstanding natural beauty – caring for the Chilterns forever & for everyone. (🧵2/2) #tbt #chilternsnationallandscape #throwback #20years #happybirthday

On this day 20 years ago, the Chilterns Conservation Board met for the first time! 🎉2️⃣0️⃣ Our staff, name & logo may have changed... (🧵1/2)

We're seeking an experienced consultant to evaluate the successes, challenges & outcomes of the development stage of Not Bourne Yesterday – assessing its impact & legacy. 📷 Apply by Fri, 24 Jan 👇 chilterns.org.uk/jobs/evaluatio…