David Baxter

Huge thanks to the wonderful @Danni_Wyatt for taking the time to congratulate our girls and ladies sides on all their efforts this season. They were all buzzing when they saw their message. Thanks Danni #TheseGirlsCan #OnWinsleyOn

@harrietalvis The only real way to sort this is to get the river designated as a bathing water, which is probably the job of @EnvAgency I think? Once designated it is then possible for water companies to make a case for investment eg in tertiary treatments and LAs to raise signage.

The comments here are all rightly questioning why people would want to swim in their local #river (Covid aside) when it is so #polluted. It's so sad that this is so accepted, we should all be able to enjoy our #rivers without worrying about this, it's essential for our #Wellbeing

Permanent land-use change is one-way to reduce the extra nutrients that arise from new housing but what about enduring, renewable land-use change as a more flexible solution? Director David Baxter discusses why it makes more sense in his latest blog: linkedin.com/pulse/enduring…

@MickyLachmann @breederphil I still have my copy of vertebrate evolution on my office shelf (currently locked down elsewhere!). Will have another look in memoriam.

@breederphil @dave_baxter

***PUFFINS HAVE LANDED*** it’s happened, Puffins have landed this morning on their breeding colonies on Isle of May for first time this year, having been away at sea since last August. Great news!

Great @EcosystemsNet seminar on woodland creation #AWC20 today. 2 big issues @EnTradeUK can help with : 1. Attracting more landowners to provide land via simple, online market that can aggregate smalll parcels of land. 2.Measuring wider credits that can be sold to wider buyers.

Thanks to Wessex Water for donating more than £1,200 towards a new bottle filling station at Beechen Cliff. It will be well used and much appreciated. #wessexwater

@AliDriverUK See you there!

A heads-up for a public lecture I'm giving in #Bath on 11th Feb on #rewilding - covering the latest developments in rewilding in England, where it could fit in with the future ELM Scheme, plus latest thinking and action on species reintroductions etc. eventbrite.co.uk/e/born-to-rewi…

The technology is available, and as soon as ⁦@McDonaldsUK⁩ start printing car registration numbers on takeaway packaging, this constant tide of littering will stop. Come on guys - what a Christmas gift to the countryside (and taxpayer) that would be!

We all know that restoration is increasingly important to make our #rivers resilient to #climatechange, but what benefit can #riverrestoration have in mitigating the impacts of climate change? All other additions welcome! 1/14

£2.50 is enough buy us 1 square metre of Hazeland. If you'd like to give someone the gift of permanent forest why not buy them an Avon Needs Trees gift card? Perfect birthday or thank you presents for the tree lover you know. First card already sold! avonneedstrees.org.uk/gift-cards

More grey hairs than a care home for badgers. Great to see old mates again at @CIWEM workshop on future land management. With David Baxter ex @EnvAgency and Chris Uttley NFM lead @EnvAgency

Great point from @AliDriverUK at Rewilding Britain. “We are aiming for 5% of land to be in a process of rewildimg. Currently <1%. Will this impact food production? Let’s put things in context. 70% of UK land is farmed but 40% of food is wasted. I know what I would focus on!”

3️⃣s needed a 19 point swing in a title decider at Devizes and got it! Fraser McRae 40, Jeffrey 25 & Hill 22no meant 170-8. Two for Nige Simpson and @JordanWickens2, combined with 5-6 for Scott Sandford and 72ao was just enough. Div 9 Champions 🎉💚💛 #OnWinsleyOn #GoGreens

@maitlis please can you ask: 'You have all said that you will commit to net zero by 2050. How are you going to get us there? How much longer will you offer subsidies to the fossil fuel industries? What place is there for fracking in a UK that is aiming for net zero by 2050?'

WONDERFUL NEWS - Year 10, Erica Baxter is making her full county Cricket debut for Wiltshire this weekend - playing against @Gloscricket & @DorsetCricket in Bournemouth- good luck Erica from all at KES

@SouthernWater Great to see! Have you thought about how to model costs and impacts of litter on value of bathing beaches? We have models & ideas for working with community beach clean groups to develop the case for DRS and cost contributions for beach clean up from plastic waste producers,

@Eunomia_RandC @dave_baxter @NorthumbrianH2O @DwrCymru Hi, reducing plastic waste wherever possible is one of our key priorities. We’re the first in the industry to publish a plastics policy, which includes supporting employees, suppliers and customers to help fight plastic pollution in a number of ways: bit.ly/2XGkh02

"It is in everyone’s interests for water companies to play a leading role in tackling problem plastics at catchment level."- our Head of Natural Economy @dave_baxter writing for #TheWaterReport last month - what do you think? @SouthernWater @NorthumbrianH2O @DwrCymru

@NorthumbrianH2O @Eunomia_RandC Great opportunity to engage your communities and to bring in a wider coalition of orgs to make plastic comms more positive. Let me know if you would like me to drop in to talk about options - as an alumnus of Framwellgate school, always welcome a chance to head back to my roots!

@Eunomia_RandC @dave_baxter @SouthernWater @DwrCymru It's something we're very keen on helping to reduce at all levels, from driving the #Refill campaign to educating about the problems of wipes.

Nature based solutions are critical to tackle #climatechange @WoENP where we focus our efforts nature can recover #GordanoValley @avonwt #RiverChew @BristolAvonRT #naturerecoverynetwork #WilderFuture