Friends of Lye Valley @friendlyevalley
We care for this 14,000 year-old internationally rare habitat, a tufa-forming alkaline spring fen, together with the calcareous grassland of Rock Edge. friendsoflyevalley.org.uk Headington, Oxford, England Joined July 2015-
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How many Slow Worms can fit under one refuge mat? In Lye Valley, mats on the dry banks above the spring fen are proving very popular. Good nos of Slow worms, 4 grass snakes & a whole nest of baby Field Voles. .Now where are our lizards hiding?
Marsh Lousewort, Common Cotton-grass & Flea Sedge (last 2 introduced through @Freshwaterhabs GroWet project doing well at Raleigh Park. Today our hard working volunteers completed the spring hard rush cut. The fen is getting more diverse - species richness up by 69% since 2017
If there are #LocalElections for your council next week, here are some questions you could ask your candidates to keep the importance of nature on their radar 🧵 👇
In #Lyevalley #fen we find to our delight our first Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata is in flower! A dark pink version with typical unspotted leaves. A big reward for all that #scything & raking. Wonder how many more to come. Will we beat last year's total of 50 flowers?
It's #scything, raking & more scything & raking in #LyeValley #SSSI #fen at the moment. So important to get that spring rush & horsetail growth down before orchid spikes emerge. Even trained a new vol from Latvia! All to simulate the spring light stock grazing we can't have.
In Lye Valley vols are busy, but what are they up to? Our project to increase Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil population up & down to have a #bee & #butterfly food corridor of this wetland plant. Dig from established patch, transport clumps on sledges, then lob clump into wet pool!👍
Would you believe this wonderful patch of beautiful Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium came from a few transplanted tufts from the other side of Lye Valley #fen just three years ago? Astonishing rate of spread now it is in a wetter area it likes! #Oxfordshirefens
In Lye Valley #fen, Oxford our Marsh Valerians Valeriana dioica are just coming into flower (male & female).Lots on one side of fen, few on the other so we are translocating some clumps & putting boy next to girl so they can get seed spreading in a species poor restoration area
Very nice to see British Wildlife has picked up our local Oxon obsession with using marsh lousewort to assist alkaline fen restoration. This plant is a root parasite of rushes, sedges and common reed. When attached to host roots, the host is weakened thus reducing dominance..
Very nice to see British Wildlife has picked up our local Oxon obsession with using marsh lousewort to assist alkaline fen restoration. This plant is a root parasite of rushes, sedges and common reed. When attached to host roots, the host is weakened thus reducing dominance..
Given the funds are for restoring #FloodplainMeadows, perhaps your followers may be interested in this appeal @Freshwaterhabs @Floodplainmead...
Given the funds are for restoring #FloodplainMeadows, perhaps your followers may be interested in this appeal @Freshwaterhabs @Floodplainmead...
Probably fair to say we've reached "peak Cowslip" (Primula veris) in our entrance off The Slade. Well worth a look if you're passing! #OX3 #SignsOfSpring @RosalindRogers
A visit to The Lye Valley on Friday 12th April showed plenty. Saw Orange Tip, Peacock, Green Veined White, Holly Blue, Brimstone, Comma and S. Tortoiseshell Butterflies. Iris Sawflies on the Irises! Also saw Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff. Wonderful!
🚨Drumroll please 🚨 Our project Managing Storm Water in Lye Valley has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Community Action category for the Flood & Coast Excellence Awards 2024! You can watch a video about it: friendsoflyevalley.org.uk/news/Managing%… and read about it: friendsoflyevalley.org.uk/news/fca_evide…
Find out about the work of Ellie MacDonald, our Floodplain Conservation Officer. Watch our latest @oxon_bucks_FWN #NatureReturns film to discover how we're working with partners to restore this habitat and build the Freshwater Network🌿💦💙 @NaturalEngland @southeastNT
REVEALED: 18 Tory MPs have written to Environment Secretary @SteveBarclay urging him to gut @NaturalEngland’s powers to create nature reserves (SSSIs) This latest #AttackOnNature must not succeed (Thanks to @jgmarshallwrite for obtaining the letter) Thread 1/
We seemed to have peaked a bit too soon for #WildFlowerHour's #VioletChallenge with this post, so here we are again! 😊
We seemed to have peaked a bit too soon for #WildFlowerHour's #VioletChallenge with this post, so here we are again! 😊
Great to see these beautiful blue flowers on our Hairy Violets. A welcome contrast to the predominant yellow of our Primroses, Cowslips, Marsh Marigold, and Lesser Celandine that are now blossoming throughout the Valley!
Our ecologist painstakingly sorting through pots of Dioecious Sedge (Carex dioica), dividing them into males and females, and removing grass. Rare in Oxon, the seedlings are been passed to volunteers to grow on until they're big enough to plant in the fen. #OxfordshireFens
We were gifted a washing up bowl full of Primroses this week! Our volunteers wasted no time in planting them amongst a mass of Garlic Mustard to make our rather unattractive entrance a little more colourful. 😊 #OX3 #LocalWildlifeSite #GreenSpace
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251 Followers 177 Following Countryside, conservation and environmental education, training and personal development opportunities for @RadleyCollege boys and our @RadleyLinks partners 🌳@OBinliner @friendlyevalley @ARGroupsUK @OxonMammals We have some that are corrugated iron which are very durable, but, as you say can have sharp edges. The majority are old pieces of black corrugated roofing felt, but these tend to brake up & disintegrate after a few year, so need replacing regularly.
@judyweb32049878 @friendlyevalley @ARGroupsUK @OxonMammals What are these refuge mats made from Judy? Here in the Scottish Highlands I have corrugated iron but I dislike it, too many sharp edges hazardous to dog and wildlife and I'm not sure if it harms the environment whilst degrading.
@judyweb32049878 @friendlyevalley @ARGroupsUK @OxonMammals Not as many as you but in my garden that previously had no slow worms or much wildlife but now is a little piece of magic 💙
@judyweb32049878 @friendlyevalley @ARGroupsUK @OxonMammals Wow, fantastic 👏
How many Slow Worms can fit under one refuge mat? In Lye Valley, mats on the dry banks above the spring fen are proving very popular. Good nos of Slow worms, 4 grass snakes & a whole nest of baby Field Voles. .Now where are our lizards hiding?
Marsh Lousewort, Common Cotton-grass & Flea Sedge (last 2 introduced through @Freshwaterhabs GroWet project doing well at Raleigh Park. Today our hard working volunteers completed the spring hard rush cut. The fen is getting more diverse - species richness up by 69% since 2017
Wardens have been litter picking cowley today. Please throw your rubbish away! 🗑️👈
We have Saturday and Sunday tasks this weekend: check ocv.org. for more details. No booking necessary. Fresh air 🌞 Nature 🍄🟫 Helping out 🫶 Exercise 💪 Biscuits 🍪 (just some of the great benefits of #volunteering with us! ) ocv.org.uk
If there are #LocalElections for your council next week, here are some questions you could ask your candidates to keep the importance of nature on their radar 🧵 👇
Coralroot (Cardamine bulbifera) in Harrocks Wood Herts. In 2020 I looked at all the populations I could find in the Chilterns. In Harrocks I had estimated 400. With the loss of Ash, light & warmth let in, and today I saw at least a thousand. Nationally scarce, locally abundant.
@friendlyevalley @judyweb32049878 @Freshwaterhabs @NEThamesSolent Ok thanks I'll take a look. Great to find a good use for them.
In #Lyevalley #fen we find to our delight our first Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata is in flower! A dark pink version with typical unspotted leaves. A big reward for all that #scything & raking. Wonder how many more to come. Will we beat last year's total of 50 flowers?
@judyweb32049878 @Freshwaterhabs @NEThamesSolent @friendlyevalley What do you do with the arisings out of interest?
@Newinvention3 @Freshwaterhabs @NEThamesSolent @friendlyevalley We use them in our brook bank defence structures. The Lye Brook has a big problem with bank erosion from road run-off entering at the head of the valley.
It's #scything, raking & more scything & raking in #LyeValley #SSSI #fen at the moment. So important to get that spring rush & horsetail growth down before orchid spikes emerge. Even trained a new vol from Latvia! All to simulate the spring light stock grazing we can't have.
In Lye Valley vols are busy, but what are they up to? Our project to increase Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil population up & down to have a #bee & #butterfly food corridor of this wetland plant. Dig from established patch, transport clumps on sledges, then lob clump into wet pool!👍
First Marsh Lousewort Pedicularis palustris in flower in #Cothillfen #NNR. It is the colour form with dark maroon tinted leaves (others are just normal green). Seems incredibly early...
Would you believe this wonderful patch of beautiful Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium came from a few transplanted tufts from the other side of Lye Valley #fen just three years ago? Astonishing rate of spread now it is in a wetter area it likes! #Oxfordshirefens
@judyweb32049878 @Freshwaterhabs @BSBIbotany @friendlyevalley Absolutely agree. Similarly with self heal and ground ivy. Familiarity breeding indifference.
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