Mark Smart
@markasmart
25+ years working to improve wet grassland for wildlife in the Norfolk. Now working with RSPBELM across the UK helping landowners to do the same. AVMO
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Been a busy few days on the spoil spreader front, Cheshire, @WWTMartinMere, @RSPBAireValley St Aidan’s @NosterfieldLNR Now at @RSPBSaltholme . Mix of habitat creation for waders, waterfowl, and marginal wetland plants. Hasn’t all gone smoothly but we are still moving forward.
A busy start to the footdrain cleaning season. First job working on a @CheshireWT site near Ellesmere Port. Features were installed for breeding waders but haven’t been maintained for a number of year. New Holland T6 auto command been put through is paces. #rspbelm @PammentJim
Job alert!📢 We are looking for a conservation scientist to explore how scrub habitats can be created and maintained for use as landscape-scale interventions for priority bird species, including Cuckoo, Turtle Dove and Nightingale. Pls RT. Details 👉 bit.ly/47cPKLP
This week is new tractor week for the #RSPBELM team. Proud owner of a T6.180 from @ErnestDoeSons of South Walsham. This tractor will be working across England creating wetland habitats for water birds, working with private landowners, NGO’s and eNGO’s. @PammentJim @RSPBEngland
📢Job alert! 📢 We have a fantastic opportunity for a Conservation Scientist with a background in ecology, applied statistics & remote sensing to model conservation strategies for lowland waders @RSPBScience #ornithology Deadline 24th July. Pls RT! Info👉bit.ly/3NAPVrc
Extremely lucky to be on leave for 2 weeks in Delaware Bay. This is the largest spawning area in the world for Horseshoe Crabs. Each May, they come to the beaches to spawn. At the same time, 1000s of shorebirds - stopover on their annual migration from South America to the Arctic
“Massive costs, massive damage, massive risks.” I'm grateful to Professor David Hill CBE who shares his thoughts on the idea for a Wash barrage in our latest Wild Ken hill blog. Safe to say we are in agreement. 👇 wildkenhill.co.uk/guest-blog-dav…
North Devon coast. Never been here before so thought I would pop over as I am working near Exeter this week then along the south coast with site visits for a few weeks after that. Friends, you have been warned, you might get an unexpected visitor…..
More great wader habitat being installed by Adam from #RSPBELM at Dingle Marshes as part of a wider strategy to deliver more habitat for breeding waders across Suffolk. #footdrains #wetlands #water
Great job by RSPBs team creating footdrains on Dingle Marshes for Suffolk Wildlife Trust and more importantly those muddy edges for breeding waders this coming spring! Bring on the wader productivity! 🤞🤞🤞@markasmart @RSPBEngland @suffolkwildlife
A great blog on why @WashWader color flag and mark waders on the the Internationally important Wash estuary and why it adds so much to our knowledge, helps protect this important estuary as well as the surrounding land that the birds are so reliant on
A belated first blog article for 2023 with updates on our current wader study projects on #TheWash wwrg.org.uk/colour-marking…
More wetland being created. It has been one of the busiest years for this machine we have had. Busy is good for business but also good for wetlands as it means a lot more important wildlife habitat created. #quickcosteffectivewetlands @RSPBEngland
The Rotary ditcher has been out in Kent for the RSPB as part of a wetland creation project installing scrapes and foot drains. #wetland #wetlandcreation #footdrains #habitatcreation #rspb #rewilding #rotaryditcher #WN2 #wildfowl
The proposal for a tidal barrage across the Wash would have impacts on Turnstone that fly from Greenland and Canada. Just one of many #waders that rely on this amazing estuary. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/six… #shorebirds #ornithology
Attention to detail, good management with the ability to adapt, that’s what nature conservation is all about. #TeamWork
It's astonishing, Andy. Holkham freshmarsh is just teeming with Lapwing. Been here 20 years and it's hard to recall such a similar spectacle in terms of sheer numbers of wildfowl, geese and raptors.
The proposal for a tidal barrage across the Wash is back again! Conservation organisations are going to spend time fighting this daft idea - time/money which would be much better spent on projects that improve life for birds. Why this matters: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/six… #waders
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It's astonishing, Andy. Holkham freshmarsh is just teeming with Lapwing. Been here 20 years and it's hard to recall such a similar spectacle in terms of sheer numbers of wildfowl, geese and raptors.
Some days you feel like you are making more of a positive impact from breeding wader than others, even though it is the main focus of what I do. Today is one of those. Working on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent. From one to the other in under an hour.
Tidal barrages and UK #waders. Is there a comprehensive list of current proposals? Are there blogs to share - similar to this one about the Wash? wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/six… Image 👇 from "International Shorebird Rescue": wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/int… #shorebirds #ornithology
The Wash is the most important estuary in the UK for Grey Plover, with @WeBS_UK counts of 8000+ in autumn. A barrage/port development would be a disaster. @WashWader studies of #waders #shorebirds that rely on this @RamsarConv site: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/six… #ornithology
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