Mike Beard @_mbeard_
|| Ecology || Information Technology || Photography || Disc Golf || * All opinions my own * || uk.linkedin.com/pub/mike-beard… Manchester, England 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
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
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.co.uk
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/outwood…
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
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-can-i-do/…
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.
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-can-i-do/…
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 ♻
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/regist…
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/film-stills-si…
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/film-stills-si…
📢 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
📢 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
📢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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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/2023/1…
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/2023/1…

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