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Check out this solitary birch tree—a pioneer species on moorland managed by @northyorkmoors.org.uk ! Its persistence signals a potential long-term shift toward forest cover as land management strategies evolve in the region.

A £1.94 million pledge from the UK Government has provided a welcome boost to @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social bid to purchase The Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. The grant was announced on Satruday at the UN Global Biodiversity Conference, COP17 c-js.uk/3WM9xAF

Really lovely and interesting article. It reminds us that publics are people. Excavations or other project taking place in a community often makes more difference than any amount of writing or filming. Also like the complexity of emotion, moving beyond 'pride'

World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says UNEP report says window has closed on holding temperate rises to 1.5C, but swift cuts would enable overshoot to be limited Meanwhile, UK government approves a new gas field… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On 11 November we will have our next lunchtime talk! After last time's Scottish focus, we will now be welcoming two talks about Wales: Glyndwr National Park and Offa's Dyke will be in the spotlight. We hope to see you there! Sign up via the CIfA webpage. [Image by English Heritage]

New #job Youth Engagement Officer (16+) at Council for British Archaeology #RemoteWorking #WFH Apply by 23 November 2026 Full details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/youth-e... #GEMJobs #YouthEngagement #EngagementJobs #Archaeology #ArchaeologyJobs

Thinking of studying #archaeology? Come along to the University Archaeology day on Monday 26 October in Leicester. Free for all to attend. 🏺🦴🧪

How can we connect to the ways people lived alongside peatlands in the past? How can those deep cultural connections help us restore them today? Our latest podcast brings together the complementary perspectives of an archaeologist and sound artist: open.spotify.com/episode/2nMt...

Aged 18-30 years old? We'd love you to consider becoming a co-opted Member at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Young Members are bringing a fresh perspective to our work, helping to guide decisions on budgets, access, and the environment 👉 https://ow.ly/7YSH50ZYoHn

Checking routes for the #LSG2026 fieldtrip day with @apburn44.bsky.social earlier this month. Looking good! Conference places available ⤵️

“After colonisation, everything in the sediment core changes. Hot fire becomes dominant, shrubs thicken, eucalypt cover surges to nearly four times pre-colonial levels, and open woodland becomes today’s flammable forest… A wilderness that colonisation built.” theconversation.com/colonisation...

"Landscape history involves history, archaeology & ecology. Few studies pay equal attention to all three. Too often historians try to write the history of a landscape without doing any fieldwork… Conversely, ecologists fail to understand or evaluate historical data…"—Oliver Rackham (b. 17 Oct 1939)

Come join the team!

PLACE conference: Yorkshire Moorlands, a Sense of Place 07 Nov 2026 Location: Bedern Hall, York place.uk.com/events/place...

Superb thread on who gets to claim legitimacy in debates about land, nature and the countryside bsky.app/profile/tony...

Looks like I will be in excellent company to present and set the scene for my PhD research at the @landscapesurvey.bsky.social conference in Pickering next month. Registration now open 👇

"Without nuance or empathy, heritage can be mobilised in dangerous and divisive ways." My interview for the latest issue of @archaeologyuk.bsky.social British Archaeology magazine is with David Farrell-Banks on far-right extremism and the contemporary politics of presenting archaeological sites.

#ancientbluesky #archaeology

📣 I'd like to start a project on #Emotions in the #HistoryofArchaeology I think of archaeology as a practice, as a discipline and as a voluntary or involuntary experience. How do we feel as archaeologists, to read about it, watch it on TV or see objects in a museum or be forced to excavate? 🧵

Quite so. You wouldn't write the next chapter of a book without having read the previous chapters. Archaeology is the toolbox that helps us read those previous chapters to help make sense of now and the future.

History and heritage don’t belong to nations, political ideologies or people who claim to be more “authentically” English than others. They belong to everyone, whether your family has been here for a thousand years or ten minutes. You are part of the story.

What a farce. As farmers fail to access funds to support sustainable farming, this will undoubtedly mean valuable wildlife habitat (recently created or much older) will be destroyed, as farmers feel they have no option but to intensify their farming systems. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We've decided to start a discussion series. Lunchtimes once a month, to remember why we 'do heritage' all welcome, please share with students and networks.

Who tells your story? Diversifying narratives of the past through storytelling as an archaeological method by Hanna Steyne and Milica Rajić https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.16 In this paper the authors address the urgent need for diversity in archaeology and propose storytelling as one of the […]

For over 2000 young people, YAC is a place to discover the heritage on their doorstep, meet friends who share their interests and try something new. It’s where young people build confidence and social skills, discover what they’re capable of and simply feel like they can be themselves. 🧵1/2

🌳 UKCEH has secured funding from The National Archives' Archives Revealed Scoping Grant Fund to explore preserving and digitising 70 years of woodland & land-use records. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... #WoodlandResearch #EnvironmentalScience

I feel strangely nostalgic about battling with the old Heritage Gateway but there’s no denying this is a vast improvement!

I've had a small part to play in applying for and delivering projects in the archaeology sector with the £9.2 billion invested by the National Lottery Heritage Fund over the years. So, I've just completed this consultation on National Lottery Good Causes funding, have you?

This week, we discussed how we can achieve “good growth in every postcode” with the North York Moors Association: 🌿 Make it easier for landowners to restore and rewet peat. 🏡 Use the Protected Landscapes Duty for communities to influence change. 🚌 Devolution presents a major opportunity.

Over the last few months we've had Elizabeth, Language and Linguistic Science PhD student at the University of York, join us to investigate how place-names can strengthen the evidence base for Ancient Woodland designation, using her expertise on place-names in the medieval period. 1/2 🌳