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Hi Bill, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for making these amazing videos. I am studying my MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Nature Recovery and your channel was recommended by my programme leader. They are invaluable as a resource - I've spent the morning going back to the very beginning and watching them all. I'll recommend everyone on my course to watch them too. Thank you again!

very well explained it was easy to follow along!

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Thanks. Got the example from Twitter - will credit later today. Hope you enjoyed the cyclist!

Very interesting, thanks! Fantastic example.

Interesting concept profoundly relevant at a time when the relative climatic stability of the Holocene is being catastrophically destabilised at an accerating rate such that what were once infrequent or rare catastrophic weather events appear now to be becoming alarmingly commonplace. I fear the resulting localised extinction effects from these will be greatly exacerbated when superimposed on what are already fragile, degraded and depauperate ecosystems from years of human over-expoitation and mis-management. Hate to be pessimistic but I can't help feeling that the future for wildlife and humanity looks extremely bleak indeed. I have learned the hard way that ecology is not the best profession for a depressive!

Thanks so much sir ❤

Thank you for continuing this series! :)

Now if only there was an easy way to encourage exponential growth in the spread of valuable knowledge, so that enough people see and learn from this... #forTheAlgorithm

So what’s the outcome? Sounds like it needs some liaison with a local farmer to cultivate those rides in the autumn.

The fens are prime grade 1 agricultural land unfortunately so a big no no to re wild apart from the Great Fen Project linking 3 National Nature Reserves with in fill rewilding. Surprised Cranes weren’t on the banquet list for Liz 😂

Its all common sense & something that’s showing green shoots in the agricultural world.

Impressed by info but would like a closer look at everything. Where are the workers, hen houses, pigs , cows etc? I understand what has been done but the investment must have been enormous. Does it now make a profit?

Great video, always glad to see more content on Permaculture and Regenerative farming

Great to see what can be done.

Fantastic video, great to see small farms taking a different approach to agriculture.

Really makes me think about what I am seeing all around me, and understand climbing plants' role in the landscape.

Very interesting, I have to look at the wisteria leaves when the sun is up. We have one growing next to a few quercus robur that are showing signs of that particular pathogen each year. Would be interesting if it can make the jump to the robinia pseudoacacia thats pretty invasive here and growing alongside the oak trees since its also related to peas, could help the other trees to be more competitive with it. Fascinating dynamics! P.S.: I just realized I currently have a small mango standing in half shade below the oak...

That's quite heartbreaking... :/ And yet, 99.99% of humans will probably never even know nor care about it. Thanks for the video!

I hadnt heard of this. I live now in Andalucia, Spain. Out local oak is quercus ilex. I shall be looking out for this now. As this tree is native here it might not be so badly affected although the last few winters we have had very little rain so all plants are stressed.

Beautiful! Thank you for these little lectures from the field. As an ecologist I much enjoy them.

Nicely and simply explained. This lag in effects, often occurring over decades, is perhaps the main concept that people need to understand in plant conservation.

Fascinating!

Fascinating! We often think so little of our distant ancestors (the entire "primitive cavemen and wild tribes with little civilization" stereotype thing) that we often fail to see their accomplishments but also their effects on nature and our environments up to this day.

Are you sure this is tree of heaven and not black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)?

Such a useful, welcome account of how these pavements and their diverse plant communities formed, thank you! I really like your 2 minute format. Both short enough and long enough!

The scientifically-proven uptick in temperature over the last 200 years is unprecedented over the geological record. Temperature changes have of course occurred, but they have done so over 1,000s and tens of thousands of years, due to volcanic activity, the Earth’s 50,000 year wobble or perturbation of its axis, and other astronomical factors, all of which cause the regular Ice Ages, of which we are in an “inter-glacial” period. Does Mr Duffin have any scientific qualifications or is it all conjecture and huff from his armchair?

Very interesting Bill. Thank you!

Very interesting

Also some of those tropical forests have been relatively stable for millions of years allowing organisms to diversify into ever more specialized niches, where as more northern forests were scoured from much of the landscape by glaciation during the ice ages so the ecosystems we see today in places like the UK are only about 10000 years old.

Really enjoying these videos

Very interesting... thanks!

I really admire your work Bill. The breadth and scope of your knowledge reflect the essence of ecology - seeing the context, process and connectedness of life. This post is another example of that.

Loving these Bill!

Love this Bill, fascinating stuff 😁

Dear Bill, Few notes 1. Please use the Latin name [Ailanthus altissima] also (Tree of Heaven is an English local name, assuming English speakers know it better), Scientific names are universal and well understood too. 2. Buddleia >> Buddleja davidii || 3. Common Names: Rock cotoneaster, rockspray cotoneaster, wall cotoneaster Botanical Name Cotoneaster horizontalis Family Rosaceae Plant Type Shrub 3. Thank you for the tiny information capsule. Enriching !

Another great video, thanks!! I’ve been noticing a lot of bindweed around Cambridge this summer, taking over wildflower patches and lots down by the river. There were stretches along the cam tow path where it had covered everything. Is there anything that keeps a climber like bindweed in check? Is it bad for the ecosystem when it does too well?