@carlsayer.bsky.social
Professor at UCL, Restoration of freshwaters, ponds, lakes, rivers, meadows, plants, diatoms, fish, eels, burbot, crucians, palaeoecology, rewilding, Norfolk: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/carl-sayer
@carlsayer.bsky.socialThe end of our @uclgeography.bsky.social MSc Aquatic Conservation & MSc Conservation North Norfolk fieldclass was perfect at @nationaltrust.org.uk Blakeney Point. My 24th year of running the trip so fizzy wine & jammy dodgers next year!!!
@carlsayer.bsky.socialIt did Charlie. Wish you were there :)
@carlsayer.bsky.socialSurveying ponds, lakes & river in North Norfolk for the @uclgeography.bsky.social MSc Aquatic Conservation & MSc Conservation fieldclass 2026. Brilliant students loving fish, beavers, eels & crayfish. A celebration of freshwater biodiversity in the R. Glaven catchment
@carlsayer.bsky.social@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social Still thriving & teaching the vitals of conservation spanning aquatic & terrestrial habitats
@carlsayer.bsky.socialOut with the @uclgeography.bsky.social MSc Aquatic Conservation & MSc Conaervation. Surveying saltmarsh vegetation at Holkham, North Norfolk in stunning weather to the sound of Curlew. Mullet are crusing the creeks. Heavan.
@norfolkponds.bsky.socialReposted by @carlsayer.bsky.social2 more Norfolk ponds!!! As part of our new Coast Ghosts Pilot project we have resurrected 2 near-sea #ghostponds. 5 days of digging & now we just need rain!!! The ponds will bring more clean freshwater to the coastal strip. Huge benefits for migrant birds. #coastghosts @ournorfolkcoast.bsky.social
@norfolkponds.bsky.socialReposted by @carlsayer.bsky.socialCoast ghosts project end of day 2 & we have a finished restored #ghostpond!!! It is going to be a beauty by next summer... on to another smaller lost pond tomorrow @fwageast.bsky.social @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social
@norfolkponds.bsky.socialReposted by @carlsayer.bsky.social"Young man" #Ghostpond #archaeology #coastghosts
@norfolkponds.bsky.socialReposted by @carlsayer.bsky.socialGoing down!!! We started our new "Coast Ghosts Pilot" project today funded by @ournorfolkcoast.bsky.social. This coastal #ghostpond was filled in during the 1980s & we had to dig down 2.8 m to find it below all sorts of infill. Norfolk nearly has 1 more pond back! @timholtwilson.bsky.social
@achristiemiller.bsky.socialReposted by @carlsayer.bsky.socialI volunteered for @carlsayer.bsky.social ‘s phenomenal Norfolk Ponds Project today (norfolkponds.org). Incredible work with inspired and interesting people.
@carlsayer.bsky.socialCrassula will come straight back after plastic. Maybe from seed. Key is to dig & pick it out. Pls email me & will send u a guide we done to SUCESSFUL Crassula removal as achieved across 10 ponds at Thompson Common.
@carlsayer.bsky.socialCrassula can be eradicated with some effort.
@timholtwilson.bsky.socialReposted by @carlsayer.bsky.socialOut in Breckland today, the 'ghost pond' team @carlsayer.bsky.social @hburningham.bsky.social excavating a backfilled Ice Age doline pit, had to contend with sediments full of smelly burnt wood, barbed wire and mutilated tree trunks, before reaching the sought-after organic-rich sediment layers.
@carlsayer.bsky.socialNot sure always true. Often find that ponds with pond-associated fish v good for amphibians, esp toad but also Great Crested Newt. Quite a few myths on ponds re fush vs amphibians. Where ponds are high quality & full of plants there is good co-existence of all sorts of prey & predators.
@carlsayer.bsky.socialMaybe that ghost ponds = ponds dug in optimal places years ago by people with more intimate knowledge of their parish?
@carlsayer.bsky.socialSo interesting!!!
@carlsayer.bsky.social1 ghostpond + 1 digger for 2 days + 2 years = 41 wetland plants + 2 national rarities. #ghostpond
@carlsayer.bsky.socialMany research Qs in all of that!
@carlsayer.bsky.socialLong lived seeds?
@carlsayer.bsky.socialSelbrigg Pond, North Norfolk, eastern England. A small shallow lake fed by woodland seepage & hence v. low nutrient concentrations. While many other lakes & ponds are murky due to the heat, Selbrigg is crystal clear & vibrant with life. Low nutrients = greater resilience to climate change & warming
