Knitting Dartmoor’s soils.
How socks helped translate geoarchaeology into something fun, easy to understand, and cosy (with patterns):
www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/kni...
How socks helped translate geoarchaeology into something fun, easy to understand, and cosy (with patterns):
www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/kni...
June 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Knitting Dartmoor’s soils.
How socks helped translate geoarchaeology into something fun, easy to understand, and cosy (with patterns):
www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/kni...
How socks helped translate geoarchaeology into something fun, easy to understand, and cosy (with patterns):
www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/kni...
Dartmoor's wild ponies, above Arms Tor
September 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Dartmoor's wild ponies, above Arms Tor
Today sees the launch of a new campaign by Dartmoor Nature Alliance to bring back Dartmoor’s rainforests 🌳🌿
Last night we gathered at Black Tor Copse to call for its restoration - and to double the area of rainforests on Dartmoor’s commons.
Get involved: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
Last night we gathered at Black Tor Copse to call for its restoration - and to double the area of rainforests on Dartmoor’s commons.
Get involved: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
May 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Today sees the launch of a new campaign by Dartmoor Nature Alliance to bring back Dartmoor’s rainforests 🌳🌿
Last night we gathered at Black Tor Copse to call for its restoration - and to double the area of rainforests on Dartmoor’s commons.
Get involved: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
Last night we gathered at Black Tor Copse to call for its restoration - and to double the area of rainforests on Dartmoor’s commons.
Get involved: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
I'm very sceptical that Phil Stocker, head of the National Sheep Association, can tackle Dartmoor's nature crisis. But I'm encouraged he's now stated that "we have to start with [Dartmoor's] SSSIs" & accepts there's an overgrazing problem on the moor.
Words we'll be holding him to!
Words we'll be holding him to!
December 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I'm very sceptical that Phil Stocker, head of the National Sheep Association, can tackle Dartmoor's nature crisis. But I'm encouraged he's now stated that "we have to start with [Dartmoor's] SSSIs" & accepts there's an overgrazing problem on the moor.
Words we'll be holding him to!
Words we'll be holding him to!
Good piece from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social ... I've written more here on Molinia and specifically Dartmoor 🧵
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
June 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good piece from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social ... I've written more here on Molinia and specifically Dartmoor 🧵
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
Campaign win! Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to “double the extent of duchy-managed Atlantic rainforest on Dartmoor by the early 2040s”
This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood!
A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood!
A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘A gesture towards nature’: call for Dartmoor’s temperate rainforest to double in size
Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sites
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Campaign win! Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to “double the extent of duchy-managed Atlantic rainforest on Dartmoor by the early 2040s”
This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood!
A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood!
A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Fake news is putting Dartmoor’s ponies at risk.
New deep dive by me into the current furore around Dartmoor's ponies.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-...
New deep dive by me into the current furore around Dartmoor's ponies.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-...
Ponies, Dartmoor and fake news
There’s been a deluge of misinformation recently about ponies on Dartmoor. Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s Tony Whitehead looks at the origins and potential impacts of the current “pony campaigning". He st...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk
June 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Fake news is putting Dartmoor’s ponies at risk.
New deep dive by me into the current furore around Dartmoor's ponies.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-...
New deep dive by me into the current furore around Dartmoor's ponies.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-...
Why winter sheep grazing on Dartmoor’s commons must end.
Bold decisions are needed to ensure new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and Landscape Recovery Schemes deliver for nature and protected sites on Dartmoor's precious commons.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/why-win...
Bold decisions are needed to ensure new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and Landscape Recovery Schemes deliver for nature and protected sites on Dartmoor's precious commons.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/why-win...
Why winter sheep grazing on Dartmoor’s commons must end
In Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s 2025 “Call to Action” the campaign group stated clearly that all sheep grazing should be removed in winter from the Dartmoor commons, and the land be allowed to rest. Wit...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk
February 16, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Why winter sheep grazing on Dartmoor’s commons must end.
Bold decisions are needed to ensure new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and Landscape Recovery Schemes deliver for nature and protected sites on Dartmoor's precious commons.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/why-win...
Bold decisions are needed to ensure new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and Landscape Recovery Schemes deliver for nature and protected sites on Dartmoor's precious commons.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/why-win...
20. Yet on we go, with continued grazing and burning pressure pushing, pushing, pushing Dartmoor’s remaining ecosystems towards Molinia desert. And all subsidised by you and me, the taxpayers.
What explains this perversity?
Power.
What explains this perversity?
Power.
May 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
20. Yet on we go, with continued grazing and burning pressure pushing, pushing, pushing Dartmoor’s remaining ecosystems towards Molinia desert. And all subsidised by you and me, the taxpayers.
What explains this perversity?
Power.
What explains this perversity?
Power.
Wrote about bringing back Dartmoor’s rainforests for today’s Western Morning News
To read the full piece & join Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s rainforests campaign, see here: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
To read the full piece & join Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s rainforests campaign, see here: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
May 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Wrote about bringing back Dartmoor’s rainforests for today’s Western Morning News
To read the full piece & join Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s rainforests campaign, see here: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
To read the full piece & join Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s rainforests campaign, see here: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
How socks helped tell the story of Mesolithic Dartmoor 🧦
Soils are a silent archive beneath our feet. But how do you bring that archive to life? For Emma Stockley’s PhD research on Dartmoor’s Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, the answer was simple: knit them. 👉 shorturl.at/d2LtL
Soils are a silent archive beneath our feet. But how do you bring that archive to life? For Emma Stockley’s PhD research on Dartmoor’s Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, the answer was simple: knit them. 👉 shorturl.at/d2LtL
Knitting Dartmoor’s soils
shorturl.at
June 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
How socks helped tell the story of Mesolithic Dartmoor 🧦
Soils are a silent archive beneath our feet. But how do you bring that archive to life? For Emma Stockley’s PhD research on Dartmoor’s Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, the answer was simple: knit them. 👉 shorturl.at/d2LtL
Soils are a silent archive beneath our feet. But how do you bring that archive to life? For Emma Stockley’s PhD research on Dartmoor’s Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, the answer was simple: knit them. 👉 shorturl.at/d2LtL
Misty days & longer nights call for tales of the supernatural!
From a terrifying Viking spectre to a fearsome beast stalking Dartmoor's tin miners - enter a world that is Mysteriously Medieval...
mybook.to/Mysteriously...
#eBook #oaoerback #KindleUnlimited
From a terrifying Viking spectre to a fearsome beast stalking Dartmoor's tin miners - enter a world that is Mysteriously Medieval...
mybook.to/Mysteriously...
#eBook #oaoerback #KindleUnlimited
September 30, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Misty days & longer nights call for tales of the supernatural!
From a terrifying Viking spectre to a fearsome beast stalking Dartmoor's tin miners - enter a world that is Mysteriously Medieval...
mybook.to/Mysteriously...
#eBook #oaoerback #KindleUnlimited
From a terrifying Viking spectre to a fearsome beast stalking Dartmoor's tin miners - enter a world that is Mysteriously Medieval...
mybook.to/Mysteriously...
#eBook #oaoerback #KindleUnlimited
Moss-clad temperate rainforest regenerating along a Dartmoor river valley. Old uncoppiced hazels, gnarled willows, valley mires, Elf Cup lichens, & a purple-green Parrot Waxcap. Some of Dartmoor’s best habitats are on its edges, where grazing has reduced & nature has bounced back
November 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Moss-clad temperate rainforest regenerating along a Dartmoor river valley. Old uncoppiced hazels, gnarled willows, valley mires, Elf Cup lichens, & a purple-green Parrot Waxcap. Some of Dartmoor’s best habitats are on its edges, where grazing has reduced & nature has bounced back
William ponders the size of Dartmoor's boulders.
January 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
William ponders the size of Dartmoor's boulders.
And good on HRH www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Work to begin on Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood expansion
Work will start on Sunday as part of plans to double the size of Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
And good on HRH www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Birds of Dartmoor’ calendar and jigsaw starring… some lovely invasive pheasants. Here in large numbers only thanks to the big sporting estates on Dartmoor’s southern edge, but normalised by tat like this #PheasantTat @ruthtingay.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
‘Birds of Dartmoor’ calendar and jigsaw starring… some lovely invasive pheasants. Here in large numbers only thanks to the big sporting estates on Dartmoor’s southern edge, but normalised by tat like this #PheasantTat @ruthtingay.bsky.social
Dartmoor's hill ponies are under threat. Please think about signing this petition to help them. Thank you.
#DartmoorPonies
c.org/phqV6P7Mcz
#DartmoorPonies
c.org/phqV6P7Mcz
Sign the Petition
Dartmoor’s Hill Ponies face extinction. They need YOUR help now.
c.org
June 4, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Dartmoor's hill ponies are under threat. Please think about signing this petition to help them. Thank you.
#DartmoorPonies
c.org/phqV6P7Mcz
#DartmoorPonies
c.org/phqV6P7Mcz
Campaigner, author and Dartmoor Nature Alliance core group member Guy Shrubsole describes why it's now time to bring back Dartmoor's lost Rainforests.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
It’s time to bring back Dartmoor’s lost rainforests
Campaigner, author and Dartmoor Nature Alliance core group member Guy Shrubsole describes why it's now time to bring back Dartmoor's lost Rainforests. Raindrops bead along a gnarled branch of oak, cov...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk
July 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Campaigner, author and Dartmoor Nature Alliance core group member Guy Shrubsole describes why it's now time to bring back Dartmoor's lost Rainforests.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
Dartmoor's missing cattle. For over a decade, there's been a well-funded plan to tackle the poor condition of Dartmoor's central blanket bogs. And to deal with the dominance of Purple Moor Grass.
So why does it remain in such poor condition?
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/dartmoo...
So why does it remain in such poor condition?
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/dartmoo...
Dartmoor’s Missing Cattle
Tony Whitehead“The fact that undergrazing is having a negative impact on the natural environment of various parts of the commons is supported by firsthand experience of council members, many of whom h...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Dartmoor's missing cattle. For over a decade, there's been a well-funded plan to tackle the poor condition of Dartmoor's central blanket bogs. And to deal with the dominance of Purple Moor Grass.
So why does it remain in such poor condition?
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/dartmoo...
So why does it remain in such poor condition?
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/dartmoo...
4/ Dartmoor Nature Alliance is campaigning to double the area of rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons.
This would mean going further - letting woods like Black-a-Tor Copse to spread, but also restoring rainforest where none currently survives.
Read more: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
This would mean going further - letting woods like Black-a-Tor Copse to spread, but also restoring rainforest where none currently survives.
Read more: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
It’s time to bring back Dartmoor’s lost rainforests
Campaigner, author and Dartmoor Nature Alliance core group member Guy Shrubsole describes why it's now time to bring back Dartmoor's lost Rainforests. Raindrops bead along a gnarled branch of oak, cov...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk
May 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
4/ Dartmoor Nature Alliance is campaigning to double the area of rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons.
This would mean going further - letting woods like Black-a-Tor Copse to spread, but also restoring rainforest where none currently survives.
Read more: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
This would mean going further - letting woods like Black-a-Tor Copse to spread, but also restoring rainforest where none currently survives.
Read more: www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/lostrai...
Yet again, the Guardian fails to mention that Dartmoor is inside a 75km deregulated Special Economic Zone which also houses a Freeport.
100% of Dartmoor's area is within the Freeport/SEZ outer boundary.
Sewage spilt for 49,000 hours from 62 Dartmoor sites in 2024.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
100% of Dartmoor's area is within the Freeport/SEZ outer boundary.
Sewage spilt for 49,000 hours from 62 Dartmoor sites in 2024.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Yet again, the Guardian fails to mention that Dartmoor is inside a 75km deregulated Special Economic Zone which also houses a Freeport.
100% of Dartmoor's area is within the Freeport/SEZ outer boundary.
Sewage spilt for 49,000 hours from 62 Dartmoor sites in 2024.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
100% of Dartmoor's area is within the Freeport/SEZ outer boundary.
Sewage spilt for 49,000 hours from 62 Dartmoor sites in 2024.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
🌿 Dartmoor’s rainforests are disappearing.
We’re launching a campaign to help bring them back — with a bold aim to DOUBLE rainforest on Dartmoor’s commons.
More trees. More wildlife. A wilder future.
Read more here www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
We’re launching a campaign to help bring them back — with a bold aim to DOUBLE rainforest on Dartmoor’s commons.
More trees. More wildlife. A wilder future.
Read more here www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
May 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
🌿 Dartmoor’s rainforests are disappearing.
We’re launching a campaign to help bring them back — with a bold aim to DOUBLE rainforest on Dartmoor’s commons.
More trees. More wildlife. A wilder future.
Read more here www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
We’re launching a campaign to help bring them back — with a bold aim to DOUBLE rainforest on Dartmoor’s commons.
More trees. More wildlife. A wilder future.
Read more here www.dartmoornature.org.uk/rainforests
Dartmoor's being emptied because of radon........🤔
August 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Dartmoor's being emptied because of radon........🤔