#lapwings — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lapwings, aggregated by home.social.
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From #Fairways to #FairUse: Repurposing #GolfCourses
How golf courses can be repurposed to meet the needs of people and planet
Autumn 2024
by Grace Crabtree & Dan Woolley"Back in April 2020, shortly after the UK had gone into lockdown for the first time, Guy Shrubsole, the campaigner and author of Who Owns England (2019), set out to map and investigate London’s golf courses. While a natural continuation of his wider work on land ownership, it was also given particular urgency in the moment – not least for those living in densely populated cities – as the nation began to ask questions about use of, and access to, #GreenSpace.
"The results of this research produced some surprising findings. For example, although a considerable number of golf courses in Greater London are held in private ownership, the figure is less than half, at 45%. This turns out to be only slightly larger than the number owned by councils (42%). After several decades in which councils, schools, and other public institutions have been forced to sell off green space – including school playing fields and county farms – it seems pertinent to ask why so many golf courses have remained untouched.
"Happily, there are signs of progress. In #Cheshire, the #WoodlandTrust recently purchased a former golf course, and have been busy planting trees. The vision is for the site to 'develop as native broadleaf woodland' and to link with other woodland sites as part of the larger #NorthernForest, providing green space and fighting #ClimateChange.
"And further east, on the #Lincolnshire coast, the #NationalTrust is busy converting a disused golf course – #Sandilands – to 'create new habitats for a variety of #wildlife, especially migrating birds like black-tailed #godwit, spotted #redshank and #spoonbills, along with breeding birds such as #snipe, #lapwings and #oystercatchers' This environmental mission is coupled with the social objective of providing 'a space where everyone can enjoy the benefits of being in nature.'
"More controversially, perhaps, the London-based architecture firm #RCKa has developed a proposal to build housing on an existing golf course in #Enfield, at the northern end of the city. Understandably, not everyone agrees with this vision, arguing that green space, once built upon, is lost forever. However, faced with an acute and growing housing crisis, it may be useful to ask whether some compromise solutions might begin to develop at the edges. [Yes, like housing with LOTS of Green Space, including #CommunityGardens , #FoodForests , and #WildlifeCorridors ! Problem solved!]
"What the above examples demonstrate is a growing interest in the potential for repurposing golf courses, for reasons ranging from climate change mitigation and biodiversity benefits, to providing space for housing and food growing.
"Which brings us to #Glasgow, where the #GlasgowCommunityFoodNetwork (#GCFN) are leading on a proposal to transform a disused golf course into a food growing space, with much of the land restored as a richly biodiverse space where wildlife can thrive."
Read more:
https://www.stirtoaction.com/articles/from-fairways-to-fair-use#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenSpace #LessGolfCourses #CommunitySpaces #CommunityGardens
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From #Fairways to #FairUse: Repurposing #GolfCourses
How golf courses can be repurposed to meet the needs of people and planet
Autumn 2024
by Grace Crabtree & Dan Woolley"Back in April 2020, shortly after the UK had gone into lockdown for the first time, Guy Shrubsole, the campaigner and author of Who Owns England (2019), set out to map and investigate London’s golf courses. While a natural continuation of his wider work on land ownership, it was also given particular urgency in the moment – not least for those living in densely populated cities – as the nation began to ask questions about use of, and access to, #GreenSpace.
"The results of this research produced some surprising findings. For example, although a considerable number of golf courses in Greater London are held in private ownership, the figure is less than half, at 45%. This turns out to be only slightly larger than the number owned by councils (42%). After several decades in which councils, schools, and other public institutions have been forced to sell off green space – including school playing fields and county farms – it seems pertinent to ask why so many golf courses have remained untouched.
"Happily, there are signs of progress. In #Cheshire, the #WoodlandTrust recently purchased a former golf course, and have been busy planting trees. The vision is for the site to 'develop as native broadleaf woodland' and to link with other woodland sites as part of the larger #NorthernForest, providing green space and fighting #ClimateChange.
"And further east, on the #Lincolnshire coast, the #NationalTrust is busy converting a disused golf course – #Sandilands – to 'create new habitats for a variety of #wildlife, especially migrating birds like black-tailed #godwit, spotted #redshank and #spoonbills, along with breeding birds such as #snipe, #lapwings and #oystercatchers' This environmental mission is coupled with the social objective of providing 'a space where everyone can enjoy the benefits of being in nature.'
"More controversially, perhaps, the London-based architecture firm #RCKa has developed a proposal to build housing on an existing golf course in #Enfield, at the northern end of the city. Understandably, not everyone agrees with this vision, arguing that green space, once built upon, is lost forever. However, faced with an acute and growing housing crisis, it may be useful to ask whether some compromise solutions might begin to develop at the edges. [Yes, like housing with LOTS of Green Space, including #CommunityGardens , #FoodForests , and #WildlifeCorridors ! Problem solved!]
"What the above examples demonstrate is a growing interest in the potential for repurposing golf courses, for reasons ranging from climate change mitigation and biodiversity benefits, to providing space for housing and food growing.
"Which brings us to #Glasgow, where the #GlasgowCommunityFoodNetwork (#GCFN) are leading on a proposal to transform a disused golf course into a food growing space, with much of the land restored as a richly biodiverse space where wildlife can thrive."
Read more:
https://www.stirtoaction.com/articles/from-fairways-to-fair-use#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenSpace #LessGolfCourses #CommunitySpaces #CommunityGardens
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/02/18/stories-from-the-t20-world-cup/
A look at developments in the 2026 #T20WorldCup including a very major first round casualty.
#cricket #T20 #T20I #SriLankavAustralia #CanadavNewZealand #AdiosAustralia #photography #birds #cormorants #lapwings #starlings #bluetit #insects #ladybirds -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/02/18/stories-from-the-t20-world-cup/
A look at developments in the 2026 #T20WorldCup including a very major first round casualty.
#cricket #T20 #T20I #SriLankavAustralia #CanadavNewZealand #AdiosAustralia #photography #birds #cormorants #lapwings #starlings #bluetit #insects #ladybirds -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/31/london-underground-to-kings-lynn/
An exercise in whimsy provoked by a newly constructed footpath arrangement in Hardings Pits near #KingsLynn that to me at least closely resembles the famous symbol of #LondonUnderground
#Photography #PublicTransport #LondonUnderground #Railways #Photography #birds #GreyWagtail #lapwings #sandpiper #cormorants #heron -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/31/london-underground-to-kings-lynn/
An exercise in whimsy provoked by a newly constructed footpath arrangement in Hardings Pits near #KingsLynn that to me at least closely resembles the famous symbol of #LondonUnderground
#Photography #PublicTransport #LondonUnderground #Railways #Photography #birds #GreyWagtail #lapwings #sandpiper #cormorants #heron -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/26/all-time-xis-detective-fiction/
An all time XI of players who have namesakes in detective fiction and a photo gallery.
#cricket #DetectiveFiction #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #starlings #lapwings #sparrows #mammals #squirrels #muntjac #hare #fungi -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/26/all-time-xis-detective-fiction/
An all time XI of players who have namesakes in detective fiction and a photo gallery.
#cricket #DetectiveFiction #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #starlings #lapwings #sparrows #mammals #squirrels #muntjac #hare #fungi -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac -
New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor -
New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor -
lapwings and a couple of gulls on the west bank of the Great Ouse near #KingsLynn, taken yesterday.
#photography #birds #lapwings #nature -
lapwings and a couple of gulls on the west bank of the Great Ouse near #KingsLynn, taken yesterday.
#photography #birds #lapwings #nature -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/18/the-museum-detectives/
A brief look at a classic series of novels by Jim Eldridge and a photo gallery.
#books #fiction #DetectiveFiction #TheMuseumDetectives #Museums #London #Railways #LondonUnderground #photography #birds #starlings #cormorants #lapwings #coins #CharlesIII£1 -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/18/the-museum-detectives/
A brief look at a classic series of novels by Jim Eldridge and a photo gallery.
#books #fiction #DetectiveFiction #TheMuseumDetectives #Museums #London #Railways #LondonUnderground #photography #birds #starlings #cormorants #lapwings #coins #CharlesIII£1 -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/12/an-upset-for-the-ages/
A look back at Macclesfield Town's take down of Crystal Palace on Saturday and a #photo gallery.
#football #TheFACup #FACup3rdRound #MacclesfieldTownvCrystalPalace #photography #birds #pheasant #lapwings #sandpiper #cormorants #starlings #gulls -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/12/an-upset-for-the-ages/
A look back at Macclesfield Town's take down of Crystal Palace on Saturday and a #photo gallery.
#football #TheFACup #FACup3rdRound #MacclesfieldTownvCrystalPalace #photography #birds #pheasant #lapwings #sandpiper #cormorants #starlings #gulls -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/21/renegades-blown-away-by-hurricanes/
A look back at todays BBL match and a photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #MRvHH #TestCricket #TheAshes #AustraliavEngland #photography #birds #starlings #lapwings #cormorants #swans #waders -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/21/renegades-blown-away-by-hurricanes/
A look back at todays BBL match and a photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #MRvHH #TestCricket #TheAshes #AustraliavEngland #photography #birds #starlings #lapwings #cormorants #swans #waders -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/11/30/an-english-side-win-in-australia/
A look back at the second and final day of #ThePrimeMinistersXIvAnEnglandXI it #ManukaOval #Canberra and a large #photo gallery.
#cricket #birds #cormorants #egret #lapwings #Raptor #Buzzard #RedKite -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/11/30/an-english-side-win-in-australia/
A look back at the second and final day of #ThePrimeMinistersXIvAnEnglandXI it #ManukaOval #Canberra and a large #photo gallery.
#cricket #birds #cormorants #egret #lapwings #Raptor #Buzzard #RedKite -
🌍 Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) #AfricanBirds | #BlacksmithLapwing #BlacksmithPlover #VanellusArmatus | #Lapwings #Plovers #PloverFamily #WadingBirds #WaterBirds 📷: Photo by jeanvdmeulen🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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🌍 Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) #AfricanBirds | #BlacksmithLapwing #BlacksmithPlover #VanellusArmatus | #Lapwings #Plovers #PloverFamily #WadingBirds #WaterBirds 📷: Photo by jeanvdmeulen🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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🌎 Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) #SouthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #SouthernLapwing #Lapwings #PloverFamily #WadingBirds 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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🌎 Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) #SouthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #SouthernLapwing #Lapwings #PloverFamily #WadingBirds 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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🌍 White-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) #AfricanBirds | #WhiteCrownedLapwing #WhiteHeadedLapwing #WhiteHeadedPlover #WhiteCrownedPlover | #Lapwings #LapwingFamily #PloverFamily #Waders 📷: Photo by leonbasson🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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🌍 White-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) #AfricanBirds | #WhiteCrownedLapwing #WhiteHeadedLapwing #WhiteHeadedPlover #WhiteCrownedPlover | #Lapwings #LapwingFamily #PloverFamily #Waders 📷: Photo by leonbasson🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/17/cricket-and-an-auction/
A look at the Women's Ashes, a brief account of an auction, a look at the state of play in the BBL and plenty of photographs.
#cricket #WAshes #WODI #AUSvENG #BBL14 #Auction #photography #birds #swans #starlings #cormorants #lapwings. -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/12/womens-ashes-underway/
A look at the opening match of the 2025 #WAshes and also at a Melbourne Derby in the BBL that was turned upside down by the ultimate Big Show from Maxwell. Also a very large photo gallery.
#cricket #AUSWvENGW #WODI #T20 #BBL14 #MRvMS #photography #frost #birds #swans #satrlings #cormorants #Lapwings #Sandpipers -
New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/10/bbl-update/
A look at the current state of play in #BBL14 and a large photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL14 #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #lapwings #starlings #swans -
New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/05/australia-secure-border-gavaskar-trophy/
A look back at the closing stages of the contest for the #BGT and a large photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #AUSvIND #BGT #photography #birds #blackbirds #cormorants #lapwings #parrows #starlings #swans -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/03/australia-start-well-in-sydney/
A look at day one in Sydney and a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #BorderGavaskartrophy #BGT #AUSvIND #photography #birds #swans #cormorants #lapwings #starlings -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/12/29/day-four-at-the-mcg/
A look back at day four at the #MCG, including how Jasprit Bumrah joined a club of one - bowlers with 200+ test wickets at less than 20 a piece. Also a large photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #BorderGavaskarTrophy #BGT #photography #Autism #WestNorfolkAutismGroup #cormorants #lapwings #starlings -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/12/28/indias-revival/
A look at the events of day three of the #MCG - a day highlighted by Nitish Kumar Reddy's maiden test century, and lowlighted playing wise by Pant's atrocious dismissal, with the weather also providing lowlights. Also a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #BorderGavaskarTrophy #AUSAvIND #photography #birds #cormorants #lapwings -
New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/12/23/two-very-different-bbl-matches/
A look back at yesterday and today's BBL matches, and a large photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL14 #BHvAS #MRvPS #photography #birds #cormorants #swans #starlings #lapwings -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/12/09/england-women-reassume-control-in-south-africa/
An account of yesterday's #WODI between South Africa and England and a photo gallery.
#cricket #WomensCricket #WODI #SAvENG #SpinBowling #HatTrick #photography #birds #heron #lapwings -
🌏 Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) #Asianbirds | #RedWattledLapwing | #AsianLapwing #Lapwings #Plovers #Waders #Shorebirds 📷: Photo by breaklessbiker 🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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🌎 Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) #SouthAmericanbirds #CentralAmericanbirds | #SouthernLapwing #Lapwings #CrestedWaders #Waders | #birdsoftheworld #birds🦜
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🌏 Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) #Australasianbirds | #MaskedLapwing #Lapwings #GenusVanellus #FamilyCharadriidae | #birds🦜 #birdsoftheworld
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🌍 Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) #Africanbirds | #BlacksmithLapwing #BlacksmithPlover #Lapwings #Plovers | #mybirdcards #birdcards #birds🦜 #BirdsOfMastodon #birds