#redshank — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #redshank, 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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Redshank in a field with some purple flowers, taken last Sunday morning at the Arkemheen polders of Nijkerk.
🪶 #birds #birdphotography #vogels #vogelfotografie #spring #redshank #tureluur #Arkemheen #polder #DutchNature #Nijkerk
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Redshank in a field with some purple flowers, taken last Sunday morning at the Arkemheen polders of Nijkerk.
🪶 #birds #birdphotography #vogels #vogelfotografie #spring #redshank #tureluur #Arkemheen #polder #DutchNature #Nijkerk
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A few photos I took after the fog cleared at the #Arkemheen polder in #Nijkerk last Sunday morning. First time seeing the sedge warbler and yellow wagtail this year!
🪶 #birds #birdphotography #godwit #yellowwagtail #sedgewarbler #redshank #polder #DutchNature #spring #canonr10 #rf100400 -
A few photos I took after the fog cleared at the #Arkemheen polder in #Nijkerk last Sunday morning. First time seeing the sedge warbler and yellow wagtail this year!
🪶 #birds #birdphotography #godwit #yellowwagtail #sedgewarbler #redshank #polder #DutchNature #spring #canonr10 #rf100400 -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/05/the-first-two-days-in-brisbane/
A look back at the first two days in Brisbane and a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #TheAshes #Ashes #AustraliavEngland #JoeRoot #JoeRootAllTimeGreat #photography #birds #insects #swans #starlings #redshank -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/05/the-first-two-days-in-brisbane/
A look back at the first two days in Brisbane and a photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #TheAshes #Ashes #AustraliavEngland #JoeRoot #JoeRootAllTimeGreat #photography #birds #insects #swans #starlings #redshank -
Endlich warme Füße!
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Endlich warme Füße!
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/03/24/womens-six-nations-england-v-italy/
A look back at yesterday's match been England Women and Italy Women in the Six Nations and a photo gallery.
#rugby #WomensRugby #SixNations #EnglandvItaly #photography #birds #insects #redshank #bees #bumblebees -
Some good finds with the camera today. First up a #redshank in the exposed mud at the Nar Outfall, #KingsLynn
#photography #birds #redshank #waders -
Some good finds with the camera today. First up a #redshank in the exposed mud at the Nar Outfall, #KingsLynn
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/02/23/australia-v-england/
A look at yesterday's Champions Trophy clash between Australia and England.
#cricket #ChampionsTrophy #ODI #AUSvENG #pbhotography #birds #cormorants #Redshank -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/02/01/australia-complete-washes-whitewas/
A look at the events of the third and as it turned out final day of the day-night test match at the MCG that ended the #WAshes series, and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #WomensCricket #TestCricket #Ashes #WAshes #AUSvENG #photography #birds #cormorants #GreatCrestedGrebe #Redshank -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/31/whitewash-imminent/
A look at developments during the first two days of the test match at the MCG, and a photo gallery.
#cricket #WomensCricket #TestCricket #Ashes #WAshes #photography #birds #cormorants #redshank -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/01/27/hurricane-mitchell/
An account of the #BBLFinal between #Hurricanes and #Thunder, featuring a truly astonishing innings by Mitchell Owen. Also a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL14 #BBLFinal #HHvST #Birds #cormorants #swans #redshank #PiedWagtail -
Lough Erne: Breeding #curlews return to Trasna Island
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1rnlmndy0o"The warbling call of the #curlew has returned to #TrasnaIsland in Lower #LoughErne. Conservationists are celebrating the first successful breeding #birds on the island in living memory... they worked to restore habitat to support the return of vulnerable species including the curlew, along with the #lapwing, #snipe and #redshank."
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Lough Erne: Breeding #curlews return to Trasna Island
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1rnlmndy0o"The warbling call of the #curlew has returned to #TrasnaIsland in Lower #LoughErne. Conservationists are celebrating the first successful breeding #birds on the island in living memory... they worked to restore habitat to support the return of vulnerable species including the curlew, along with the #lapwing, #snipe and #redshank."
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Punajalkaviklo • Rödbena • Redshank
(Tringa totanus)#Punajalkaviklo • #Rödbena • #Redshank
#Tringatotanus#BirdsOfMastodon #linnut #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
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Nice to get out with the camera again, after an extended break.
#bird #BirdPhotography #birds #BritishBirds #redshank #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
