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Finding Lost Norton Park: Digging Deeper for All - Celebration
Graves Park is the largest municipal park in Sheffield. It was created from several parcels of land which were all once part of the Norton Hall estate and the ancient manor of Norton. The park has a rich and varied history which we can trace back over at least a thousand years and may be more. Within the park there are medieval deer park boundaries, ancient woodland, medieval open-field systems and fish ponds. It is one of the most visited parks, not just for local people but attracts visitors from across the city. It holds popular events such as the Race for Life, Graves Park Country Fair and is home to the Animal Farm and much loved Rose Garden Cafe. It is nearly 100 years old and has been enjoyed by several generations but few who visit know about its past history and rich heritage.
This video is a brief celebration of the project's achievements and what it means for the Park. Whether you are familiar with the Park or have never visited before, the video reveals some of its fascinating story and why it is special to so many people.
It has been made possible due to the support of National Lottery players as part of a National Heritage Lottery Fund supported project led by the Friends of Graves Park in partnership with the South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group. The video was made for us by Sam Wichelow and colleagues. We hope that you will enjoy it and it will inspire you to visit this wonderful park!
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Magical Wildflower Meadows
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There are eight different meadow areas spread across Graves Park. This short video provides an introduction to them. It tells you about some of the wildflowers, grasses and insects which make up the meadows. The video also tells you about their importance not just for biodiversity but for carbon capture and flood resilience as well as looking beautiful. The way that meadows were managed in the ...
Woodland Archaeology Surveying and Photogrammetry in Graves Park
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These two short linked presentations, by community engagement worker and archaeologist, Chris Atkinson have been produced to give people an introduction to some of the work that has been taking place as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported project. They explain what was done, why and how the work was carried out by volunteers led by experts. We hope that this will give people an...
Woodland Wildflowers
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This is one in a series of short videos which talk about the wildlife and heritage of Graves Park. This park, in the south of Sheffield, is the largest in the city. It is made up of different habitats including ancient woodland. This short video introduces a few of the plants growing in the woodlands, some of which are indicators that the woodland is ancient. It also points out other plants whi...
Finding Lost Norton Park: Digging Deeper for All: Graves Park's heritage uncovered
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Graves Park is the largest municipal park in Sheffield. It was created from several parcels of land which were all once part of the Norton Hall estate and the ancient manor of Norton. The park has a rich and varied history which we can trace back over at least a thousand years and may be more. Within the park there are medieval deer park boundaries, ancient woodland, medieval open-field systems...
2 good 2 bad
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This short video introduces people to one of the themes of 'Trouble in the Woods'. This is a contrast between sensitive low-impact management and high-impact industrial extraction and poses the question - what is acceptable in an ancient woodland?
Graves Park Adapting to Climate Change: Himalayan Balsam
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This is one of a series of short videos introducing the Graves Park & Local People Adapting to Climate Change project which is being run by South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group with grant funding from the JG Graves Charitable Trust. This video looks at the invasive plant, Himalayan Balsam and the issues that is causes along some of the watercourses not just in the Park but across the wid...
Graves Park Adapting to Climate Change: WildflowerMeadows
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This is one of a series of short videos introducing the Graves Park & Local People Adapting to Climate Change project which is being run by South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group with grant funding from the JG Graves Charitable Trust. This video looks at the valuable role played by the meadow areas in the Park not only holding back water and carbon but also for their biodiversity and value...
Taking Action on Water Quality Part 2
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This short video follows on from the introduction in part1 to some of the issues that there are around water quality and soil erosion and the impacts this can have on a low-lying area such as the Ancholme Valley. It presents ideas and ways to get involved with citizen science projects to monitor water quality. The video gives examples of how people can join regional and national projects adding...
Taking Action on Water Quality Part 1
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This short video introduces you to some of the issues that there are around water quality and soil erosion and the impacts this can have on a low-lying area such as the Ancholme Valley.
Graves Park Climate Resilience Launch
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#climatechange #sheffield #environment
Rewilding & Habitat Creation Part 1: Introduction
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This is the first in the series of short videos taken from a workshop on Habitat Creation organised on behalf of the Friends of Whirlow Brook Park. The speaker is Emeritus Professor Ian Rotherham who has been teaching and presenting on the topic for over 35years. The workshop looked at the broader issues of climate change and connection with nature for health and wellbeing as well as presenting...
Rewilding & Habitat Creation Part 2
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This is the second in the series of short videos taken from a workshop on Habitat Creation organised on behalf of the Friends of Whirlow Brook Park. The speaker is Emeritus Professor Ian Rotherham who has been teaching and presenting on the topic for over 35years. The workshop looked at the broader issues of climate change and connection with nature for health and wellbeing as well as presentin...
Rewilding & Habitat Creation Part 3
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Rewilding & Habitat Creation Part 3
Rewilding and Habitat Creation Part 4
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Rewilding and Habitat Creation Part 4
Composting - All Muck & Magic
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Composting - All Muck & Magic
Recording White Willows
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Recording White Willows
FoWP Climate Action End of Project Event - the group's plans
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FoWP Climate Action End of Project Event - the group's plans
FoWP Climate Action End of Project Event - Ian's presentation
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FoWP Climate Action End of Project Event - Ian's presentation
FoWP Climate Action End of Project event - Q&As
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FoWP Climate Action End of Project event - Q&As
Ancholme: Flying Through Time
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Ancholme: Flying Through Time
Wilder Ancholme Pt 2 Launch Pt 3 August 2022
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Wilder Ancholme Pt 2 Launch Pt 3 August 2022
Wilder Ancholme Pt 2 Launch Pt 2 August 2022
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Wilder Ancholme Pt 2 Launch Pt 2 August 2022
Wilder Ancholme Pt 2 Launch Pt 1 August 2022
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Wilder Ancholme Pt 2 Launch Pt 1 August 2022
Together for our Planet | Field Recording: The Basics
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Together for our Planet | Field Recording: The Basics
Together for our Planet | Introduction to Dragonflies & Damselflies
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Together for our Planet | Introduction to Dragonflies & Damselflies
Together for our Planet | Introduction to Aquatic Invertebrates | Abbyedale Industrial Hamlet Part 2
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Together for our Planet | Introduction to Aquatic Invertebrates | Abbyedale Industrial Hamlet Part 2
Together for our Planet | Introduction to Aquatic Invertebrates | Abbyedale Industrial Hamlet
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Together for our Planet | Introduction to Aquatic Invertebrates | Abbyedale Industrial Hamlet
Together for our Planet: Aquatic Indicators Part 2
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Together for our Planet: Aquatic Indicators Part 2
Together for our Planet: Aquatic Indicators Part 1
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Together for our Planet: Aquatic Indicators Part 1

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  • @SpireUtd
    @SpireUtd 3 місяці тому

    Need to report Giant Hogweed to your local environmental office.

  • @andrewwestburnham3777
    @andrewwestburnham3777 3 місяці тому

    well done thank you

  • @andykintheuk
    @andykintheuk 4 місяці тому

    Great work Ian and Sam and such a fantastic project which will stand the test of time. Well done to Caroline and all the Friends of Graves Park for driving this forward

  • @thegreenrevival4424
    @thegreenrevival4424 4 місяці тому

    As ever brilliant detective work Ian and team. Inspired me to look closer and deeper in the landscape. Good example of bundle planting! All too often confused with ancient coppice. Please continue producing content and sharing it on UA-cam

  • @meixian7229
    @meixian7229 6 місяців тому

    Wow it huge

  • @jono_high
    @jono_high 8 місяців тому

    I had no idea there were so many of these in the area. Excellent video, folks.

  • @thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994

    Cannot be ancient if its a Willow

  • @peterlubbers5947
    @peterlubbers5947 Рік тому

    Very interesting. So when was it (last) pollarded? could not hear the answer exactly!👌🙏

  • @diogenesegarden5152
    @diogenesegarden5152 2 роки тому

    Great video. Were shields made from willow? The strong, light wood would have been easier to carry. I seem to remember once that there was mention of this but cannot recall the reference, it could have been in the Mabinogion, but will have to re read it to make sure. I love willow trees and there is a beautiful weeping willow at the bottom of my neighbour’s garden. I have made clothes pegs, medicinal willow bark tree (I have often wondered if you gave a dog a willow branch to chew if it would help with arthritis?), charcoal pencils and wood carvings from the tree. My chickens used to like browsing the leaves if I pruned a branch for them. Many years ago I helped plant an osier bed up in Lincolnshire. I would love to see it now, especially if it is being actively coppiced.

  • @unclesilas2905
    @unclesilas2905 2 роки тому

    Good stuff mate

  • @joycetunley5258
    @joycetunley5258 2 роки тому

    GIANT HOGWEED, doesn't only cause Burns &/or Blisters ▪︎ its sap can BLIND you !! On Removal of THIS INVASIVE ALIEN ▪︎▪︎ One way to REDUCE & Eventually REMOVE °IT° Wait until FLOWERHEADS appear, REMOVE ASAP (Put These Flowerheads into Containers) so as to minimise amounts of LOOSE SEEDS falling onto Earth & GERMINATING ! By Removing Flowerheads BEFORE SEEDS DEVELOP Means LESS SEEDS to GERMINATE = LESS PROBLEMATIC & Even LESS Chance of ANY FORM of INJURIES being sustained.

  • @drewgeorge2052
    @drewgeorge2052 2 роки тому

    🌟 ᎮᏒᎧᎷᎧᏕᎷ

  • @anemone104
    @anemone104 2 роки тому

    Lovely. Down near me in Somerset, there are very many pollarded willows, many still in management. The pollarding tradition appears to be alive and well and appears to have included other pollarded species such as poplar, oak and ash. Some of all these are huge (girth) and very well-hidden, especially if they are coppards/stob-cuts in a hedge row or in a shaw along a watercourse. Others are of enormous stature and out in plain sight. You are absolutely right when you say that these trees are of under-appreciated heritage/nature conservation value. Are you also finding ancient pleached trees in old hedge lines? Thanks for posting.

  • @TonyPowell180
    @TonyPowell180 2 роки тому

    Hell yes, as the chap states. Farmers are almost certainly not to blame, and farming and birdlife CAN and DO co-exist.

  • @victorpearson1418
    @victorpearson1418 2 роки тому

    Must be some Black Poplar present ? There are some near Blacktoft near the Ouse / Trent confluence .

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 2 роки тому

      Hello Thanks for your comment - black poplars haven't been mentioned but could be present. The willows were used by farmers and local community for a variety of purposes into the 20th century so we think that is why they have survived in this way.

    • @victorpearson1418
      @victorpearson1418 2 роки тому

      @@ukeconet8273 I have noticed Osier Willows here in the Peak District growing in odd corners often near old houses , which I assiume to have been planted for basket making , often in wet ground near springs .

  • @fionachampion994
    @fionachampion994 2 роки тому

    this is great, but i struggled to get my bearings and so it would have been useful if some tags could have been used to identify buildings that are still here such as Norton Free school or norton hall or norton grange of even the St James church.

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 2 роки тому

      Hello Fiona Thanks for your comment. If you look at the longer version below this one we have put some captions on the 'front end' before the circuit of the site which helps you to orientate better. We thought having captions all the time would make it a bit too cluttered.

    • @fionachampion994
      @fionachampion994 2 роки тому

      @@ukeconet8273 many thanks - i am now able to get my bearings :)

  • @richardgraham9421
    @richardgraham9421 2 роки тому

    Jack 0f mainsgill

  • @one-spark
    @one-spark 3 роки тому

    These are my local woods where I spend a lot of time. This is a great video and Ian is so interesting. Keep them coming!

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Thanks Andy! It's a rich and diverse woodland that should be celebrated :)

  • @johnheppenstall4904
    @johnheppenstall4904 3 роки тому

    There can be no possible reason for spoiling this important greenspace other than the greed of the investors/developers. There is plenty of brownfield land to use.

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      When there is brownfield land available, it makes no sense to develop greenspace which is becoming increasingly important and sadly, increasingly rare!

  • @thegreenrevival4424
    @thegreenrevival4424 3 роки тому

    110% back this Ian! That oak coppice is wonderful and clearly very old! Certainly a feature helping qualify this as AW

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Very old and an incredible feature of such an important greenspace. It's appalling its not being taken seriously!

  • @michaelmeredith546
    @michaelmeredith546 3 роки тому

    Professor Ian Rotherham, thank you for taking the time to make this video which explains the problems that have been overlooked by Avant Homes, Civil Servants in both Sheffield (LPA) and the inspectorate. They are all putting profit before decisions made by UK Citizens their elected Councillors and Government Legislation and Directive. As Professor Ian Rotherham explains by channelling the runoff waters from plot E into the drains this will starve Ochre Dyke Woods of much needed water and over time the ancient woods will die off. Channelling runoff water into the drainage system is an irresponsible and dangerous decision to make in Owlthorpe Sheffield, which is well known for its hills and is prone to downstream flooding. Scientists around the world explain that climate change is caused by carbon emissions and deforestation. Some of the water from the disused mines that run under Owlthorpe together with water from Ochre Dyke ended up in Beighton, Rotherham, Doncaster, Stainforth and Fishlake. After HRH Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited to console with the victims of these floods the Prime Minister chaired an emergency Cobra meeting. The outcomes are described below. The Environment Secretary George Eustace MP explains in this interview with Sophie Ridge ua-cam.com/video/bbYXEDczLU/v-deo.html “Government’s response to UK floods, an extra £4 Billion to be spent on flood defences. In Yorkshire, up stream nature based solutions are to be supported.” The Environment Agency, the Forestry Commission and Natural England have jointly committed to “nature-based solutions to tackle the climate emergency and stop downstream flooding”. Ecological Owlthorpe is already a nature based solution stopping downstream flooding and if left alone has the potential to continue to make an excellent contribution. During the Government appointed Planning Inspectorate inquiry I suggested that Avant Homes should move their project to the disused Aerodrome at Norton which is a brown field site by definition baosting many derelict buildings. I am not happy with the way the inquiry was handled and have consequently made a formal complaint to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. I am requesting that the decision made by the Inspector is set-aside whilst a full investigation into this travesty takes place. Michael Meredith www.ecological-owlthorpe.org

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Excellently put! Downstream flooding is only ever going to be exacerbated when you remove natural water storage and flow control upstream. By removing the greenspace at Owlthorpe you simply move the water further downstream and quicker.

  • @hannahandpaul7965
    @hannahandpaul7965 3 роки тому

    Great content 👍

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it.

  • @joturner5709
    @joturner5709 3 роки тому

    We seem to have forgotten, everything in nature is connected. Healthy organic soils, full of LIFE, are essential not only for human crops, but for insects, mycorrhizae, worms, etc... and of course the birds who depend on them for food. Humanity must look beyond our own immediate desires to respect + nurture the intertwined ecosytems all life is dependent on. Current practices, including MASSIVE pesticide use, must stop ASAP. We are poisoning + ruining the very foundations of life on earth. Looking forward to your seminar in September.

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Definitely! Soils are essential to life and everything is connected. Glad to see your coming along to the conference :)

  •  3 роки тому

    Nice shots, Like n.1 and Greetings from Italy :)

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Thanks Peri :) It's great what you can see so close to home!

  • @one-spark
    @one-spark 3 роки тому

    Great informative video with good clear video and production. Good stuff!

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 3 роки тому

      Thanks Andy :) Glad you enjoyed the video. More to come!

  • @nickandrews9974
    @nickandrews9974 4 роки тому

    Very slick production - well done Lewys. :-)

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 4 роки тому

      Thank you Nick :) Hope you recognised the illustrations!

  • @jessmoore3005
    @jessmoore3005 4 роки тому

    great video :) i did NOT know we had that many different types of bee! #everydaysaschoolday

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 4 роки тому

      Thank you :) Glad you learnt something new :)

  • @maisie2109
    @maisie2109 4 роки тому

    incredible choice for the display +_+

    • @ukeconet8273
      @ukeconet8273 4 роки тому

      It was mostly a happy accident :)