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Such a clear, concise and helpful account - thank you!

Hi Bill - I have found and am enjoying your new You Tube venture. Can I though make two suggestions to improve them? 1 - There's no need for you to be in camera all or most of the time. I think that it would add more to this one for example if you showed the plants and features you described, rather than your pullover and beard (no offence to either intended!). 2 - I also think you need an "outro" - a wrapping up conclusion. You just suddenly stop. Now you have quite a few of these, how about something like "I hope you enjoyed this and found it informative. If you want to find out more about {insert general topic - eg woodland ecology} try my videos on {insert subject matter}, links to which you will find in the description below". This should also drive more views to your channel Best wishes - Neil

looks like my patch here in N wales.

I learned so much in just a few minutes. Very succinct but informative. Thank you!

Two of the all-time greats - fab video

Where was this filmed? Reminds me of the Burren, but background hills don't look bare enough for there. Just discovered this channel, really good content

I would love to know when grazing by sheep is helpful and when it is destructive. Ogof Ffynnon Ddu is a NNR in South Wales. It has a complex geology and history and a limestone pavement, so should be a rich site for plants but, to me it has just seemed like a wasteland, mostly molinia on the lower slopes. No flowers except thistles and tormentil. It has always been grazed by lots of sheep. The sheep have gone and the grassy areas are full of flowers. I have seen the removal of the sheep as a good thing, but from what you are saying - maybe not.

Bill, my observation here in New Zealand is that both these succession processes emerge even in the presence of invasive exotic species. Gorse, for instance, is a very aggressive exotic here, but plays a role in establishing soil habitat that allows native shrubs and trees to emerge (albeit slowly). I suppose it's more Gleasonian in nature, as the Gorse prevents the early emergence of grasses that would be expected in the 'normal' Clemensian process.

It is crazy to think that when you think you know it all, you truly don’t. I am a believer that we can save many UK bird species especially the resident ones. However we are also always learning from them, not just from scientific texts or other sources but also from our observations. The key to that is probably to consider food sources above habitat in addition to the local predator populations and whether they have a detrimental influence. Ah yes, the “three-legged stool” concept rears its head again. I am so pleased to have found your channel. Do keep your uploads coming as there is so much to learn. Best wishes, Tony.

What a splendid bunch of scientists ! Thoroughly enjoyed the matter-of-fact explanations.

Hello, just wanted to thank you for the videos! I love the format and find myself wishing my ecology undergraduate covered as interesting and applicable areas as this. Learning lots, thanks!

Fascinating, someone should be attempting to do that research then. Especially with the background desire to rewild many areas in the UK in addition to incorporating grazing animals into on-farm activities. Best wishes, Tony.

What an astonishing person your grandmother was, Bill. One can only imagine the joy and meaning her work would have brought her. She was part of a generation of women who extended science, and thoroughly deserve recognition. She would have been proud of what her grandson is doing here on KZbin.

Really enjoying this series of short videos you are doing, keep up the good work!

Stickle Tarn? I once saw "wind rows" on the surface on a blustery spring day

It would be great to have a summary slide at the end of the video just to re-affirm the key points. Otherwise I love these videos, they feel like I'm on an undergraduate field course again

Exactly! It's always down do definitions.

I'm really glad I found your channel, Bill. This is the best type of education! You're doing a great job here!

This practice still exist in Morocco. Yet, most biologists coming there fails to identify these aspects and often says that these landscapes are just degraded forest. They campaign to ban grazing from it.

I wish you would release some longer videos and go into more depth for these topics. There's so much to conservation, ecology, and history. I'd love to learn more!

Oh ffs. the climate has never, ever been static. this political circus is just that. a circus. move on, and get to doing something positive instead of fear mongering for $$$

I was intrigued by these foxgloves but unaware that they might be on the decline!

These short videos are excellent. I am learning so much.

thank you sir

Thank you for this resource :)

Brilliant series, keep em coming Bill

Which is why I hate the deer in my garden so much - casually munching the tops off my precious dicots :(

very interesting! thanks for the videos

short and sweet, thanks for the info

I find your brevity elevating.

Nice video, I’m just wondering about the role of herbivores in maintaining open short sward. I don’t know but assume sheep are grazing in general vicinity?

This is fascinating. Thanks for explaining it.

Very interesting and thank you for your explanation.

The birds didn't pick anything up. Its the communist government trying to stop you eating meat. Same as mad cows disease. Its all bullshit fearmongering

Dr Sutherland! A pleasure always to see your short lessons! Such I different way to absorb knowledge than the usual way!

Watching this whilst wearing my bio blitz t shirt!

Very interesting!

Bạn chia sẻ rất hữu ích ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ kinh nghiệm của mình cùng mọi người .

Very interesting. Refreshing to have a perspective from the physical ecological principles.

Hi Bill. I love this, I've been using a variation of CSR Theory for some years to assess peatlands for the appropriate restoration techniques. I haven't heard anyone else talk about this use of it. Are there any references of its use to assess the pressures exerted by a place, as opposed to the pressures tolerated by a plant?

Dear Bill, would be glad to know your thoughts on its comparative relevance as compared to LHS scheme of (Westoby et al or SBT types by Borhidi et al).

Biển xanh biếc ,rất vui được nghe bạn chia sẻ bạn kính mến .

This has been going on for centuries! Sadly

Fascinating stuff, thank you for making these videos. So in your example here, the bluebells and other ancient woodland indicator species - what would be the likely/possible explanations for their presence on this site, if they're not remnants of an ancient woodland? Transplanted by humans in the 19th century? The reason I'm asking, is I was wandering down the banks of the local river (South Tyne) the other day, and noticed an abundance of ancient woodland indicator species, but they seemed out of place to me, all alone in this riparian strip and separated from the rest of the landscape by agricultural land. I'm just trying to figure out if they are still there from a time before the neighbouring fields were turned to agriculture, or if its more likely they were planted by some Victorians in more recent times - or another explanation entirely, e.g. dispersal by animals, etc.

Hello, im an undergrad studying ecology! Loving the videos! I would like to know, do you believe we are in a 6th mass extinction currently? What evidence do you believe shows we are or are not? and most importantly is there anything we can do about it!

These videos are a hiddem gem. No frills, just clearly explained bitesize chunks of theory. Could you make something on land sparing vs land sharing? Or perhaps species vs ecosystems approach to conservation?

Ive found YR roots attaching to Equisetum arvense, which is great in my garden.

Absolutely adore these vids, Bill. Brilliant!! 🌱

Thank you, learned a thing today. This historical story snippets are quite helpful. The only thing which surprise me is that even learned academic uses common names in scientific discourses. I know this is just a tiny info about this plant, but now I need to google, latin name and then his family and then learn a bit more about its ecology, I Would add: Latin name, of X family, What Life form @Raunkier What is life history ? Which type CSR strategy ? (for e.g. ruderal tease my brain). Any economic or ecological use? I Mean think of Why and what a layman or researcher wud learn from such wonderful yet tiny giving/documentation.