A very nice piece by Melissa Harrison in The Times on the 4th of November 2023 looked at the important role that ditches play in the landscape. This was followed up by a range of tweets on the value of ditches.
There is a tendency to focus on the grand elements of the landscape, but sometimes the smaller overlooked features are just as important for the wildlife that makes them a home: think about the rare ferns and other plants that thrive in the grykes on limestone pavements for example.
Those ditches are bursting with nature! pic.twitter.com/maNLeZiPU8
— Tom Clarke 🇺🇦 🌻 (@Tom_Clarke) April 28, 2023
In the Fens maybe more than anywhere else.
— Tom Clarke 🇺🇦 🌻 (@Tom_Clarke) November 4, 2023
Ditches are our "inverted" hedgerows, and harbour some of the last strongholds for water voles and other critically endangered and red listed species. @FenlandSoil @CLR_Cambridge @NaturalCambs @BrianE_Cambs
Image: Fenland roads - Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license
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