I'm very excited to say that #30DaysWild is here for another year. This means I feel duty bound to pick up my blog once more (secretly, I'm excited to have an excuse). 

Things have changed a little since last year. A house move has seen me move from Bishopthorpe back into town (aka York). A lovely house and great to be in the centre of things, but no longer do I have a sweet back garden but a yard, so I’ll be trying my best to turn that into a wildlife haven... 

Also, I'm no longer Communications Officer at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, but have moved onto pastures new: these days I work as Communications Manager for the IUCN UK Peatland Programme. It was very sad saying goodbye, although in truth it wasn’t a final farewell, as the programme is hosted by Yorkshire and Scottish Wildlife Trust.

My new role means I don’t get out and about ‘in the field’ quite as much as I used to (despite quite a bit of UK travel), although the odd visit to a peat bog does arise. These days I’m focussed on promoting peatland restoration in the UK for the multiple benefits this extra-special habitat provides us all - a carbon store (helping to keep climate change in check), a drinking water filter, a haven for rare and intriguing wildlife, a place to slow the flow of water into streams and rivers after heavy rainfall etc... These are just some of the services peatlands offer us all.