31 Miles for Nature

I’m moving 31 Miles for Nature to raise £150 for Greenpeace - can you sponsor me?

I'm sure you'l know that I love nature and work to try to protect it. I'm also a big fan of Greenpeace. And I love walking. So it was a no-brainer when Greenpeace asked me to undertake their challenge.

To be absolutely honest, I walk more than 31 miles every month in any case. So to make this more of a challenge, in October I will aim to walk at least 31 miles around the area of land that I study on a regular basis on the southern fringe of Cambridge around Nine Wells and White Hill.

This area is principally arable land but has surprisingly high populations of threatened farmland birds such as grey partridge, corn bunting, yellow wagtail, yellowhammer, linnet and skylark. It also has a range of other wildlife including over 20 mammal species such as water voles and brown hare, 24 species of butterfly and 17 species of dragonfly.

Being so close to a growing city, the area is under threat from development and I work to try to influence any changes to try to ensure that threatened species can continue to thrive in the area.

My own work is on a small scale. But as Greepeace say, 'our favourite places in nature are under threat from climate change, habitat loss and pollution. We need to act now to save them'.

'With a fifty year history of defending nature, Greenpeace's mission is to create a greener, healthier, and more peaceful planet. Any donation you make could help power their campaigns to keep our oceans healthy, our forests standing, and fossil fuels in the ground.'

Greenpeace never accepts money from companies or governments, so they depend on supporters, like us, to fund all of their campaigns.

Please sponsor me today and help me reach my £150 goal. Thank you!

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My target 250 miles

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My Updates

Half way!

Thursday 16th Oct

Thankyou so much to everyone who has sponsored me for the Greenpeace 31 Miles for Nature Challenge. I'm now half way through and have managed to walk 48 miles (including 17 around Nine Wells) and to cycle 114 miles. My revised target is now 200 miles. There's still time to sponsor me if you like the work that Greenpeace do.

Week 1 completed!

Wednesday 8th Oct

Thankyou so much to everyone who has sponsored me for the Greenpeace 31 Miles for Nature Challenge. I've now completed the first week and have managed to walk 24 miles (including 9 around Nine Wells) and to cycle 51 miles. My revised target is now 150 miles. There's still time to sponsor me if you like the work that Greenpeace do.

More about the fields around Nine Wells

Wednesday 24th Sep

For more about the fields around Nine Wells and White Hill that I study, see https://johnmeed.net/ecology/nine-wells/

Thank you to my Sponsors

£31.80

Rolf Sundblad

£20

Anji Wilson

£20

Isabelle Fournier

£16.20

David Robert Steel

Go for it, John!

£15.90

Sheri Jam

£15.90

Kath Galloway

Better late than never! Well done, John.

£15.90

Elizabeth

Well done John.

£15.90

Sue Sparks

£15.90

Eddy Knasel

£10.60

Pam

Well done John! Great cause!

£10.60

Lydia Collings

£10

John Meed