Very interesting thread here. Well worth a read for those interested in the complexities of various pressures on reptiles including predation by native and non-native species.

Pheasant with Grass Snake

photo John Tomsett

Thoroughly enjoyed leading a nature walk around Broughton Sanctuary Broughton Hall Estate for the local community, funded by The White Rose Forest. Highlights included Green Hairstreak, Curlews bubbling away merrily and plenty of toad spawn in the wild swimming pond. Next one Thurs 23rd May

A beautiful day for leading a free wildlife walk for the local community around Broughton Sanctuary at Broughton Hall Estate. Traversing rewilding areas, intensive grazing, deciduous & mixed woodland and tumbling becks. Next one due Thurs 23rd May a.m. Supported by The White Rose Forest.

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Tony Juniper Alastair Driver Rewilding Britain Natural England Broughton Hall Estate NE Chief Scientist DefraNature Glad you were impressed with the visit. A couple of nice records from a week ago: Bilberry Bumblebee and Hairy Violet.

Many congratulations to Tony Juniper Natural England who was the first to spot a passing Peregrine Broughton Hall Estate today while I was blathering on. Happily the 100th bird species recorded on the site since they started recording every plant and animal species two years ago.

Excellent meeting at Broughton Sanctuary Broughton Hall Estate today with Tony Juniper and team. Showcasing how estate scale multiple land use - in this case, rewilding, regenerative agriculture, intensive farming, parkland, etc can be a successful microcosm of future land use.

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Excellent fact-finding visit to CSGOWild Ingleborough and the Three Dales Landscape Recovery Project. Many thanks Yorkshire Wildlife Trust et al for hosting. A few funding and administrative issues need sorting out to help these LR projects become reality. Will be discussing with Defra UK

The frustration with creating a sanctuary for wildlife - as at Broughton Sanctuary Broughton Hall Estate nr Skipton - is that you risk sucking in invasive non-native species from nearby estates. Pheasant numbers going through the roof now - not good news for their Lizards at least.

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It’s been a beautiful day at Broughton Sanctuary Broughton Hall Estate. Looking a bit grim over #Settle and #Malham way now. Got the moth trap out so hoping my weather radar app is right.

Very pleasant morning showing Forest Research et al the #rewilding at Broughton Sanctuary Broughton Hall Estate. Natural regeneration field of particular interest, not least this row of Hawthorns appearing below bird-perch branch tips of mature Ash. A well-hidden leveret was a bonus.

More specialist volunteers coming on board Broughton Hall Estate. This time it’s licensed bat workers from JBA Consulting keen to monitor roosts as part of continuing professional development. #Rewilding projects across the country are showing a tenfold increase in volunteer engagement

Posted this pic last September of what Richard Fox confirmed was likely to be a Green-veined White butterfly chrysalis on our back door post - and so it proved to be, when this beautiful specimen emerged yesterday. Butterfly Conservation 🦋

At Broughton Sanctuary for a fun-filled week of Rewilding Britain and Broughton Hall Estate meetings. First Swallow of the year and my earliest ever Cuckoo got the week off to a flier. Hosting Forest Research Tony Juniper Natural England and local community group et al later in the week.

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This carbon sequestration research is a potential game changer. Est total above and below-ground rewilding carbon sequestration rate of 5.20 tCO2e ha/yr over 20 years is comparable to the carbon sequestration rates for woodland creation in lowland Britain. arup.com/perspectives/p…