These author and campaigner sessions from Right to Roam are an inspiration. Wild Service is their recent anthology on land politics, nature connection and restoration.

Thank you for finding and crediting these beautiful images illustrating such regrettable news Brigit Strawbridge.

Aurora flare visible to the naked eye at last, after a false start with light pollution. Also, a barn owl! Over a road slick with freshly swilled cement at Strawberry Fields construction site.

Tree stole colour from fox

The small but mighty Wild Justice have a new petition: Ban driven grouse shooting petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

A melanistic Grey Squirrel has arrived in my village. Only ever seen them 12 miles away or so, around Cambridge's city and south-west ribbon. Andrew Knights

Is a river alive? Knowing my local river intimately, I can feel, see, smell and hear that it is in peril (not going to taste it). I look forward to reading Robert MacFarlane's latest book.

Christmas bickering from angry birds. Gang of goldcrests today.

Fen skating, and the Straw Bear festival this weekend: what's not to like about the flatlands?

River guardian Paul Powlesland is a life force inspiring me and so many others to put some wild service into action.

Beauty and the beast: run-off in The Valley of the Racehorse after yesterday's rain.

People power: an uplifting story of rebellion and love

A big score for #TeamNewt

Loves mountaineering too by the look of it