Available now at whittles.com/Great_Misconce… #rewilding

I’m forever struck at how those leading environmentally sensitive development projects so readily resort to blaming for wildlife law & regulators for their huge cost overruns. Natural England didn’t require this particular design. It was the choice of HS2 amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

The closest I've come to recording a pine marten and badger on camera trap at the same time in #Shropshire...just a few minutes between the clips. Delighted that a marten has shown up after 4 months. NatureSpy® Mammal Society Mammal Research BBC Shropshire

An "accidentally rewilded" 377-acre UK farm is now home to many threatened species, including turtle doves, warblers, 11 bat species, orchids + butterflies. Such examples prove how nature can recover when we let it, + that rewilding reverses nature loss. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Flyover of a recently finished Welsh Dee Trust habitat restoration site. A new fence was installed to stop livestock grazing in the riparian area. This will now be left to allow trees to regenerate, creating a large scrubby buffer alongside the watercourse.

Om #lodjur och #tiger. Fint samtal i naturpodden med Ola Jennersten. Foto Ola Jennersten VärldsnaturfondenWWF natursidan.se/nyheter/naturp…

Autumn exploration

One for you @Birder_Griffon. For the rest of you Whittles Publishing “Great Misconceptions of Rewilding” new book, great authors, timely read.

1,651 ha of new forestry was planted in Ireland in 2023, well below the target of 8,000 ha/year. This is actually GOOD news, because it's mostly a profit-driven ecological catastrophe. Time we switched to natural regeneration of *wild, native* trees. agriland.ie/farming-news/1…

Yesterday, my good friend ⁦Chris Sperring MBE⁩ and I held a winter wildlife talk-and-walk⁩ as part of ⁦St George's Bristol⁩ Nature Salon series. “Look under the leaf litter and spring is emerging. Light and warmth are coming”. Thanks for the fun and fascination, Chris

Happy smiley winter solstice to all, especially to my friends much further north than I. @Birder_Griffon Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Torbjörn Hegedüs Derek Julian Peter Roseveare nick abbot Portishead Wildlife Action Group YACWAG

The wood wide web visually reconstructed Bute Park @Birder_Griffon Portishead Wildlife Action Group Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Torbjörn Hegedüs Derek Julian Peter Roseveare

Male House Sparrow (scarce round theze yer partz) immersed in Dogwood. @Birder_Griffon Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Portishead Wildlife Action Group Peter Roseveare Derek Julian Torbjörn Hegedüs Rebecca Pow

Stunning male Blackbird in BS20 Torbjörn Hegedüs Peter Roseveare Derek Julian @Birder_Griffon BTO

It’s nearly time to. LEAVE THE DANDELIONS ALONE: LET THEM LIVE

Mild winter in #Västerås. #Waxwing are still in town eating mistletoe berries. #sidensvans

Sweden 🇸🇪

What a amazing veteran Sweet Chestnut. 🌰

The Starling is a personal symbol to me of how a species can be seemingly everywhere, and then in a blink of an eye, they are gone. Yesterday, I was talking about a common species and told, “it’s not priority”. Oh dear, so sad. Picture using iphone12promax

IMPORTANT. Please sign and repost. This petition is based on our recent research which found that English rivers are universally contaminated with these potent neurotoxic insecticides, the source being treated dogs and cats. Link in comment below.