What a moment! A #WhiteTailedEagle is born in England – the 1st for over 240 years! It hatched earlier this summer & has now fledged. It's the first breeding success of the birds released by Forestry England & Roy Dennis Foundation in a landmark project to return this iconic species.

To understand the right’s climate backlash, look no further than its monstering of Natural England | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My response to the backlash from cleb gardeners about rewilding. I do hope they listen. It's not about abandoning your garden. It's about thinking about nature first. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I just signed this petition, will you join me? Please share and RT - a rewilding plan and funding for this and Nephin would do a lot of good for Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/buy-… via @UpliftIRL

Along with nearly everyone in Britain, ⁦Royal Mail⁩ understands now that beavers are among the most powerful tools we have for restoring the health and vibrancy of nature in our country, while reducing flooding and drought. It’s time for a beaver revolution in Britain.

The 41 licenced beaver enclosures in England house tiny numbers of animals each. They need to be managed like zoos to avoid genetic health and overcrowding issues says @DrSamBH. This is not a good strategy for wildlife restoration Defra UK. #conservation Beaver Trust

“I used to think that the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that thirty years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal

Beavers are back – but scientists fear Defra’s silence on protection deal | Wildlife | The Guardian. Statement at the end means they are doing fk all. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thank you RiverActionUK for the interview!

Massive declines in previously abundant species, like voles and starlings, is truly a wake-up call. People now outnumber field voles (our most abundant wild mammal) in UK Small mammals ‘disappearing before our eyes’, warns State of Nature report telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/2… #wildlife

Wish to pursue a PhD in #conservation #genomics & #ecology? Check our open position on #climatechange adaptability in wild #megafauna in Danmarks Grundforskningsfond Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere ECONOVO - DNRF Center of Excellence 🐎🧬🦌🧬 Deadline Nov 1 - start Feb 1 👩‍🎓phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants…

Wish to pursue a PhD in #conservation #genomics & #ecology? Check our open position on #climatechange adaptability in wild #megafauna in Danmarks Grundforskningsfond Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere ECONOVO - DNRF Center of Excellence phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants…🐎🧬> Deadline Nov 1 - start Feb 1

Had the BEST time in Denmark with the Large Herbivore Working Group 🇩🇰 Three days with fellow rewilders @SaraKingUK , Rob Stoneman, Rina Quinlan, Paul Whitfield learning about innovative approaches to grazing. Highlights included beaver wetlands, wild wolves & a white-tailed eagle

The Conservative Party’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare promised the greatest shake up & improvement for generations.  It was signed off by Boris Johnson’s govt and was happening. We had already begun legislating to ban for example:  -live exports of farm animals;  -keeping

Ireland and Britain are the only countries I know where a National Park can be first and foremost about managing farm animals economist.com/britain/2023/1…

The use of a coypu really just is a cherry on the cake with how useless this government is in regards to nature. Everything is just… so, so, frustrating and both baffling and unsurprising in equal measure.

Satellite data supports that #megafauna promotes varied #vegetation structure (a key positive factor for #biodiversity) - see our new global study One Earth led by Lanhui Wang sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🦬🍃🌐🛰️🐘#remotesensing #trees #herbivory

Lady’s View in Kerry… with a difference! Brown bears once roamed across Ireland, including at some of our most famed vistas #paleoart #wildlife #wildlifeart #brownbear #killarney #kerry #extinction #extinctanimalsofireland

Why is the choice posed always food versus Nature? People can’t eat grass, yet we have about 125,000 hectares under golf courses. Generally don’t eat horses, but we spare about 500,000 hectares to feed them. For scale, Birmingham is about 26,000 hectares. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/2…

The moment I’ve dreamed of for years is here: my first-ever book is out with Bloomsbury Books UK today. What does the return of #WildBoar to the UK mean for our landscapes, our other wildlife, and us – and how do the boar live their lives? All is revealed in GROUNDBREAKERS. 🧵