There is no life on 🌍 without wetlands.

They cover only 6% of the planet, but support 40% of species on earth and store more carbon than all the world’s forests combined.

#EarthDay #EarthDay 2024

I'm delighted to be featured as a hero of Chris Packham in his Radio Times Earth Day special, alongside the brilliant Katie Monk.

I was interviewed about the recent Warren Farm campaign success, a collaborative effort involving WarrenFarmNatureReserve, Brent River Park and many others.

Thank you Lee Schofield for the wonderful endorsement for 'Wetland Diaries' by Ajay Tegala out this #May . Pre-order now 📗: buff.ly/3vW1kwG
#rewilding #nature #NationalTrust

I've added this fantastic image of a marsh harrier by Richard Nicoll to the wonderful guest blog by Ajay Tegala: naturalnavigator.com/news/2024/03/i…

This week’s Wicken #WildWednesday vid features the Fen’s livestock that do a great job #rewilding and feature prominently in my History Press Local #book #WetlandDiaries out 2 May lnk.to/WetlandDiaries… 📗 Thank you Hannah Bourne-Taylor & 📚🐈‍⬛ Milly Johnson 🐕🐈‍⬛ for the kind words!

Whenever someone asks me, 'What wildflower is easy to grow & good for bees?'....which happens quite a lot, my answer is AlWAYS the dandelion.

When these fitties grow in clumps, that bursting yellow is just magic & bees, like this buff tailed bumblebee love them.

Let them grow!

⚠️Vacant UKBMS Live Data butterfly transect at Fineshade Wood!⚠️ If you're interested in surveying beautiful, butterfly-rich woodland (including some exclusive areas 👀), please drop me an email at [email protected]! 🦋 #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme David James

🌟ANNOUNCEMENT🌟

In 1 month, Katie Monk & I will be walking from Lands End to John O' Groats to raise money for the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust.🐬

107 days 2300km.

Pls give anything you can to this fab cause & follow our journey on our socials
gofund.me/abeff770

This week's #WildWednesday vid shares what the 2020 ‘lockdown’ was like Wicken Fen 🌿 I share more memories in my new History Press Local #book #WetlandDiaries out 2nd May lnk.to/WetlandDiaries… 📗 Thank you Leif Bersweden for the kind words!

The ornithological version of a solar eclipse 🌘

#SolarEclipse2024

One of two Cuckoo here at Kinnabus, RSPB Scotland The Oa, this afternoon.

Early arrival for a species we generally don’t get sightings of until later in the month, Storm Kathleen no doubt playing a part in that.

Cambridgeshire data holes.
As the 2024 butterfly season gets up and running here's a couple of maps from the 2023 data.
Left is a heat map of the number of records, right species richness.
This is a fairly typical year in records 🧵

This week's #WildWednesday vid shares how my journey to becoming a ranger Wicken Fen started with work experience aged 15 (and led to my new History Press Local #book #WetlandDiaries 📗 lnk.to/WetlandDiaries…) Thank you Lee Schofield for the kind words!

My #Easter #BankHolidayWeekend in 3 pics: Surrey sunshine; Cambridgeshire cowslips; Rutland ramble 👌🏽

most surreal thing that’s ever happened to me

Do you find tree ID a tall ALDER? Do WILLOWS make YEW weep? If so, SPRUCE up your efforts with this PLUM new tree guide. The commonest species CHERRY picked. Makes it OSIER. Glad to be of SERVICE. John Beaufoy Publishing Woodland Trust🌳 Gail Ashton 💚🪲🌍

Great work by ⁦Natural England⁩ to save rare fungus. These mysterious fungal relationships are beautiful and fascinating. theguardian.com/environment/20…

For the next 5 wks my #WildWednesday offerings are Wicken Fen themed in the lead-up to the Fen's 125th birthday and the release of my History Press Local #book #WetlandDiaries 📗 lnk.to/WetlandDiaries… Thank you Iolo Williams and Lucy Lapwing for the kind words!

It was a pleasure to chat to Dave Webster BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about our latest additions to the herd Wicken Fen

First foal of the season born at nature reserve bbc.in/4cqF9zv