silvasbuddy Kate Bradbury 🏳️‍🌈 Ian Carter Wildlife Pete Mark Avery Iolo Williams Chris Sperring MBE Rewild My Street MarburyBirds James Chubb Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Things are getting earlier, photo taken in Devon last weekend, hoping the weather has been kind to them since. I wrote this for Mark Avery 's blog on how nesting times are getting earlier & why we need to change our management processes markavery.info/2024/02/24/gue…

Moose reintroduction going well in North Somerset. YACWAG Portishead Wildlife Action Group Ian Parsons Derek Julian Peter Roseveare nick abbot

Some might take exception to the message here, but it raises an important point.

Science, monitoring, and research are all crucial to nature conservation. But without subsequent ACTION, they're virtually pointless.

And all too often, that's *exactly* what happens.

Went to Devils End in Wiltshire today to look at locations where Dr.Who and Daemons was filmed. People were so engaging and heard some great stories about the best Dr. Jon Pertwee. I must return to this place. .

For #WorldRewildingDay Here’s video I made of a secret place where nature has taken over, no tree planting or plastic used. It’s mentioned in my chapter. Ian Parsons Eoghan Daltun 🌍

What better way to celebrate #WorldRewildingDay than to watch a bunch of baby #WildBoar in the Forest of Dean – where boar are back after centuries of absence – taking it in turns to jump over a puddle?
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Greater Bee-fly in the garden just now. Ian Parsons Peter Roseveare Derek Julian YACWAG @wilportishead nick abbot Richard Comont

As it is #WorldRewildingDay today, it would be remiss of me not to mention Great Misconceptions - Rewilding Myths and Misunderstandings that will be out later in the summer, a great list of contributors making a fascinating read... Pre-order here whittlespublishing.com/Great_Misconce… #books

Next week we are in search of “Devils End” and the 4 Barrows. Just hope we don’t meet “Bok”. Stand by for some lives.

The woodland is awake. Lesser Celendine, Wood Aneome and Common Violet leading the rise towards the Sun. Ian Parsons YACWAG Derek Julian Peter Roseveare Portishead Wildlife Action Group nick abbot

I’m seeing this viral photo popping up all over the place at the moment. It drives me nuts because it’s usually peddled as a green solution that’s beneficial for wildlife.

Firstly, these aren’t “wildflowers”. They’re not even flowers that are native to the UK. There are very few…

Exciting news from Sculthorpe Moor! The Tawny Owls have laid their first egg for 2024. Watch live online ow.ly/HbnU50QUVYU🦉🥚 #SculthorpeMoor #TawnyOwls #NatureWatching

Ian Parsons Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Pádraic Fogarty Ian Carter Ben Goldsmith Natalie Bennett Mark Avery Alex Lees Prof Steve Carver Wildlife Pete Chris Sperring MBE Agree 100%, lots of failed tree planting both in commercial 'forests' and some along roads. But wherever natural regen in allowed develop it can be stunning. This island created by slip road onto motorway here near Limerick city was bare grass 15 or so years ago.....

Some trees, like this rainforest oak, evoke pure awe.
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What do you want, fences or predators?

We all want more trees in the Irish landscape, and THIS is how we should be doing it: letting wild, native trees seed in naturally.

For biodiversity, climate, enhancing our lives, and timber.
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Large wild boar (Sus scrofa). I have merged this video with a clip of Zorro the following day for size comparison. As you can see he scent marks the tree at the end which unfortunately covered the camera too! #Transylvania #wildboar #trailcam #Sarplaninac #Romania #camtrap

Ivy is such a vital life-giver in an Irish forest ecosystem, providing all sorts of creatures with places to shelter, hide, + nest, nectar in the autumn + berries in the winter (both times when food is scarce).

Killing this ancient ivy was an act of pure ecological vandalism.

Eurasian nutcracker

Detailed bird box plans have now been published for this site. 4 Swift bricks and 4 Sparrow Sparrow Terraces. If you think not enough for 43 houses when the calahomes policy is for one per house, then comment on application 24/00358/DRC at planning.dacorum.gov.uk #hertsbirds 1/2