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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most

- Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain

Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most

Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain

www.theguardian.com

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 23h

Join us for our Community Engagement Learning Day on 24 Nov – hosted by our #Northwoods partner Comrie Croft.

A friendly, interactive day for anyone looking to put community at the heart of their rewilding work.

Find out more and book here 👉 https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/tsc5seftei

Group of people wearing outdoor clothing gathered in a peatland landscape and guided by a smiling woman in a green jacket, who is gesturing at the landscape. Text overlay: "Community Engagement Learning Day, Comrie Croft, Perthshire, Scotland, 24 Nov 2025." Below, "Explore what genuine community engagement looks like in a rewilding context – and why it matters."

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James Nairne @jamesnairne.bsky.social · 21h

No punches pulled in Tom Bowser’s latest article on #reintroducingbeavers in Scotland www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...

Reintroduction of beavers to Glen Affric is a victory for nature and democracy

On Friday, October 24, a moment of wildlife history was made. After a 400-year absence, beavers were reintroduced to Glen Affric in the Scottish…

www.thenational.scot

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who thinks the invasive species problem is exaggerated, that it's "all just nature", should experience the cemetery that is a native Irish rainforest choked by rhododendron, as so many are.

Invasives are a *human* impact, and one of the top causes of biodiversity loss on Earth.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 3d

Pine martens are such gorgeous little animals, and as omnivores perform a great range of vital roles within the forest ecosystems that are their home, acting as predators, scavengers, seed dispersal agents, and more.

Their name in Irish is 'an cat crainn' – the tree cat.

Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 4d

Where the wild things are - a Pine Marten in a ravine on the west coast of Scotland.
#pinemarten
Well worth a listen:
"Sometimes a wild god comes to the table.
He is awkward and does not know the ways
Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver"
Tom Hirons
soundcloud.com/tomhirons/so...

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 3d

Birds of prey are an essential part of a healthy, balanced eco-system - but they face many challenges, including persecution and habitat loss. That’s why places like Argaty, and the moorland habitats at Tarras Valley Nature Reserve are so vital.
More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/birds…

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.

The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.

Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

There are 2 very distinct types of shooting:

• Ecologically disastrous, eg declining native species, or releasing masses of pheasants
• Ecologically beneficial, eg invasive species, or if too many deer

Nature *needs* the shooting community, but it also needs a shift to an ecological consciousness.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 11d

Scotland’s landscapes are shaped by deer – and no one knows it better than stalkers. They see how deer bring life and when balance is lost. Empowering stalkers to restore that balance is key to tackling Scotland’s climate and nature crises.

Watch Essential Beasts: https://bit.pulse.ly/eouxtifaqz

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 5d

A bunch of people from the forestry industry replying to or quoting this post along the lines of, 'Don't believe your own senses, plantations of alien trees are actually great.'

My response?

"It's hard to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 6d

We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.

One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.

They could not be more different.

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Russ Holmes @rholmes.bsky.social · 5d

Even when thinned, there is little wildlife.

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 5d

Great news for nature🌳 Yesterday MSPs voted to create a law obliging the owners of large landholdings to publish plans on how they will increase biodiversity and adapt to climate breakdown, as part of the new Land Reform Bill.

Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/4hyl3Gl

📷James Shooter/Rewilding Britain

New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans, in ‘big step towards a Rewilding Nation’ - Trees for Life

Find a Grove Login

treesforlife.org.uk

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 6d

We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.

One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.

They could not be more different.

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 7d

𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃!

Ardura Community Forest on Mull, part of our Northwoods Rewilding Network, is calling for volunteers to help build new seed islands – and then plant aspen, alder and willow.

DM us by Friday 31 October if you’d like to take part.

Densely packed aspen seedlings with water drops on their leaves, enclosed within a wooden frame. A green banner across the centre of the image reads: "Volunteering Opportunity".

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 7d

Great rewilding news from Scotland where beavers will help restore dynamic ecosystems!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Seven beavers released in Highlands' Glen Affric

Glen Affric is a large area of woodland, lochs and mountains near Cannich.

www.bbc.com

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 8d

Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫

Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...

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Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 10d

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Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 11d

Triple the rewilding impact👇

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 11d

@british-airways.bsky.social Better World Community Fund has backed our 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 appeal – adding to the match funding from Aviva Community Fund. 💚

👉 Triple your donation before Sunday 26 October: https://bit.pulse.ly/u4kf4vqcwc

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 11d

Scotland’s landscapes are shaped by deer – and no one knows it better than stalkers. They see how deer bring life and when balance is lost. Empowering stalkers to restore that balance is key to tackling Scotland’s climate and nature crises.

Watch Essential Beasts: https://bit.pulse.ly/eouxtifaqz

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 21d

Heavier floods. Fiercer wildfires. Longer droughts.

The signs of climate breakdown are no longer subtle – and scientists agree: the window for action is closing.

Climate change threatens both people and nature, but it's precisely these two forces that are most equipped to turn the tide.

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 11d

@british-airways.bsky.social Better World Community Fund has backed our 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 appeal – adding to the match funding from Aviva Community Fund. 💚

👉 Triple your donation before Sunday 26 October: https://bit.pulse.ly/u4kf4vqcwc

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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 11d

New paper - “Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain” - Fleiss - 2025 - Ecological Solutions and Evidence - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain

Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre....

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 11d

'We are going through a period of extreme political upheaval. Old allegiances are breaking down. It is chaotic, but we have to make sure there are hopeful examples out there.'
I keep hearing snippets of truth from
@greenparty.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights

Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 11d

Fun beaver/fish interaction: When I approached this pond, I startled brown trout preparing to spawn below it (beavs filter sediment & keep downstream substrate clean). The fish dashed to the dam & hid in its base. Beavers created perfect spawning grounds: pristine gravel adjacent to dense cover! 🤯🦫🐟

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12d

Imagine this, and places just like it all across Ireland, once again covered in its natural habitat of *wildly* species-rich, spellbinding, rainforests.

By simply making it worth farmers' while to remove their few sheep, we could so easily magic wand them back into existence.

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 12d

🐾 Want to help explore community perspectives on lynx reintroduction to Scotland?

Our #LynxtoScotland project partner @treesforlife.bsky.social is looking for two Engagement Officers to consult communities on the potential reintroduction of lynx.

Apply here: https://bit.pulse.ly/hs9hbj24rc

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 14d

Everyone should know the tale of Stellers sea cow. That's why I wrote about it in The Missing Lynx www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim

Iida Turpeinen’s novel has been a sensation in her native Finland. On the eve of its UK publication, she talks about her compulsion to tell of the sociable giant’s plight

www.theguardian.com

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