Pamber Forest Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve is starting to see lots of spring wildlife appear. From frogs and toads croaking in the ponds, to adders and slow worms basking in the sun and huge colonies of wood ants working very hard!

World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts

Rewilding is not just for the joy of it. The point is to save everything that we have and everything that we love.

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A very clear response from Tony Juniper and Natural England about their role in this process. The process is quite clear, it's based on statute. And by the way Norfolk County Council have known about the bat issue for 10 years....

🧵2/2: We have three exciting new vacancies here at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust including:

🦋 Senior Philanthropy and Grants Officer
🐝 Fundraising and Philanthropy Assistant
🐞 Assistant Nature-Based Solutions Officer

Apply today 👇
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🧵1/2: Our team is growing! 🌳 We are offering you the opportunity to join team Wilder and help tip the balance in favour of nature’s recovery 🌱

MOST EXCELLENT NEWS!!! So important + something we're working up on #WatercressAndWinterbournes on the #RiverTest and #RiverItchen
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Don’t forget to register to vote by midnight tomorrow for the #LocalElection2024 Councillors make key decisions and policies that impact wildlife locally. Check out our guide to find out how you can get nature on the agenda
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'Many products bought and consumed in the UK are at risk of low supply and increased prices.'
How long have we been warning? Lets get on with building capacity and resilience on all farms based on nature friendly approach (& need a hortic strategy asap)
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Helpful clarification for MPs who signed the recent letter requesting NE’s advice on barbastelle bats be overruled, including my MP Jerome Mayhew MP.

The legal goalposts have not, as some Norfolk County Council councillors suggest, been moved. NCC has been advised of the bats for 10 years.

Sporadic sighting across the country, can only mean one thing... Our swifts are on their way 😍
There's still time to provide a nesting opportunity for our nest faithfull iconing screamers 🙏

Some of the thousands of dead earthworms visible as the saltwater recedes from this weeks coastal flooding. Earthworms are sensitive to salt & will die by dehydration once salinity is high enough. Long term, these are habitats in transition from fresh to saline. #StormPerrick

I had heard #Beavers were on the Hampshire Avon, but now it's confirmed. Spotted at Christchurch, Dorset. Rewilding Britain Derek Gow (video sent by friend)

'Do I not deserve a hero's welcome?' Please retweet, ask your MP to challenge Michael Gove in HoC 21st April: 'When will he finally commit to legislation requiring new builds to include swift bricks?' Derbyshire Swift Conservation Sheffield Swift Network Lancaster Swift City Leeds Swifts Hannah Bourne-Taylor

UK housebuilders ready to do the right thing. Why isn't the Gov?Michael Gove needs to mandate swift bricks on new builds. Retweet this incredible journey to your MP to ask them to pressure Housing Minister 21st April in HoC Hannah Bourne-Taylor Emma Smart Swift Awareness Week UKSwifts

📣 The govt has backtracked on it’s commitments to end the #badgercull and have instead proposed extensive and indefinite culling.

The The Wildlife Trusts have today written to the SOS to express our concerns.

Please share this thread and please have your say. 🙏

The science is clear on this. Badger culls don’t work. They are not the answer. Defra UK please do the right thing for the good of farming and wildlife. Please listen to the The Wildlife Trusts and the many other organisations providing all the accurate evidence you need.

The Wildlife Trusts We yet again call on UK Government to end the cull, accelerate the roll out of a cattle vaccine and implement livestock measures urgently. (4/4)

Find out more and see what actions you can take here - pulse.ly/cuvfmy7kj0

Social media is now full of pet dogs worrying pregnant sheep or newborn lambs

Please keep your dog on a lead. It’s simple. ON A LEAD

Dogs are thinly domesticated wolves, however much you think they are a member of the family. The dog will be shot and that’s a stupid waste.

How the wind blew! But undeterred, our wonderful #SolentSeagrassChampions put in a great shift, planting seagrass seed for our #SolentSeagrassRestoration project at Seaview, IoW on Tuesday - and the sun shone for us!
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This week we’ve been out with our fantastic team of volunteers planting 40,000 seagrass seed as part of our Solent Seagrass Restoration Project and Solent Seascape Project project! 🌱🌊

An exciting milestone working towards our vision of a #wilderSolent
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