🚨Next episode of The Rewild Podcast is coming on Monday.

This month we’ll discover the ambitious rewilding efforts in Ukraine 🇺🇦, where against all odds nature restoration is still bringing hope.

This is a story of human resilience & resolve.
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Exciting news for Scottish Cranes!

For the first time, a colour-ringed Crane from England has been seen in Scotland. Not only that, but she seems to have paired up with a Scottish bird!

Sherry was born in Somerset to parents who were released as part of the Great Crane Project.…

“Beaver-modified riverscapes are resistant to megafire-scale disturbance,” the authors wrote. “This resilience is directly attributable to beaver dam- and canal-building activity.”

Fascinating insight into the fire-fighting ability of beavers in Colorado.
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Join us and The Scottish Rewilding Alliance in calling for Scotland to become a #RewildingNation , rewilding 30% of Scotland's land and seas for climate, nature & people.

Donate now to Rewilding Britain's #BigGive Match Fund before 25 April – your contribution will be DOUBLED! bit.ly/3U1jk0W

Chris Packham was the guest editor for the latest issue of Radio Times. The cover is just brilliant 🤩😂 and it features some pretty important environmental issues, too. I got to peak behind the scenes when they were devising it - it’s great. Make sure you grab a copy!

Everything is fine!
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Insh Marshes doing what Insh Marshes does. If more floodplains were actually allowed to flood, we’d be a lot more resilient to a changing climate.

NEWS: A Wild Justice victory!

Defra has conceded that some of their gamebird licensing was unlawful.

Ministers did not adhere to the legal requirements of the Habitats Directive and the advice of Natural England.

Read the full story in our blog: wildjustice.org.uk/gamebird-relea…

DEFRA consultation appears to support indefinite culling of badgers. A 🧵.

Their 5-week consultation on badger control policy, launched on March 14th, is wholly inadequate. (1/4)

Today, a bill that seeks to ban peat sales in England will be introduced to parliament.

After 40 years of campaigning, could a ban on peat-based composts finally be within reach Rishi Sunak?

It’s time peat stays in #BogsNotBags . 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/news/last-chan…

Samples processed by Bangor University wastewater research, breakdown on insta Dr Christian Dunn Teresa May MP Joy Morrissey MP The Guardian Feargal Sharkey The Rivers Trust RiverActionUK Bucks Free Press MaidenheadAdvertiser

Absolutely brilliant news for freshwater ecosystems across the continent!

Dams may seem like a positive choice for energy production, but their environmental impact is monumental. France 🇫🇷 led the way with 156 removals, the UK 🇬🇧 managed just 36... theguardian.com/environment/20…

🌿Spring🌿 is really doing its thing right now and the birds are absolutely going for it!
If you’d like to learn some bird song basics and encourage the kids to get out and about, check out Episode 02 LISTEN of my new animated bird guide. #birdsong #spring

A fine day in the high ground of Abernethy & Cairngorms Connect yesterday.

Hopeful scenes of a forest on an upward march. 🌳

We need some more participants for our workshop 'A Rewilding Journey' from 11-18 May. Based in beautiful Glen Affric, it's a great opportunity for anyone interested in rewilding & we have bursary funds available. Please repost
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We must do better.

Our National Parks *should* be leading the charge.

Now this doesn’t look like much, but I wouldn’t have been able to see this by my home in the Cairngorms a year ago, before I went travelling.

My first wild beaver 🦫 signs in the neighbourhood! Recently reintroduced in Strathspey. Awesome!

Heroes at work - marking out, protecting & restoring Scotland’s ancient woodland!

Great work Trees for Life & Woodland Trust Scotland 👏🏻 🌳

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Lovely news! The Beaver Believer, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture ’s film of our first beaver translocations has been officially selected for the Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival

Thanks again to Mat Larkin James Shooter & Mark Hamblin for the film. We’ll always treasure it. Daily Beavers 🦫🌷 Beaver Trust

Over 12,850 have signed our petition calling on Scottish Government Scot Gov Marine for an #inshorelimit to safeguard our inshore seas for our fisheries, coastal communities, and future generations 👉 bit.ly/inshorelimit

#BringBacktheFish