On my French bluesky, I have been gathering together text and pictures from the translation of my #rewilding book. The only problem is that I have hardly any followers to take note of them...

I’m posting extracts and pictures from the French translation of my #rewilding book over the next few days…

I’m intrigued by this French supermarket advert. It is quite extraordinary coming from a country that is ambivalent about wolves, sceptical about vegans and has pretty much forgotten how to cook from basic ingredients. Can anyone explain it to me?

Today, December 12 is International Iberian Lynx Day. A good day to celebrate the recovery of the species. In 'Critical danger of Extinction' 25 years ago, there are now over 2400 Iberian #Lynx. #rewilding

Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect. “Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”

Beaver surprise, again! #rewilding

You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

Quand une famille de Lynx s'installe sous ton piège photo... Browning BTC-6PXD 26 et 27/12/2023 Haut-Bugey #lynx #nature #wildlife

After the wildfire that destroyed 160 sq miles this summer, what does the future hold for the French Corbières? Christopher Clark looks into the possibilities.

A very unusual bridge!

Climate change on the ground. My village faces an existential choice.

Army brought in to fight African Swine Fever in Spain. Potentially, this is a big shock for Catalan agriculture, with the outbreak located near Barcelona.

Wild #boar threatened by African Swine Fever. 6 found dead near Barcelona. But nearest possible sources are Germany, Italy and N Africa. ASF was eliminated in Spain in 1994. Maybe that the disease survived undetected in the wild like brucellosis in Alpine ibex? Expect ructions in the pig industry.

"This is the first time we can say with certainty that European wildcats lived in prehistoric Ireland" A stunning discovery and more evidence that there's a lot left to discover about Ireland's ecology! www.rte.ie/news/munster...

Intriguing idea that trees can help. Instead of merely sucking water out of vineyards, trees can be beneficial when faced with climate change.

Bonjour de Provins !

#rewilding milestone. A #wolf pack has been seen in the Spanish #Pyrenees, the first in 100 years. I look at the influence of Félix Rogrígez de la Fuente, an early advocate of predators. www.wildingthepyrenees.com/wolf-pack/

📸 Huche #panorama #mistymorning #cloud #medievaltown #Pau #Pyrénées-Atlantiques #PauCastle #PyrenessMountainRange

Buenos días ☕️😘 Feliz viernes.

Ladrón de manzanas!

Certainly is stinky!

L'ours est plus qu'un simple animal...

Our last evening in the Canary Islands, in Arrecife Lanzarote.

#UnJourUnePhoto #Photographie #Photography #Photo Le 9/11 : temps Cadran solaire à Villefranche de Conflent dans les Pyrénées Orientales

Sunset at the Caleta de Famara Lanzarote, this evening!

Important #rewilding milestone. Officials have announced that a pack of wolves is under strict protection in the Pyrenees. The two adults and their three cubs, born this year, are being looked after by the Catalan government. It is 100 years since wolves disappeared. www.segre.com/ca/societat/...

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

In the rainforest on la Gomera, Canaries yesterday. Feeling small, overwhelmed, but content to be here.

A great pleasure to participate in this podcast. Thanks for inviting me Julius.

Brown #bear meets hunters in the #Pyrenees. This is how it is supposed to work, with both hunters and bear on their best behaviour. It is not always like that! See my book on the controversial reintroduction of bears. #rewilding #naturewriting

Private Eye.

Associations hope for a new trial reintroduction of boreal lynx into the #Pyrenees in PallarsSobirà. When last proposed in the Vall d'Aran, farmers objected, and the project was cancelled. #rewilding

It can be difficult living with bears. At Arreau, in the Pyrenees, the shepherds have been working hard for many years, but still have problems. #rewilding #bears

Although there are now over 100 bears in the #Pyrenees, following a #reintroduction programme, genetic diversity is limited. Claverina was brought in to help fix that, and here she is with a cub! #rewilding #bear

Mind-boggling!

Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete

Don’t miss Maxim Cain’s graphic novel about the real life of a shepherd in the Pyrenees, published by Actes Sud. Maxim spent four years herding sheep on Mont Rouch, and he knows better than anyone that the job is far from the romantic image held by many. Congratulations, Maxim!

🌾 Behind the scenes as the BBC filmed at our experimental rice trials site. Part of research investigating what we can grow on rewetted peat while protecting livelihoods & cutting emissions under a changing climate. Exploring land uses for climate resilience, food security & the environment 1/🧪

I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this: everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r... It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.

Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom. To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027: www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi... Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org

Visiting the Cascade de Tufs, Jura, France.

As predicted, the tide is turning against wolves, with the French government making it easier to kill them.

Today, I am with friends walking in the Jura. This is the view from the Dôle, over lake Geneva and the Alps.

This has received no publicity but is damning. A clear explanation of why this type of reintroduction is not just a distraction and a waste of resources but is ACTIVELY HARMFUL to conservation. Environmental journalists please note and please publicise. operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...

It really is extraordinary!

Most farmers would use a truck, but Dani walks with his goats the 600km to the mountains and back. Transhumance in the Catalan #Pyrenees.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

Important #rewilding news. For the first time in over a century, an Iberian lynx has been seen in the Catalan Pyrenees. Filmed by a camera near to the frontier with France, the feline had been released near Seville.

My book on #rewilding in the #Pyrenees (and elsewhere) is now available in French as well as Catalan. Updated for the French edition, it was @markavery.bsky.social's Nature Book of the Year 2021.

Finally! The SNP government has sat on this decision far too long. Now to welcome beavers back across Scotland.