This morning, we completed our last bird survey of 2025 with Surbiton & District Bird Watching Society at Tolworth Court Farm Fields🦅 We had many incredible sightings, including a kestrel, what a way to end the year!

"Once known locally as 'the flower of the Axe', it's inspiring to see the community coming together to protect and restore this beautiful part of East Devon's natural heritage." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4pwpzeekmo

📣 Volunteers Needed 📣 We’re looking for volunteers to help us with our Wetland Planting Day next Wednesday! It'll be a lovely day in the field, completing the planting phase of the wetland restoration project. Follow this link for more details: https://ow.ly/hvsA50XwX8j

"Otmoor is a real treasure when it comes to wetland habitats and sustaining populations of some of the UK's most beautiful wader species." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/82TE50XrayF

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Just one week until applications close! ⏰ 🌿 Help us rewild the Future! 🌆 We're hiring for a new Urban Rewilding Officer 🌳 If you're passionate about transforming urban spaces into thriving ecosystems apply here: https://ow.ly/zJRf50XmXCX

"Barn owls are a great indicator species - when they're thriving, it's a sign the wider ecosystem is healthy too." #rewildling #conservationoptimism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3mllkzp4o

"Creating biosecure sources of tree seeds genetically adapted to Dartmoor is key to establishing the healthy, resilient forests of the future." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/VK2950Xra8m

Happy Friday everyone! We're on a mission to Rewild Our Future, so for anyone keen to support this cause, then consider joining us today as a Citizen Rewilder! More info linked -> http://ow.ly/f9B750N9rWB #rewilding

We’re accelerating our journey towards a greener, wilder future🐄🏁 To keep our rewilding work moving across London and beyond, we need a hybrid 4x4 to reach more sites, support more wildlife, and make a bigger impact🚙🐾 Find out more & support us here: https://ow.ly/kPOV50XpSq9

"After an absence of a century, we will bring the first birds back to Romania as a sign of hope and healing. And, we will do this together with local communities, for the benefit of nature and humans.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/o09Z50Xra39

'Rewilding is offering renewal and recovery for both Ukraine’s people and its environment.' #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/WX1s50Xr9XO

Big thanks to @OfficialZSL for inviting us to host a stall in their Citizen Science Rivers Forum on Monday! We had such a great time learning from the speakers and connecting with so many passionate people. We're delighted to be part of the movement to protect London’s rivers🎖️🌿

"With more resources and greater investment in rewilding, we could enable so much more valuable work restoring biodiversity, protecting habitats and connecting people with nature across Britain.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/q0F650Xr9Fp

A huge thank you from the bottom of our shells to the wonderful volunteers and partners who helped with our season of German hairy snail surveys (yes, they are real) across London this month braving autumn storms, ferry crossings and the slipperiest mud you can imagine!

"In the face of climate change, we must treat free-flowing freshwater as a precious resource to be cherished.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/t6kz50Xr9ya

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"It's really good for us to be able to offer this to the city's nature lovers for free." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkj78e3zvo

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"It provides an alternative recreational area that helps protect nearby heathland, home to many of Dorset's most treasured wildlife species." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/Haw050Xr9jS

Last week Lead Entomologist Stuart gave the latest uplifting updates from our Hop of Hope project to the Orthoptera Special Interest Group (the country's grasshopper and cricket experts) at the Natural History Museum - a leaping success!🦗

A huge thank you to Wildfire PR for coming along to Wild Tolworth to help with wetland planting! It was fantastic having you, and your two very well‑behaved pooches on site with us! We planted over 385 native plug plants and finished off with a litter pick🦋

“Sustainable mowing proved the second best way of using the steppe grasslands. This is an important economic activity for many communities and could be a much preferred alternative to crop production and intense overgrazing.”#rewilding#conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/TjEE50Xr8YN

Happy Friday everyone! We're on a mission to Rewild Our Future, so for anyone keen to support this cause, then consider joining us today as a Citizen Rewilder! More info linked -> http://ow.ly/f9B750N9rWB #rewilding

On your marks, get set, go! 🏁 Help us shift our rewilding work up a gear in the race towards a wilder future 🛻 Support our new appeal for a hybrid 4x4 to boost our rewilding horsepower (and cow-, beaver- and people-power) across London and beyond 🐎 https://ow.ly/Veyv50XpSqq

"It is great to be able to show definitively that restoring and expanding these areas by letting them regenerate naturally can benefit biodiversity." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/ztZI50XkNF0

“The return of cinereous vultures to the Iberian Highlands is vital for strengthening local food chains and enhancing the natural process of scavenging” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/aMHB50XkNyo

'Bangladesh has embarked on an ambitious plan to end the centuries-old practice of keeping elephants in captivity.' #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/iNMJ50XiUMa

“This approach transforms tourism from a potential threat into a driver of conservation and inclusive growth, ensuring that locals become long-term stewards of the Red Sea’s natural treasures.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/3r7k50XiUCF

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“The synchronized bloom also attracts pollinators, and the timing of giant honeybees that show an annual internal migration to arrive in the hill country coincide with the nelu bloom is an incredible phenomenon" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/FZCy50XiUy6

“The presence of two other dugongs besides Mawar proves that the seagrass ecosystem at Mali Beach, Alor, has the ecological qualities to provide habitat and food sources for dugongs" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/4Osl50XiUlT

"Now, we can work with ecologists to protect the dormice at this site and encourage this population's recovery." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/ieGz50XiUaG

Happy Friday everyone! We're on a mission to Rewild Our Future, so for anyone keen to support this cause, then consider joining us today as a Citizen Rewilder! More info linked -> http://ow.ly/f9B750N9rWB #rewilding

“The Nature Restoration Law offers a huge opportunity for amplifying and accelerating rewilding across the EU" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/VJjK50XiU24

Delighted to welcome the wonderful wellbeing team from @PAHospice to Edith Gardens for a future sensory garden tour & great discussion on improving access to nature for those who need it most 💚 To learn more about the benefits of connecting with nature get in touch 🌿

🌿 Help us rewild the Future! 🌆 We're hiring for a new Urban Rewilding Officer 🌳 If you're passionate about transforming urban spaces into thriving ecosystems apply here: https://ow.ly/rcTf50XmXCW

"They spend most of their time in the release area, which is proof of their successful adaptation" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/pAIj50XiTRe

"The birth of this baby bongo is not only a rare event, it's a strategic win for global conservation." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/polK50XgbQQ

📽️ Behind the scenes at Paradise Fields! Last week, our team built Beaver Dam Analogues, structures that mimic beaver dams to restore wetlands and improve ecosystems🦫 Stay tuned to see their impact unfold!🌿

'The Eccles site, which began with only 12 pairs of birds in 2002, has seen numbers increase yearly.' #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/ZmNF50XgbPy

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"It is one of the rarest migrant hawkmoths to get here and also it's the first confirmed record on the Isle of Man." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/w0ux50XgbLR

"By grazing and browsing around the many ponds, scrapes and ditches on site, they'll help shape a broader range of habitats than we could achieve without them." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/sq6550XgbJO

"Watching the new cubs learning to swim alongside their siblings isn't just a nice thing to see; it's a testament to what dedicated conservation can achieve." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/Ygl750XgbFh

Happy Friday everyone! We're on a mission to Rewild Our Future, so for anyone keen to support this cause, then consider joining us today as a Citizen Rewilder! More info linked -> http://ow.ly/f9B750N9rWB #rewilding

Our first wetland planting day at Tolworth Court Farm was a huge success, thanks to the amazing team at JSM! It’s incredible to see this space coming to life. A big thank you to JSM and Eunetworks for joining us - what a fun, rewarding day🌱🐄

An extremely exciting day at Paradise Fields this week🦫 Our amazing volunteers helped us build our very first beaver dam analogues (BDAs) a huge step in encouraging the beavers to make use of the whole site🌿Thanks to everyone who got stuck in despite the rain!

“The more people join together to do it and are inspired to take part hopefully, the more space nature gets, the more connectivity it gets and the more it can recover.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/bouO50XgbC2

“We are delighted to have reached this milestone and are thankful to the dedication of the organisations and individuals that are working tirelessly to restore Europe’s degraded river systems." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/yl9P50Xgbvz