On Wednesday, we welcomed @MindFoodCIO, who support mental health through nature, food-growing and gardening, for a site tour at Paradise Fields 🌿🐾 It was a pleasure to share the space with such an engaged group! Thank you to @HeathrowCommunityTrust for funding these tours.

"They've settled in, they seem to be comfortable, they've made themselves a lodge and they've started to make an impact" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx0wezddzqo

We were delighted to have Steve Brooks with us to lead a Freshwater Invertebrate Survey Training Day at Paradise Fields🪱A huge thank you to Steve for sharing his expertise and to all our brilliant volunteers for getting stuck in🌿🔎

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Exciting progress at Edith Gardens! We’re delighted to have begun creating a beautiful sensory garden 🦋 Our amazing volunteers worked so hard and were joined by not one, but two smooth newts along the way🦎

"Our focus now is on returning this land to nature, creating a dynamic reserve where vital habitats and wildlife can thrive." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c0r070d84eko

Last week we hosted two tours at Paradise Fields! Thank you to the Centre for Art and Ecology for joining us, it was a real pleasure to share our work with you🌿 Thanks to the support of Heathrow Communities Trust, we’re still offering free public tours for everyone to enjoy🦋

"The focus is on local food-based agriculture and spring conservation as a way to protect and sustain our own village.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/BtC350WYF7h

We had a great rewilding day at Paradise Fields last week! Our volunteers did an incredible job on site, thank you all for coming along🦫🌿

“The discovery signifies a substantial southward expansion of the breeding range for the species from the southern Kruger National Park to Zululand and is a development worth celebrating” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/EmSe50WYEUr

We’re delighted to have added more volunteer dates on Wednesdays and Fridays for you to join us in rewilding our urban green spaces🌿🪲Check out our opportunities on our website 'Volunteer with Us' page or sign up via Eventbrite below! 🔗https://ow.ly/7MIP50WMJu2

Hello autumn 🍂🦌🦉

"It's going to take years for it to really restore back to absolutely top quality heathland but it's on it's ways and it's going really quick. It was a real pleasant surprise just how fast it's starting to recover." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/ujsQ50WYERl

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“When we protect the forest, the forest protects us.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/Hagy50WYEPE

“To get to the ecosystem restoration, we have to restore the egosystem, which starts in the headwaters, which is the water in our own heads.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/QcF250WYEHM

"In the coming years, the forests of Zhenda will regenerate naturally, while bison herds once again roam freely across the landscape." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/75BC50WYEtx

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"By actively engaging with natural elements, people can unlock deeper restorative benefits, which has powerful implications for how we design and manage public green spaces." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/O2bp50WWBNh

"Oysters filter the water and remove nutrients and help to clean up the coast." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/icRi50WWBj9

"By allowing the landscape to recover, we open the door for lost species - such as the pine marten - to return, alongside a greater abundance of the wildlife that makes Kent special." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/JGsT50WWBco

Join us this Friday for a day of hands-on volunteering in Edith Gardens. Whether you’d like to get stuck into the practical work or sit with a cup of tea and a biscuit, you're welcome to come along🦋 🔗 Sign up for free here: https://ow.ly/FHIE50WWAKP

“We hit the jackpot and captured the first video of a black panther mating with a spotted male in the wild” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/Nhol50WVC3m

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“The reef acts as a foundation for the whole ecosystem, generating an oasis of life on the seafloor”. #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/TyYH50WVBWK

“Monitoring and management options are currently being initiated as a precautionary approach to conserve this unique and rare species of shark." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/17jA50WTQUy

“I’ve never seen a kelp forest that dense – and it was insane to see how quickly it returned.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/ebW150WTQK5

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A huge thank you to InfluenceMap for joining us at Tolworth Court Farm for our rewilding day last week🌿Their team helped us open up public pathways on the site, making sure the site stays accessible!

"Park staff work daily to protect coyote, mainly by teaching the public what to do and what not to do if they encounter a coyote.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/voGz50WTQnf

Introducing the Wild Guardians🌿👑 This great team of volunteers is helping to rewild and restore Tolworth Court Farm, pushing the Wild Tolworth project forward! There is still a chance to join them, our virtual training day is next week! Sign up today: https://ow.ly/nR3950WU0ez

Following our July water vole release, we’re delighted to see the newly deployed latrine rafts already being put to good use! 💡Fun Fact: Water voles leave piles of poo, known as latrines, to mark the edge of their territories during the breeding season.

'Vincent Wildlife Trust’s (VWT) nationally significant project - Martens on the Move - is working with communities and organisations to support the pine marten, one of Britain's rarest mammals, to thrive once again.' #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/tFlJ50WTPUE

A huge thanks to everyone who came along to Rose Walk last week! Together the volunteers built a brilliant dead hedge, expertly tackled Himalayan Balsam, and somehow even managed to coordinate their raincoats👏🌿

Thanks to generous funding from Heathrow’s Communities Trust, the Ealing Beaver Project is offering more public Beaver Site Tours! Discover how beavers are transforming our local landscapes and enjoy a guided walk🌿 🔗 Book your FREE tour today: https://ow.ly/rKF950WTVZJ

"By reintroducing these insects, we're not only supporting the future of their species, but helping to restore an entire ecosystem." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/75kC50WRkxU

"They have demonstrated the remarkable power of nature to bring people together, and this example gives us reason for hope in the face of climate and biodiversity crises" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/3Cac50WRkp9

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"It's a real moment of celebration and I couldn't be happier about seeing the species come back." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/1O8Y50WRki9

"Creating a breeding population not only brings us one step closer to the jaguar's recovery, it offers the blueprint to extending their comeback throughout the Gran Chaco" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/xQ3i50WRkcT

"With the current large herds of bison, Yellowstone grasslands are functioning better than in their absence" #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/Of9t50WRk6N

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'Eels caught in Lower Lough Erne as part of a continuing trap and transport programme could be part of the species' salvation.' #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/47HA50WOWUc

Explore the diversity of invertebrates at Paradise Fields while developing the field skills needed to support biodiversity monitoring🔎This event is designed to equip participants with practical skills in invertebrate recording🪲🪰 Sign up here: https://ow.ly/w5b550WJmq6

“Our initiative is long-term; we have funding committed for 20 years, but our goal is that, at some point, this becomes part of the normal landscape and can be maintained solely by the local people.” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/MYn750WOWGl

"So far, we have transferred over two hundred young storks to Sussex for release. Many have successfully crossed the Channel and followed traditional migration routes down through Europe and into Africa." #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/ekJB50WOWAv

We’re delighted to have added more volunteer dates on Wednesdays and Fridays for you to join us in rewilding our urban green spaces🌿🪲Check out our opportunities on our website 'Volunteer with Us' page or sign up via Eventbrite below! 🔗https://ow.ly/sijx50WMJqk

“Protecting this site means safeguarding one of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth, and the species that depend on it” #rewilding #conservationoptimism https://ow.ly/3H5C50WMFU8

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"They're really important in terms of environmental and ecological services that they provide. Some people call them nature's dustbin collectors, they're really good indicators of what's happening" #rewilding #conservationoptimsim https://ow.ly/vzFT50WMFOE