Can’t wait to listen to this from this excellent doc maker. rewilding.org/episode-158-...

In this episode, journalist and producer Julius Purcell explores the remarkable return of #wolves to #Germany after 150 years of extirpation. Hear how Germany is learning to coexist with these iconic predators, the challenges that remain, and why the success of the wolf’s comeback is so significant.

Thank you!

I just ordered books written by these authors : @madelineostrander.bsky.social @keggiec.bsky.social @richardconniff.bsky.social ‘Currently reading @helenscales.bsky.social ‘s What the Wild Sea can be ! Embarking on an intense nature writing reading journey ! Yay!

Finally! This is an historic win for all those who have spent decades trying to get the govt to act. Non-compliance is expected to be high so effective monitoring & robust enforcement must follow. Defra press release + commentary from me ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/10/p...

Met them at dinner in the early days of their odyssey. They’d just been GIVEN a house with 18 acres of land! I remember her faux naive all-in-a-daze response to their good fortune. Conversation was 1-way & hard work. I was asked to interview RW at a literary festival for her second book & declined.

Three weeks to publication day and I couldn't be more thrilled with this quote from the wonderful @keggiec.bsky.social

Can’t wait to chat with brilliant writer, fierce advocate for all the animals and dear friend @keggiec.bsky.social

I am talking to the great marine biologist & wonderful writer Helen Scales about What The Wild Seas Can Be tomorrow, Salisbury Cathedral, 7.30pm. She is fascinating about the most important thing on the planet, the sea. www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/arrangements...

HOW TO REWILD: A Practical Manual from Underhill Wood Nature Reserve for One to Fifty Acres by Jonathan Thomson. It’s brilliant, incredibly practical with great colour photographs & some excellent & very clear illustrations by myself! Available from FOLDE Dorset.

Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals www.theguardian.com/environment/... This is what the Planning & Infrastructure will mean, if it becomes law. Every single SSSI in England will lose its protected status, as well as non-SSSI sites for protected species.

What has happened to our moral compass … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our beautiful home of 23 years, Rose Bower, is for sale. The garden, chalk stream and woods are breathtakingly lovely. We hope to pass it on to someone who will love it, & the garden’s inhabitants, as much as we have. Listed with Myddleton & Major Estate Agents myddeltonmajor.co.uk/property/lit...

Happy publication ⁦‪@WriterHannahBT‬⁩ So happy to endorse this brave and brilliant book. “This book might make you scream…” ⁦‪@eandtbooks‬⁩

The most inspiring, uplifting and heart warming night at the Whitley Awards where global grass roots conservation projects are rewarded and celebrated. An evening of hope and beautiful collaborations of communities who work to protect native species. Please support the Whitley Fund for Nature.

🪶#NatureNeedsYou tells the compelling story of how @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social set out to save swifts from extinction in the UK. 'The swifts are lucky to have Hannah fighting their corner' ZAC GOLDSMITH 'A voice for nature' EMMA MARSH, RSPB 'Hannah is a hero of our times' @keggiec.bsky.social

Don’t wash out your peanut butter jar. Leave it in the bushes for small critters to lick clean. They will love it!

I wrote this for Time magazine for Earth Day: Animals Can Save Us - If We Let Them time.com/6272815/anim...

My writing shed view this morning. Blossom glory.

Morning all, 79,000 signatures down, 21,000 to go! We've got six weeks left to get this petition to ban driven grouse shooting - a sport that has pushed hen harriers and golden eagles to the brink of extinction in these islands - over the line. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Happy Rewilding Day! The one wholly good news story. This is our little nature reserve at Underhill after 10 years of rewilding.

#InternationalWomensDay I love this photograph of Dian Fossey. I saw it years ago and it took months of searching to find it again for BEASTLY. No other photo would do. What love and what joy. For both animals.

#InternationalWomensDay I wrote about women as the natural custodians of the ecological movement for Perpective Magazine: WE are the storm: www.perspectivemedia.com/we-are-the-s...

Watch out for Hannah’s new book out May 1st. I guarantee it’s a fascinating and inspiring read & she an exceptional person.

Excellent news! Just hope the reality isn't bogged down with bureaucracy.

Our divine legacy

Supper from the woods. Thank you.

"I can scarcely believe I’m writing this ... but on green issues, this Labour government is worse than the Tories," says @georgemonbiot.bsky.social "The last PM to insist growth should override every other consideration was Liz Truss" #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Watch out for this. It’s riveting and nothing short of revelatory and it’s coming out in May. ⁦‪@hannahbournetaylor.bsk.social #swifts

The Redwing & Weasel Here's something that I guarantee no one else has seen this morning - a bathing Redwing who was followed almost immediately by a Weasel. The Weasel was on camera for less than 2 secs so I've slowed it down by a factor of 10. Weasels often hunt by the pond. #birds #ukwildlife

Hares - Gateway Anxiety. When you're out in the middle of the field you are in control of your destiny. When you pass through a gateway, life is more concentrated & complicated: Smells of dogs: foxes, stoats; humans; hares of the same sex; hares of the opposite sex, all need to evaluated... #hares

The Insects’ Christmas - a short stop-motion film by Wladyslaw Starewicz , 1913 youtu.be/iHPi2oygMcE?...

Yes.

Hello new followers (and old). Here's the Nature Writing feed for anyone looking for a daily dose of wildlife & words, plus inspiring folk to follow. Please share ☺️🙏

So am I. Thank you!

Sun going down on winter solstice. Two goshawks calling.

For winter solstice what better than to celebrate the biggest wins for wildlife in 2024.

#H5N1 - what a #biosecurity mess the US has made. "Key problems including deference to the farm industry, eroded public health budgets, neglect for the safety of agriculture workers, and the sluggish pace of federal interventions" www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...

Or, if you need a laugh and want to be thankful you are not me, then this!

Or this!

This!

Good.

The survival of human being, of course, most animals, depends on that little leaf! Is that an overstatement? I guess not, because we can’t eat sunlight. Painting this leaf takes long, but it’s my tribute to Mother Nature. #botanicalart #leaf #SciArt #natureart #naturalhistoryart

A knockout raven.

Is this the best DID of all time? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Whow - wonderful nature: what #biodiversity can achieve when allowed to flourish www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

I think national treasure, the great Richard Mabey, hero and friend. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What a shameful day for Europe. We have so much to gain from having healthy populations of wolves across the continent but are throwing that away to appease the right wing racists and nature-haters. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...