Relentless "improvement" of the countryside leaves no space for nature. But ever more people are now helping the wild return, through *rewilding*. No matter who you are or where you live, you too have a part to play in the fight. There is no better New Year's resolution.

Disappearance of white-tailed eagles investigated www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A huge Glossy Ibis influx is currently under way across Britain and Ireland, with large flocks appearing and all modern records for the species being broken. Josh Jones reports on the extraordinary events of the last few days:

Flower-rich, shrubby grassland hums with wildlife. And If we're to induce Red-backed Shrikes to recolonise, we need to create lots more of this habitat What makes perfect Red-backed Shrike habitat? youtu.be/6aRbp84BDEM

Meet the osprey 🦅 With wings spanning up to 1.8 metres, the osprey is one of Britain’s most striking birds of prey. Once reduced to just a single breeding pair in Scotland, this species is slowly expanding its range again with over 200 pairs now calling Britain home. 🧵1/3

To reenvisage our landscape as it once was requires seeing how the plough has levelled land removing small scale topographic variance but also realising how much change is under ground. Under-field drainage www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLE...

Open, unfenced wood-pasture with traditional biocultural physiognomy, surrounded by wilderness. As the herder family told: this is a/the genuine herder life.

Scheme to release beavers into wild in England has stalled, say nature experts