Rooks call spring. Lovely temperature today. I'm alive!

Redshank. Just starting to hear their calls in the valley. Gorgeous sound and bird.

Turnstone in Brixham. Pictured using an iPhone

@wildportishead.bsky.social will doing a live show next week talking about the implications of the new planning bill on our SSSI ancient woodland.

And relax and play, something, anything. Something new perhaps.

Been talking to more farmering groups about the biodiversity of of rough grassland headlands

Just a sprinkling of Redwings so far.

Dairy farmer Rosie and myself launching a new farming cluster group that will link up farms using rough grassland margins for Owls and Voles, a much wider diversity of species just waiting to be unlocked.

Is there anyone out there?

Aah the annual 'middle of the ground nesting bird breeding season trampling event' hosted by Dartmoor National Park. Just what is it we have national parks for? @iancarter67.bsky.social @wildcard.land @chrissperring.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social

Thanks to @petemrcooper.bsky.social who reviews our book Great Misconceptions - Rewilding Myths and Misunderstandings in this. @markavery.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @chrissperring.bsky.social @iancarter67.bsky.social @landethics.bsky.social #books #rewilding

Blackbird evening song.

Spring is ramping up a notch

Special guest on tonight’s @wildportishead.bsky.social live show is @ianparsons.bsky.social talking about climate change and the planting of millions of trees in the West of England. Plus an update on our Swift project.

My guest blog on @markavery.bsky.social 's website asks What is the environmental & carbon cost of large scale tree planting schemes? A question of importance @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social @thekentacorn.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/03/31/g...

Ian Parsons asks ‘What is the environmental & carbon cost of large-scale tree-planting schemes?’ markavery.info/2025/03/31/g... #tree #planting #carbon

How can this be called a carbon offsetting scheme when we don't know the carbon cost of the tree planting in the first place? How long do these trees need to be in the ground to offset their own carbon cost before offsetting anyone else's? See my guest blog here markavery.info/2025/03/31/g...

2/2.. more reason to answer my question in my guest blog markavery.info/2025/03/31/g... on @markavery.bsky.social 's site. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @chrissperring.bsky.social @iancarter67.bsky.social

The Starling is a personal symbol to me of how a species can be seemingly everywhere, and then in a blink of an eye, they are gone. Yesterday, I was talking about a common species, and told, “it’s not priority”. Oh dear, so sad. Picture using iphone12promax

Today is World Rewilding Day. An excuse then to plug this: With contributions from @irishrainforest.bsky.social @iancarter67.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @alexanderlees.bsky.social @chrissperring.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @landethics.bsky.social among others! #Books #Rewilding

So, the west of England is getting 2,500ha of this apparently. @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @chrissperring.bsky.social 20 million outsourced trees, 20 million plastic tubes, 20 million wooden stakes made from felled trees. Look at the.. 1/3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Smooth Newt

Toads everywhere during my Little Owl. Oh, and few other things, pictures to follow @ianparsons.bsky.social @jonathanmock.bsky.social @wildportishead.bsky.social

Stunning male Blackbird in BS20

Don't forget tomorrow night 7pm we're having a webinar on Great Misconceptions - #Rewilding Myths & Misunderstandings. Hosted by facebook.com/WildPortishead Please join us as we talk about the book, feel free to ask questions! 🪶🌍 #booksky @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @landethics.bsky.social

Yours truly doing a lecture about a few friends.

Great Misconceptions of Rewilding is out now, edited by@IanParsons. Get yourself a copy, some of the best nature authors contribute chapters. We are doing a live show with the authors and editor this Tuesday at 19:00GMT on @WildPortishead Facebook page.

One of the best tree planters I know. And it doesn’t use plastic.

New to Bluesky so here's a link to the latest #EnvironmentMatters: mailchi.mp/f3f02d3c1715... There's lots going on & all interested in #rewilding welcome to join @chrissperring.bsky.social & Wild Portishead on Tues 19th at 7pm discussing Great Misconceptions. YouTube @WildPortishead & FB live.

Great Misconceptions of Rewilding is now published.

Open invite to all interested in #Rewilding I & some of the contributors are having a live webinar on Tuesday 19th Nov at 7pm hosted by Wild Portishead discussing our book Great Misconceptions, please watch & feel free to ask questions! On facebook.com/WildPortishead & YouTube @WildPortishead

Hello everyone, I have arrived from the other place, who’s around?