Wild Card

Hi BlueSky friends (new and old)... We're a grassroots campaign calling on the Britain's biggest landowners to rewild their land! We'd love to connect with everyone who believes in a fairer, wilder Britain. Make it wild & make it ours!

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You can't clean up plastic once it's in the ocean You can't suck up fossil carbon once it's in the atmosphere You can't (quickly) regrow a forest once you've destroyed it Destruction needs to be addressed at source. It makes no sense to just damage everything and try to fix it afterwards

11 bat species, cuckoos, badgers and rare beetles. The developer’s ecologists said the land qualifies as a Local Wildlife Site, whilst the council’s ecologist warned of “significant” harm from development. Buckinghamshire Council approved an AI data centre on it anyway.

You don't fight fire with fire - you fight it with water. So it's great to see the Environment Secretary announce new grants for peat re-wetting today - closing a looming gap in funding - as the PM holds a Wildfire Summit. My Guardian quote below: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

We cannot drill our way to a wilder future! This UK made a commitment to nature on land & sea. This about more than beaver reintroductions. Healthy seas, thriving ecosystems & a liveable climate are all part of the same fight. We need to restore nature, not fuel its destruction. #jackdaw

Post mortems suggest five Hen Harrier chicks found dead in nest on grouse moor in northern England had injuries consistent with being stabbed. New blog (warning - contains distressing info) ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/16/p...

Research opportunity at Leeds Uni for someone interested in exploring how quickly rewilded peatland recovers to become a climate resilient landscape yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/yes...

Defra is gathering evidence that could shape the future policy on gamebird shooting. Have your say! Have you experienced issues such as gamebird collisions, dumped dead birds, illegal traps, suspicious raptor deaths, disturbance, damage or loss of access to land? For info, visit buff.ly/TGjrkrK

Can soil collected from nearby healthy woodlands improve the success of restoring Britain’s Atlantic Rainforest? That’s one of the questions SPUN and Cumbria Connect are testing in Cumbria. Read about our experiment: buff.ly/McS8w75 #MycorrhizalFungi #AtlanticRainforest #ForestRestoration

New data shows July was the worst on record for wildfires in England The PM's upcoming Wildfire Summit must make “radical changes to how we fire-proof our landscapes– by restoring peat bogs, ponds and wetlands – & cut out the fossil fuels making wildfires worse” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route

Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government

23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Are there stories in peat? There certainly are and they’re best told slowly – you can find out what tales peat has to tell in @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social’s Slow Storytelling exhibition, and read about them here: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lucy-ca... The exhibition is free and runs until 26/10/26.

Our programme of October Learning Days gives you the chance to feed your curiosity across a wide range of rewilding topics. Choose the subject that interests you and spend a day learning alongside the experts. See what’s coming up and book today 👉 https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/mu9osxqimo

The UN warns the world has a narrowing window to restore forests, vital for food security and climate resilience. Barely a fifth of promised restoration is happening. We are one of the world's most nature-depleted countries. There's no excuse for inaction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How to Live on Earth 🌍📽️ The brand-new documentary exploring nature-based solutions, ecosystem restoration, and rewilding is now streaming free on YouTube! 🌿✨ Energising, uplifting, and actionable. 🎬 Watch full film: https://www.rfr.bz/bc04a1ae3 #Rewilding #NatureBasedSolutions #EcosystemR

We’re set up and ready to go at Stand H12 in Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference! Stop by our stand and say ‘yes’ to rewilding. Let’s bring back Britain’s wild hero’s - the engineers, architects and champions of our natural world. #Lab26 #Rewilding #HopeAgain

Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures

Rewilding in the Tamar valley in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Virginia Speers. #naturewriting #countrydiary

Loving @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social calls within this article as well as the statement that ‘access to nature is not a ‘nice to have’ it is a necessity’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Want to dive deeper into our #WildPeak appeal? 🌿 Join Programme Manager, Joanna Hill, for a free webinar to discover the full story, explore what the future could look like and join the conversation. 📅 Thu 24 Sep, 6:30pm 🎟️ Free Register: https://derbyshirewildlifetrust.pulse.ly/ihmxman4fh

Churchyard rewilding, coral reef loss, the rights of rivers. Our six stories of science and faith for the Season of Creation celebrate the natural world, and ask what we owe it in return. eclas.shorthandstories.com/creationtide/

So cool to see language and place names being used to inform native oyster habitat restoration/seawilding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nine Ways to Rewild is our five-day residential course (31 Oct–5 Nov), built on proven principles already driving nature recovery across our #NorthwoodsRewildingNetwork. Take your next step in rewilding alongside fellow thinkers and doers. 🔗 https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/tftshrs8be

Please add your name so that our moorlands can be rewetted; so that native raptors are no longer persecuted; so that our soil and water are no longer contaminated by lead shot; so that our wild birds no longer have to compete with an estimated 60 million non-native game birds released annually

NEW: Reported pheasant numbers increase in England to over 26 million, according to official data I've obtained under FOI But these stats fall far short of what the shooting industry acknowledges to be the true figures, as so many estates fail to comply with regs whoownsengland.org/2026/09/08/r...

Peat belongs in peatlands, not on our plates. ⚠️ Did you know some of our food is still grown using peat? 🫐 Peatlands are vital for our climate, yet they're being destroyed to supply our food chain.🍽️ Ask your supermarket what they’re doing to save peatlands - https://loom.ly/d2yfpWs #EndPeatSales

Waxcap Watch is back this autumn! We're looking for nature lovers across the UK to help spot and record some of Britain's most colourful fungi as part of the UK's biggest citizen science survey for fungi. Want to get involved? Join our FREE online events to learn more 👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk

Some 50 million pheasants are released into the countryside annually. Now DEFRA have opened a Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing & shooting, it’s vital that the public input - because you can be sure that the shooting industry will do so: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evi...

It's nearly time for #BirdoftheYear2026. This year, I'm campaign manager for tītī | Cook's petrel. It's a trans-Pacific jet-setter with an underground bunker in Aotearoa, but this bird's emissions are actually GOOD for the environment!

This summer was the hottest on record in the UK The summer of 1976 that some folks my age keep banging on about is now only the SEVENTH hottest on record The top five hottest summers all happened since 2003 We're heating the planet by burning fossil fuels www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

It's now extremely hard for Irish people to conceive what a wild tree even looks like, with mostly only domesticated, tamed versions remaining. This rainforest holly gives an idea. Rewilding is how we allow not only wild trees back, but the entire ecosystems of which they're meant to be a part.

Baby beavers 🦫 🍾 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This summer has highlighted that as our climate becomes hotter and less predictable, restoring our natural wet defences has to become a central part of the UK’s wildfire strategy ✍️Christian Dunn, Bangor University

Drought stricken soil is baked solid, water cannot sink in. This is how we go from deadly heatwaves to flash floods that wash away whole communities. We’re planning major wetland restorations in Bath and elsewhere to slow that water down. protect.earth/articles/wet...

We must Rewild to Recover 🌱 We're demanding urgent action: the UK Government must take rewilding seriously and restore nature to keep our towns, farms and families safe from extreme weather. Add your name to our open letter today👇 1/2 Image: Mark Hamblin/scotlandthebigpicture.com

“By reconnecting river systems with the surrounding area and creating natural sponges in the landscape, we’ve created a system that stores water during drought, keeping wetlands and the surrounding habitats healthy” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ask the Minister for Nature to protect our most biodiverse habitat! 🌳 Send your message here actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... #Rewilding #AncientWoodland #GhostWoods

Pioneering research into nature and #mentalhealth at @visitdundreggan.bsky.social 🌳 Rural school pupils have been working alongside researchers from the University of South Wales to explore how time in nature can support young people’s mental health and #wellbeing. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4zppoUL

How lovely! I once saw a wildcat when I was by Loch Rannoch. A Scottish wildcat has been recorded swimming in the wild for the first time. The female, which was born in captivity in 2022 and released into the wild in 2024, was spotted by a group of friends canoeing on the River Spey. #wildcats

Just listened to last Saturday’s Radical on Radio 4 with Derek Gow in the hot seat. It really is well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

8/ The climate and nature movements need to get on the front foot again in the wake of the wildfires, to say loud and clear: - You don't fight fire with fire, you fight it with water. - We need to re-wet peat bogs, let beavers create new wetlands, plant more trees for shade & restore nature

‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🌎🦑

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