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Nature,Rewilding,Birds,Plants,Gardens,Art and Current Affairs - recently retired land manager for the National Trust in the SW of England.

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Germany moves to legalise wolf hunting in response to livestock ‘bloodlust’ Lower house votes in favour of polarising law after rapid increase in population and attack on grazing farm animals

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06.03.2026 08:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
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Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders? With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected

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27.02.2026 17:32 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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No trees, no food, shot for fun … yet Serbia’s imperial eagles are making an improbable return Less than a decade ago, the Balkan country had just one breeding pair of the eastern imperial species of raptor left. Now things are changing, thanks to the dogged work of conservationists

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19.02.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Showdown in the American west as Colorado River faces crucial deadline: ‘Mother nature isn’t going to bail us out’ Seven states must make deal for sharing basin that supplies 40 million people, before US government steps in. With negotiations at an impasse, what’s at stake?

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13.02.2026 16:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there? Birdwatchers flock to Montréal for rare sighting of ‘vagrant’ bird that has made its home during a bitterly cold winter

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10.02.2026 14:05 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago

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09.02.2026 20:54 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

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09.02.2026 09:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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John Barkham obituary Other lives: Ecologist and influential lecturer at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia

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06.02.2026 07:49 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline

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31.01.2026 11:24 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

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31.01.2026 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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‘Meat tax’ could have significant impact on environmental footprint, study finds Full VAT on meat products could cost EU households as little as €26 a year but cut impact by 3-6%, says paper

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20.01.2026 12:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population

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13.01.2026 07:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava

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08.01.2026 07:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina

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06.01.2026 07:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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.

01.01.2026 07:14 👍 444 🔁 165 💬 11 📌 7
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Northumberland nature recovery project takes shape with biggest land sale in 30 years Wildlife trust is raising funds to buy largest piece of land in single ownership to come up for sale in England for a generation

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31.12.2025 11:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates off the coast of Cornwall and south Devon, wildlife charity says

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22.12.2025 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances

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18.12.2025 08:04 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Disappearance of conservation project white-tailed eagles probed Police are investigating the disappearance of three white-tailed eagles across the country.

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17.12.2025 18:35 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Greek tragedy: the rare seals hiding in caves to escape tourists Greece is hoping that protected areas will help keep daytrippers away and allow vulnerable monk seals to return to their island habitats

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17.12.2025 13:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story

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12.12.2025 12:23 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

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05.12.2025 07:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown

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28.11.2025 12:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery

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25.11.2025 08:57 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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European wildcats could be seen again in England for first time in 100 years Two-year study finds area of woodland in Devon to be ideal habitat to support a controlled release of the creatures

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18.11.2025 07:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3
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With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

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17.11.2025 07:53 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain

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01.11.2025 08:55 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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28.10.2025 07:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Scientists say North Atlantic right whale population slowly increasing Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past year

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21.10.2025 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects

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21.10.2025 12:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1