Two hares almost nose to nose.

Two hares, one jumping towards the other.

Two hares face each other, one with its ears erect.

It's all kicking off!

Boxing hares in Dumfriesshire.

This "mad March hare" behaviour is often assumed to be males fighting, but is actually part of the mating ritual between males and females.

#hare #madmarchhare #springiscoming

📸 Fabulous shots by Rosanna Forbes.👏

Four volunteers who stuck it out until I remembered to take a photo, stood in front of some of the 1km of hedgerow we planted between a field and a conifer plantation.

Four people planting trees next to a tractor trailer full of trees and kit.

Cutting some ash trees for planks.

Yesterday was tidying up our coppice mess, processing wood, even making a few planks.

Today was planting hedgerows on South Molton, a site @protect.earth have planted loads of trees and hedgerows at before. Got about 1km more hedge in and there’s more to go tomorrow! #Biodiversity #Hedgerows

London cycling friends - am thinking of hosting a Scottish themed social ride to mark the publication of my new Lost Lanes book. All will be welcome. Help me compile a few 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 landmarks in Londontown.

#worldbookday

I was sitting by our pond yesterday, and heard a faint repeating sound/call which I don’t recognise. Please can anyone tell me what it might be? It could of course be made by a human, but I felt it more likely to be a creature of some sort. Very faint, so volume up! Thank you 🙏

A complex illustration of a thriving landscape populated with grazing herbivores, birds of prey flying overhead, lizards crossing rocks and mixed deciduous woodland.

An elk in a wetland landscape illustration, while a raptor with a fish in its claws flies overhead and flowers covered with pollinators crowd the foreground.

This illustration shows a large horned cow sitting in a field, surrounded by plants, insects and other grazing animals.

All you need to know about how large herbivores transform the land through their dynamic behaviours 🦬

The Large Herbivore Working Group created these illustrations to bring their rolling, stamping, chewing and wallowing to life. (Illustrations by Lauren Hulbert Design)

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Beaver swimming in a stream with text on the image that reads "Rewilding Wins of the Month. February 2026". Image credit: Rocco Umbescheidt/Getty images/Canva

It’s the best time of the month… February's #RewildingWins are here 🙌

The past month has delivered another lot of inspiring rewilding wins. From a boom in beaver reintroductions in England to a major new rewilding site in Wales, the movement is growing. 

Scroll down to read all about them👇

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WILDER BRITAIN - Wilder World WILDER BRITAIN on Wilder World

With all profits being donated to support our work, this book is helping create a wilder future for the incredible species it features.

Get your copy today👇
https://f.mtr.cool/vcymumfvpz

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Itäisen Suomenlahden kansallispuisto saattaa laajentua merialueille – kasvaisi yli 60 000 hehtaarilla Ympäristöministeriö on aloittanut lainvalmistelun, jossa Itäisen Suomenlahden kansallispuisto laajenisi merialueille.

The Ministry of the Environment is planning to expand the Gulf of Finland National Park 60.000 hectares.

The park is known for the Arctic bird migration. It would be nice to visit for sea trout fishing and birding.

yle.fi/a/74-20213109

Books, Music and other gifts - Gifts - Bat Conservation Trust If you're stuck for gifts for a Birthday, or if you just want to treat yourself, why not order a bat-themed gift from one of BCT's collaborators. The fo...

🦇 Happy World Book Day!!! What is your favourite bat-related book?

We are very lucky for the support of some lovely book authors who donate part of their sales to our to help bats. Visit this page to discover some bat books: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

Fab vid by @westcountrytim.bsky.social confirming that, while London Bridge is not a designated cycleway, it is the busiest for cycle traffic into the City of London

City of London PDF: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Servi...

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If only Edinburgh could find the will to do this, it would make the city so much better 😄

London's cycleway #C6 getting some bypass love in Pancras Road, just north of Euston Station
📷 @marsflyerpaul.bsky.social

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Bumblebeeeeeeeeee!

Photo of a table with 12 mineral specimens and some information cards. There's a display screen next to the table showing a PowerPoint presentation. The text on the screen summarises science at the NHM, with a photo of the blue mineral kernowite: Over 300 scientists work at the Museum; many different projects across nine Research Themes; the Graduate Centre hosts Masters courses and PhD projects; cutting edge science facilities and an extensive library and archives collection; hundreds of new species discovered every year. The NHM gardens can be seen outside the large window behind the table.

Closer view of the table with the 12 minerals and a card that says "Who's that mineral?! Can you match the labels with the specimens?". The minerals featured are graphite, gold in quartz, quartz prism, malachite, labradorite, petalite, copper, cassiterite, opal, calcite, agate and talc.

Last night was the first time I've ever done an after hours event at the NHM (teenagers got to learn about a wide range of museum careers). I made a mineral matching game and the only person who managed to get all 12 right was a Minecraft player. Love that!

Different tree leaf buds

A selection of lizard claws for you

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Nice to see people enjoying the audiobook. Read brilliantly by Joan Walker. And of course, it is very much available in delicious hardback.

Before (2022) / After (2026) the recent pedestrianization and greening of Rue de Gravelle in the 12th arrondissement of Paris

This week we had the pleasure of hosting the @nationalhighways.bsky.social team for a site visit to Crowden Moor and a day of planting sphagnum moss on Snailsden Moor.

Restoration interventions in these road corridors will have a significant positive impact on both the habitat and the flood and fire risk currently posed in the area. www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/the-latest/e...

As I work on this icon, with rain drumming on the studio roof, I think about all the hedgehogs curled up asleep in their leafy beds. If you’re tidying up your garden please check carefully in all the places they might be before using the dreaded strimmer.

when Pagans (James Alistair Henry) showed up in the mail because everybody in the House of Hatrack wants to read it but I get first dibs. This is a modern alternate timeline in which the Norman Conquest never happened. Britain is divided into the Three Kingdoms with Norse-leaning Scotland fiercely

Avant / Après Rue de la Solidarité dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris. De l'autre côté du croisement à gauche hors de la photo, cette rue est plus changée encore, et on est ici au croisement avec la Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine, dans le dos de la photo, où le changement fut encore plus fort !

Walk to School Week 2026 classroom packs are now live on our shop!

From 18–22 May 2026, schools across the UK will take part in our five-day walking challenge – and this year’s theme is Mission Move 🔎.

Join the fun and order your classroom packs today!

Daar waren wij dus bij; top avond gehad!

Page from the Wilder Britain photo book which shows a photo of a common frog at water's surface beside clutches of eggs, underwater view with night sky, trees and distant city lights above, as well as text below. Credit: Irene Amiet/Wilder Britain

Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚

We’re celebrating with Irene Amiet’s beautiful Wilder Britain photo book. This carefully curated collection of impressive wildlife photos by over 60 UK-based photographers is a powerful reminder of how vital it is that we act now for nature recovery.

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Here's the match funded crowdfunded. Not sure why the links are not showing pics anymore...

NEW: Six out of ten new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2025, led by four countries where 100% of new buses were battery-electric: Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia & Latvia.

That’s a huge leap from just 12% in 2019 when the EU adopted the Clean Vehicles Directive.
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This is so great. Over the last 12 years beavers have gone from something that governments wanted rid of and few of the NGOs cared about, to being recognised as a native species right across GB. Well done to all those who campaigned to get us here.