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Alex Raeder
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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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‘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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February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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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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February 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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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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February 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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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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February 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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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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January 31, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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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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January 31, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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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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January 20, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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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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January 13, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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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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January 8, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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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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January 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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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.
January 1, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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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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December 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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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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December 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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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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December 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Disappearance of white-tailed eagles investigated www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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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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December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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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December 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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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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December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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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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November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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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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November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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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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November 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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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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November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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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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November 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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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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October 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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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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October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM