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‘A win for people-led rewilding’ – new hutting law in Scotland to unlock public land to connect people and nature #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/11/05/a...
‘A win for people-led rewilding’ – new hutting law in Scotland to unlock public land to connect people and nature - Inside Ecology
Last night (4 November) MSPs in the Scottish Parliament voted to create a new hutting law compelling the Scottish Government to publish a model lease for hutting on public land. The change to the law ...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
‘A win for people-led rewilding’ – new hutting law in Scotland to unlock public land to connect people and nature #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/11/05/a...
Charity calls for greater investment in nature as appetite for rewilding outpaces support available #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/11/05/c...
Charity calls for greater investment in nature as appetite for rewilding outpaces support available - Inside Ecology
Rewilding charity Rewilding Britain is calling for more resources and greater investment opportunities for rewilding as it awards more than £140,000 to eleven rewilding projects in what it reports is ...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Charity calls for greater investment in nature as appetite for rewilding outpaces support available #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/11/05/c...
Hope for the tallest land mammal rises at the Giraffe Research Facility #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange insideecology.com/2025/11/04/h...
Hope for the tallest land mammal rises at the Giraffe Research Facility - Inside Ecology
In the golden light of a Free State evening, giraffes moved gracefully across the Amanzi Private Game Reserve, their long necks silhouetted against the horizon. But on Wednesday evening, 29 October 20...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hope for the tallest land mammal rises at the Giraffe Research Facility #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange insideecology.com/2025/11/04/h...
New report reveals the return of rare breeding bird species #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #birds insideecology.com/2025/11/04/n...
New report reveals the return of rare breeding bird species - Inside Ecology
The latest report by the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (RBBP), the independent body that monitors the populations of the UK’s rarest breeding birds, celebrates the return of two species to the UK with bot...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New report reveals the return of rare breeding bird species #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #birds insideecology.com/2025/11/04/n...
London beaver embarks on historic journey to help re-wild Wales #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #beavers insideecology.com/2025/11/04/l...
London beaver embarks on historic journey to help re-wild Wales - Inside Ecology
In a historic first, a London beaver has journeyed to Wales to help establish a new family and strengthen Britain’s growing beaver population. The Ealing Beaver Project, the UK’s first urban and fully...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
London beaver embarks on historic journey to help re-wild Wales #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #beavers insideecology.com/2025/11/04/l...
Building a Greener Future for Wales / Adeiladu Dyfodol Gwyrddach i Gymru, Nov 2025 insideecology.com/2025/11/04/b...
Building a Greener Future for Wales / Adeiladu Dyfodol Gwyrddach i Gymru, Nov 2025 - Inside Ecology
Green Economy Conference 2025 to unite business, community, and industry in South Wales 4theRegion is delighted to announce the return of the Green Economy Conference, takingplace on Thursday 13 Novem...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Building a Greener Future for Wales / Adeiladu Dyfodol Gwyrddach i Gymru, Nov 2025 insideecology.com/2025/11/04/b...
Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #habitats #conservation #bats insideecology.com/2025/10/30/s...
Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats - Inside Ecology
October is bats’ time in the spotlight, although they are mostly portrayed as spooky and creepy. The truth is, bats are more likely to help you than harm you. Since I first saw a bat as an undergradua...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #habitats #conservation #bats insideecology.com/2025/10/30/s...
Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains #environment #sustainability #climatechange #pollution insideecology.com/2025/10/30/s...
Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains - Inside Ecology
A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus. The fine has now been rescinded by Richmond council in London, but the incident has prompted many ...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains #environment #sustainability #climatechange #pollution insideecology.com/2025/10/30/s...
Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #sustainability #climatechange #pollution #emissions #carbon #netzero insideecology.com/2025/10/30/h...
Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard - Inside Ecology
Hurricane Melissa is tearing through the Caribbean, bringing record-breaking wind and torrential rain to Jamaica – the island’s first ever category 5 landfall. What makes Melissa so alarming isn’t jus...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #sustainability #climatechange #pollution #emissions #carbon #netzero insideecology.com/2025/10/30/h...
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Look at this beauty - a female Rusty Blackbird. And no, that’s not snow, that’s Snow Goose feathers. There were thousands of them on the lake so drifts of feathers on the shore #birds (2 wks ago)
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Look at this beauty - a female Rusty Blackbird. And no, that’s not snow, that’s Snow Goose feathers. There were thousands of them on the lake so drifts of feathers on the shore #birds (2 wks ago)
Project to restore and expand Scotland’s ancient forests is boosting moth biodiversity #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #moths #scotland insideecology.com/2025/10/29/p...
Project to restore and expand Scotland’s ancient forests is boosting moth biodiversity - Inside Ecology
A project to protect and restore ancient Caledonian forests in the Scottish Highlands is significantly boosting moth biodiversity, a study has found. The National Trust for Scotland has been expanding...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Project to restore and expand Scotland’s ancient forests is boosting moth biodiversity #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #moths #scotland insideecology.com/2025/10/29/p...
New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans, in ‘big step towards a Rewilding Nation’ #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/10/29/n...
New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans, in ‘big step towards a Rewilding Nation’ - Inside Ecology
Yesterday MSPs in the Scottish Parliament voted to create a law obliging the owners of large landholdings to publish plans on how they will increase biodiversity, as part of the new Land Reform Bill –...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans, in ‘big step towards a Rewilding Nation’ #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/10/29/n...
Beavers released in Glen Affric 400 years after extinction in Scotland #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #Beavers #scotland insideecology.com/2025/10/27/b...
Beavers released in Glen Affric 400 years after extinction in Scotland - Inside Ecology
A family of five beavers and a beaver pair have been released at two sites on Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve in the northwest Highlands. The beavers were relocated u...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Beavers released in Glen Affric 400 years after extinction in Scotland #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #Beavers #scotland insideecology.com/2025/10/27/b...
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MEDITERRANEAN HISTORIC HEAT
Exceptional heat continues with widespread tropical nights.Minimums 20C/25C in Spain,Portugal,Morocco,Algeria,Tunisia and Libya and next days also in Greece and Turkey with summer conditions
RECORD October hot night in Alicante SPAIN
Minimum 22.4C
Exceptional heat continues with widespread tropical nights.Minimums 20C/25C in Spain,Portugal,Morocco,Algeria,Tunisia and Libya and next days also in Greece and Turkey with summer conditions
RECORD October hot night in Alicante SPAIN
Minimum 22.4C
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
MEDITERRANEAN HISTORIC HEAT
Exceptional heat continues with widespread tropical nights.Minimums 20C/25C in Spain,Portugal,Morocco,Algeria,Tunisia and Libya and next days also in Greece and Turkey with summer conditions
RECORD October hot night in Alicante SPAIN
Minimum 22.4C
Exceptional heat continues with widespread tropical nights.Minimums 20C/25C in Spain,Portugal,Morocco,Algeria,Tunisia and Libya and next days also in Greece and Turkey with summer conditions
RECORD October hot night in Alicante SPAIN
Minimum 22.4C
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Fresh off the lake; photo taken this morning on a gloomy day.
Tundra Swans in flight. Lois Hole Park, AB, Canada.
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #flying #flyday #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #Nikon #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
Tundra Swans in flight. Lois Hole Park, AB, Canada.
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #flying #flyday #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #Nikon #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fresh off the lake; photo taken this morning on a gloomy day.
Tundra Swans in flight. Lois Hole Park, AB, Canada.
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #flying #flyday #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #Nikon #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
Tundra Swans in flight. Lois Hole Park, AB, Canada.
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #flying #flyday #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #Nikon #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds
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Friends, @thelifeofsharks.com has a new book coming out. I just reviewed it and it’s great! You can preorder here:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/473994...
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The World According to Sharks
This is a laugh-out-loud guide to the weird and wonderful world of sharks – from sharks that can walk on land, to sharks that glow in the dark, to sharks that fart to swim deeper (yes, really).
Did y...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Friends, @thelifeofsharks.com has a new book coming out. I just reviewed it and it’s great! You can preorder here:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/473994...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/473994...
Cow retirement communities helping to save vultures from extinction #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #birds insideecology.com/2025/10/24/c...
Cow retirement communities helping to save vultures from extinction - Inside Ecology
The RSPB, working with Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) and Renewable World, has launched a new programme in Nepal to help some of the world’s most endangered vultures while also improving local liveliho...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Cow retirement communities helping to save vultures from extinction #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #birds insideecology.com/2025/10/24/c...
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange insideecology.com/2025/10/24/a...
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage - Inside Ecology
When Storm Amy battered the Scottish Highlands in early October, it tore through a salmon farm’s sea pens, releasing around 75,000 fish into open water in Loch Linnhe. The scale of the escape is alarm...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange insideecology.com/2025/10/24/a...
Decisive Supreme Court judgment upholds essential wildlife laws #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/10/23/d...
Decisive Supreme Court judgment upholds essential wildlife laws - Inside Ecology
Wildlife and Countryside Link has welcomed a Supreme Court judgment upholding the Habitats Regulations. In today’s judgment in C G Fry & Son Ltd v SSCLG and another the Supreme Court confirmed that pu...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Decisive Supreme Court judgment upholds essential wildlife laws #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/10/23/d...
Nature charities call on First Minister to stop ‘world’s most deadly windfarm’ for birds #Sustainability #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #birds insideecology.com/2025/10/23/n...
Nature charities call on First Minister to stop 'world’s most deadly windfarm' for birds - Inside Ecology
Five nature charities are today calling on Scotland’s First Minister to stop what could be the “world’s deadliest windfarm for birds” being built. Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other ind...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nature charities call on First Minister to stop ‘world’s most deadly windfarm’ for birds #Sustainability #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #birds insideecology.com/2025/10/23/n...
Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #denmark insideecology.com/2025/10/22/w...
Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it - Inside Ecology
After centuries of near-extinction, Europe’s wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf populations have surged, increasing by nearly 60%. In 2022, more than 21,500 wolves were...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #denmark insideecology.com/2025/10/22/w...
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #sustainability #climatechange #pollution #emissions #carbon insideecology.com/2025/10/22/e...
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy - Inside Ecology
Temperatures across Europe are rising at twice the global average. This alarming trend is leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms. But climate change isn’t just abo...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #sustainability #climatechange #pollution #emissions #carbon insideecology.com/2025/10/22/e...
The medieval folklore of Britain’s endangered wildlife ‘omens’ – from hedgehogs to nightjars #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/10/20/t...
The medieval folklore of Britain’s endangered wildlife ‘omens’ – from hedgehogs to nightjars - Inside Ecology
As the seasons turn and the nights draw in, the countryside of the British Isles seems alive with omens: an owl’s screech, or a bat above the hedgerows. For centuries, such creatures were cast as mess...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The medieval folklore of Britain’s endangered wildlife ‘omens’ – from hedgehogs to nightjars #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation insideecology.com/2025/10/20/t...
Nature at risk – report warns of evidence there’s a black hole in the Planning Bill #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange insideecology.com/2025/10/18/n...
Nature at risk – report warns of evidence there's a black hole in the Planning Bill - Inside Ecology
A new report by Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of 90 nature organisations, has warned that there is no scientific evidence that the proposed “Nature Restoration Levy” will work for most wi...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Nature at risk – report warns of evidence there’s a black hole in the Planning Bill #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange insideecology.com/2025/10/18/n...
Using nature to help tackle mental health issues #mentalhealth #anxiety #wellbeing #nature #wildlife insideecology.com/2025/10/15/u...
Using nature to help tackle mental health issues - Inside Ecology
Healthcare professionals are using nature to tackle a range of mental health issues in one of the most densely populated areas of the UK, thanks to a new project. The RSPB’s Nature Prescriptions sche...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Using nature to help tackle mental health issues #mentalhealth #anxiety #wellbeing #nature #wildlife insideecology.com/2025/10/15/u...