Steve Cracknell
@enmarchant.bsky.social
Writer. ‘The Implausible Rewilding of the Pyrenees’, Nature Book of the Year 2021, selected by Dr Mark Avery, writer and Wild Justice activist.
www.WildingthePyrenees.com, www.PyreneanWay.com, www.laSenda.net.
En català X: @ovella_salvatge.
www.WildingthePyrenees.com, www.PyreneanWay.com, www.laSenda.net.
En català X: @ovella_salvatge.
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Steve Cracknell
@enmarchant.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Why am I here? For #naturewriting and the Pyrenees, principally. I’m fascinated by the challenges of #rewilding. I write about that, about mountain people, and about walking. Books in English, French and Catalan.
Our last evening in the Canary Islands, in Arrecife Lanzarote.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Our last evening in the Canary Islands, in Arrecife Lanzarote.
Reposted by Steve Cracknell
#UnJourUnePhoto #Photographie #Photography #Photo
Le 9/11 : temps
Cadran solaire à Villefranche de Conflent dans les Pyrénées Orientales
Le 9/11 : temps
Cadran solaire à Villefranche de Conflent dans les Pyrénées Orientales
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#UnJourUnePhoto #Photographie #Photography #Photo
Le 9/11 : temps
Cadran solaire à Villefranche de Conflent dans les Pyrénées Orientales
Le 9/11 : temps
Cadran solaire à Villefranche de Conflent dans les Pyrénées Orientales
Sunset at the Caleta de Famara Lanzarote, this evening!
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sunset at the Caleta de Famara Lanzarote, this evening!
Important #rewilding milestone. Officials have announced that a pack of wolves is under strict protection in the Pyrenees. The two adults and their three cubs, born this year, are being looked after by the Catalan government. It is 100 years since wolves disappeared. www.segre.com/ca/societat/...
Detectada la primera llopada a Catalunya en 100 anys, amb tres cadells
La Generalitat remarca que és un "fet històric" que arriba després de dècades de seguiment de l'espècie
www.segre.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Important #rewilding milestone. Officials have announced that a pack of wolves is under strict protection in the Pyrenees. The two adults and their three cubs, born this year, are being looked after by the Catalan government. It is 100 years since wolves disappeared. www.segre.com/ca/societat/...
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
In the rainforest on la Gomera, Canaries yesterday. Feeling small, overwhelmed, but content to be here.
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In the rainforest on la Gomera, Canaries yesterday. Feeling small, overwhelmed, but content to be here.
A great pleasure to participate in this podcast. Thanks for inviting me Julius.
C’était un grand plaisir de participer dans ce podcast. Félicitations Julius !
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A great pleasure to participate in this podcast. Thanks for inviting me Julius.
Brown #bear meets hunters in the #Pyrenees. This is how it is supposed to work, with both hunters and bear on their best behaviour. It is not always like that! See my book on the controversial reintroduction of bears. #rewilding #naturewriting
VIDÉO. Face-à-face impressionnant entre un ours et des chasseurs lors d'une battue dans les Pyrénées
La rencontre a eu lieu durant une battue organisée dans la communauté d'Aragon, en Espagne. Des chasseurs, en pleine battue, se sont retrouvés face à un ours brun.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Brown #bear meets hunters in the #Pyrenees. This is how it is supposed to work, with both hunters and bear on their best behaviour. It is not always like that! See my book on the controversial reintroduction of bears. #rewilding #naturewriting
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Associations hope for a new trial reintroduction of boreal lynx into the #Pyrenees in PallarsSobirà. When last proposed in the Vall d'Aran, farmers objected, and the project was cancelled. #rewilding
Certaines associations espèrent un nouvel essai de #réintroduction du #lynx boréal dans les Pyrénées, dans le Pallars Sobirà. Lorsqu’il avait été proposé pour la dernière fois dans la Vall d’Aran, les éleveurs s’y étaient opposés et le projet est tombé à l'eau.
Así es el superdepreador extinto que los ecologistas quieren soltar en el Pirineo catalán
Un proyecto impulsado por las entidades locales Amics del Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu y ADLO Pirineo plantea liberar machos castrados.
www.20minutos.es
October 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Associations hope for a new trial reintroduction of boreal lynx into the #Pyrenees in PallarsSobirà. When last proposed in the Vall d'Aran, farmers objected, and the project was cancelled. #rewilding
It can be difficult living with bears. At Arreau, in the Pyrenees, the shepherds have been working hard for many years, but still have problems. #rewilding #bears
Témoignage d’Ariège : la difficile cohabitation avec l’ours dans les Pyrénées.
TÉMOIGNAGES. "On ne sait plus quoi faire" : la difficile cohabitation des ours et des bergers dans les Pyrénées, après un été marqué par les attaques de brebis
Cet été 2025, 122 brebis ont été prédatées sur l'estive d'Arreau, en Ariège. Un chiffre qui a triplé par rapport à 2024. Les éleveurs et bergers dénoncent le danger que représente la présence de l'our...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It can be difficult living with bears. At Arreau, in the Pyrenees, the shepherds have been working hard for many years, but still have problems. #rewilding #bears
Although there are now over 100 bears in the #Pyrenees, following a #reintroduction programme, genetic diversity is limited. Claverina was brought in to help fix that, and here she is with a cub! #rewilding #bear
Claverina, une des ourses arrivées dans les Pyrénées en 2018, repéré en Aragon ! Avec son ourson de l'année. #ours #nature
Claverina et son ourson de nouveau détectés en Aragon en septembre !😊
YouTube video by Pays de l'Ours - Adet
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Although there are now over 100 bears in the #Pyrenees, following a #reintroduction programme, genetic diversity is limited. Claverina was brought in to help fix that, and here she is with a cub! #rewilding #bear
Mind-boggling!
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mind-boggling!
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Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
Don’t miss Maxim Cain’s graphic novel about the real life of a shepherd in the Pyrenees, published by Actes Sud. Maxim spent four years herding sheep on Mont Rouch, and he knows better than anyone that the job is far from the romantic image held by many.
Congratulations, Maxim!
Congratulations, Maxim!
Loin des clichés, Maxim Cain raconte la vraie vie des bergers des Pyrénées dans « Démontagner », un roman graphique immersif
Dans "Démontagner", Maxim Cain témoigne de son quotidien de berger dans les Pyrénées. Il veille sur 800 brebis, accompagné de son chien Finet. Ce roman graphique déconstruit les clichés idylliques en ...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
September 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Don’t miss Maxim Cain’s graphic novel about the real life of a shepherd in the Pyrenees, published by Actes Sud. Maxim spent four years herding sheep on Mont Rouch, and he knows better than anyone that the job is far from the romantic image held by many.
Congratulations, Maxim!
Congratulations, Maxim!
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🌾 Behind the scenes as the BBC filmed at our experimental rice trials site.
Part of research investigating what we can grow on rewetted peat while protecting livelihoods & cutting emissions under a changing climate.
Exploring land uses for climate resilience, food security & the environment
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Part of research investigating what we can grow on rewetted peat while protecting livelihoods & cutting emissions under a changing climate.
Exploring land uses for climate resilience, food security & the environment
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September 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🌾 Behind the scenes as the BBC filmed at our experimental rice trials site.
Part of research investigating what we can grow on rewetted peat while protecting livelihoods & cutting emissions under a changing climate.
Exploring land uses for climate resilience, food security & the environment
1/🧪
Part of research investigating what we can grow on rewetted peat while protecting livelihoods & cutting emissions under a changing climate.
Exploring land uses for climate resilience, food security & the environment
1/🧪
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I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
Let's All Remember When We Saved The World
To remind ourselves we can do it again.
everythingisamazing.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
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Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
Visiting the Cascade de Tufs, Jura, France.
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Visiting the Cascade de Tufs, Jura, France.
As predicted, the tide is turning against wolves, with the French government making it easier to kill them.
L’agenda change. Le réensauvagement semble perd du terrain, face au dégâts du loup.
Attaques de loups : le gouvernement permet aux éleveurs de tirer et de tuer des bêtes, sans autorisation préalable
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/Y0Hp
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/Y0Hp
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As predicted, the tide is turning against wolves, with the French government making it easier to kill them.
Today, I am with friends walking in the Jura. This is the view from the Dôle, over lake Geneva and the Alps.
Cette semaine, je suis dans le Jura. Aujourd'hui à la Dôle, pour voir le lac Léman... et la tempête qui arrive.
September 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Today, I am with friends walking in the Jura. This is the view from the Dôle, over lake Geneva and the Alps.
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This has received no publicity but is damning. A clear explanation of why this type of reintroduction is not just a distraction and a waste of resources but is ACTIVELY HARMFUL to conservation. Environmental journalists please note and please publicise.
operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...
operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...
Operation Turtle Dove’s view on the release of captive-bred Turtle Doves as a conservation measure - Operation Turtle Dove
Operation Turtle Dove is a science-led conservation partnership working to reverse the decline of Turtle Doves in the UK by restoring habitat and addressing key threats. Learn why captive-bred release...
operationturtledove.org
September 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This has received no publicity but is damning. A clear explanation of why this type of reintroduction is not just a distraction and a waste of resources but is ACTIVELY HARMFUL to conservation. Environmental journalists please note and please publicise.
operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...
operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...
It really is extraordinary!
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It really is extraordinary!
Most farmers would use a truck, but Dani walks with his goats the 600km to the mountains and back. Transhumance in the Catalan #Pyrenees.
Slow goats
Slow travel with goats in the Pyrenees
www.wildingthepyrenees.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Most farmers would use a truck, but Dani walks with his goats the 600km to the mountains and back. Transhumance in the Catalan #Pyrenees.
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every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer