Hugh Blackbourn
@hughbl.bsky.social
Director of Publishing at The Union, trying to reduce the impact of TB, air pollution, smoking, COPD, asthma etc in low- to middle-income countries. I also care for society and the planet – and I'm a supporter of rewilding. Opinions expressed are my own
Excellent - another feather in the cap for beaver reintroduction. We have to do everything possible to bring all insect species back from the brink.
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Excellent - another feather in the cap for beaver reintroduction. We have to do everything possible to bring all insect species back from the brink.
In the UK we have damaged the natural environment so badly (e.g., insect species have declined by 70% over the past 30 years), so the top down approach only works for a small number of apex predators.
July 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In the UK we have damaged the natural environment so badly (e.g., insect species have declined by 70% over the past 30 years), so the top down approach only works for a small number of apex predators.
It's hard to feed an apex predator if you don't have the food chain below it – we have to restore nature 'bottom up', not 'top down'.
July 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's hard to feed an apex predator if you don't have the food chain below it – we have to restore nature 'bottom up', not 'top down'.
Great to see that benign neglect works so well, but it would be fascinating to see what impact large herbivores might have had on the speed and nature of rewilding. Admittedly, that's a different project...
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Great to see that benign neglect works so well, but it would be fascinating to see what impact large herbivores might have had on the speed and nature of rewilding. Admittedly, that's a different project...
Beautiful - so much nicer than a boring lawn!
June 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Beautiful - so much nicer than a boring lawn!
What a wonderful, enlightened farmer. Well done Yan Swiderski!
May 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What a wonderful, enlightened farmer. Well done Yan Swiderski!
It's slightly incongruous that most of the footage was of traditional farming (with huge tractors), but it's great that they're doing this. Hopefully, more natural regeneration will come to the fore over time. Best of luck!
April 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's slightly incongruous that most of the footage was of traditional farming (with huge tractors), but it's great that they're doing this. Hopefully, more natural regeneration will come to the fore over time. Best of luck!
Which 'experts' think that exactly? Rewilding is just getting started...
April 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Which 'experts' think that exactly? Rewilding is just getting started...
Were the FT really surprised that industrial farming degrades the soil?
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Were the FT really surprised that industrial farming degrades the soil?
Yum, love a wild haggis. I wonder if they'll have them in Waitrose?
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yum, love a wild haggis. I wonder if they'll have them in Waitrose?
Interesting study design, I hope it works.
March 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Interesting study design, I hope it works.
Great to see that National Trust is adopting more enlightened water management practices (including use of the real water management experts, 🦫).
March 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Great to see that National Trust is adopting more enlightened water management practices (including use of the real water management experts, 🦫).
I googled the story - Restore Trust didn't get the votes they needed, but apparently also tried the following year.
March 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I googled the story - Restore Trust didn't get the votes they needed, but apparently also tried the following year.
You had me worried by the headline - and then I saw the article was from November 2023 🤣 Hopefully, Restore Trust didn't win...
March 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
You had me worried by the headline - and then I saw the article was from November 2023 🤣 Hopefully, Restore Trust didn't win...