James Shooter
@jamesshooter.bsky.social
📸 Visual Storyteller with Rewilding Europe
🦌 Photographer & Filmmaker
📍 Cairngorms National Park 🏴
🌳 #Rewilding #Storytelling
🦌 Photographer & Filmmaker
📍 Cairngorms National Park 🏴
🌳 #Rewilding #Storytelling
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James Shooter
@jamesshooter.bsky.social
· Nov 14
A little about me...
📸 I'm a photographer & filmmaker with a passion for #rewilding.
🎙️ Over the last 18 months I travelled across Europe visiting rewilding initiatives and telling their stories through a #podcast: bit.ly/3O6tqeb
There's a lot of hope out there if you know where to look!
📸 I'm a photographer & filmmaker with a passion for #rewilding.
🎙️ Over the last 18 months I travelled across Europe visiting rewilding initiatives and telling their stories through a #podcast: bit.ly/3O6tqeb
There's a lot of hope out there if you know where to look!
If you're passionate about rewilding in Scotland 🌳 🏴 - and finding the connections between business and nature 🤝 - to make a rural economy a force for good 💪, you have the weekend to get your applications in for the Enterprise Manager role at Rewilding Affric Highlands!
👉 lnkd.in/e9fTEPqj
👉 lnkd.in/e9fTEPqj
August 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you're passionate about rewilding in Scotland 🌳 🏴 - and finding the connections between business and nature 🤝 - to make a rural economy a force for good 💪, you have the weekend to get your applications in for the Enterprise Manager role at Rewilding Affric Highlands!
👉 lnkd.in/e9fTEPqj
👉 lnkd.in/e9fTEPqj
Look to the news in these troubled times & you wouldn't be blamed for questioning where the hope is.
It was a pleasure then to see this glimmer of hope. A new initiative to bring war veterans some moments of peace in the incredible Danube Delta.
Read the story: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
It was a pleasure then to see this glimmer of hope. A new initiative to bring war veterans some moments of peace in the incredible Danube Delta.
Read the story: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Look to the news in these troubled times & you wouldn't be blamed for questioning where the hope is.
It was a pleasure then to see this glimmer of hope. A new initiative to bring war veterans some moments of peace in the incredible Danube Delta.
Read the story: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
It was a pleasure then to see this glimmer of hope. A new initiative to bring war veterans some moments of peace in the incredible Danube Delta.
Read the story: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
4 from Namibia 🇳🇦 🦓
The evening glow in Africa is on another level!
Have a great weekend!
The evening glow in Africa is on another level!
Have a great weekend!
May 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
4 from Namibia 🇳🇦 🦓
The evening glow in Africa is on another level!
Have a great weekend!
The evening glow in Africa is on another level!
Have a great weekend!
There's a brand spanking new course available, developed by Rewilding Europe and hosted by The Open University 🎓, called 'Introduction to Rewilding'.
It's totally *free*, can be joined from anywhere in the world 🌍, and completed at your own pace!
Find out more here: lnkd.in/es3vS6qA
It's totally *free*, can be joined from anywhere in the world 🌍, and completed at your own pace!
Find out more here: lnkd.in/es3vS6qA
May 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There's a brand spanking new course available, developed by Rewilding Europe and hosted by The Open University 🎓, called 'Introduction to Rewilding'.
It's totally *free*, can be joined from anywhere in the world 🌍, and completed at your own pace!
Find out more here: lnkd.in/es3vS6qA
It's totally *free*, can be joined from anywhere in the world 🌍, and completed at your own pace!
Find out more here: lnkd.in/es3vS6qA
This is *such* great news!
Montane woodland is a rare habitat, long gone from the memories of most hillwalkers of the Highlands. This initiative will bring it right back to the forefront at one of the most visited high altitude areas of the Cairngorms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Montane woodland is a rare habitat, long gone from the memories of most hillwalkers of the Highlands. This initiative will bring it right back to the forefront at one of the most visited high altitude areas of the Cairngorms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Charity to plant 30,000 trees for Cairngorms mountain woodland
A project aims to restore an almost lost type of habitat in the Cairngorms.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is *such* great news!
Montane woodland is a rare habitat, long gone from the memories of most hillwalkers of the Highlands. This initiative will bring it right back to the forefront at one of the most visited high altitude areas of the Cairngorms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Montane woodland is a rare habitat, long gone from the memories of most hillwalkers of the Highlands. This initiative will bring it right back to the forefront at one of the most visited high altitude areas of the Cairngorms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Can you spare 2 minutes to help secure €30k in funding to create Glencoe Riverwoods?
This initiative will create wildlife-rich corridors of native woodland along the iconic River Coe & Etive, revitalising this iconic landscape for nature, climate & people.
Vote now! eocaconservation.org/vote/
This initiative will create wildlife-rich corridors of native woodland along the iconic River Coe & Etive, revitalising this iconic landscape for nature, climate & people.
Vote now! eocaconservation.org/vote/
April 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Can you spare 2 minutes to help secure €30k in funding to create Glencoe Riverwoods?
This initiative will create wildlife-rich corridors of native woodland along the iconic River Coe & Etive, revitalising this iconic landscape for nature, climate & people.
Vote now! eocaconservation.org/vote/
This initiative will create wildlife-rich corridors of native woodland along the iconic River Coe & Etive, revitalising this iconic landscape for nature, climate & people.
Vote now! eocaconservation.org/vote/
Skeins of geese headed north this morning, first swallows of the summer arrived this afternoon! ☀️
Changing of the guard. 🫡
Changing of the guard. 🫡
April 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Skeins of geese headed north this morning, first swallows of the summer arrived this afternoon! ☀️
Changing of the guard. 🫡
Changing of the guard. 🫡
Today @ 4pm (GMT) Rewilding Europe's latest film launches on YouTube!
📽️ youtu.be/oTlRM9pa5L8?...
It's not to be missed! A wonderful insight into the important work going on in Rewilding Oder Delta. Cranes, lynx, bison, river restoration, rewetting, rewilding enterprise and stunning cinematography.
📽️ youtu.be/oTlRM9pa5L8?...
It's not to be missed! A wonderful insight into the important work going on in Rewilding Oder Delta. Cranes, lynx, bison, river restoration, rewetting, rewilding enterprise and stunning cinematography.
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today @ 4pm (GMT) Rewilding Europe's latest film launches on YouTube!
📽️ youtu.be/oTlRM9pa5L8?...
It's not to be missed! A wonderful insight into the important work going on in Rewilding Oder Delta. Cranes, lynx, bison, river restoration, rewetting, rewilding enterprise and stunning cinematography.
📽️ youtu.be/oTlRM9pa5L8?...
It's not to be missed! A wonderful insight into the important work going on in Rewilding Oder Delta. Cranes, lynx, bison, river restoration, rewetting, rewilding enterprise and stunning cinematography.
Reposted by James Shooter
'Forest restoration' is booming, but biodiversity isn’t. Why?
A lot of the time, it's just planting so-called 'forests' of alien monocultures.
In other words, nothing but another bullshit money-making racket.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
A lot of the time, it's just planting so-called 'forests' of alien monocultures.
In other words, nothing but another bullshit money-making racket.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Forest restoration is booming but biodiversity isn’t
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Global efforts to restore forests are gathering pace, driven by...
news.mongabay.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
'Forest restoration' is booming, but biodiversity isn’t. Why?
A lot of the time, it's just planting so-called 'forests' of alien monocultures.
In other words, nothing but another bullshit money-making racket.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
A lot of the time, it's just planting so-called 'forests' of alien monocultures.
In other words, nothing but another bullshit money-making racket.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
From here in Scotland, across Europe and the rest of the world… 🌍
HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!! 🎈🎂
The fact that this year’s theme is #rewildingtogether inspires hope. That thousands & thousands of people wake up each morning and choose to make a difference.
Let’s keep going! 💪
#worldrewildingday
HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!! 🎈🎂
The fact that this year’s theme is #rewildingtogether inspires hope. That thousands & thousands of people wake up each morning and choose to make a difference.
Let’s keep going! 💪
#worldrewildingday
March 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
From here in Scotland, across Europe and the rest of the world… 🌍
HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!! 🎈🎂
The fact that this year’s theme is #rewildingtogether inspires hope. That thousands & thousands of people wake up each morning and choose to make a difference.
Let’s keep going! 💪
#worldrewildingday
HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!! 🎈🎂
The fact that this year’s theme is #rewildingtogether inspires hope. That thousands & thousands of people wake up each morning and choose to make a difference.
Let’s keep going! 💪
#worldrewildingday
The best day of the year is fast approaching - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🌱
To celebrate, Rewilding Europe is hosting a special webinar with a range of inspiring speakers to showcase how nature and people can 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 alongside each other.
🗓️ March 20th
🕒 3pm (CET)
🖥️ rewildingeurope.com/world-rewild...
To celebrate, Rewilding Europe is hosting a special webinar with a range of inspiring speakers to showcase how nature and people can 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 alongside each other.
🗓️ March 20th
🕒 3pm (CET)
🖥️ rewildingeurope.com/world-rewild...
March 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The best day of the year is fast approaching - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🌱
To celebrate, Rewilding Europe is hosting a special webinar with a range of inspiring speakers to showcase how nature and people can 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 alongside each other.
🗓️ March 20th
🕒 3pm (CET)
🖥️ rewildingeurope.com/world-rewild...
To celebrate, Rewilding Europe is hosting a special webinar with a range of inspiring speakers to showcase how nature and people can 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 alongside each other.
🗓️ March 20th
🕒 3pm (CET)
🖥️ rewildingeurope.com/world-rewild...
How do you showcase rewilding stories with your 📸?
We talked to one of the best, @petecairns.bsky.social, who has spent his long career doing just that.
bit.ly/4gXMbg5
Pete is one of the judges in this year's Rewilding Europe Award - a category in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
We talked to one of the best, @petecairns.bsky.social, who has spent his long career doing just that.
bit.ly/4gXMbg5
Pete is one of the judges in this year's Rewilding Europe Award - a category in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
February 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How do you showcase rewilding stories with your 📸?
We talked to one of the best, @petecairns.bsky.social, who has spent his long career doing just that.
bit.ly/4gXMbg5
Pete is one of the judges in this year's Rewilding Europe Award - a category in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
We talked to one of the best, @petecairns.bsky.social, who has spent his long career doing just that.
bit.ly/4gXMbg5
Pete is one of the judges in this year's Rewilding Europe Award - a category in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
This morning whilst making coffee I opened the kitchen window to let in the sumptuous singing of a song thrush, and it made my Monday by 7am! 🤌🏻
Spring is well and truly on its way.
Spring is well and truly on its way.
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This morning whilst making coffee I opened the kitchen window to let in the sumptuous singing of a song thrush, and it made my Monday by 7am! 🤌🏻
Spring is well and truly on its way.
Spring is well and truly on its way.
📸 Camera traps offer a wonderful glimpse into the mysterious lives of wildlife.
Look at the amazing species turning up to use restored wetlands in the Oder Delta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhc...
Read the full story from #Rewilding Europe here: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewetti...
Look at the amazing species turning up to use restored wetlands in the Oder Delta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhc...
Read the full story from #Rewilding Europe here: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewetti...
Życie na odtworzonych mokradłach - Wildlife on restored wetlands in Poland
YouTube video by Fundacja dla Klimatu i Bioróżnorodności
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📸 Camera traps offer a wonderful glimpse into the mysterious lives of wildlife.
Look at the amazing species turning up to use restored wetlands in the Oder Delta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhc...
Read the full story from #Rewilding Europe here: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewetti...
Look at the amazing species turning up to use restored wetlands in the Oder Delta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhc...
Read the full story from #Rewilding Europe here: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewetti...
These Bonelli's eagles returning to Sardinia are just one of many recent releases, supported by Rewilding Europe's Wildlife Comeback Fund.
They not only return a missing ecological function but also bring some much-needed awe & inspiration.
Read the story here: rewildingeurope.com/news/bonelli...
They not only return a missing ecological function but also bring some much-needed awe & inspiration.
Read the story here: rewildingeurope.com/news/bonelli...
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
These Bonelli's eagles returning to Sardinia are just one of many recent releases, supported by Rewilding Europe's Wildlife Comeback Fund.
They not only return a missing ecological function but also bring some much-needed awe & inspiration.
Read the story here: rewildingeurope.com/news/bonelli...
They not only return a missing ecological function but also bring some much-needed awe & inspiration.
Read the story here: rewildingeurope.com/news/bonelli...
I recently took on the role as Visual Storyteller at Rewilding Europe 📸.
I’m delighted that the prestigious European Wildlife Photographer of the Year has a Rewilding Europe Award. Send us your best visuals that tell the rewilding story & you could win €1000!
rewildingeurope.com/ewpy-rewildi...
I’m delighted that the prestigious European Wildlife Photographer of the Year has a Rewilding Europe Award. Send us your best visuals that tell the rewilding story & you could win €1000!
rewildingeurope.com/ewpy-rewildi...
January 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I recently took on the role as Visual Storyteller at Rewilding Europe 📸.
I’m delighted that the prestigious European Wildlife Photographer of the Year has a Rewilding Europe Award. Send us your best visuals that tell the rewilding story & you could win €1000!
rewildingeurope.com/ewpy-rewildi...
I’m delighted that the prestigious European Wildlife Photographer of the Year has a Rewilding Europe Award. Send us your best visuals that tell the rewilding story & you could win €1000!
rewildingeurope.com/ewpy-rewildi...
Reposted by James Shooter
During Mozambique's civil war, up to 90 percent of large wildlife in what's now Gorongosa National Park was slaughtered. Today, the park has more wildlife than before the war--showing that healing of both human and nonhuman communities is possible.
www.biographic.com/prowling-for...
www.biographic.com/prowling-for...
Prowling for Pelicans - bioGraphic
In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, wildlife is making a comeback.
www.biographic.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
During Mozambique's civil war, up to 90 percent of large wildlife in what's now Gorongosa National Park was slaughtered. Today, the park has more wildlife than before the war--showing that healing of both human and nonhuman communities is possible.
www.biographic.com/prowling-for...
www.biographic.com/prowling-for...
This is wonderful! Rejuvenating lost ponds & wetlands across a network of farms in the south. Making space for water is such a vital component for healthy and resilient landscapes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Back from the dead: the ‘zombie’ ponds repumping nature into Essex farmland
A conservation project is helping identify and restore wildlife-rich sites previously degraded and dried up
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is wonderful! Rejuvenating lost ponds & wetlands across a network of farms in the south. Making space for water is such a vital component for healthy and resilient landscapes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by James Shooter
It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.
www.euronews.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but today is the shortest day of the year!
Which means the daylight starts seeping back from here on in.
We made it!
#WinterSolstice
Which means the daylight starts seeping back from here on in.
We made it!
#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2024 at 10:13 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but today is the shortest day of the year!
Which means the daylight starts seeping back from here on in.
We made it!
#WinterSolstice
Which means the daylight starts seeping back from here on in.
We made it!
#WinterSolstice
White-tailed eagle on the school run this morning! 🚌
Got to love living in the Cairngorms.
Got to love living in the Cairngorms.
December 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
White-tailed eagle on the school run this morning! 🚌
Got to love living in the Cairngorms.
Got to love living in the Cairngorms.
Finally the penny is dropping:
“Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Finally the penny is dropping:
“Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Insh Marshes in @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social is full to the brim with meltwater. It's a timely reminder of how important functioning floodplains are.
Imagine if that water wasn't allowed to seep out into the flatlands surrounding the river, it would be devastating for downstream communities.
Imagine if that water wasn't allowed to seep out into the flatlands surrounding the river, it would be devastating for downstream communities.
December 18, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Insh Marshes in @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social is full to the brim with meltwater. It's a timely reminder of how important functioning floodplains are.
Imagine if that water wasn't allowed to seep out into the flatlands surrounding the river, it would be devastating for downstream communities.
Imagine if that water wasn't allowed to seep out into the flatlands surrounding the river, it would be devastating for downstream communities.
Reposted by James Shooter
Very good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature".
This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
75th Anniversary of the National Parks Act: New legislation to ensure Protected Landscapes are fit for the future
Today is the 75th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. Read how the government is marking the occasion by empowering our Protected Landscapes.
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk
December 16, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Very good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature".
This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
A pretty niche request…! 🦣
Would anyone happen to have book recommendations for learning about the megafauna of the Pleistocene, and specifically their ecological roles?
Would anyone happen to have book recommendations for learning about the megafauna of the Pleistocene, and specifically their ecological roles?
December 16, 2024 at 11:13 AM
A pretty niche request…! 🦣
Would anyone happen to have book recommendations for learning about the megafauna of the Pleistocene, and specifically their ecological roles?
Would anyone happen to have book recommendations for learning about the megafauna of the Pleistocene, and specifically their ecological roles?