I got excited there for a moment…

Excellent to see them. Finding them in quite a few place at our Somerset site @healrewilding.org.uk

Afternoon of tree talk with the venerable Ted Green (I asked if I could call him that). The ancient oaks of Windsor Great Park always make me feel humble.

Grey skies again first thing today (England), same as it has been day after day for weeks and weeks, with only brief glimpses of blue. And so much rain: hosing, drizzling, dripping. Hard to endure, so I think about droughts, find this map and feel thankful for another wet morning.

Reading this excellent new book by Jo Kirby. Who knew that there are 75 natural enemies of slugs and snails in the UK? The book gives a new set of strategies for reducing slug and snail damage and we’re going to try them in our new food garden at the Heal Somerset site.

How can any decent person or responsible business/charity still be active on Twitter? Elon Musk is absolutely vile.

After the storm as dusk fell (Somerset, England). Still no power (13 hours). SSEN engineers have called in, very windblown and wet, to reassure us that they are doing all they can to repair the damage. Now they are out there in inky blackness. A tough and skilled job for which I’m grateful.

Makes me wonder about everything not being mended, enjoyed, solved, created etc as a result, speaking as someone born in the time before. (I get the irony.)

Mind you, hours spent watching the telly was probably similar back in the day.

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The docks grew like topsy in many of our fields. Not everyone loves a dock. We do.

This was a Redpoll (Lesser? Common?) feeding on the seeds of dead docks left to overwinter.
#TheyNeedFoodToo

The ephemeral stream that appears after heavy rain in our most westerly field. This is the place the Snipe like.

Rarely post family pictures but this one… I love it so. The children of my children 💜

Taken from one of our fixed point photography posts. This view has transformed since @healrewilding.org.uk started Heal Somerset (January 2023). You can see one of our paths for visitors to use 350/24/7. Our wildlife cameras filmed wild-living beavers just along from here in April 🦫🦫 👏

Early at desk fuelled by tea. Love this mug (from the amazing Rockaway Park, Bristol): “Would those who say it can’t be done please stand clear of those doing it”. Oh yes.

This is our charity Heal Rewilding’s beautiful first site in Somerset, England. In this place, the land is healing and nature is recovering faster than you can imagine. There are skylarks, kestrels, hares and wild-living beavers 🦫 Spiders everywhere. So much life. This is what hope looks like 💜