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World’s first rewilding centre opens near Loch Ness Centre offers gateway to UK’s largest rewilding landscape, boosting jobs and supporting re-peopling The world’s first rewilding centre has been opened near Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands by charity Trees for Life – showcasing how large-scale nature recovery can give people inspiring experiences, create jobs and…

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results 2023: House Sparrow tops the charts for 20th year running but bird declines since the survey began are “startling” House Sparrows are celebrating their 20th year as the number one bird spotted in UK gardens, but bird declines since the survey began are “startling” with 22 million House Sparrows alone lost…

I’m a great fan of Guy’s News which arrives at my doorstep early on a Thursday morning at the bottom of a box of organic vegetables from Riverford Organic Farmers. This week it contained the usual interesting insight into real farming and sideswipes at both Defra and the NFU – we are on the same…

You may remember that I wrote to Natural England about SSSIs in my local area (click here). I’ve had a reply. It’s a pretty clear reply and I’ve highlighted in a purply-pink colour two passages that are of particular interest. The first says ‘the data on the designated sites system are up to date’ –…

An attractive book of relatively few words but a great many excellent images. The photographs are wonderful and portray the landscapes, wildlife and built environment of our oldest National Park. There are many good portraits of birds here, and I enjoyed them. The butterflies were even better and the plants better still. But the landscapes…