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Peter Cairns
@petecairns.bsky.social
Taking a deep dive into our relationship with wild nature. And with each other.
Cairngorms, Scotland.
"𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦.”

Check out this fascinating photo-story from Berlin.

www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Is it just me thinking that all of this tat will be in landfill within a few years? It probably is just me. #aworldthatmakesnosense
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A deliciously chaotic and complex, unruly and disorderly beaver wetland.
#wildlifecomeback
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@seawilding - a brilliant community-based organisation, pioneering new techniques to restore seagrass meadows. www.seawilding.org/seagrassanno...
Seagrass announcement | Seawilding
Seagrass restoration breakthrough
www.seawilding.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
From bomb site to biodiversity hotspot. This is a great wee story. #northwoods
youtu.be/ksB4sKTjD8k?...
The Decoy Airfield being Healed
YouTube video by SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“An unknown future with a recolonising predator.” The return of wolves to California provides an insight into the animal’s future elsewhere.
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/wolv...
Wolves’ continued spread in California brings joy, controversy & conflicts
With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) — the largest member of the dog family — is a wilderness icon. Once the most widespread mammal on ...
news.mongabay.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“Wild animals are not just passengers in climate discussions.”

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/wild-an...
Wild animals officially recognised as solutions to climate change - Oceanographic
The role of wild animals as enablers of natural solutions to climate change was recognised at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
oceanographicmagazine.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Books that intelligently poke at our complex relationship with wild nature, should be compulsory reading - this is one of them.
@chantallyons.bsky.social immerses herself in the world of wild boar and those people with an opinion on their growing presence.

www.waterstones.com/book/groundb...
August 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you haven’t heard this interview with @kateraworth.bsky.social, you really should. It’s a sobering reminder of how rational thinking is often stifled by irrational societal norms. We are a society unwilling to adopt change, even when it makes complete sense.

open.spotify.com/episode/72tx...
22: Kate Raworth: Doughnut economics and thriving in balance
Leading · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I know nothing about Bluesky. Is it just like the other one but without the vitriol? Any hints?
January 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM