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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · 19d

Rewild! was featured this week in the Irish Independent newspaper ⤵️

Climate Changemakers: The rewilding advocate who helps landowners to restore nature

www.independent.ie/life/climate...

Climate Changemakers: The rewilding advocate who helps landowners to restore nature

‘To me, rewilding is a key solution to our climate and biodiversity problems,” says Pádraic Fogarty, an ecologist and environmental scientist from Castleknock, Dublin.

www.independent.ie

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 31

Rewilding in Wicklow!

Maria has a substantial land holding that she wants to rewild but high deer numbers are preventing any natural regeneration of trees

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 30

Rewilding is not all about trees and forests!

Many rewilding sites explode with flower abundance and diversity after the removal of livestock 🌼

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yes, Kilcormac Esker

rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 28

Doesn't it look full of life?

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 28

Yes, excellent

rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 28

Rewilding in Offaly!

What do you advise a landowner with beautiful native woodland and where deer or other grazers are not a problem? 🤩

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 27

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www.rewildyourland.ie

HOME | Rewild!

Join a growing network of people in Ireland taking action in the face of the biodiversity emergency

www.rewildyourland.ie

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 25

A small milestone for Rewild! as we pass the first 100 hectares pledged for rewilding in Ireland!

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 25

What happens when a conifer planation is clear-felled and nature is just let to itself?

www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...

Less is Moormore

<p>Letting nature lead can be difficult. In our nature-depleted landscapes, it is often hard for conservationists to relinquish control, to allow wild nature to develop in whichever way it chooses. Bu...

www.scotlandbigpicture.com

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thanks to Jack Morley for this shout out for our work 🙏

jrnl.ie/6758679

Ireland's nature heroes: I've rewilded five acres, and here are others doing similar work

Rewilding five acres of land has brought Jack Morley of The Rewild Life the opportunity to meet so many other people making a difference for nature.

jrnl.ie

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 18

Rewilding Dingle!

This is Slea Head, the western most point of the Dingle Peninsula in Kerry.

So far, this is the most westerly rewilding project in our network!

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Jul 17

Such a great pleasure to see Pádraic @whittledaway.bsky.social in action advising some of the increasing numbers of people who want to rewild their land, in this instance near Kenmare.

There's *nothing* better you can do for nature.

rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 17

Rewilding in Kerry!

Ed and Francis have beautiful Atlantic rainforest on their land which they want protected.

Delighted to be joined today by @irishrainforest.bsky.social

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 17

Rewilding in Kerry!

Ed and Francis have beautiful Atlantic rainforest on their land which they want protected.

Delighted to be joined today by @irishrainforest.bsky.social

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 11

"Real rewilding is about more than simply "putting animals back" and "letting nature take its course". It is about putting systems back: predators, prey, plants and the processes that connect them"

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

What happened to the golden eagles reintroduced to Co Donegal?

Two decades on, breeding success is poor and the golden eagle's future in Ireland is uncertain so what went wrong?

www.rte.ie

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jul 2

Many people wonder what rewilding means... or even if it means anything at all!

But the principles are critically important in addressing the biodiversity crisis and are laid out well here by Rewilding Europe.

See rewildingeurope.com

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 29

More rewilding in Wexford!

Or is it rewilding?

This landowner is grazing a horse on a pasture in a way that is allowing scrub expansion with quite a lot of floral diversity.

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 28

Have you deer?

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 27

Rewilding in Wexford!

What will this field look like in 5 or 10 years time without any grazing animals?

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Jun 22

Feel the power.

And let it transport you to another time, when Ireland was mostly a wild rainforest, with lynx, boar, wolves, bears...

Then imagine bringing just a little of that back. We can do it. #Rewilding

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 22

Rewilding in Galway!

This field is not being deliberately rewilded. Rather, the farming has ceased and the neighbouring forest is moving in.

Abandonment may, or may not, be good for nature. Much better would be if the landowner were getting a payment to ensure that the outcome is good.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Jun 18

Pádraic Fogarty (@whittledaway.bsky.social)'s rewilding consultancy is SO badly needed and positive for Irish nature.

I honestly feel it'll be a real game-changer. 🌍

rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 13

Rewilding in Mayo!

Jonathan has spent 30 years rewilding what was a barren grazing pasture - now a rich combination of native forest and recovering bog...

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 13

Such has been the success that we found Ireland's only protected species of insect, the marsh fritillary butterfly 🦋

Rewilding success!

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rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social · Jun 13

Rewilding in Mayo!

Jonathan has spent 30 years rewilding what was a barren grazing pasture - now a rich combination of native forest and recovering bog...

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Jun 6

I'll be in the Museum of Literature (posh!) this evening at 6:30 talking about rewilding. Entry is free.

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