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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · 2d

Update: BES Annual Meeting in Edinburgh

The Rewilding SIG will be running a 1 hour lunchtime workshop on careers in nature recovery with a focus on the private sector. Our workshop last year was extremely popular.

We hope to see you all in Edinburgh on 15-18 December this year.

#BES
#Rewilding

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · 2d

New opportunity 🔔

Mapping rewilding and restoration projects in the UK: The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is starting a project to map rewilding and restoration projects in the UK.

For more information, see
www.ceh.ac.uk/nc-uk/restor...

Restoration hub

UKCEH aim to co-produce with the nature recovery practice community, a free to use data and knowledge hub. The platform will meet the needs and requirements of different stakeholders through activiti...

www.ceh.ac.uk

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Sep 5

September is here😎.

MoRE workshop is here.

See post for details.

#Rewilding
#BES

BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌿 Exciting Announcement! 🌱

Join us for the Movement and Rewilding Ecology (MoRE) Workshop on September 22, 2025, at BES, 42 Wharf Rd, London! 🌍

Powered by the #BES-rewilding @besmovesig.bsky.social SIGs.

Link to Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-movem...

#BritishEcologicalSociety

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Anne-Marie Pronk @klimaatzuster.bsky.social · Aug 15

And rewilding? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@jcsvenning.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk @rewrite-eu.bsky.social @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social @sarakinguk.bsky.social @highlandsrewilding.bsky.social @rewildingeurope.bsky.social @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social

Rewilding should be central to global restoration efforts

Rewilding should be central to the massive restoration efforts needed to overcome the global biodiversity crisis and enhancing the biosphere’s capacit…

www.sciencedirect.com

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Aug 8

Have a great weekend😁

#Rewilding
#BES

CC🇨🇦🍁 @collycee.bsky.social · Aug 7

I’m watching a live stream

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Aug 4

Plans to create an International School of Rewilding (ISR) featuring elk on the Isle of Wight have been backed by councillors.

Read more here:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sandown council backs Wildheart Animal Sanctuary rewilding plans

Wildheart Animal Sanctuary plans unveiled to create elk rewilded wetlands and research school.

www.bbc.co.uk

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Aug 1

cc: @rewildingbritain.org.uk

BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Aug 1

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🌱 Excited to launch “Wild by Nature” – our bold new 5 years Strategy to rewild 30% of Britain’s land & seas by 2030! 🌍✨

Watch the animation 👉 youtu.be/oa6Ftpf-w9g?...

Read the full strategy 👉 www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/about-us/our...

Would love to hear your thoughts! 💬🦋
#WildByNature

Wild By Nature: Rewilding Britain’s Strategy 2025–2030

YouTube video by Rewilding Britain

youtu.be

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 29

Check out this new paper from Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social

It’s great to see Rewilding maturing over the past few years, but there is still a lot of work to be done, especially in the aspect of monitoring.

Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · Jul 29

New paper just out...
doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 28

Mark your calendars 🗓️ ……..

BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌿 Exciting Announcement! 🌱

Join us for the Movement and Rewilding Ecology (MoRE) Workshop on September 22, 2025, at BES, 42 Wharf Rd, London! 🌍

Powered by the #BES-rewilding @besmovesig.bsky.social SIGs.

Link to Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-movem...

#BritishEcologicalSociety

BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌿 Exciting Announcement! 🌱

Join us for the Movement and Rewilding Ecology (MoRE) Workshop on September 22, 2025, at BES, 42 Wharf Rd, London! 🌍

Powered by the #BES-rewilding @besmovesig.bsky.social SIGs.

Link to Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-movem...

#BritishEcologicalSociety

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

go.bsky.app/7tttzUx

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌿 Join us at the BES Annual Meeting in Edinburgh (December 15-18)!

The Rewilding SIG committee will host a 1-hour workshop on careers in nature recovery. Don’t miss out! 🌍✨

#BES2023
#NatureRecovery #NatureCareersWorkshop

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Susan Eshelman @s-eshelman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Last week I was at the @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social workshop in Northumberland 🌿 Great to connect with researchers & practitioners from northern England & Scotland to discuss UK #rewilding- challenges, new tech 🎮, long-term monitoring, & the value of collaboration! Lots to think about! 🤔

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thoughts???💭

Ambroise Baker @ambroisebaker.bsky.social · Jul 18

to pull or not to pull? one plant of Yellow Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia last week in @rspb.bsky.social's Wild Saltholme, in the Tees Valley.
Dilemma for #rewilding and #invasives management
@bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social
typical habitat on CFGM - Coastal floodplain and grazing marsh

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · Jul 10

Tom Jameson from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social kicks off our #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding @britishecologicalsociety.org event, organised by @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social & @northwildlife.bsky.social. Exciting couple of days coming up!

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · Jul 10

Next up on #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding [email protected] @rewildingbritain.org.uk . Great talk about the RB monitoring framework and early work from pilot studies.

@bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@northwildlife.bsky.social

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · Jul 10

Now moving onto the @northwildlife.bsky.social #rewilding project at West Chevington, former open cast coal mine

@bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 3

New Paper Alert 🔔

Want to learn more about agent-based modelling?

Check out this new paper on the reintroduction of wild boar in Scotland.

eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Redirecting

eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 2

In the suburbs of Derby, the city council and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are helping turn a former municipal golf course and park from a manicured grassland into Britain’s largest urban rewilding project.

www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/r...

CC: @rewildingbritain

#RewildingStories

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jun 23

Scientists’ new blueprint integrates rewilding and agriculture to tackle biodiversity crisis.

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/scient...

#Rewilding
#BritishEcologicalSociety

Scientists’ new blueprint integrates rewilding and agriculture to tackle biodiversity crisis

Scientists including James Bullock of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have put forward a blueprint for integrating nature recovery and farming.

www.ceh.ac.uk

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jun 20

Sorry I am not working today, I am busy watching a ‘live stream’ 🤗.

#OneWithNature
#NatureAndHealth
#ThinkRewilding

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jun 19

Have a good day and #ThinkRewilding😎

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Jun 19

Oh hi there, this Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross chick wants you to have a wonderful day.

#WorldAlbatrossDay

A curious Yellow-nosed Albatross chick standing amidst green vegetation with a scenic view of mountain slopes and the ocean in the background, under a bright, partly cloudy sky.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jun 13

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot

The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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BES-Rewilding Group @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social · Jun 9

Upcoming events and opportunities:

>>Online PhD coffee morning (18th June, 10:00-10:30) provides a great time to chat informally about rewilding, PhDs, and any ongoing work, fieldwork plans, or new papers you would like to promote!

Register at www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/rewi...

Rewilding SIG PhD Coffee Morning - British Ecological Society

Join the Rewilding SIG to meet your peers, share your work and generate new ideas.

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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