WildDartmoor
@tonydartmoor.bsky.social
Campaigner. Dartmoor Nature Alliance. Restoring Nature on Dartmoor.
After a few months break, I’ll be
sharing news and views again on Dartmoor nature restoration here on Bsky - hopefully a few interesting things on the horizon.
In the meantime here’s a view from just above Warren House earlier this afternoon.
sharing news and views again on Dartmoor nature restoration here on Bsky - hopefully a few interesting things on the horizon.
In the meantime here’s a view from just above Warren House earlier this afternoon.
February 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
After a few months break, I’ll be
sharing news and views again on Dartmoor nature restoration here on Bsky - hopefully a few interesting things on the horizon.
In the meantime here’s a view from just above Warren House earlier this afternoon.
sharing news and views again on Dartmoor nature restoration here on Bsky - hopefully a few interesting things on the horizon.
In the meantime here’s a view from just above Warren House earlier this afternoon.
This is SO good, and inspiring, well done @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social
🥾 Just shy of 200 people joined us up at Moscar Moor today to mark the start of the shooting season and united around our call for this huge grouse shooting estate in the Peak District to be taken into community ownership.
August 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is SO good, and inspiring, well done @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social
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🥾 Just shy of 200 people joined us up at Moscar Moor today to mark the start of the shooting season and united around our call for this huge grouse shooting estate in the Peak District to be taken into community ownership.
August 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🥾 Just shy of 200 people joined us up at Moscar Moor today to mark the start of the shooting season and united around our call for this huge grouse shooting estate in the Peak District to be taken into community ownership.
Great chance to share your hopes for nature restoration on Dartmoor …
Love #Dartmoor? Now’s your chance to influence its future.
People who care passionately about the National Park are invited to share their views on the priorities that will guide this unique landscape for years to come.
Complete the Public Opinion Survey: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
People who care passionately about the National Park are invited to share their views on the priorities that will guide this unique landscape for years to come.
Complete the Public Opinion Survey: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
August 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Great chance to share your hopes for nature restoration on Dartmoor …
A good read. I don't agree with some of the points, but it's thoughtful and well-written.
sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/s...
sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/s...
Sheep wars: Why it’s time to reset the uplands grazing debate | Sustainable Food Trust
A recent legal challenge brought to the High Court by campaign group Wild Justice has re-ignited one of the more interminable debates around land use – the role of sheep in the UK’s uplands.
sustainablefoodtrust.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A good read. I don't agree with some of the points, but it's thoughtful and well-written.
sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/s...
sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/s...
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I got hold of the latest *official* stats for how many pheasants are being bred, reared and released in England
It's a big number - 25.9 million - but it's far less than the reality
It points to widespread rule-breaking by shooting estates failing to register:
whoownsengland.org/2025/07/31/l...
It's a big number - 25.9 million - but it's far less than the reality
It points to widespread rule-breaking by shooting estates failing to register:
whoownsengland.org/2025/07/31/l...
Latest pheasant release stats point to widespread rule-breaking by shooting estates
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Photo: a rather gruesome sight on a shooting estate in Berkshire. 25.9 million pheasants are currently being bred, reared or released in England, according to the lat…
whoownsengland.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I got hold of the latest *official* stats for how many pheasants are being bred, reared and released in England
It's a big number - 25.9 million - but it's far less than the reality
It points to widespread rule-breaking by shooting estates failing to register:
whoownsengland.org/2025/07/31/l...
It's a big number - 25.9 million - but it's far less than the reality
It points to widespread rule-breaking by shooting estates failing to register:
whoownsengland.org/2025/07/31/l...
"Sheep farming is not subsidised"
That's quite the claim from Phil Stocker at the National Sheep Association.
Here's why ...
nationalsheep.org.uk/our-work/new...
That's quite the claim from Phil Stocker at the National Sheep Association.
Here's why ...
nationalsheep.org.uk/our-work/new...
Upland livestock farming must be part of the environmental solution, not the scapegoat, says NSA
nationalsheep.org.uk
July 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Sheep farming is not subsidised"
That's quite the claim from Phil Stocker at the National Sheep Association.
Here's why ...
nationalsheep.org.uk/our-work/new...
That's quite the claim from Phil Stocker at the National Sheep Association.
Here's why ...
nationalsheep.org.uk/our-work/new...
The Death of a Dartmoor Common. Pleased to have contributed to this @theguardian.com feature by @phoebeweston.bsky.social
I've written a more in-depth article to give full background to the common @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and I visited with the reporter.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/the-dea...
I've written a more in-depth article to give full background to the common @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and I visited with the reporter.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/the-dea...
July 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Death of a Dartmoor Common. Pleased to have contributed to this @theguardian.com feature by @phoebeweston.bsky.social
I've written a more in-depth article to give full background to the common @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and I visited with the reporter.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/the-dea...
I've written a more in-depth article to give full background to the common @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and I visited with the reporter.
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/the-dea...
More coverage of todays Wild Justice vs Dartmoor Commoners' Council case ...
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
www.itv.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
More coverage of todays Wild Justice vs Dartmoor Commoners' Council case ...
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
"Our uplands need a healthy future, and that future starts with change – radical, urgent and unapologetic."
Great opinion piece from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great opinion piece from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham
Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Our uplands need a healthy future, and that future starts with change – radical, urgent and unapologetic."
Great opinion piece from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great opinion piece from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's the press release from @wildjustice.bsky.social about today's case, inc quotes from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and @ruthtingay.bsky.social
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/legal-...
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/legal-...
Legal challenge to overgrazing on Dartmoor commons to be heard in High Court - Wild Justice
A legal challenge brought by campaign group Wild Justice against Dartmoor Commoners’ Council over its management of grazing on the […]
wildjustice.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Here's the press release from @wildjustice.bsky.social about today's case, inc quotes from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and @ruthtingay.bsky.social
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/legal-...
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/legal-...
Wishing @wildjustice.bsky.social all the very best for their legal challenge to Dartmoor Commoners' Council today at the High Court.
Read the background to the case here:
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/wild-j...
Read the background to the case here:
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/wild-j...
Wild Justice challenges Dartmoor Commoners’ Council in High Court to tackle deterioration of wildlife habitats - Wild Justice
Wild Justice is taking High Court action in a bid to make the guardians of Dartmoor common land ensure the […]
wildjustice.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Wishing @wildjustice.bsky.social all the very best for their legal challenge to Dartmoor Commoners' Council today at the High Court.
Read the background to the case here:
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/wild-j...
Read the background to the case here:
wildjustice.org.uk/sssis/wild-j...
This is very good news, though a long campaign!
Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales
Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales
Exclusive: Restrictions on shot and bullets containing toxic metal to be phased in over three years from 2026
Shotgun pellets and bullets that contain lead are to be banned for almost all uses, ministers have said, in a long-awaited announcement welcomed by wildlife groups.
The restrictions will be phased in over three years from 2026, rather than the five set out in an official report last year, prompting some shooting organisations to say replacement ammunition may not be fully available in time. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is very good news, though a long campaign!
Hen Tor & Willings Walls Common. Yep, nothing here but species-poor grassland, Molinia, and a bit of bracken. And a lot of sheep scattered about.
The opportunity cost of maintaining the current grazing regime on this land is huge. It's as much a failure of the imagination as anything else.
The opportunity cost of maintaining the current grazing regime on this land is huge. It's as much a failure of the imagination as anything else.
July 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Hen Tor & Willings Walls Common. Yep, nothing here but species-poor grassland, Molinia, and a bit of bracken. And a lot of sheep scattered about.
The opportunity cost of maintaining the current grazing regime on this land is huge. It's as much a failure of the imagination as anything else.
The opportunity cost of maintaining the current grazing regime on this land is huge. It's as much a failure of the imagination as anything else.
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The folk horror is real, where there’s a shoot. It brings the predators in. A gruesome & strange danse macabre for my @theguardian.com Country Diary today. ‘A jewel-bright partridge’s head, tops the beads of its neck vertebrae like an umbrella handle’ & someone is playing curious games..
Country diary: Like wrecked prizes, the body parts of pheasants litter the landscape | Nicola Chester
North Wessex Downs, Hampshire: Predators are increasingly drawn by the shooting-season escapees. But, miserably, other ground-nesting birds and their eggs are being taken, too
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The folk horror is real, where there’s a shoot. It brings the predators in. A gruesome & strange danse macabre for my @theguardian.com Country Diary today. ‘A jewel-bright partridge’s head, tops the beads of its neck vertebrae like an umbrella handle’ & someone is playing curious games..
The level of this debate is appalling. Almost lost me when one MP claimed that "where grouse moor management had ceased, such as on Dartmoor, populations of ground nesting birds have reduced". Dartmoor hasn't seen any grouse shot since the 1920s, there is no shooting here!
The Westminster Hall debate on the future of driven grouse shooting will start at 16:15. You can watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP_...
E-petition debate relating to driven grouse shooting - Monday 30 June 2025.
YouTube video by UK Parliament
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The level of this debate is appalling. Almost lost me when one MP claimed that "where grouse moor management had ceased, such as on Dartmoor, populations of ground nesting birds have reduced". Dartmoor hasn't seen any grouse shot since the 1920s, there is no shooting here!
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#PeatlandAlliance amendments to the #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill in the #HouseOfLords aim to ban #windfarms on protected #peatland in England and make sure it is restored without any big infrastructure developments. How about it, peers? saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/d...
Desperately seeking peer to propose blanket bog protection and restoration amendments to planning ”reforms” bill in House of Lords
The contentious Planning and Infrastructure Bill has completed its rushed passage through the House of Commons and has had its first reading in the House of Lords. The second reading is on 25th Jun…
saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#PeatlandAlliance amendments to the #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill in the #HouseOfLords aim to ban #windfarms on protected #peatland in England and make sure it is restored without any big infrastructure developments. How about it, peers? saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/d...
Coverage of the new Duchy Dartmoor vision - "The duchy and the Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery (CDLR) project will also enforce rest periods for the land to give it time to recover and allow biodiversity to blossom."
Wow. Yes please.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
Wow. Yes please.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
Prince William's desperate mission as 'things need to change' with royal icon
Dartmoor National Park faces greater heat stress for crops and livestock in summer and increased and more extreme rainfall in winter, according to the Met Office's research
www.mirror.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Coverage of the new Duchy Dartmoor vision - "The duchy and the Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery (CDLR) project will also enforce rest periods for the land to give it time to recover and allow biodiversity to blossom."
Wow. Yes please.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
Wow. Yes please.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
Duchy of Cornwall's Dartmoor Vision published today ...
(More comments on this at some point)
www.duchyofcornwall.org/article/laun...
(More comments on this at some point)
www.duchyofcornwall.org/article/laun...
A new Landscape Vision for Dartmoor
www.duchyofcornwall.org
June 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Duchy of Cornwall's Dartmoor Vision published today ...
(More comments on this at some point)
www.duchyofcornwall.org/article/laun...
(More comments on this at some point)
www.duchyofcornwall.org/article/laun...
Follow these people ...
June 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Follow these people ...
Good piece from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social ... I've written more here on Molinia and specifically Dartmoor 🧵
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
June 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good piece from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social ... I've written more here on Molinia and specifically Dartmoor 🧵
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/molinia
Looking forward to catching up with this new film about Dartmoor farmers using nature-based techniques to combat flooding ... www.gov.uk/government/n...
'Farming the Flood' shows Dartmoor farmers adapting to nature
Farmers are turning flood challenges into environmental opportunities in this new documentary.
www.gov.uk
June 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Looking forward to catching up with this new film about Dartmoor farmers using nature-based techniques to combat flooding ... www.gov.uk/government/n...
Brilliant piece on the Armada Way tree felling fiasco …
And some wonder why people get disillusioned with politicians?
The sorry tale of the Armada Way tree-felling fiasco. Heads should be hung in shame...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/the-damning-...
The sorry tale of the Armada Way tree-felling fiasco. Heads should be hung in shame...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/the-damning-...
The damning report into the Armada Way tree-felling fiasco
The review commissioned by Plymouth City Council (PCC) in order for them to learn lessons from the Armada Way tree felling fiasco is complete and the report has been published. It is damning. The Arma...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Brilliant piece on the Armada Way tree felling fiasco …