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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.com

Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I've just seen the *fantastic* M C Escher exhibition at Somerset House in London. It takes the artist into another dimension with video. I particularly liked the reproduction of the stairs painting "Relativity" placed, appropriately, at the bottom of the stairwell! Go!

Surreal point of view combining Escher's painting and a real stairwell.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

In the autumn, I'll be organizing a 4night wolf watching trip for English speakers. Barcelona to Zamora with my good friend+ Iberian wolf expert Sergi Garcia. We'll also cover the Spanish Civil War, the anti-Francoist resistance, culture, food, etc. Let me know if interested 📷 FriasMarques, Wiki

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LOCAL MANAGEMENT OF BEARS? Big news for bear-shepherd coexistence in the Pyrenees. A discreet meeting took place on 27 April between representatives from Ariège and President Macron — I’ve found almost nothing in the press, only on Facebook.

The bear Cachou standing upright smelling the trunk of a tree at night, caught on a camera trap. A few months later he was poisoned.

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Wolves are being illegally killed in an area where coexistence with farming seemed possible. I talked to a sheep farmer in Abruzzo who was quite happy with wolves as neighbours. What now? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/…

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Shepherding has a big influence on nature, not always negative. Transhumance routes are ecological corridors. I am going to Lleida, Spain for a workshop on Pastoral Routes in 21st century Europe. Is transhumance merely a relic of the past? What is its significance today?

Flock of sheep on thr transhumance with shepherd behind them on a clear sunny day.

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Anyone else think that @theguardian.com article on the greenhouses in Almeria sounds like advertorial? www.theguardian.com/environment/202…

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Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Mackenzie Crook’s magical suburban folk tale, #SmallProphets published by #PenguinBooks and #PuffinBooks down the years. A 🧵 1/

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Patrick Marques @pmarques35.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

[1/8] Barthélémy Courmont (Institut catholique de Lille) propose un éclairage sur la notion de "guerre asymétrique". Il montre que ce concept, popularisé depuis 2001, désigne en réalité une logique ancienne de conflits inégaux. #HGGSP #geography #asymmetricwarfare

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« Guerre asymétrique » : une formule récente pour un phénomène plurimillénaire

Si la notion de guerre asymétrique a été conceptualisée de fraîche date, la réalité à laquelle elle renvoie n’est certainement pas une nouveauté.

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The #bear population in the Pyrenees is growing fast. Figures announced today say there were *at least* 108 in 2025 (probably 109-143)! Up 11% annually since 2006. In 1996, there were only 5 bears, and 11 have been imported since. It is a #rewilding success but not everybody is happy.

ofb.gouv.fr

Ours infos 2025 - Rapport annuel

En 2025, 3 287 indices indirects ont été collectés dans le cadre du suivi transfrontalier de l'Ours brun. Les résultats présentés dans le rapport

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A Spanish hunter has been fined 100,800€ (£87,000) for killing a lynx. He didn't have a licence and it was outside the hunting season. They don't muck about with #rewilding in Spain!

diariovasco.com

Condenado un cazador a pagar más de 100.000 euros por haber abatido a una hembra de lince en Toledo | El Diario Vasco

El hombre alegó que confundió al felino con un zorro

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Thanks @joanlopezphoto.bsky.social for reminding me about the Hospital de La Santa Creu, Barcelona. Quite something !

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Just reminded by @joanlopezphoto’s photo that I visited the Hospital de la Santa Creu iSant Pau in Barcelona almost exactly a year ago. Extraordinary architecture for such a building. And off the tourist trail.

Modernist staircase, full of light and intricate shapes, in a hospital!

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

In the Pyrenean bear festivals, the ritual ends by shaving the bear to reveal the man beneath the animal. But in Prats-de-Mollo, women have started becoming the bears themselves — and the meaning of the ritual is quietly changing. I’ve been interviewing the glitter bears.

wildingthepyrenees.com

Sex, gender and glitter bears

Each February, in villages like Prats-de-Mollo near the border between France and Spain, men disguised as bears will rampage through the streets. Later they will be captured and shaved.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

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Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock – CCC - Climate Change Committee

The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitu...

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Great news amidst all the gloom. There have been a lot of beaver releases but these wild releases are really significant in England – finally we are giving this life-giving animal the right to roam. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers

Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Not just jolly folklore, not just fossilised World Heritage, the Prats-de-Mollo bear festival is alive and kicking. Women used to be relegated to minor roles. Now, they are arriving in force. More tomorrow.

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rru.eurosky.social @rru.eurosky.social · 10/02/2026

I was a bit busy yesterday, so today let's fully appreciate the fabulous news that brightened up a drizzly Monday! Great to see this #rewilding progress gaining momentum. Congratulations @cornwallwildlifetrust!

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Spectacular return of otters in France! Between 2009 and 2023, their range increased by 40%. #rewilding #naturewriting. www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

By Bernard Landgraf - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41335

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#bear sightings in the #Pyrenees are still rare, but do happen, as this video shows. #naturewriting

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Steve Cracknell @pyrenees-sauvages.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Quelles belles images! Témoignage d’une rencontre insolite avec un couple d’ours, Pyrénées – juin 2025, par Loan Schwab, jeune photographe animalier paysdelours.com/fr/temoignage-dune-…

Ours mâle et femelle sur une falaise herbeuse, dans les #Pyrénées.

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Following the relaxation of EU rules, France has increased authorised #wolf kills from 19% to 21%. The wolf population is stable, as is the number of attacks but no one is satisfied, neither ecologists nor farmers. #rewilding

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Slovenia is smaller and more densely populated than Scotland. But despite its small size and relatively populous countryside, it's home to nearly 1,000 brown bears, over 120 wolves and a growing population of around 50 reintroduced lynx.

A Eurasian lynx reclines leisurely on a moss-covered rock, surrounded by a forest of tall trees.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

As @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social explains so eloquently, the world is owned by the fossil-fuel rich. Many wars have been fought to maintain or extend that power. This makes renewable energy an indispensable prerequisite for a more peaceful future. Bring it on!

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Very good news for #rewilding🪶 The bearded #vulture is nesting again in the Pyrenees and elsewhere. Thanks to #reintroduction (18 this year) and the work carried out with mountain communities, this “bone-breaker” is clearly making a comeback. 📷 © G&T Nicaise

Bearded vulture perched on a rock, with head and neck a deep red, coloured by bathing in iron-rich springs. 📷 © G&T Nicaise

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Blue skies in Yarm, Yorkshire today.

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

On my French bluesky, I have been gathering together text and pictures from the translation of my #rewilding book. The only problem is that I have hardly any followers to take note of them...

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I’m posting extracts and pictures from the French translation of my #rewilding book over the next few days…

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I’m intrigued by this French supermarket advert. It is quite extraordinary coming from a country that is ambivalent about wolves, sceptical about vegans and has pretty much forgotten how to cook from basic ingredients. Can anyone explain it to me?

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Intermarché - Conte de Noël

YouTube video by Intermarché

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Today, December 12 is International Iberian Lynx Day. A good day to celebrate the recovery of the species. In 'Critical danger of Extinction' 25 years ago, there are now over 2400 Iberian #Lynx. #rewilding

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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect. “Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

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Guillaume R @guillaumerouby.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Quand une famille de Lynx s'installe sous ton piège photo... Browning BTC-6PXD 26 et 27/12/2023 Haut-Bugey #lynx #nature #wildlife

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

After the wildfire that destroyed 160 sq miles this summer, what does the future hold for the French Corbières? Christopher Clark looks into the possibilities.

earthisland.org

Post Wildfire, Southern France Wine Growers Look to Diversifying Farming

Rethinking the future of France’s historic Corbières wine region.

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Steve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Wild #boar threatened by African Swine Fever. 6 found dead near Barcelona. But nearest possible sources are Germany, Italy and N Africa. ASF was eliminated in Spain in 1994. Maybe that the disease survived undetected in the wild like brucellosis in Alpine ibex? Expect ructions in the pig industry.

independent.co.uk

UK to block imports of pork from Spain due to outbreak of swine fever

Pork products are to be held at border control posts after Spain recorded cases of ASF in the Catalunya

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