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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Wetter is better! 💦 ...at least when it comes to peatland. Great to visit the team of excavators busy working away to rewet, restore and rejuvenate over 1,000 hectares of degraded peat on the high hills of Affric Highlands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read the story ➡️: rewildingeurope.com/news/a-peatl... #rewilding

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Work with us 🌳 Join the Trees for Life team! 🌱 Management Accountant - Closing 1 March. 🌱 Visitor Experience & Operations Assistant - Closing 8 March. 🌱 Tree Seed Collection Project Assistant - Closing 25 March. Apply now 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/wor...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

If you're passionate about rewilding in Scotland 🌳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - and finding the connections between business and nature 🤝 - to make a rural economy a force for good 💪, you have the weekend to get your applications in for the Enterprise Manager role at Rewilding Affric Highlands! 👉 lnkd.in/e9fTEPqj

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Look to the news in these troubled times & you wouldn't be blamed for questioning where the hope is. It was a pleasure then to see this glimmer of hope. A new initiative to bring war veterans some moments of peace in the incredible Danube Delta. Read the story: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

4 from Namibia 🇳🇦 🦓 The evening glow in Africa is on another level! Have a great weekend!

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

There's a brand spanking new course available, developed by Rewilding Europe and hosted by The Open University 🎓, called 'Introduction to Rewilding'. It's totally *free*, can be joined from anywhere in the world 🌍, and completed at your own pace! Find out more here: lnkd.in/es3vS6qA

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This is *such* great news! Montane woodland is a rare habitat, long gone from the memories of most hillwalkers of the Highlands. This initiative will bring it right back to the forefront at one of the most visited high altitude areas of the Cairngorms. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Charity to plant 30,000 trees for Cairngorms mountain woodland

A project aims to restore an almost lost type of habitat in the Cairngorms.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Can you spare 2 minutes to help secure €30k in funding to create Glencoe Riverwoods? This initiative will create wildlife-rich corridors of native woodland along the iconic River Coe & Etive, revitalising this iconic landscape for nature, climate & people. Vote now! eocaconservation.org/vote/

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Skeins of geese headed north this morning, first swallows of the summer arrived this afternoon! ☀️ Changing of the guard. 🫡

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today @ 4pm (GMT) Rewilding Europe's latest film launches on YouTube! 📽️ youtu.be/oTlRM9pa5L8?... It's not to be missed! A wonderful insight into the important work going on in Rewilding Oder Delta. Cranes, lynx, bison, river restoration, rewetting, rewilding enterprise and stunning cinematography.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

'Forest restoration' is booming, but biodiversity isn’t. Why? A lot of the time, it's just planting so-called 'forests' of alien monocultures. In other words, nothing but another bullshit money-making racket. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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Forest restoration is booming but biodiversity isn’t

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Global efforts to restore forests are gathering pace, driven by...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

From here in Scotland, across Europe and the rest of the world… 🌍 HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!! 🎈🎂 The fact that this year’s theme is #rewildingtogether inspires hope. That thousands & thousands of people wake up each morning and choose to make a difference. Let’s keep going! 💪 #worldrewildingday

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The best day of the year is fast approaching - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🌱 To celebrate, Rewilding Europe is hosting a special webinar with a range of inspiring speakers to showcase how nature and people can 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 alongside each other. 🗓️ March 20th 🕒 3pm (CET) 🖥️ rewildingeurope.com/world-rewild...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

How do you showcase rewilding stories with your 📸? We talked to one of the best, @petecairns.bsky.social, who has spent his long career doing just that. bit.ly/4gXMbg5 Pete is one of the judges in this year's Rewilding Europe Award - a category in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This morning whilst making coffee I opened the kitchen window to let in the sumptuous singing of a song thrush, and it made my Monday by 7am! 🤌🏻 Spring is well and truly on its way.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

📸 Camera traps offer a wonderful glimpse into the mysterious lives of wildlife. Look at the amazing species turning up to use restored wetlands in the Oder Delta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhc... Read the full story from #Rewilding Europe here: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewetti...

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Życie na odtworzonych mokradłach - Wildlife on restored wetlands in Poland

YouTube video by Fundacja dla Klimatu i Bioróżnorodności

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

These Bonelli's eagles returning to Sardinia are just one of many recent releases, supported by Rewilding Europe's Wildlife Comeback Fund. They not only return a missing ecological function but also bring some much-needed awe & inspiration. Read the story here: rewildingeurope.com/news/bonelli...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I recently took on the role as Visual Storyteller at Rewilding Europe 📸. I’m delighted that the prestigious European Wildlife Photographer of the Year has a Rewilding Europe Award. Send us your best visuals that tell the rewilding story & you could win €1000! rewildingeurope.com/ewpy-rewildi...

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

During Mozambique's civil war, up to 90 percent of large wildlife in what's now Gorongosa National Park was slaughtered. Today, the park has more wildlife than before the war--showing that healing of both human and nonhuman communities is possible. www.biographic.com/prowling-for...

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Prowling for Pelicans - bioGraphic

In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, wildlife is making a comeback.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This is wonderful! Rejuvenating lost ponds & wetlands across a network of farms in the south. Making space for water is such a vital component for healthy and resilient landscapes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Back from the dead: the ‘zombie’ ponds repumping nature into Essex farmland

A conservation project is helping identify and restore wildlife-rich sites previously degraded and dried up

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm. And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...

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High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts

The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but today is the shortest day of the year! Which means the daylight starts seeping back from here on in. We made it! #WinterSolstice

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

White-tailed eagle on the school run this morning! 🚌 Got to love living in the Cairngorms.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Finally the penny is dropping: “Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked

A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Insh Marshes in @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social is full to the brim with meltwater. It's a timely reminder of how important functioning floodplains are. Imagine if that water wasn't allowed to seep out into the flatlands surrounding the river, it would be devastating for downstream communities.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Very good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature". This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/ defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...

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75th Anniversary of the National Parks Act: New legislation to ensure Protected Landscapes are fit for the future

Today is the 75th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. Read how the government is marking the occasion by empowering our Protected Landscapes.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A pretty niche request…! 🦣 Would anyone happen to have book recommendations for learning about the megafauna of the Pleistocene, and specifically their ecological roles?

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Do you have the passion & skillset to drive #rewilding forwards in Scotland? SCOTLAND: The Big Picture is currently recruiting for a new CEO. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead from the front & truly make a difference for Scotland's rewilding journey. www.scotlandbigpicture.com//Images/2024...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The Iberian Highlands rewilding landscape is set amongst 850,000ha of some of Spain's best-kept wild space. It hosts as-far-as-the-eye-can-see forests, towering geological wonders & vast Mediterranean steppe. 🎧 Find out how Rewilding Spain is returning important ecological functions bit.ly/4iByyoE

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Today in the Cairngorms a group of people with sledgehammers were smashing through the frozen surface of a loch so they could swim in it. I respect them a lot. And fear them a little. 🥶

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Bitingly cold but breathtaking around the house today! Freezing fog for starters and then glorious December sun for main. These are the winters I love.

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ARK Rewilding Nederland @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Dead wood and the circle of life (by Jeroen Helmer)

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I am *incredibly* late to the party, but I finally got around to reading #Rewilding. I'd thoroughly recommend it as a great introduction to the topic. I really enjoyed delving into the species of the Pleistocene and how they shaped our world. It really gets you thinking about shifting baselines.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿? The Scottish Rewilding Alliance have put together a pathway to help Scotland become a #RewildingNation - urging the Scottish Government to commit to restoring 30% of our land & seas for nature recovery. Add your signature: www.rewild.scot/charter

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Seawilding is a community led charity that has come together on the west of Scotland to action real change. They figured out how they could help in a biodiversity & climate crisis & set about restoring 2 keystone species to the sea beyond their village. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Qvu...

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

There’s been some stunning conditions this week in the Cairngorms with a return to proper winter conditions, coating the woodlands in a layer of hoar frost. ❄️

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture have launched their 2025 #Rewilding Training programme to help everyone get on board with fighting back for nature. Check out their range of courses and see how you can get involved: www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-tr... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iwr...

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Rewilding Training: unleash your potential for driving change

YouTube video by SCOTLAND: The Big Picture

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Richard Lockett @rlockett.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

River restoration is great. A short video about a Nature Restoration Funded project we completed in Perthshire this summer. Thanks to @jamesshooter.bsky.social for pulling it together. youtu.be/2eQnkQlNL_8?...

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McGowan Environmental: River Restoration at Straloch, Glen Brerachan

YouTube video by McGowan Group

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I talked to LBC about how both climate breakdown and catchment mismanagement helped cause the latest, terrible floods, and the intense frustration of spending 40 years banging your head against the wall about such issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=icOC...

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Storm Bert and the elephant in the room | George Monbiot on LBC

YouTube video by LBC

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Welcome to BlueSky @davidoakes.bsky.social ! Definitely worth a follow. David hosts one of the best nature podcasts around, @treesacrowd.bsky.social . Full of passionate people and great discussions. 🙌🏻

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

If you fancy a listen on a Sunday walk, I recently joined the good folk at the Wilder Podcast to chat all about rewilding, family travels and lessons learned from the inspiring people we met during our 18 month roadtrip across Europe. 🎧 You can listen to the episode here: lnkd.in/eHyjhfQf

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Some positive #rewilding news! After the success of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle project, where birds have been translocated from the Highlands to the Borders, the next phase is set to reintroduce them to England & Wales. Reintroductions done right. 🙌 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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South of Scotland Golden eagle project plans England expansion

A conservation project is looking to build on its success by taking the birds into England and Wales.

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Wow this is amazing! Ethiopian wolves as potential pollinators! Who knew!

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A big welcome to @saveourwildcats.bsky.social Definitely an initiative worth following! They’re doing great work restoring wildcats to the Cairngorms. I’ve had the great privilege of seeing one of the released cats just 5 minutes from home! That was an exciting day. 🙌🏻

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hello! It's finally snowing!! ❄️ 🌨️

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

“On a willow twig a kingfisher perches. It watches the eels with interest, but these are well-grown and too big for him to catch” ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

A kingfisher is perched in the centre of the image over a wide stream filled with eels, as a few long-tailed tits flash past

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Fighting Dirty, our campaign to challenge the legal loopholes polluters use, is now on Bluesky. Please do give us a follow: @fightingdirty.bsky.social‬

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It was great to film river works this summer in the spectacular landscape of Cairngorms Connect. The Allt a’Mharcaidh burn, historically straightened to float logs for timber, now wiggles through its original course & is connected to its floodplain once again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDmZ...

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McGowan Environmental: Allt a’Mharcaidh River Restoration

YouTube video by McGowan Group

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

-8C this morning and the loch is beginning to freeze over! ❄️ Proper winter weather! 🤌🏻 #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

-4C and a #BlueSky day here in the Cairngorms! The geese on Loch Garten were happy to see it. 🪿

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