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Jo Smith

@josmithwild.bsky.social
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CEO, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Driving change, #rewilding people and places & supporting #communities to take #climate action to create a more #equitable and #sustainable future where #wildlife and people thrive, together.

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gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social @gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Lucky enough to be watching these birds in Rabat at the moment...imagine seeing them locally. Such enigmatic birds. Please support if you can #WhiteStorks #BigGive @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social
2 storks on a nest
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
An ambitious White Stork project has been announced by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust:
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust launches White Stork project
A new conservation project aims to release White Storks in Derbyshire, with a purpose-built breeding enclosure planned at Willington Wetlands.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This simply isn’t the way to do rewilding; nor is it going to win people over. A model that seeks to acquire landholdings so quickly is clearly going to make mistakes in community engagement & in land management, and I’ve seen solid evidence of both by these guys. bsky.app/profile/theg...
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🌿 Nature is flourishing at Allestree Park! A new University of Derby report shows our rewilding project is already making a big impact. Visitors are noticing more wildlife and improved wellbeing. A huge win for Derby, and this is just beginning! More: pulse.ly/p3ibgeirpz #Rewilding
Two people are kneeling on grass in a sunny field, examining a small container. One person holds the container while the other looks at a book with plant illustrations. The background features a lush green forest, and the sky is bright blue with fluffy clouds. Text at the bottom reads, "Allestree Park is wilder than ever."
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gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social @gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition linked by @jackwallington.com Shocked last week to see peat extraction by Godwins happening right opposite a reserve where peat restoration is happening @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social #PeatFree
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The white stork hasn’t bred naturally in Derbyshire for centuries… but together, we can change that! 🩵 Let’s bring this iconic species back to our skies and revitalise wetland habitats for all local wildlife. Help bring back lost species: pulse.ly/hfa6zwszal #Rewilding
Two storks stand atop a nest against a clear blue sky. Text above them reads "Your donation doubled," and below, "2-9 December."
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🐾 DOUBLE your donation and help reintroduce the white stork, pine marten, and Eurasian elk, with twice the impact. 🎁 £10 becomes £20 🎁 £25 becomes £50 🎁 £50 becomes £100 Thank you to Reed Foundation for match funding! Donate by 9th December: pulse.ly/ellffdz00i #Rewilding
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gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social @gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Middleton Moor yesterday. We explored the possibilities, the future, and the past. It will improve for biodiversity and connect. More importantly, it is easy to access and people will be able to enjoy it. Please donate if you can and share. @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social
2 photos in a collage
Top one showing a bright rainbow against a dark sky with bright red, berry laden hawthorn tree and drystone wall
Below a group of people walking away from the camera across the path
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A fabulous day yesterday with our board, lead Wilder inclusive governance cohort and senior team talking exciting plans for nature and communities 💚
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Jim Dixon @jimdixonwriter.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The worries and benefits of Storm Claudia, greening flood defences in the Trent Valley, a tale of two cities and their parks and gardens and a fabulous opportunity to support nature in Derbyshire. My @thetimes.com Nature Notebook online & in yesterday’s paper.
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gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social @gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Art in nature A frosty day @derbyswildlife.bsky.social Peak Village, Rowsley Consulting with residents on plans for the allotments...improving biodiversity and growing your own @josmithwild.bsky.social
A collage of frosty leaves, seed heads and catkinsView of frozen pond and group of volunteers
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gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social @gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A day to remember clearing reeds on the Cromford canal...new volunteers, enthusiasm, laughter and cake..and, yes, we will ache tomorrow @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social @jimdixonwriter.bsky.social #LeaWoods #Volunteering
Volunteers with rakes by an autumnal canal
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Pete Ambrose @born-to-re-wild.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
First official planting day done at Overdale Nature Reserve, near Hathersage. 2 out of the 11 plots now complete. @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social Some tired volunteers now! It's hilly!
A red flag marking the boundary of one of the planting plots, bags of trees, spades, and some planted trees with their guards on.DWT staff and volunteers planting up the second plotAl down at the boundary of the plotThe tree mix. Pedants will notice that I missed Guelder rose off the list. There were 30 of those per plot too. Impressed with my Latin? The trees are labeled in Latin by the supplier so it helps us ID which stick is which at this time of the year!
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
An inspiring day talking about reintroductions and recovery with @derekgow1965.bsky.social yesterday.
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Catherine Burton @phoenixnature.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Been at Allestree Park in #Derby today. Britain's largest urban rewilding project. Exploring a new corner of the park, ready to work with a client there. It's hard not to love where I work. #nature #therapy #counselling #outdoors
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Good to attend the Labour Party Conference to advocate for investment in nature. Lots of interesting panels and debates. Although sadly nature mostly just used in the imagery and not much mention in speeches or policy announcements.
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gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social @gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Today @derbyswildlife.bsky.social we got involved in some #CitizenScience Even if you haven't got a #GreatUKWaterblitz kit, you can still take part in the Big River Watch between now and 25 Sept @theriverstrust.bsky.social @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social
A collage of 3 pics showing Peak Village today..Derbyshire Wildlife Trust info, and participant in water quality testing for phosphates and nitrates
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
We urgently need your support to help wildlife find its way home to Middleton Moor. If we lose it, rare species, vital wildlife, and wild spaces are at risk. We have until the 30th of November to raise £1.2m. Donate today to save Derbyshire's wilder future.https://pulse.ly/siftooynkl
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Wild Card @wildcard.land · 12/09/2025
England's nature is dying. Research by the @theguardian.com has revealed that only 2.83% of England's natural landscapes are properly protected. This is far below the government's commitment to #30x30. Read the full article here: buff.ly/WRChHu5 #Rewilding #NatureRestoration
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Middleton Moor £1.2 Million Appeal | Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has been given a once-in-a-generation opportunity to purchase Middleton Moor.
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Bid to raise £1.2m for Derbyshire's newest nature reserve
Wildlife campaigners hope to raise more than £1m to buy land for a new nature reserve
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Rooted in Hope at Laverstoke Court 🌿 In Derby, the community came together to reimagine an overlooked patch of land behind a housing block. What was once an abandoned strip of grass is now a thriving shared garden. It shows that no space is too small to lead the way in rewilding and reconnection
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Bear Conservation @bear-conservation.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Spotlight on Europe’s rarest bear: global conference in the Central Apennines Steps taken to help people share space with bears in the Central Apennines of Italy mean the future of the Marsican brown bear now looks brighter. rewildingeurope.com/news/spotlig...
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Spotlight on Europe’s rarest bear: global conference in the Central Apennines | Rewilding Europe
Steps taken to help people share space with bears in the Central Apennines of Italy mean the future of the Marsican brown bear now looks brighter. In 2026, an event in the Central Apennines rewilding…
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
A day at Common Farm, our fourth large scale rewilding site and the most exciting one so far! The last photo is the “before”.
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The Planning Bill still weakens vital protections for nature. A central levy can’t replace local, science-led safeguards. It risks trashing habitats today on the promise of restoration tomorrow. Nature deserves better. #wilderfutures #naturejustice #planningbill #cashtotrash #30by30
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
By 2030 we aim to: 🌱 Rewild 100,000 acres of land and water 🐾 Reintroduce pine martens, black grouse & white stork 🌍 Support 250 communities to lead local nature recovery 🌾 Grow a greener, fairer economy with people, wildlife & climate at its heart Together we can create a wilder Derbyshire 💚
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We're creating more space for nature and helping people benefit from it. Through rewilding, species reintroductions and landscape-scale change. By 2030, we aim to bring back pine marten, black grouse and white stork. Learn more- pulse.ly/nd5hsllxws
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Want to see pine marten and white stork in Derbyshire? So do we! Help us make it happen #Rewilding #WilderByNature #Reintroductions
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We have a vision of creating a wilder Derbyshire where people and wildlife thrive together. It will take bold, transformative action, & everyone will need to play their part to make it happen Find out more- pulse.ly/pk1jpee0jv We're wilder by nature, are you? 🌼
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 21/06/2025
London should copy Mumbai: how rewilding can make us love our city again - London ->Evening Standard | #Rewilding | More info from EcoSearch
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London should copy Mumbai: how rewilding can make us love our city again - London
All this, though, pales in comparison with what is not only possible, but really happening elsewhere. In recent years, dogs have been mysteriously vanishing from the streets and gardens of Mumbai. Dramatic CCTV footage is emerging of the culprit: leopards,...
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Urban rewilding isn’t just theory—it’s happening in Derby. At Allestree Park, we’re restoring nature with people. Beavers, biodiversity, and community at the heart of a wilder city. 📖 New paper: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... #WilderDerby #UrbanRewilding
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Rewilding Academy @rewilding.academy · 17/06/2025
A golden #eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015, indicating the birds may soon be expanding their range south from Scotland into England, where they’re currently considered locally extinct. news.mongabay.com/short-articl... #rewilding
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Golden eagle spotted in England for first time in more than a decade
A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015, indicating the birds may soon be expanding their range south from Scotland into England, where they’re currently cons...
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Rewilding Academy @rewilding.academy · 17/06/2025
How #rewilding is transforming #Paris streets and parks www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...
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How rewilding is transforming Paris streets and parks
The French capital’s gardens come in all shapes and sizes and with varying degrees of formality.
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Nature is calling - and we’re answering with bold ideas, wild ambition, and a belief that we can all make a difference. We want to bring people closer to nature, take action for wildlife, so people and wildlife to thrive together. Read more - pulse.ly/hj2dlv2dhb
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
We're on a mission to create a Wilder Derby. The UK’s Greenest City, focusing on linking Allestree Park with Derwent Meadows along the river corridor, will be one of our four priority landscape recovery areas over the coming years 🌳
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we’re launching Wilder2030 - a bold, hopeful strategy to reverse wildlife decline through local action, equity & green skills. It starts here. A new vision. A bold mission. We’re Wilder by Nature. pulse.ly/ihvt9y8lpg
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Wilder 2030 Strategy Animation
Our vision is simple: A wilder Derbyshire where people and wildlife thrive together.And our mission is clear: Inspiring and enabling bold, transformative act...
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Nature connects us. It shapes landscapes, fuels curiosity, and gives us space to breathe. But now, it needs us. We need more wild places. More chances for wildlife to thrive. More people ready to act. It’ll take bold thinking, big energy, and belief. But we’re ready. Because we’re Wilder by Nature.
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
We are wilder by nature. Are you?
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Are you wilder by nature ?! www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/news/new-rep...
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New Report Reveals Wildlife in Crisis — But People Hold the Power to Bring Nature Back | Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust launches bold new strategy to inspire a people-powered, equitable recovery for nature.
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Check out our new strategy and state of nature report. Using a people centred approach we will enable bold transformative action to #rewild 100,00 acres, reintroduce pine marten, black grouse and white stork, and so much. more youtu.be/jM-EoUZSz-o
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Wilder 2030 Strategy Animation
YouTube video by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We launch our bold new strategy, #Wilder2030 on Wednesday evening. A bold strategy. A shared mission. A call to act. Shaped by collaboration, equity and transformation. Nature is in crisis, but hope is alive in Derbyshire. Watch this space… #Rewilding #recovery
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BBC Springwatch Fans @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Here is our #BBCSpringwatch Fans Starter Pack of presenters & top contributors to follow… go.bsky.app/JACX2pZ #Springwatch #Springwatch2025 #Springwatch20 #spring #wildlife #nature #birds
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Futurism @futurism.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
If rewilding becomes mainstream, we could see communities thriving in harmony with nature, embracing local ecosystems and sustainable living. A promising path for future resilience! #futurism
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I know which I prefer! #AndThenThereWereNon #NoMowMay
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Unnecessary - Costly to tax payers - Damaging to Nature
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I know which I prefer! #AndThenThereWereNon #NoMowMay
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Elk back in #Derbyshire? #rewilding www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in rewilding project
First stage of initiative will introduce ‘keystone’ species to beaver enclosures in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We’re excited to be working to bring back Elk to Willington Wetlands—part of a bold rewilding vision that’s already seen beavers return. Let’s stop asking what we can save, and start asking what we can bring back. #rewilding #reintroducrions www.thetimes.com/article/d21a...
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Elk could be reintroduced to Britain after 3,000 years
Conservationists hope the largest species of deer will return within three years, housed inside fenced beaver enclosures at two nature reserves
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Jo Smith @josmithwild.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The climate crisis is a symptom of global inequality and injustice apple.news/A2oJpZ_bxQxW...
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Climatologist Friederike Otto: ‘The more unequal the society is, the more severe the climate disaster’ — The Guardian
The German scientist on her new book arguing that inequality, wealth and sexism are making the climate crisis worse – and what we need to do about it
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