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Rewilding Manager at Rewilding Britain, ecologist. Views are my own

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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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#rewilding #thinkbigactwild | Sara King | 14 comments
Wow, what an amazing community the Rewilding Britain Network is! We've just wrapped up our forth annual rewilding network gathering. Its an opportunity for network members to come together to share i...
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 22/04/2026
This Earth Day, help us rewild Britain 🌱 Ambitious rewilders are raring and ready to go, but too often they’re stalled by a lack of funding and support. You can help us give them the critical start-up and development resources they need👇 f.mtr.cool/scgwskomwx 🧵1/2
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 19/03/2026
It's been a landmark week for big-picture thinking on land use, and how better approaching it can secure a wilder, greener and more resilient future 🙌 Yesterday the UK Gov published its first ever Land Use Framework (LUF) and the Scottish Gov released its Fourth Land Use Strategy (LUS). [1/8]
Person at a rally holding a placard saying: Rewild 30% by 2030
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I'd love to see some missing and keyatone species being featured, such as elk, bison, eagles and lynx! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wildlife to replace historical figures on banknotes
The public will help choose which animals and birds will appear on the Bank of England's new notes.
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A new rewilding alliance has launched in Wales! The Welsh Rewilding Alliance has published a new report. The Welsh Way to Wild is a clear, practical vision for how rewilding can work in Wales rewildingalliance.cymru
rewildingalliance.cymru
A growing movement working to restore nature, strengthen rural communities and shape a wilder future for Wales.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 23/02/2026
All you need to know about how large herbivores transform the land through their dynamic behaviours 🦬 The Large Herbivore Working Group created these illustrations to bring their rolling, stamping, chewing and wallowing to life. (Illustrations by Lauren Hulbert Design) 🧵1/2
A complex illustration of a thriving landscape populated with grazing herbivores, birds of prey flying overhead, lizards crossing rocks and mixed deciduous woodland. An elk in a wetland landscape illustration, while a raptor with a fish in its claws flies overhead and flowers covered with pollinators crowd the foreground. This illustration shows a large horned cow sitting in a field, surrounded by plants, insects and other grazing animals.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 12/02/2026
Want to progress your rewilding project?  The Rewilding Innovation Fund breaks down the barriers to rewilding by funding innovative and ambitious plans. Apply by 28 February: f.mtr.cool/pvzlgrhibf Image: Andy Rouse / scotlandbigpicture.com
Text reads: What could your rewilding project achieve with £15,000? 

Rewilding Innovation Fund open until 28 February. 

Image shows a young wild boar standing in wild grasses at twilight or dawn, looking straight at the viewer while its mother forages in the background.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 29/01/2026
The first #RewildingWins of 2026 have landed 🙌 Scroll down to discover how this year has got off to a wild start👇 🧵1/6
European bison in a forest with text overlay that reads: "January 2026, Rewilding Wins of the Month". Photo credit: Etienne Brunelle/Getty images/Canva
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 12/01/2026
The latest round of our Rewilding Innovation Fund is open 🙌 We’re looking for ambitious rewilding projects that need a boost to get their innovative ideas off the ground. Sound like you? Apply now👇 f.mtr.cool/ypwvmvoecx
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 09/01/2026
We are delighted to be awarding £15,000 from our Rewilding Innovation Fund to Celtic Rewilding to explore the possibility of bringing back three ‘missing’ amphibian species to the Norfolk landscape. 📸 Simon Kovacic/Shutterstock 🧵1/9
A vibrant green tree frog clings to a vertical bamboo stick, its large eyes focused forward, against a blurred natural background. Credit: Simon Kovacic/Shutterstock
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Three frogs to be reintroduced to West Acre 'pingos'
The money will be spent on breeding thousands of frogs and managing their release in 2026.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 23/12/2025
A few months ago, a small group from the Rewilding Network headed to Cefn Garthenor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This was our first Network visit to Wales and it couldn’t have been more exciting. The group got the chance to explore the beaver enclosure at Cefn, which is one of the first in Wales. 🧵1/3
A group of people standing in a forest, engaged in discussion. They are wearing casual outdoor clothing and some have backpacks.A small, beaver pond surrounded by dense trees and green foliage, with scattered fallen branches and leaves on the water's surface.A group of people walking through tall grass in a field under a cloudy sky, surrounded by trees, some wearing backpacks and jackets.A group of people walking through a grassy field under a cloudy sky, heading towards distant trees. Some carry backpacks.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 28/11/2025
Thanks to you, our future is wild 🐾 We’ve been astounded by the support we’ve received as we celebrated our first decade — from auction bids and donations, to spreading the word about our mission and sharing kind words of encouragement. 🧵1/2
A dolphin leaps out of the water with the text "Our Future is Wild" and "Thank You" overlayed. Photo credit: grafxart8888/iStock
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Want some exclusive #rewilding experiences? From bike adventures to unique artwork you can bid on some amazing lots right now, and fund future rewilding work. Thank you to our generous Rewilding Network members who have donated some incredible prizes! uk.givergy.com/RB10/?contro...
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10 years of wild hope | Powered by Givergy
Bid on exclusive money can't buy items & experiences with Rewilding Britain. Enter into one of our charity auctions, prize draws or buy exclusive item
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It's been so exciting to be part of the #rewilding movement for just over 5 years at Rewilding Britain. I cant wait to see what the next few years bring!
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Meet the inspiring new beneficiaries of our innovation funding 🐸 Our Rewilding Innovation Fund is designed to support fresh thinking and new ideas to help remove barriers to rewilding and build up an all-important knowledge base for groundbreaking rewilding practitioners in all three nations. 🧵1/3
Photo of a European tree frog with text on the image that reads: "Innovation is taking root. Meet the Rewilding Innovation Fund's newest beneficiaries". Photo credit: MikeLane45/Getty images/Canva
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 22/10/2025
“They were curious, but there never was a moment where we felt in danger” 🦬 Rewilding Manager Sara King's observations of the European bison she met while visiting the vast plains of southern Spain, where they've been reintroduced as free-roaming animals. 🧵1/3
Bison herd grazing on a dry, grassy plain with scattered trees. Text reads "Meeting the Giants of the Spanish Plains. New blog post b Sara King. Follow the link in the caption'.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 13/10/2025
What a fascinating trip to Idle Valley Nature Reserve for our away day, learning how nottswildlife.bsky.social is bringing back lost keystone species on their land and working with farmers to help restore nature to the wider valley.
Staff outside at a nature reservePeople taking photos of animal footprintsWood gnawed by beaversSomeone looking through binoculars at a wetland.
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
If you need a bit of #rewilding hope, take a look at our impact report
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 09/09/2025
Our seas need proper protections, not backtracking and half measures 🪸 We're incredibly disappointed by Defra's response to the recommendation to ban bottom trawling across 41 marine protected areas (MPAs) despite the public consultation not closing until 29 September. 🧵1/2
Screenshot of a Guardian article titled "Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules." on an underwater photo of kelp and fish. Background photo credit: SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Alamy
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 08/09/2025
Our Rewilding Challenge Fund is open 🌟 If you’re part of a large-scale, ambitious project in Britain, you could be awarded £100,000 to scale up rewilding. Closes 10 Oct. Find out more & how to apply: www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/how-to-…
Scenic rewilding landscape with a pond, heather, and distant mountains. Text reads: "£100,000 for Rewilding. Apply by 10 October."
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
More exciting news coming from Scotland - the first eagle chick from the Southern Scotland Golden Eagle project has successfully fledged! Congratulations on all who have worked hard to return this magnificent bird! www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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Sir David Attenborough names first eagle chick in conservation project - BBC News
The eaglet called Princeling was born after birds were moved from the Highlands to boost the population in southern Scotland.
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
72% of people support lynx reintroduction in Kielder Forest - this is the result of a local (not national) survey The consultation has seen 10,000 people visit its touring exhibition and included one-to-one interviews with stakeholders www.countryfile.com/wildlife/lyn...
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Lynx reintroduction in Northumberland backed by 72% of locals | Countryfile.com
Around three out of four locals back reintroducing lynx to Kielder Forest, according to a new study.
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"Small tweaks won’t fix this. We need bold, joined-up change that connects government policies, people rewilding on the ground, and the public support needed to back it." m.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6F...
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Wild By Nature: Rewilding Britain’s Strategy 2025–2030
YouTube video by Rewilding Britain
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
'Weed' species need a rebrand - they support so many of our native species and they are beautiful!
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 26/06/2025
Are you rewilding or thinking about it? 🌱 If you’re managing land (minimum 10 hectares) or a marine area (any size), whether that’s as a landowner, land manager, farmer or community group, the Rewilding Network can support your rewilding journey. 🧵1/2
Photo of a group of people on a tour of Wild Woodbury, a Dorset Wildlife Trust rewilding site. Text on the image reads: 'Join the Rewilding Network. The movement connecting land and marine rewilding projects across Britain'. Photo credit: Ruby Batt
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 11/06/2025
Happy #InternationalLynxDay 🐾 Today we’re celebrating the Eurasian lynx. This shy and elusive wild cat went extinct in Britain 1300 years ago, but now there’s hope for their return. 📹 1-3 kjekol, 2 Viktor Skalican, 4 James Shooter, 5 Sandra Dombrowski, 6 lookyfilm 1/2
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
If you are interested in #rewilding at smaller scales, then there really is one book you need to read! The second edition of How to Rewild, written by my good friend Jonathan Thomson who is working tirelessly to rewild Underhill Wood Nature Reserve. A must buy! Available from lnkd.in/erc9XQWV
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 09/06/2025
More big news for our seas! 🌊 Today, as the UN Ocean Conference opens, the UK Government has proposed banning bottom trawling in 42 offshore Marine Protected Areas – a major step forward for marine life 💙 1/2
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 06/06/2025
With #WorldOceanDay only a couple of days away, we want to celebrate an unsung heroes of the sea: the European eel 🌊 Scroll on to learn all about them👇 🧵1/5
Underwater photo of a European eel. Text on the image reads: 'Rewilding key species. European eel. A critically endangered fish.'. Photo credit: Neil Aldridge/naturepl.com
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 05/06/2025
We’re thrilled to see the @commonseac.parliament.uk report featured today on The Guardian, calling for urgent action to protect UK seas. It contains many bold and vital steps that we champion in our Wilder Seas report, launched yesterday in collaboration with @mcsuk.bsky.social. 1/3
Screenshot of a Guardian news story overlayed on a background photo of the sea. The news story is titled: UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas'.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 04/06/2025
Wilder Seas: eight steps to restore our ocean 🌊 Our seas are struggling – and so are the coastal communities that depend on them. But there’s hope. Our new Wilder Seas report, produced with the @mcsuk.bsky.social, lays out a powerful blueprint for restoring marine ecosystems. 🧵1/2
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Looking forward to being part of this panel at Earthfest this weekend representing Rewilding Britain- the event is free and you can still get tickets. See you there? earthfest.world #Rewilding #UrbanRewilding
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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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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
BRISTOLIANS! @sophiepavs.bsky.social, @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social & I are at @smallcitybookshop.bsky.social this Thursday eve, talking about the tightrope line between care and control of the environment. Do join us! www.thesmallcitybookshop.co.uk/event-detail...
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Nature Conservation : The Uneasy Line Between Care & Control | Small City Bookshop
Chaired by Environmental Historian, Marianna Dudley, join us for a riveting discussion from three nature writing power-houses, Chantal Lyons, Sophie Pavelle & Hugh Warwick.
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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is perspective changing research from Poland. Wolves avoid eating livestock. Imagine letting our woodlands and landscapes thrive naturally @rewildingbritain.org.uk @rewildingire.bsky.social #wolves @irishrainforest.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Low contribution of livestock in the grey wolf diet in the area with high availability of free-ranging cattle and horses - European Journal of Wildlife Research
The recovery of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in Europe is progressing, and predators settle in vast forests as well as in areas intensively used for agriculture, where interactions between wolves...
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This is essential viewing for all - find your local screening and go! This documentary provides shocking footage of the impact of trawling, alongside the hopeful message of how we can restore our seas through #rewilding. It really is 'out of sight, out of mind' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sir David Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's told'
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 07/05/2025
Time to meet the latest recipients of our Rewilding Innovation Fund 🐾 In this landmark round, we’re thrilled to have been able to support 13 incredible rewilding projects with nearly £180,000. 🧵1/3
Headshot of a golden eagle with text over the top which reads: 'Catalysing innovation in rewilding. Meet the Rewilding Innovation Fund's newest beneficiaries. Photo credit: Ian Duffield/Shutterstock
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Government not taking climate threats seriously - watchdog
The government has made little progress in preparing the UK for rising temperatures, climate watchdog the CCC says.
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We are in the last few hours of the Big Give Green Match fund - your opportunity to double your donation. Your support will help scale up #rewilding across Britain. Don't delay! @rewildingbritain.org.uk donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
There are still match funds available, but not for much longer. Now is your chance to double your donation and make a bigger impact for a wilder Britain!
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Still time to double your donation this weekend! Please help if you can't so that we don't miss out on match funding
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 24/04/2025
🌱 It’s inspiring to see so many brilliant rewilding projects taking part in this year’s @biggive.bsky.social's Green Match Fund Appeal – including several of our friends from the Rewilding Network. 📸: Pierre Leclerc / Shutterstock
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 24/04/2025
🌍 6000 voices. One powerful message Earlier this week, we took our response to the Land Use Framework to the Defra offices in York. Thank you to the 6000+ of you who added your name. Read our full response👇 www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/about-us/wha...
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Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
If you, like me, want to see wilder landscapes in Britain, we need to support systematic change. #Rewilding is happening, but there is still a lot of work to do! This week, your donation will be doubled. Please help us to scale up rewilding in Britain! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 22/04/2025
We've got seven days to raise £200,000 and supercharge rewilding’s future. Will you help us?  Any donation made through the Big Give Green Match Fund before midday next Tuesday will be doubled by our generous match funders.
Together we can rewild Britain
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 21/04/2025
Imagine relaxing to the sounds of rewilding in your own living room…. well thanks to Rewilding Britain partner Republic Of Music you now can 🎵 🧵1/2
Sounds of Rewilding LP cover featuring a drawing of a turtle dove, flowers and butterflies on a blue background. Credit: Republic of Music
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pheasants and Lyme disease: study shows: lots of Pheasants = more Lyme disease. theferret.scot/releasing-ph....
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Releasing pheasants boosts Lyme disease risk, claims new study
Releasing pheasants may boost the risk of humans catching Lyme disease, according to new research from universities and the UK Health Security Agency.
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