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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Great talk, so sad about the nightingales 😢

wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed a talk by @drmjwarren.bsky.social today at @whisbynaturepark.bsky.social about his book, and got my copy signed! It explores England’s bird-related place names and how they reveal historical and cultural connections between people, birds and the landscapes they shared.

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

So honoured to have my book included on this shortlist - good luck to everyone!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

So fortunate to have turtle doves on your patch - they were last here over 20 years ago 😩

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The first glimpse of the first beaver kit born in Lincolnshire for 400 years 🙌🦫🎉

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

How beautiful is this fox cub captured on one of our trail cams. One of my absolute faves #foxoftheday

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Tawny owlet sunbathing and waiting to be fed 📷@gpcatley

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A new one for me in the ponds this evening - water stick insect, Ranatra linearis. A hemipteran, it ambushes prey with raptorial front legs before injecting it with digestive enzymes and sucking out the resulting soup. Fascinating!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I was pleased to show some farmers from Rutland around the farm this week. They had read my book and were inspired to consider something similar on their unproductive fields. They left excited to start making plans and I am beyond thrilled that my little book is making a difference, however small

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Stunning hobby hunting dragonflies over the ponds this week 📷@gpcatley

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Surely one of the most beautiful insects. Dancing in the sunshine today 📷@gpcatley

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Thank you for the recommendation! I’m pleased you are enjoying it!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

First large red damselfly of the season 📷@gpcatley

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Skylarks singing over a field of sunshine yellow dandelions 🌼

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A first for us today finding adder’s tongue fern by the beaver pond at the heart of the farm. Often an indicator of ancient grassland and healthy habitat it is a welcome sight!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A small stand of self-set willow has established here in around four years. The craters in the ground were pigs digging up the roots of hogweed. Love the layering of microhabitats, all enriching the environment here

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I’ve pre-ordered - this sounds right up my street!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Excited to see some more press coverage of my book, A Wilding Year - thank you @financialtimes.com

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gpcbirding.bsky.social @gpcbirding.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The owners of this monster live across the road from a highly important wetland reserve at Barton - Ive previously seen it chasing Water Rail as well as killing numerous other birds - absolute menace to wildlife time to introduce a keep it indoors ban or suffer fines like they have in Toronto

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

It’s Saturday night, I’m sat on my own in a bird hide watching little grebes. Honestly could not be happier 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Empty caddisfly larval case in the pond this morning - another reminder of how amazing nature is

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Small Sallow Mining Bee—one of the earliest solitary bees to emerge each year, perfectly timed with the blooming of willow catkins. Essential early pollinators of the sallow that is thriving across the farm 📷@gpcatley

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The toads have arrived! You can just hear their little chirps, and check out the clouds of frogspawn at the end - this is new habitat created just a few years ago. It’s embarrassing how happy this makes me 😂🐸 #toads #frogspawn #toadspawn #rewilding #wildwrendale #awildingyear

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I think I must haul at least one of these a week out of hedges - I can’t understand why they are still considered acceptable!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Much excitement about the frogspawn in the first photo as it’s the first that has appeared in a beaver-created pool. By damming across the dyke this winter, they have begun to create a more complex system of pools and wetlands - change is starting to happen. Very excited! 🐸🦫

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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I met Hannah of @wildwrendale.bsky.social just recently and she kindly sent a copy of A Wilding Year, which is published today 🎉 👏🏼 Written and beautifully illustrated by Hannah, it’s a touching, heartfelt account of a Lincolnshire farm released from unprofitable agriculture and returned to nature.

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

First butterflies of the year this weekend - hopefully they won’t be too shocked by the cold snap

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

First chiffchaffs this year and three brimstones - it’s officially Spring!

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Disappointed but unsurprised to see this scaremongering nonsense on our local community page. Cue a massive fight in the comments, some ridiculous and ill informed assertions and a lot of pigeon hate. A testament to how disconnected from nature we have become.

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wildwrendale.bsky.social @wildwrendale.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Shoutout to an under appreciated gem - the beautiful stock dove. Stock doves are woodland birds and take their name from the old English word ‘stocc’ meaning stump, after their habit of nesting in tree cavities. They have even been known to nest in rabbit warrens! 📷@gpcatley #wildwrendale

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