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  • brue
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    edited June 2022 #452

    Re-arranging! smile

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2022 #453

    But that is nature too, with a good bit of help from us having altering the atmospheric balance. Yes, it will struggle to repair itself, that is where we should attempt to do the very best we can to assist it!

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2022 #454

    Just read an article about the ‘flowers in the moat’. Suggestion is that it is reminiscent and similar to the aftermath of the battlefields of Normandy with flora, bees, butterflies and other insects returning very quickly to this and those shelled out areas. Not yet seen at the Castle but in those French fields skylarks, yellowhammers, finches and other ground nesting birds were quick to return to this place of devastation and loss of life.

    Maybe controlled blasting may be a tool in the Rewilding armoury?

  • brue
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    edited June 2022 #455

    Yes, bomb sites do regenerate Micky but in the light of present day conflicts it's not the best way to encourage nature. I think we've got enough blasting going on without deliberately adding to it. frown

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2022 #456

    I make no comparison to that conflict we sadly see today in Europe, Brue. It’s truly terrible. But controlled blasting is a way of ‘life’ for us humans. Quarries, mines, the construction industry all employ such techniques, why not in rewilding if done sensibly and sympathetically with nature and if it is proven to be effective. The research needs to be done I think and this involves some safe tests of the hypothesis in the ‘field’. Only then can we evaluated the effectiveness.

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2022 #457

    Sorry, Brue, omitted to answer your other question, no, not the Cairngorms, it was the Ardnamurchan peninsular. I can honestly say I was in awe of the beauty and nature to be found there. It must be my favourite part of Scotland and so many nature reserves and projects going on here. Absolutely fabulous to witness. 👍

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2022 #458

    Wow, a first, now we are talking big! Another rewilding step in the right direction!

    https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/wilderblean?utm_source=Rewilding+Britain+newsletter&utm_campaign=4a871112ac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_JULY_NEWS_NO_TEST_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6591f59cfd-4a871112ac-389842437&mc_cid=4a871112ac&mc_eid=b114d15658

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #459

    Not as big as yours, Micky, but there’s been an item on our local news about reintroducing pine martens to Dartmoor and Exmoor. More/moor progress 😀

    https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/news/new-plans-reintroduce-pine-martens-south-west-england

    I was once lucky enough to see one in Scotland in the village of Kinlochewe very close to the club site.

     

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2022 #460

    Yes, Tinny, unfortunately we had no clear view of the martins during our latest visit to the Highlands but we saw the branches sway and heard their protestations as the squabbled though the canopy. Truly wonderful.

    No matter the size, the part all creatures play in the ecosystem is of value and worthy of. Even those insects we witness being reintroduced in certain habitat restoration projects. They all play a part!

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #461

    The one I saw was climbing a garden fence😀

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2022 #462

    One of the House Martens  in the Beautiful South?🤪

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #463

    Pine martens, Micky 😀

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited July 2022 #464

    We got em in Yorkshire👍🏻

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2022 #465

    Pining for a Forest! Good to see them visiting gardens though. Many folk are rewilding their gardens in small ways which can help greatly. I’m just working on a bee and butterfly patch for my daughter’s back garden. About 10m x 3m. Hard work over last few months preparing the area. The wild flower seeds will be sown in September. Should be a colourful sight next year and help those pollinators in decline in some areas. The bison will have to wait a few years mind!🤣

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #466

    Some pics next year will be good, Micky👍🏻

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #467

    They know a good place😀

    I've heard of them being spotted in Wales too.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited July 2022 #468

    Oh geez, some folks their really don’t like some animals there🙁

  • ABM
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    edited July 2022 #469

    MickySF wrote  :~~  The bison will have to wait a few years  mind  laughing

    You need a Special Licence from The Antediluvian Order Of Buffalos first, old son  wink

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited July 2022 #470

    Apologies-note to self. . .Apple predictive text is complete pants😤😤. It should’ve read-‘Oh geez, some folks there(Wales) really don’t like certain animals that’s true’

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2022 #471

    Only Homo Cymruensis Ruralii maybe for some.wink

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited July 2022 #472

    South Yorkshire has its own kind of rewilding in places. Neanderthal’s. Very dangerous at times, especially on a Saturday night. They have evolved as well, some have learned to drive.😉

    Personally, I much prefer the bison.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited July 2022 #473

    They looked very inquisitive when the reporters started snapping away. Beautiful but they really did look from another epoch👍🏻

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited July 2022 #474

    Yes, some animals still seem from another era. Crocodiles/alligators definitely👍 Cormorants………pike….

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited July 2022 #475

    Most chicks look like pterodactyls😊

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited July 2022 #476

    Yes they do! Although ducklings don’t, they are just cute. We used to keep Guinea Fowl, their chicks are gorgeous, stripey. In fact, Guinea Fowl look other worldly 🤔

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2022 #477

    Collared Dove squabs too. They look so ugly compared with the dainty parents. Like Guinea Fowl they’re not native birds either.
    All birds are descended from dinosaurs aren’t they?👍

  • Wherenext
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    edited August 2022 #478

    Hi Micky. Thought you might find listening to this radio broadcast interesting. Got to give it the full 30 minutes though.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012fp4

  • Fisherman
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    edited August 2022 #479

    More  back door rewilding going on.More wild boars in our area. More culling will take place.

  • mickysf
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    edited August 2022 #480

    Sounds like the Poole Harbour project is really successful as are many others around our Isles! Brilliant news coming through every day! Small steps some may feel but hugely significant!

    https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/summit/

    It is interesting to read the key points that came out of this summit! How things have moved on!

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited August 2022 #481

    There are more & more projects working for our natural environment & the animals within its boundaries. Reintroduction of Bison?, it just gets better👍🏻👏🏻

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