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Let’s keep spreading positivity. Share these uplifting rewilding stories to inspire others to support the rewilding movement.

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Photo of a pine marten standing on a moss-covered tree trunk. Credit: Iain Leach/Wildscreen exchange

🐾The Two Moors Pine Marten Project have celebrated the birth of their first kits. Trail camera footage showed clips of three youngsters and their mother, who was one of 15 pine martens reintroduced on Dartmoor in autumn 2024.

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Photo of a Eurasian spoonbill wading in shallow water. Credit: Martin Harvey/Wildscreen exchange

🪺For the first time since records began, Eurasian spoonbills have bred at the @wildkenhill.bsky.social rewilding site in Norfolk, with four pairs successfully raising 10 chicks.

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Photo of a purple Emperor butterfly perched on green leaves. Credit: Iain Leach/Wildscreen exchange

🦋On 1 July, 283 purple emperor butterflies were recorded at @kneppwilding.bsky.social, making it a record day for the site. This survey, along with many others, shows the momentous increase in biodiversity the site has seen since it began its rewilding journey.

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Black and white trail camera photo of mum and baby beaver swimming at night. Credit: Heal Rewilding

🦫 Beaver kits have arrived across a number of rewilding sites. The enclosed pairs at @kneppwilding.bsky.social and Wild Wrendale have successfully bred this year, as have wild pairs in the Cairngorms and at @argatyredkites.bsky.social, Helman Tor and Heal Somerset (@healrewilding.org.uk).

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Photo of a beaver chewing on a twig in water. Text on the image reads: "July 2025. Rewilding Wins of the Month". Image credit: wildmedia/Canva

The July #RewildingWins have dropped and there’s a bit of a theme…🥹

Summer in Britain might be best known for trips to the seaside and sunny picnics, but it’s also an exciting time for our wild world as young animals start to venture out into the open — and this summer has not disappointed! 

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Rewilding Britain smiling outdoors, wearing Rewilding Britain shirts, standing on grassy terrain with trees in the background in the Lake District. Credit: Katherine Gulika.

We can't help but smile when we're in our Rewilding Britain merch 🐾

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https://rewildingbritainstore.co.uk/

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Atlantic salmon An iconic migratory fish with a unique life cycle, threatened by climate change and habitat loss.

With the right actions, we can turn the tide for Atlantic salmon and ensure they remain a part of Britain’s freshwater ecosystems.

Explore our new rewilding species spotlight webpage👇
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/reintroductions-key-species/key-species/atlantic-salmon

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Underwater photo of three Atlantic salmon swimming against the current of a river. Credit: Jakub Rutkiewicz / Shutterstock

While Atlantic salmon are still present in Britain, their numbers are dropping rapidly. To reverse this decline, rewilding efforts are crucial. Removing barriers can reopen important spawning and feeding grounds.

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Photo of a river with lots of trees on the banks. Photo credit: Martin Wright

This endangered fish inhabits the northern hemisphere's cold rivers and the North Atlantic ocean. In Britain, they are found in rivers across Wales, Scotland, and north and southwest England.

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Atlantic salmon leaping upstream. Photo credit: Gregg Parsons/iStock

As both predator and prey, Atlantic salmon are vital in maintaining the balance of freshwater and marine ecosystems. Their epic migrations between ocean and river systems help circulate nutrients, enriching the freshwater habitats where they spawn.

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Photo of an Atlantic salmon swimming underwater among rocks. Text on the image reads: 'Rewilding key species. Atlantic salmon. Iconic migrator of Britain's rivers'. Photo credit: Marek Rybar/Shutterstock

Rewilding species spotlight: Atlantic salmon 🐟🔦

The #AtlanticSalmon is an integral part of Britain’s rivers, yet its populations are in decline due to habitat loss, warming waters and barriers along migration routes. Rewilding efforts are key to their recovery.

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Dear Government: End the Sewage Scandal An open letter to the Government, signed by a coalition of environmental and civil society groups…

📣 Read and share the open letter:

We’re calling for bold, systemic change – to protect people, wildlife and the wild places we all depend on.

🌊 Let’s stop the sewage.
🌱 Let’s rewild our rivers.
💚 Let’s build a system that puts nature and people first.

From poisoned rivers to sick wildlife and communities left to swim in pollution – our waters are paying the price for a system built on private profit.

Now, the government has a once-in-a-generation chance to turn things around.

Underwater scene of a kelp forest with schools of small fish swimming among the long, flowing kelp leaves in clear blue water.

Enough is enough.

Rewilding Britain has joined 36 other powerful voices to demand the government end the sewage scandal once and for all.

📸 SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Alamy

Rewilding Innovation Fund Apply now for our Rewilding Innovation Fund that fosters the scale and ambition of rewilding projects, enabling large-scale restoration of ecosystems.

Apply today 👉

🦅 So far we’ve supported 68 projects – from white-tailed eagle feasibility studies to beaver-created wetlands and coastal regeneration.

📍 Projects must be in Britain, cover 40+ hectares, and be (or join) the Rewilding Network.

This Fund is here to help rewilders across Britain overcome challenges and turn ambitious ideas into reality. Whether you're conducting a feasibility study, testing new technologies or scaling up as a landowner group, you could receive up to £15,000 in support.

Trees for Life volunteer Frances Wright with juniper seedling Dundreggan

Could your rewilding project unlock bold change for nature, people and the planet? 🌏

Applications are now open for the Rewilding Innovation Fund, closing 29 August.

📸 Trees for Life

Rewilding Smaller-Scale Workshop - Knepp The Rewilding Smaller Scale Workshop is specifically for farmers and smallholders with around 150 acres or less who are interested in exploring rewilding.

Book your place 👉 

Guided by ecologists Tony Whitbread & Matt Phelps, you'll explore how Knepp’s rewilding principles can be adapted to smaller landscapes. The workshop includes a walking safari across Knepp’s wild herds & habitats & a case study packed with practical pointers – & a delicious lunch with Knepp produce!

Rewilding on a smaller scale? 🌱

Join the team at @kneppwilding.bsky.social‬ on 13 August for their Rewilding Smaller-Scale Workshop, designed specifically for landowners with under 150 acres or those looking to connect fragmented spaces.

📸 Knepp Wildland

Rewilding and the climate emergency Nature is our best ally in the fight against climate change. Find out how rewilding can help fix the climate crisis.

Read more on how rewilding could help the climate crisis 👉 https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/benefits-of-rewilding/climate-emergency

#Rewilding #ClimateAction #StateOfTheClimate #NatureBasedSolutions #LabourClimatePlan

Let’s make this the decade of bold climate action and thriving nature. 🌱

By restoring nature across 30% of our land, we could capture up to 12% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Nature wants to help, we just have to give it space to thrive.

Let’s not forget that nature is our best ally in the climate crisis. Rewilding can help Britain store millions of tonnes of carbon, from restoring peatlands to reviving saltmarshes and native woodlands.

Today’s State of the Climate address to Parliament from @ed-miliband.bsky.social is a welcome step – radical truth-telling is exactly what we need.