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Cat makes a very fair point however sheep removal (if present) is the first step for pretty much every rewilding effort.

I just had to disappear into the woods. It heals my heart.

Yes if you scroll down to the map you can see a SBP rewilding partner on Shetland. www.scotlandbigpicture.com/northwoods

very detrimental to the broader biodiversity of your site.

Still involved planting in neighbouring valleys now. My feeling around sheep is that we need to rethink how much of our land is open to them. We can keep the national flock but have more areas like this sheep free. I hope your sheep can do the job you need them to do. Introducing goats would be…

It is a fair point. I was part of this project and planted many of these trees. After the land was purchased before anything was done the sheep and the goats were removed and a stock fence put up. Without removing the grazers everything else would have been futile.

On the other 99.9% of rural land.

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What I would say is that this is a small pinprick of land on a vast landscape of sheep. I think we can keep national flock numbers whilst still increasing projects like this. Also there was a plan to add cattle back in when the trees were established. Rewilding, community and food production.

20yrs

Landscape ecological restoration. It can be done but we need to get a move on. This is Carrifran where the sheep were removed to allow this native woodland to take over.

Great work can’t wait to see it.

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Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders? With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected

Time for lynx? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

West Highland community moving forward with eco-village plans A community trust has bought land for affordable homes and woodland crofts at Loch Duich.

Re-peopling the glens with woodland crofts rather than subsidy fuelled hill sheep or ecocidal grouse shooting.

Eco-village with crofts and affordable homes planned at loch www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social do we even know how many deer are present and is there any policy on them and also protecting the tiny remnants of ancient woodland we still hang on to here?

but with numbers so artificially high they are also inhibiting woodland regeneration…

Roe are a beautiful and essential part of this woodland ecosystem recycling nutrients, fertilising the soil and spreading seeds…

Did you know the original Bambi was a roe deer before Disney ok. The buck in this clip will be starting to get territorial in the months running up to the rut. The female may well be pregnant but the fertilised egg has been held back from being implanted until after winter to ensure a summer birth…

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Where are they going, how many and what about farming? The 5 key things you need to know about reintroducing lynx to Highlands and Moray The P&J spoke to Lisa Chilton, chief executive of Scotland: The Big Picture, about their plans to reintroduce the wildcats in Scotland.

Aaaaaahhhh! Sorry so did I .

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Deer stalking isn’t just a tradition. It supports jobs, sustains communities and helps woodlands to regenerate – including Scotland's rare rainforest habitats. Nature's Keepers, a film from our #Fiadh project, explores the often-unseen work of deer stalkers

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Landscape scale ecological restoration. When we reduce grazing pressure nature flourishes.

Images with permission from National Trust for Scotland

Site at heart of Wales to be rewilded in major nature scheme A major new rewilding scheme is taking shape in the heart of Wales.

Rewild Wales www.countytimes.co.uk/news/2583259...

A tree planting experiment with some help from my lovely farmer.

A sunlit landscape with two slender, yellow-leaved aspen trees and mist rising from the ground. Large yellow text at the top reads "ASPEN," and smaller white text below says "THE TREE THAT CLONES ITSELF," with arrows pointing to smaller aspen saplings growing close to the bigger trees.

Aspen can produce millions of seeds – but in Scotland, flowering is rare and seed production even rarer. So it clones itself instead, sending up suckers from its roots. That helps it persist, but not spread. With more planting, aspen could flourish in Scotland.

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This spring, make space for nature – and yourself. As the Highlands begin to stir back into life, our five-night Cairngorms Rewilding Journey lets you explore inspiring rewilding projects and meet the people helping nature recover.

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Just the smell of lynx can reduce deer browsing damage in recovering forests New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree saplings. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, offer a pot...

The lynx effect phys.org/news/2026-01...

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