@getwild1.bsky.social
The great outdoors with Nik Mitchell . Environmentalist, Vlogger, Photographer, Filmmaker, speaker.
STOP WASTING LAND! 🛑 We don't need to pave over nature with endless solar farms.
First, let's put solar on EVERY available roof and parking lot—library, school, supermarket, office, warehouse, and home. EMPOWER THE PEOPLE to generate their own clean energy.
#RooftopRevolution
🍂 Leave the Leaves!
Don't rake! Your fallen leaves are free compost & natural mulch. More importantly, they provide vital shelter for overwintering pollinators (bees, butterflies!) and support wildlife.
Protect your garden ecosystem! 🌳 #LeafLitterLove #SaveThePollinators
It's National Apple Day! 🍎🍏🎉
There are so many reasons to celebrate this crisp, delicious fruit. From tiny, sweet crab apples to big, juicy cooking apples, they truly do come in all shapes and sizes!
#NationalAppleDay #Apples #Fruit #EatSeasonal #AutumnEats
It might look like a tree full of bright green leaves, but zoom in! This tree is actually absolutely packed with Ring-necked Parakeets getting ready to roost for the night. You can really see why these incredible birds are so successful in our parks and cities.
15.10.2025 17:54 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0This young rabbit looked like it was suffering from Myxomatosis. 💔
I always notice quite a few rabbits with this viral disease after the harvest—when cover is reduced, it often makes the disease more visible in the wild population. A tough but common sight.
#Wildlife #Myxomatosis
It's National Badger Day today, and what better way to celebrate than with this amazing trail camera footage! 🤩 Watch this trio of badgers having a proper play-fight.
#NationalBadgerDay #BadgerTrust #Brocktober #Badgers #Wildlife #TrailCam #LoveBadgers #NatureUK
A few weeks ago we found a caterpillar in our broccoli 🐛
We looked after it & today it emerged into a beautiful butterfly
(a small white) 😊
Strange thing to find!
Was throwing it away the right thing to do ?
🤯 Water required to produce just one litre of milk? 628 litres! 💧🥛
#MilkFacts #WaterFootprint #SustainableFarming #FoodProduction #DairyIndustry #WaterConservation #EcoFacts #DidYouKnow #FacebookReels #WaterUsage
I went INSIDE the Reculver Towers 😁
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When did "modern housing" come to mean "shoebox houses with tiny gardens" and sterile green spaces? New developments seem to prioritize squeezing as many units as possible, leaving no real room for nature. Public areas obsessively mown & trees not watered.
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How to attract hedgehogs to your garden
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Well done Broadstairs 💚
#broadstairs #wildflowers
What a beautiful day 🥵
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Show us how's your No Mow May went 😉
Here's Mine... Full of sanifoin, ox-eye daisies, yellow rattle, teasel, corn cockle, love in a Mist, fox glove and more ☺️
#NoMowMay
Pine cone pollen is a powdery, yellow substance released by male pine cones
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Wanna do my treasure hunt?
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So close to the sign 😔🦔
#hedgehog
Photo credit Johnny Allen.
Anger after wildflowers planted as part of four-year restoration project mowed down by council.
Marlow Fire Station (Image: Wild Marlow / Facebook
Ramsgate celebrates 85th anniversary of operation dynamo with march & air display
Royal Marine corps of drums and air display.
operation dynamo 85th anniversary
#OperationDynamo
#Dunkirk
#Dunkerque
#DunkirkEvacuation
#MiracleofDunkirk
#WWII
#WorldWarII
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The joy of putting up Swift boxes whilst Swifts scream over 😊.
#swifts
#swiftstreet
This was amazing last night.
Dynamo: The Spirit of Ramsgate
A light show commemorating Ramsgate's role in the Dunkirk evacuation.
#WWII
#WorldWarII
#SecondWorldWar
#History
#MilitaryHistory
#NavalHistory
#LittleShips
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Tree hugger 😊
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Today's paddle out protest in broadstairs.
Sewage is dumped in our waters still continue to get worse.
#surfersagainstsewage #paddleoutprotest
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Join me as i run round Knepp a trailblazing 3,500-acre rewilding project.
#knepp #kneppwildland #kneppcastle #kneppestate #kneppstorks #regenerativefarming
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Today =
#getwildtattoo
Hardly any insects on this giant pile of 💩
12.05.2025 14:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The tattooing has started 😁
#tattoo #requiemtattoo #getwildtattoo #tattoostencil
Tattoo stencil reveal.
Think of it like a guide for the tattoo artist to follow, ensuring accuracy and precision in the final artwork.
#tattoo
#requiemtattoo
#getwildtatto
#tattoostencil
Balloons snagged on thorny scrub.
This isn't the wild, untamed beauty Knepp represents; this is the careless intrusion of human celebration.
Would a grazing animal mistake a deflated piece for food? Would a bird become entangled in the trailing string?
@KneppWilding
