Highlands Rewilding
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Nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Joined January 2021
We are leaving X, a platform that is no longer consistent with our values. We have enjoyed sharing inspiring rewilding news and hope here and will continue to do so on our new Bluesky profile: https://t.co/7TlBtkUsfn Do give us a follow, and on LinkedIn, YouTube and more.
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🐜⚔️Red slave-maker ants (Formica sanguinea) raid other ant nests and force other ants into servitude! A tiny, intense glimpse into the wild world of ant warfare at Beldorney Estate. More info: https://t.co/WwAtJWeINR
#AntWars
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If you would like to follo w some of our team members on Bluesky, you can follow our CEO, Dr Jeremy Leggett, here: https://t.co/BLCzgKYAOf and our Director of Business Development, Dr Hannah Rudman, here:
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Organised by the British Trust for Ornithology @_BTO over 900,000 birds are ringed each year by highly trained ringers, under license. Bird ringing is a method of recording information on the productivity, survival and movement patterns of birds. Species, sex, age, wing length,
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🌱In need of some #rewildinghope? Take a journey with Flo, visiting some of the most inspiring rewilding projects across Europe - for free on YouTube🎞️👇 #inspiring #rewilding #RewildingNation
1 week left to watch 'Why Not Scotland?' online 📽️ Flo is on a journey to discover a sense of hope that she's almost lost: hope in nature's comeback. Will she return home to Glasgow from her journey across Europe feeling different about the future? 👉Watch now:
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Actor Brian Cox's letter in the Guardian, urges the Scottish Government to declare Scotland a #RewildingNation, to save our beautiful but dwindling nature. #rewildinghope Take two minutes to sign Scotland's #RewildingNation charter here: https://t.co/Z0TdRumALW
"Centuries of overexploiting [Scotland’s] natural resources have left us with somewhere that looks beautiful, but is dwindling day by day. But there is hope." Actor Brian Cox is urging @scotgov to declare Scotland a #RewildingNation:
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A hectare of seagrass will trap carbon up to 35% quicker than a hectare of rainforest. David Smyth, our marine rewilding lead, explores how this habitat supports a high level of biodiversity, acts as a coastal buffer for storms, and can sequester carbon quickly. At Tayvallich
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Cows as ecosystem engineers. Estate Manager James Yoxall describes the benefits cows bring to Beldorney Estate, using principles from natural processes. #regenerativefarming #cows @howemill
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It was great to have @scotlibdems leader @agcolehamilton stop by the #RewildingNation stand at the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Perth today. We talked about support for rewilding and what rewilding looks like - on land and under the water.🌳🦫🌊🦪
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Volunteers, like local artist Jane Frere, can get involved in the science behind rewilding at Bunloit estate. For more detail about these volunteering days go to https://t.co/cooD6Tlta1
@EmilyWarner @LeverhulmeTrust @janefrere #science #volunteering #treeplanting
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As beautiful by night as by day. Bunloit Estate. Thanks to David for these #northernlights #auroraborealis #Scotland
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An example of the rich marine life around Tayvallich estate - a magnificent thornback ray, filmed by Marine Rewilding Lead David Smyth. For more on marine rewilding, read David's blog https://t.co/RWmwrvSGob
#marine #diving #Scotland #rewilding
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🌳Why is stakeholder engagement important in forestry? 🌲 https://t.co/qDtH4oWOBe 🔗Dive into our latest blog✍️, on stakeholder identification, methods of engagement, timing and more. From our Head of Foresty and Woodlands #naturalcapital #stakeholders #engagement #forestry
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Fantastic afternoon with @RobHavard1 at @howemill and @highlandsrewild courtesy of @PastureForLife. Talked structure and genetics for minimum input systems. Also being able to see visually the effects of growth hormones v reproductive hormones on structure. Lots to think about
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Chopping down trees to restore our bogs. Highlands Rewilding co-chief scientist Calum Brown describes how peatland restoration makes a major contribution to trapping CO2 and boosting biodiversity. #foresty #rewilding #trees #carboncapture #biodiversity #woodland
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Highlands Rewilding supports the Scottish Nature Markets Framework published today and announced by Tom Arthur MSP at the Nature Finance UK 2024 conference. @JeremyLeggett sat on the Advisory Group providing feedback along the way, and Hannah Rudman’s research for Scottish
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For the last of our narrated rewilding journeys we return to the west coast of #Scotland. Discover Barrahormid, a stretch of land on the Tayvallich peninsula managed by Highlands Rewilding. It is a place rich in habitats, geology and history. #rainforest #nature #biodiversity
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“It has been a privilege to provide a voice from the embryonic nature-recovery industry during the deliberations of the multi-stakeholder Advisory Group while the market framework has been drawn up. As a company deeply embedded in the communities where we work, Highlands
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Today, Tom Arthur MSP launched the long-anticipated #NaturalCapital Market Framework for Scotland. This framework outlines Scotland's pathway to high-integrity natural capital investment. @JeremyLeggett, sits on the Market Framework Advisory Group. He commented: 1/2
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Our joint statement with @CommunityLandSc, published in full below: “A mistaken conclusion published by Community Land Scotland (CLS) in The Scotsman suggests a 47% hike in land prices by Highlands Rewilding Ltd (HRL) since 2023. HRL land sales, which are specifically designed
After learning more from @highlandsrewild we accept that the figure of 47% uplift in land values is not accurate. How we made that calculation and a joint statement we wrote with them can be found here:
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