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Lynx used to be a regular sight in the UK until 1300 years ago. there is active discussion between the major conservation organisations around rewilding Lynx in the UK.
An area seeded specifically with wild varieties of flowering plants for the attraction of Butterflies, Bee's and other pollinators.
MORE IMAGES TO COME!
(Lynx lynx) Taken at a secret rewilding location in Devon. (The map location is just a general spot in Devon)!
Corn Cockle. Another image highlighting some of the plants included in a wildlife friendly scheme. A lot of these wild flowers were once a common sight around arable fields in the UK but have since been wiped out due to short sighted farming practices which in far to many area's of the country continue to this day!
Little Owls were introduced to the UK in the 19th century. They can be seen during the day. This one has made its home at Knepp Wildland, Sussex.
There's much talk of re-wilding Scotland's mountains and forests. Apart from diversifying the wildlife, it's seen as a possible solution to the problem of too many deer. It's estimated there are about a million deer in Scotland causing much environmental damage, particularly to trees, which are seen as part of the solution to de-carbonising the world. Wolves and large cats, such as lynx, were part of the Scottish landscape until hunted to extinction hundreds of years ago, but they might reduce the deer population to sustainable levels.
But today I saw some wolves up close. They were a lot bigger than I expected, and as a pack, ran much faster than I would have believed. Having just seen "The Grey" movie where a pack of wolves hunt down a group of survivors from a plane crash in Alaska, they were rather frightening even at arm's length.
Farmers object on the basis they will kill livestock. I object on the basis I am frightened enough to go into a forest on my own already.
Lynx, i reckon, will be OK. Yes, I've met a panther on a walk before, and whilst it made me rather jumpy, a single animal I can cope with. A pack is another matter
A common kingfisher at Knepp Wildland Project, Sussex, UK. The land at Knepp, once intensively farmed, has been devoted to a pioneering ecosystem-driven rewinding project. The related book "Wilding" by Isabella Tree is inspirational and fascinating.
I took this in Knepp Estate, near Horsham, Sussex. This is probably the biggest rewilding project in UK and has been very successful. Storks were reintroduced a few years ago and now return to breed.
REIMAGINE. RECREATE. RESTORE.
"This is our moment.
We cannot turn back time. But we can grow trees, green our cities, rewild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts. We are the generation that can make peace with nature.
Let’s get active, not anxious. Let’s be bold, not timid."
More information HERE and in Wikipedia
And a Happy Caturday as well :-))
Male lion / Löwe (Panthera leo)
surveying his 'empire' in Serengeti N.P., Tanzania, Africa
I was so pleased this week to finally get a shot of some of our local storks on their nest at the Knepp Estate.
Last year two sets of storks successfully raised chicks - the first recorded since 1416 in the UK.
Fingers crossed for this pair!
"We need to rewild the world" - David Attenborough
David Attenborough's "A Life On Our Planet" is the most important film I've ever seen
I previously mentioned rewilding (see this link: flickr.com/photos/184611080@N06/51974150023/in/dateposted... )
I am very pleased to see the little pollinators that are now being attracted to my thriving garden of native plants specific to my local area.
This bee is approximately 5mm long. Flower: Scaevola aemula
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Cheetah Brothers on a hunt. Another Happy Caturday Image.
The world’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction. Help us win the race! 7,100 left in the wild. IUCN red list vulnerable.
Celebrate the cheetah on December 4th! In 2010, Dr. Laurie Marker designated December 4th as International Cheetah Day. The annual celebration was set in remembrance of a cheetah cub named Khayam, that she raised at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
Khayam was a cheetah trained for the first research project in rewilding. The research was to determine if captive-born cheetahs could be taught to hunt. In 1977, Dr. Marker took Khayam to Namibia for the research project. She witnessed how endangered the cheetah was becoming on that trip. As a way to protect their livestock, farmers were eliminating cheetahs from the landscape in very large numbers.
In 1990, Dr. Marker launched CCF and relocated to Namibia to mitigate the problem of farmer-cheetah conflict. Because of her interactions with Khayam, Dr. Marker dedicated her life to becoming the cheetah’s champion. She chose December 4th – Khayam’s birthday – to be the day the world would join together in celebration of the fastest land mammal. Wikipedia
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is celebrating the birth of a European bison calf, born at Highland Wildlife Park in July.
Staff at the wildlife conservation charity say the new arrival, a boy, will be named in the coming weeks.
Becky Pink, animal keeper at Highland Wildlife Park said, “We were so happy to see mum Glen Isla and dad Tomek welcome a calf earlier this year. Our new arrival is doing well and can be spotted running around with the herd in our main reserve.
“We have a tradition of naming our bison after Scottish glens and will be choosing the youngster’s name in the coming weeks.”
European bison have been brought back from extinction in the wild following the success of rewilding and reintroduction projects.
Becky added, “We currently have one of the largest European bison herds in the UK and they play an important role in supporting reintroduction efforts for the species in mainland Europe.
“Last year, two of our females were released in Northern Spain with one giving birth earlier this year.
“We’re all really excited about our new arrival and it is fantastic to be able to welcome visitors to meet
Little Owls were introduced to the UK in the 19th century. They can be seen during the day. This one has made its home at Knepp Wildland, Sussex.
A homage to Andrew Wyeth's iconic painting, 1948, Christina's World - owned by MoMA. His work embodies strong emotional currents, symbolic content, and an underlying abstraction.
A summer meadow in Cumbria full of waving grasses. Perhaps Christina is present in spirit.
...to all of those in the Southern hemisphere now coming into Spring.
In Australia, today is officially the first day of my all time favourite season.
Over the past couple of years I have been working to rewild my garden with mostly endemic plants to improve the ecosystem in our tiny patch of the world.
This is a Grass Flag (Libertia Paniculata) flower budding. A really beautiful plant when it is all in flower, and it is lovely seeing native pollinators on it in this warmer weather we are having.
If you look closely at the bottom dew drop you can see a very fine thread of spider silk.
The area to the right of the picture is part of the Alladale wilderness reserve, alladale.com/rewilding/vision_mission/ The estate owner aims progressively to reintroduce there some of the wildlife lost from this part of the Highlands over the centuries, including, controversially, wolves.
Aftermath
Re-wilding!
Flickr: www.flickriver.com/photos/iainmerchant/
Art & Photography: www.theartoflife.gallery
#artist #interiordesign #photography #art #mentalhealth
International Cheetah Day - 4th December 2020
In 2010, Dr. Laurie Marker designated December 4th as International Cheetah Day. The annual celebration was set in remembrance of a cheetah cub named Khayam, that she raised at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
Khayam was a cheetah trained for the first research project in rewilding. The research was to determine if captive-born cheetahs could be taught to hunt. In 1977, Dr. Marker took Khayam to Namibia for the research project. She witnessed how endangered the cheetah was becoming on that trip. As a way to protect their livestock, farmers were eliminating cheetahs from the landscape in very large numbers.
In 1990, Dr. Marker launched CCF and relocated to Namibia to mitigate the problem of farmer-cheetah conflict. Because of her interactions with Khayam, Dr. Marker dedicated her life to becoming the cheetah’s champion. She chose December 4th – Khayam’s birthday – to be the day the world would join together in celebration of the fastest land mammal.
#worldcheetahday
Harriet’s Angel, in the Victorian cemetary Derby, revisited.
The cemetary has been subjected to the current fad of ‘rewilding’, which basically means ‘neglecting’, on the pretext of encouraging insect life to flourish.
Everything from grass verges alongside highways, private gardens and even the tops of bus shelters have been treated to this effort of wildlife recovery.
The feeling when one looks at this kind of thing is of a city in terminal decline.
I had to dig put this image of Dyffryn House... A National Trust House and Gardens just around the corner from where I live. It looks wonderful here, but after "rewilding" and putting sky high scaffold around all sides of the House it is a disgrace. I complained about the rewilding but not only was there no response, but they have hiddent the buildings now they dug up or roped off a large proportion of the once lovely place to visit - regularly.
What a pity
This beautiful male kitten is learning the art of scowling, feral stylie. This beautiful kitten has 'Grumpy cat' demeanor all over it.
Rarer than tigers and they are critically endangered.
Photographed at a distance at the British wildlife centre.
It's so sad that my Scottish wildcat images are being thrown out of nature and wildlife groups because people think I am posting images of a domesticated feline. I can assure you that this is no domesticated cat. Even though these kittens are in a wildlife sanctuary, they are not being encouraged to trust humans and this wonderful little one, with its siblings, are part of a conservation project. At some point they will be sent to a sister project in Scotland.
A tributary of the river Dee. This stretch near Marr Lodge is within a long term rewilding project run by the National Trust for Scotland
Two juvenile Little Owls (Athene noctua) fighting for space on a post. Taken last year from a hide at the Knepp Rewilding project
with more than a nod for Brian Eno ...
The song, where people most likely heard it first:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GuzqPEcx5Q
'Liner Notes' and more info
A snap shot taken with my little Sony as I tramped up to the top of Mellbreak. I’m always taken snaps of sheep on the fells, and in my eyes there’s no sheep bonnier than the Herdwick.
To me there are as much apart of the fells as anything else and I regard them as wildlife. I know the rewilding arguments and that the sheep over graze and stunt the biodiversity. However this is the lake district I know and love and it is this way because of the people who live and manage the land, it’s tourist like myself who have the potential to do a lot more damage.
A few years ago I planted five Early Purple Orchid from a specialised nursery in a budding woodland meadow in our garden. "Nothing" But this year after some winter seeding of the woodland meadow with wild flowers a single Early Purple Orchid sent up a flower spike and bloomed. How happy am I, that and the transplanted Pyramidals from my Mother-in-Laws everything is comming up Orchids......
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday and International Cheetah Day. Since 2010, the world has been celebrating the cheetah each December 4th as International Cheetah Day. The world’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction. Help us win the race!
Celebrate the cheetah on December 4th! In 2010, Dr. Laurie Marker designated December 4th as International Cheetah Day. The annual celebration was set in remembrance of a cheetah cub named Khayam, that she raised at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
Khayam was a cheetah trained for the first research project in rewilding. The research was to determine if captive-born cheetahs could be taught to hunt. In 1977, Dr. Marker took Khayam to Namibia for the research project. She witnessed how endangered the cheetah was becoming on that trip. To protect their livestock, farmers were eliminating cheetahs from the landscape in very large numbers.
In 1990, Dr. Marker launched CCF and relocated to Namibia to mitigate the problem of farmer-cheetah conflict. Because of her interactions with Khayam, Dr. Marker dedicated her life to becoming the cheetah’s champion. She chose December 4th – Khayam’s birthday – to be the day the world would join together in celebration of the fastest land mammal.
The species is IUCN Red Listed as Vulnerable, as it suffered a substantial decline in its historic range in the 20th century due to habitat loss, poaching for the illegal pet trade, and conflict with humans. By 2016, the global cheetah population has been estimated at approximately 7,100 individuals in the wild. – Wikipedia
#Instagram - By not weeding, not mowing, not using any form of weed killer nature has gifted me lots, and I mean lots of these recently. Wild poppies weaving in the wisteria around my front door and blocking the front path. We have to walk around them so not to disturb the petals before its their time to drop. I love my ancient Samsung phone.
22 June 2022
At the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, South Africa 2018. The following text is copyright of HESC. Cheetah populations are genetically very uniform or monomorphic. Wild cheetahs often occur in small isolated or patch populations that lead to further narrowing of the gene pool. Therefore, HESC’s breeding programme aims to ensure the birth of cheetahs with distinctly different genetic lineages. Where possible these animals are used to support gene diversity in wild populations.
Cheetahs that have been bred in captivity can be released in protected areas in the wild after the animals have gone through a process of adjustment or ‘rewilding’. During this period the animals are transferred to large enclosed areas which have a suitable prey base in a habitat of mixed open savanna and grassland, as cheetahs prefer open areas to hunt. Then the rations fed to the animals are reduced over time so as to entice them to hunt natural prey. The animals need to be closely monitored during this time to evaluate their suitability for possible reintroduction. It is preferable that the wilding area is free of predators , or has a low population of predators that may prey upon the cheetahs as captive bred animals will need time to adapt and become aware of the threat to survival that other predators may represent.
Another shot of the bird (Z9404) that dropped in on the levels a few weeks ago. A female ringed in the nest as a chick at Opacz, in the Vistula valley just south of Warsaw, Poland. And has spent a bit of time at the Knepp Castle Rewilding Project after being found sick... . A more complete history here: www.portlandbirdobs.com/2017/10/6th-october.html?m=1