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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social "Paradise never was a garden, but a waste of thorns".
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social 20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’ and the ‘Wild Child’ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social Winding down long career in UK nature conservation. Always interested in History - and now enjoying archaeology. Running a small urban wildlife project (@poundburynatureproject). Enthusiastic Cellist. Living with Chronic vestibular migraine. Personal a/c
Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social Birds, biodiversity science, natural history, politics. Professor Man Met Uni, Associate Cornell Lab of #Ornithology, Chair BOURC, Trustee @bou.org.uk SC @ras-network.bsky.social. Usually found in the #PeakDistrict or #Amazonia, he/him. Views own.
Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social Research Ecologist working on birds, mammals, forests, farms, hedgerows, woodland natural colonisation. Marsh Tit & Wood Warbler studies. Editor-in-Chief of the journal Bird Study: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbis20
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Adam Hart @adamhartscience.bsky.social Biologist, broadcaster and writer. Conservation science, especially southern Africa, and insects. Personal account 
Debbie Tann MBE @debbietann.bsky.social CEO Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Nature recovery, rewilding, nature-based solutions, systems change, advocacy & campaigning to reverse the climate & ecological crisis. ENDS Power List 2025.
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Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social Alan Hepburn - Teacher, Trustee SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, Scotland's Rewilding Charity and custodian of The Wildwood. Posts on Education, Biodiversity, Ecological Restoration. Views my own. https://www.the-wildwood.org.uk
Alick Simmons @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social Erstwhile veterinarian; Amateur naturalist; Aspiring conservationist; Animal ethicist; Vulture fan.
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Hugh Warwick @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social Author of 11 books so far (not all about hedgehogs), ecologist, photographer - and spokesperson for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society
WildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social Campaigner. Dartmoor Nature Alliance. Restoring Nature on Dartmoor.
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social Sci Comms writer & naturalist. Debut non-fic GROUNDBREAKERS on the return of Britain’s wild boar out w/ Bloomsbury 1 Feb 2024!
Rep’d by James Macdonald Lockhart. 
James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social Applied ecologist working on the ecological emergency
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Kernow Conservation CIC @kernowconservation.bsky.social Working with other conservation organisations, local businesses and landowners to benefit the communities and wildlife of Cornwall.
Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social Wildernista. Rewilding. Geographer. GIS. Old motorbikes.
Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science, School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social IUCM CEM Rewilding Thematic Group.
Somerset Wildlands @somersetwildlands.bsky.social Somerset Wildlands - creating wild space for nature in the Somerset Levels. Buying land to set aside for wildlife and ppl. Charity 1191953. Rewilding. Join us! www.somersetwildlands.org
Howemill @howemill.bsky.social Nikki of GrampianGraziers. Wild Farming. Food Systems. Home of #TheWeeMob Working with Pasture For Life | PhD student - Agroecological Transitions
Charlie Bingham @charliebingham.bsky.social History nerd | Nature fan | Author | Folk fanatic
Debut book out now!
Like nature, mountains & historic houses - often at the same time 🐦🏠
Dr Helen Scales @helenscales.bsky.social Aptly named marine biologist, writer, broadcaster.
Latest book: What the Wild Sea Can Be, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing
UK + France
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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com A podcast about human-wildlife interactions and our relationship with nature. We talk about biodiversity, conservation, hunting and fishing, rewilding and more.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
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RSPB England @rspbengland.bsky.social Restoring habitats, saving species and connecting people to the wonder of nature, across England. Together, we fly.
Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social No DMs, not giving ID to a US gaming firm
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social Our Planet. Decoded.
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Pete M 🌳 @pete-m.bsky.social | Climate | Environment | Wildness | 🏴 🌍 |
Work: Decarbonisation and circularity
Life: Making a small patch of North Wales wilder. Often found outdoors.
There will also be politics. Because everything comes back to politics.- F Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social Environment editor at the Guardian newspaper, full-time environment writer since 2004
Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social Prof of Ecosystem Science at Oxford, working on #naturerecovery, especially loves tropical ecosystems; Director Leverhulme Centre for @NatureRecovery.bsky.social; Trustee @nhm-london@bsky.social; ex-President of @BritishEcolSoc.bsky.social ; CBE FRS
Pete Cooper @petemrcooper.bsky.social Species Recovery Manager at the Wildlife Trusts. Naturalist, writer, Glow-worm keeper. Chaotic nature TikToks and mammal poo sniffer. (Views own)
Dr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social Biologist, naturalist, writer, campaigner at Right to Roam; Country Diarist at The Guardian; Wainwright Prize winning author of The Flow
WIP: Old Nows
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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social ‘Hope is the thing with feathers’. 🕊Climate and Nature Activist, 💚 Wild Card co-founder at wildcard.land
Alex Raeder @alexraeder.bsky.social Nature,Rewilding,Birds,Plants,Gardens,Art and Current Affairs - retired land manager for the National Trust in the SW of England.
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social Co-director of Right to Roam 🥾
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Dr Rose O’Neill @roseoneill.bsky.social Ceo Campaign for National Parks. Fighting for wilder National Parks in England and Wales.
Nature. Landscape. Rivers. Access. Social justice.
Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com Co-founder of @protect.earth, a registered charity (England & Wales) creating/restoring woodlands and other knackered ecosystems to sequester carbon and fight the biodiversity crisis. Electric van/boat life, bikepacking, and boycotting fossil fuels. he/him
Simon Phelps @simonphelps.bsky.social Conservationist, naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer. https://wildlifephelps.wixsite.com/wildlifephelps
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social Conservationist, campaigner, author, columnist, blogger, grandpa
Flora Conservation UK @floraconuk.bsky.social Elisabeth A. Harris PhD. [Viruses in Marine Algae]. Founder of Flora Conservation UK. A project that encourages gardeners to plant wild flowers for wildlife and pleasure. Has written articles for Dipterists Digest, AES and Natur Cymru. #ukbirding
Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social Guardian Natural History Writer, author of The Swimmer – the Wild Life of Roger Deakin, Wild Child, Islander, Badgerlands, The Butterfly Isles and a few others. President of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Special interests: butterflies, trees, restoring nature.
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
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James Shooter @jamesshooter.bsky.social 📸 Visual Storyteller with Rewilding Europe
🦌 Photographer & Filmmaker
📍 Cairngorms National Park 🏴
🌳 #Rewilding #Storytelling
Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com Host and producer of the #Rewilding Earth Podcast @ rewilding.org/pod, agitator for wildlife and biodiversity. Beaver believer. Nature for its own sake. Deep ecologist. Adventure rider. 
Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social Rewilding Manager at Rewilding Britain, ecologist. Views are my own
Ian Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social Author, Writer and Naturalist. Books: A Vulture Landscape; Seasonality; Of the Trees and The Birds; Great Misconceptions - Rewilding Myths & Misunderstandings. NEW BOOK - Tarka Revisited, 100 Years of Rivers and Wildlife. Out June 2026.
Wild Card @wildcard.land We’re a grassroots campaign group of ordinary people, campaigners and experts.
Britain’s nature is in crisis. We're calling on the UK’s largest landowners to rewild!
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Peter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social CEO at Welsh Dee Trust.
Our objective: A river Dee free of pollution and full of wildlife.
Farmer at Cefn Ucha Farm.
Objective: food, nature and not going bust
Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social Rewilding the Scottish Highlands. Hopeful and bold, we are committed to creating nature-rich landscapes that include and support people.
See rewilding in action @visitdundreggan.bsky.social
Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social Scientist, specializing in bumblebees. Author of various books about insects. Trying to save the planet one bee at a time. 
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social Working to understand & support what it takes to deliver effective, inclusive & scalable nature recovery. https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
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OrkneyBoreray @orkneyboreray.bsky.social Our Community farms rare Orkney Boreray sheep for mutton/products & saving the breed
Book, The Lost Flock, @chelseagreen
orkneyboreray.com
++welfare, nature #agroecology
Orkney, Scotland
Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social Ecology | Botany | Conservation | Grasslands | Wetlands | Trees... 🌿 🐝 🦗 🦋🪻
Capturing the Lake District and beyond through the changing seasons.
📍Northern Lake District, Cumbria
www.wildlakeland.com
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Paul Whitfield @paulwhitfield.bsky.social Director General of Wildwood Trust
Protecting, Conserving and Rewilding British Native Species. ‘The Bison Guy’
Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social Ecologist at QUB, modelling species dynamics in novel habitats, particularly with trees around. Working for EDI. Long-distance migrant (FR, CAN, OZ, SWE, NI). Part time musician, house renovator, and van lifer. Ice hockey fan. Slave to two dogs. He/him
Charlotte Maddix @cwmaddix.bsky.social I like complicated conversations about rewilding, housing, localism and sustainable transport. Fuelled by rage about the nature crisis. Sustained by all the people doing something about it.
Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland.bsky.social Rights of nature & climate campaigner. Barrister & river guardian. Love trees & rivers; & working to defend, protect & restore them. Founder of @lawyersfornature.bsky.social & @riverroding.bsky.social
Nathalie Pettorelli @pettorelli.bsky.social Prof; RSEC Ed in Chief; Soapbox Science co-founder; views are my own
Jan Stannard @janstannard.bsky.social A life with someone I love, made two beloved daughters, founded Heal Rewilding. “To take action, you have to actually do something.” Yvon Chouinard.
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social Wildcat conservation and recovery in Scotland 🐾
Working with communities to bring the Highland tiger back from the brink of extinction 🧡
Craig Bennett @craigbennett3.bsky.social CEO of The Wildlife Trusts, UK.
Advisory Commissioner, 2030 Clean Power Commission. Senior Associate, CISL. Associate Fellow, Homerton College, Cambridge. Judge, The Wainwright Prize.
Formerly CEO Friends of the Earth
Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social Geographer @ULGeog.bsky.social | FHEA | IRC PI 'OS200' @IrelandMapped.bsky.social | Heritage Council PI 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' | Historical Geography | Digital | GIS | DH | Spatial | Early Maps & Texts
Denis Linehan @denislinehan.bsky.social 
Dialogues in Human Geography @dialogueshg.bsky.social Dialogues in Human Geography is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to stimulate open and critical debate on key issues of geographical thought and praxis.
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