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EdibleFuchsia<p>IMHO donating to a wildlife trust seems to be one of the best investments at the moment. So many good things being attempted right now across the UK by wildlife trusts. Donations required to help secure the purchase of Skiddaw by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust:</p><p>‘A 100-year vision’: Skiddaw’s barren peak to spring to life in ambitious rewilding'</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/05/skiddaw-forest-cumbria-rewilding-england-nature-reserve?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/sep/05/skiddaw-forest-cumbria-rewilding-england-nature-reserve?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/rewildinguk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewildinguk</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/cumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cumbria</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/skiddaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skiddaw</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/wildlifeConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeConservation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Bid to save early <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> site that hosts rare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nightingales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightingales</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurtleDoves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurtleDoves</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservationists</span></a> have launched a £1.5 million appeal to buy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmland</span></a> that was left to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> 37 years ago </p><p>by Emily Beament<br>Tuesday 18 June 2024</p><p>"A farm left to nature years before 'rewilding' rose to prominence has become a unique and important site for wildlife, say conservationists launching a bid to save it.</p><p>"The owner of Strawberry Hill, near Bedford, stopped farming his land 37 years ago, with once-arable fields reverting to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scrubland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scrubland</span></a> that is now a haven for a host of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> including threatened nightingales, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cuckoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuckoos</span></a> and turtle doves.</p><p>"But the 150-hectare (377-acre) site has no official designations or protections, and following the owner’s death, there were fears the land could be sold and returned to agriculture.</p><p>"After gaining a temporary stay of execution for the site, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildlifeTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeTrust</span></a> for Beds, Cambs and Northants (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCN</span></a>) has raised enough money to buy half the land.</p><p>"Now the conservation charity is launching a £1.5 million appeal to secure the whole site, saving the habitat and its rich wildlife and providing a 'unique' opportunity to have a decades-long head start on rewilding the land for nature."</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/strawberry-hill-wildlife-trust-bedford-west-sussex-bedfordshire-b2563664.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/strawberry-hill-wildlife-trust-bedford-west-sussex-bedfordshire-b2563664.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StrawberryHillsForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrawberryHillsForever</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RewildingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RewildingUK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BedfordEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BedfordEngland</span></a></p>