Community rewilding – panel discussion
You can now watch the Yorkshire Rewilding Network’s panel discussion featuring Karyn from MWN on Youtube! Or rewatch it if you want to enjoy it again!
CofE Synod backs action to tackle biodiversity crisis
Members of the Church of England’s General Synod have backed a series of measures to promote biodiversity on Church land – from churchyards as havens of wildlife and plants, to the stewardship of agricultural and forestry land.
Full story via Premier Christian News: CofE Synod backs action to tackle biodiversity crisis
YRN Webinar – Community rewilding – panel discussion
Join YWN for a live online discussion in which you will hear from a range of community rewilding groups across the region, discussing how they got started, their aspirations, challenges and suggestions about how others can get involved.
MWN’s own Karyn will be on the panel, talking about the genesis, successes and future plans of Molescroft Wildlife Network.
Please register to attend on the YRN website!!! and save the date! 28th February, 7.30pm.
The Nextdoor Nature Hub
The Wildlife Trusts has a really great set of resources for how to help nature in your neighbourhood at the Nextdoor Nature Hub. Obviously the easiest way to help out in Molescroft is to join the Molescroft Wildlife Network, but if you’re not in Molescroft Parish you will find all kinds of useful links from how to make birdboxes, to how to develop community groups focused on nature, and see amazing stories about local action for a nature positive world.
Forestry England celebrates a year in review
The Forestry England blog has a lovely review of some of their conservation success stories over 2023. Ranging from beaver reintroductions to the amazing story of the saving of the Wollemi pine from extinction there’s something for everyone whether you prefer your conservation stories fluffy, feathered or spiny!
Youth in Nature Summit
Are you a young person working, or hoping to work, in the environment sector? Or a conservation leader? The 2024 Youth in Nature Summit might be right up your street.
The 2024 youth-led Summit is organised as a collaboration between BTO’s Youth Advisory Panel, RSPB’s Youth Council, and WWF-UK’s Youth Ambassadors.
‘Exciting year’ for wildlife sightings in Yorkshire
As we look forward to 2024 (wait, what do you mean it’s already here!?), a positive story about wildlife in Yorkshire was published by the BBC before Christmas looking back at 2023.
The “exciting sightings” are from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and include sightings of pine martens, otters and ospreys, showing that there is hope for biodiversity in Yorkshire, if we are prepared to work for it.
Big Garden Bird Watch 2024
The RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch 2024 runs from 26-28th January 2024. Sign up at the link and join the world’s largest garden wildlife survey.
This is a great way to take part in assessing biodiversity trends in garden wildlife. Can anything knock the house sparrow from its most-observed top spot?
Bird feeding is not only for the birds
The Wildlife Society has a great post on the benefits of feeding birds, not only benefits the birds (especially in the lean winter months) but also has a mesurable beneficial effect on the psychology of those people who love feeding our feathered friends.
However, during outbreaks of avian influenza, some organisations were cautioning against feeding wild birds in order to stop disease transmission. The interplay of disease, wellbeing and policy are explored in a paper in “People and Nature“.
