Somerset Wildlands
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
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsAlso in Somerset, one of the fields owned by @alasdaircameron.bsky.social in the Somerset Levels that forms part of the @somersetwildlands.bsky.social network (2/4)
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsBig flooding down at Athelney today… the whole area acts as a vast water storage reservoir in times like this. This was me kayaking over the fields a couple years ago… hoping to get down shortly.
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsLovely. How did you manage to find it? In fact, harvest mice are the only mammals in the Old World (or eastern hemisphere, if you like) that has a prehensile tail. Other than them it’s only some species of New World primates.
- After two hours we found one! Harvest mouse nest on the new Clark Fields site. So it’s great to know they are around, albeit in small numbers. Great scope for them to expand as the site wilds up. Thank you so much to our volunteers who came along and to Simon for leading! www.somersetwildlands.org
- In the end we found 2 harvest mouse nests. Still a few areas to survey on this location. Also lots of field vole nests which are more like little huts.
- We’ve found harvest mice at other sites in our network but it’s great to see them here too. We’ll be looking for more in the future as well. If you’ve not seen one they are beautiful and the only mammal in Britain with a prehensile tail. They climb like little monkeys.
- To be clear - the footage of the mouse on a hand was from a captive bred populations back in 2019. Not a mouse we found today. We would never hassle a mouse in winter.
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsThis would be just fantastic. Let’s make it happen. Very keen to see them return to the Somerset Levels soon too.
- Need more eels in your life? Of course you do. Just under a week to go until our online talk on the Somerset Eel recovery Project. Tickets are £10 or free for members, and you can become a member from just £5 a month. Bargain. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eels-are-g...
- Glorious icey day on our Athelney rewilding site. It’s really beautiful at the moment. Lapwings, snipe, many egrets, herons, starlings, field fares, stone chats, teal etc etc… just a wonderful day. Help us secure more land like this for nature, for everyone, at www.somersetwildlands.org
- Happy New Year to everyone and particularly to all our members, supporters and well-wishers. Here’s to a wilder, more biodiverse and brighter 2026.
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsRe posting these pictures from our first big flood of the year.
- First day of winter floods down on Athelney. It’s important to know the future can be better. www.somersetwildlands.org
- Happy Winter Solstice everyone!
- First day of winter floods down on Athelney. It’s important to know the future can be better. www.somersetwildlands.org
- First day of winter floods down on Athelney. It’s important to know the future can be better. www.somersetwildlands.org
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsFirst flooding of the winter down at our Athelney rewilding site and it is absolutely glorious! www.somersetwildlands.org
- 🎶🎄 Christmas Time Sign up online Become a member from just £5 a time 🎵 Get invites to events, talks, volunteer activities - but most of all the knowledge that you are doing something wonderful for nature. BECOME A MEMBER AND HELP REWILD THE SOMERSET LEVELS. www.somersetwildlands.org/support
- Lovely water shrew. Britain’s only venomous mammal. Having fun in the rain.
- And yes we know venomous is spelt incorrectly but there is already enough suffering in the world without you pointing it out.
- Frost morning a few days ago. Willow scrub just starting to emerge down at Athelney. www.somersetwildlands.org
- Few more images of the scrapes down at Athelney. Work is completed for now.. just in time as the water levels are rising… excited to see how these pools will change in years to come.
- And here’s a very brown video of one of them.
- Perhaps a picture of this stump each year for the next century is in order….
- This is the stump which broke the digger, which is now fixed. The person in orange is Dave - one of our Trustees. Rewilding life is fun. www.somersetwildlands.org
- Thank you to everyone who tuned in to our pelicans event last night - we'll keep you posted with the carbon dating from the bones when Lucia is able to publish. In the meantime why not sign up for our next talk on EELS in January? As ever it's FREE FOR MEMBERS! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eels-are-g...
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsBravo to the Youngwilders. Great stuff. "the main thing is we’ve just let it breathe for a little bit. We’ve removed a lot of grazing pressure and seen what’s come up.” Music to my ears. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- More pictures from a chilly Athelney yesterday. The wagtails and egrets were loving the digging. It looks brutal but actually it’s really only small part of the site…. The rest is just changing slowly as it will www.somersetwildlands.org
- Early morning start to dig some modest scrapes in two fields at Athelney. It might seem from our recent posts that we do loads of digging and planting, but actually this is pretty much the first thing we’ve done like this here. After this it’s back to its own thing!
- Wildcats - also known as woodcats - were once found throughout Britain including in the Somerset Levels. It would be wonderful to see them return to Devon, and hopefully one day soon to a wilder Somerset too. Restoration and rewilding, hand in hand.
- Thanks to the volunteers who came to our second round of memorial tree planting at Clark Fields today. We had a wonderful morning. That’s us done for now, we’ll let the rest develop by itself. To find out more about our work and this site go to: www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land/eas...
- Woodpecker holes! Loads of them.
- Glorious day to work in rewilding! somersetwildlands.org
- The lost pelicans of Somerset - with PhD researcher Lucia Snyderman - online event, 26 November at 8pm. Tickets here (free for Somerset Wildlands members). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-p...
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsBeautiful autumn colours in Bristol.
- 26 Nov, 8pm. The first of our online winter talks will see PhD researcher Lucie Snyderman talking about the lost Pelicans of Britain, Somerset and the ongoing efforts to see them returned... FREE FOR MEMBERS (check your inboxes for code). £10 for everyone else. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1764195609...
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- A starling murmuration over one of our recently acquired rewilding sites near Glastonbury in the Somerset Levels today, sent in by one of our members. To help us make more space for nature join or support at www.somersetwildlands.org/support
- Getting as close as we dare to a hornets nest on our Clark Fields rewilding site. www.somersetwildlands.org
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsI appreciate I put out a lot of posts about energy and politics in general, but my main job is running a rewilding charity. And we are ace. Become a member and help rewild the Somerset Levels for everyone!
- Why you should become a member and help rewild the Somerset Levels. A wilder, better future - for everyone. www.somersetwildlands.org/support
- Bit more on that tree planting we were doing a couple of weeks ago. www.somersetwildlands.org/news/plantin...
- Why you should become a member and help rewild the Somerset Levels. A wilder, better future - for everyone. www.somersetwildlands.org/support
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsPine Martens spotted in the Mendips now. Fantastic. Let’s hope there are more! There have been very occasional sightings in the Levels for years. Looking forward to their return more widely. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
- Reposted by Somerset Wildlands1/3 Coming up for the budding David Attenboroughs in your life. Bogtastic Free workshop event with drinks and cake... White Rocks Cottage, Simonsbath TA24 7SH next to Ashcombe Car Park Sign up here tinyurl.com/bsuan7f9 @somersetwildlands.bsky.social @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social
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- We’ll be doing another small round of tree planting in a couple of months, and we’ll be asking members if they’d like to get involved. “How do I become a member?” we hear you all cry. Just sign up from as little as £5 a month and help rewild the Somerset Levels. www.somersetwildlands.org/support
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- Planting a memorial grove. We don’t do much planting, but in this case we were very happy to. Here is Kate from Reimagining the Levels who provided the trees and equipment showing how it’s done. Support us to make more space for nature! www.somereetwildlands.org/support
- We’ll be doing another small round of tree planting in a couple of months, and we’ll be asking members if they’d like to get involved. “How do I become a member?” we hear you all cry. Just sign up from as little as £5 a month and help rewild the Somerset Levels. www.somersetwildlands.org/support
- Planting a memorial grove. We don’t do much planting, but in this case we were very happy to. Here is Kate from Reimagining the Levels who provided the trees and equipment showing how it’s done. Support us to make more space for nature! www.somereetwildlands.org/support
- We all need hope, and to believe the future can be better than the past, and we really believe that rewilding can play a role in that. We can’t go back in time, but we can create a wilder, better, future for everyone www.somersetwildlands.org
- Message to say hello from our newest site where we will be doing a little memorial tree planting at the weekend. We don’t do tree planting as a rule - we tend to let nature do its thing - but in this case we are happy to! www.somersetwildlands.org
- Little bit of Autumn colour on our newest Clark Fields site. This land is only a few months into its rewilding journey. It’s amazing to think how it might change and evolve in the decades to come. Help us build a better, wilder future, and go to www.Somersetwildlands.org
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsSurvey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature. All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!! share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...
- Can relate.
- You might remember Scott, one of our litter heroes. Scott cleans up the paths of Merriott every day. Well, Scott is not happy 😡 In August he picked up 49 dog poos. In one small Somerset village. Come on people, clear up after your dogs and care for our countryside tinyurl.com/vw4w4tsf
- Reposted by Somerset WildlandsThis is a handful of the most interesting facts from the latest episode of the podcast about the impacts of beavers on salmonids, featuring Dr. Rob Needham's groundbreaking research on fish passage through beaver dams. 🌍🦤🦊🧪 1/10
- Some people are talking about fracking again. This was pushed for over ten years, and didn't work and was hugely unpopular. These are the fracking license areas formerly offered in our region of Somerset. Needless to say we would oppose any fracking on or near our land, or in the Levels area.
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- #Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds - www.theguardian.com/environment/... fab, let's do it #rewilding
- Want to know what we have been up to over the last year? Read our summary for supporters. We’re quite a new charity, but we’re making an impact. mailchi.mp/somersetwild...
- Delighted to be part of the Global Rewilding Alliance - they’ve written about us here. globalrewilding.earth/somerset-wil...
- @ecotalk.bsky.social hello! Good to see you on BlueSky - if you fancy helping to rewild the Somerset Levels do get in touch! :)
