Nature is Dying. It’s time to rewild!
Wild Card is a grassroots movement challenging Britain’s biggest landowners to rewild their land before it’s too late. Will you join us today and help us play the wild card?
BRING BACK OUR ANCIENT WOODLANDS
REWILD THE GHOST WOODS
Across England our ancient woodlands lie smothered beneath regimented rows of timber plantations. Now is our only chance to bring back these ghost woods. If we delay they will be lost forever.
Hundreds of people across England are gathering in their local timber plantations as part of the ‘Ghost Hunt”. Find out more, and join the growing demand for action!
FROM OUR BLOG
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Shakespeare and the Ghost Woods
Finding Shakespeare’s Ghost Woods Whether it be Hamlet’s father, Richard III’s victims, or Banquo and his gory locks, everyone knows Shakespeare’s connection with ghosts. Far far fewer are aware of the connection between Shakespeare and the Ghost Woods. Yet, as our team began to research the sites of ancient woodland smothered beneath conifer plantations, we…
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Rewilding Species of the Month: Bats
October seems the ideal time to celebrate bats as our rewilding species of the month. They will soon be emerging in window displays of Halloween bat bunting and, if you’re lucky, your local bakers may even be serving gingerbread bats. Extended nights can also mean you’re more likely to spot a bat in the wild…
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Dartmoor’s Future: Did the Duchy Listen to the March for a Wild Dartmoor?
In 2023, our guest author, Tony Whitehead, joined with Wild Card and hundreds of others to march for a Wild Dartmoor. Following the publication of the Duchy of Cornwall’s new vision for Dartmoor, he explores to what extent this vision meets our demands.
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