Month: October 2025

  • Leading names urge new Archbishop of Canterbury to stand up for nature

    Embargoed until 6:00 AM Thursday, October 23, 2025 Note: Stories may appear in print editions of newspapers dated October 23, 2025 Nearly 50 leading public figures and organisations, including a Nobel Laureate, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, a Party leader, scientists, academics, TV personalities, politicians, theologians, naturalists and activists, have signed an open letter to…

  • Wild Card trip to Embercombe

    Wild Card trip to Embercombe

    As a group that’s all about nature but which organises via technology, it’s vital to Wild Card that we return to our roots whenever we get together. Hence, our in-person meet-ups prioritise opportunities to get out into the field, (though that field might be a meadow, a moor, a wetland or a woodland). These visits…

  • Shakespeare and the Ghost Woods

    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…

  • Rewilding Species of the Month: Bats

    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…