Author: Hazel Draper

Ghost Woods Local Actions

18 July 2025

July 6th-13th was an exciting time in the Wild Card calendar as we stepped up our Ghost Woods campaign with a whole week of local actions. Working with local groups across England, from the undulating landscapes of Oxfordshire to the Pennine hills of West Yorkshire, these events were billed as a week of citizen science, art and protest…
Petition to restore ancient woodlands, backed by Dame Judi Dench, reaches 100,000 signatures

17 July 2025

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday 17th July 2025 Huge show of public support comes after it was revealed that Government targets to restore native forest will be delivered 81 years late unless urgent action is taken A petition calling on Forestry England to fulfil its commitment to bring back the nation’s “ghost woods” –…
Church communities rewilding together

9 July 2025

Across the country, church goers and church communities within the Church of England are taking action to restore the health and flourishing of biodiversity within their local areas, driven by the passion within their congregations for creation care
Failure to rewild could cost the Church of England

7 July 2025

In this article, we explain four key risks the Church Commissioners face if they fail to meet 30×30, and what they can do to avoid them.
Dame Judi Dench calls for England’s ancient “ghost woods” to be revived

4 July 2025

PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED: 00:01hrs Friday 4th July 2025 Government targets to restore native woodland will be delivered 81 years late unless urgent action is taken, say campaigners who have teamed up with the Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench has backed a new campaign calling on Forestry England to fulfil its commitment to bring back the…
Rewilding Species of the Month: Dragonflies

1 July 2025

One of the highlights of our visit to the Moor Barton rewilding project was when we entered a newly created wetland area and were met with a flurry of odonata activity (dragonflies and damselflies). It was a sign that this is truly a landscape that is working for nature.
The Wild Cardigan Moor Barton Meet Up

13 June 2025

A couple of times a year, to ensure that we are more to one another than disembodied heads behind a zoom screen, the Wild Cardigans physically zoom in from across the UK for a real life meet up. Whilst this provides opportunity for us to get into substantial discussions and to plan ahead for the…
World Environment Day Vigil and Prayers

6 June 2025

On the eve of World Environment Day 2025, members of Christian Climate Action gathered outside Church House to pray and reflect on our shared calling to serve and protect the Earth, and to deliver a letter asking the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of the land in their care by 2030. This is…
Rewilding Species of the Month: The Otter

2 June 2025

The otter has quite rightly earned its place in the rewilding species of the month spotlight. In both literature and folklore, otters are often presented as helpful souls: coming to the rescue and giving support in a character’s hour of need. Now, as the planet warms, we are finding that they are living up to…
Ancient Woodland Restoration Film

28 May 2025

Last week saw the premier of a new film (embedded above) from our friends at Woods for the Trees. The film, entitled ‘Ancient Woodland Restoration: The Story of Light and Life’, is incredibly relevant to our latest campaign to restore the Ghost Woods – ancient woodland which haunts Forestry England’s plantation forests. The film premiered…