In two years, a 90-acre plot in Scotland has gone from a count of 35 bumblebees to over 4,000. They've also doubled their species diversity.

Rewilding and habitat restoration can work, and can work fast, especially for quickly breeding species.

#wildlife #rewilding #GoodNews

scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebe…

Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project

‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’

^{Katharine Hay (The Scotsman)}