Islands Caithness

1 THE GROWTH OF REWILDING AND HABITAT RESTORATION Rewilding has increased in use in the last decade as a popular but vaguely defined and often controversial term, usually broadly equated with ecosystem restoration (Jepson and Blyth, 2020). In 2021, the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration began, partly in response to the climate and biodiversity crisis.

BRIEF COMMUNICATION Funding information: European Union Horizon 2020; Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Grant/Award Number: 101026030 Abstract In spring 2022, pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha smolts were recorded in the UK. Fish were caught in the Rivers Thurso and Oykel in Scotland between 13 and 17 March. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first observation of O. gorbuscha smolts in Europe outside the Scandinavian and Kola peninsulas, including other tributaries of the White and Barents Seas.