We are rewilding pioneers, working with nature to build a sustainable future.
Our Purpose is to continue on the journey of process-led rewilding, seeking to encourage further dynamic natural processes by such means as key species reintroductions and varying the management of the large herbivores. We aim to inspire and promote rewilding through evidence-based studies rigorously conducted at Knepp, and through engagement with local communities, NGOs, policy-makers and educators. Rewilding provides the ethical context for all other activities on the Estate.
Habitats would be nothing without their inhabitants 🦫
From industrious beavers shaping wetlands and rivers, to grazing animals maintaining open meadows, species don’t just live in habitats — they create them.
Reintroducing keystone species helps restore habitats, allowing them to thrive.
This #WorldHabitatDay, let’s celebrate wildlife's important role in shaping, restoring and protecting our landscapes.
🔗 To learn more about rewilding key species, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eHyJzeKH
Images: [1] Podolnaya Elena / Shutterstock, [2] James Shooter / SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
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A brilliant visit from Natural England soil scientists, looking at devising affordable and accessible soil tests for gardens and beyond.
Part of a training exercise for the teams, the week-long experimentation looked at soils in the rewilding project, the Walled Garden and within the Weald to Waves corridor.
Do you already test soil in your outside space? We’d love to hear how you’re getting on and any inventive ways you’ve found to monitor it…
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Massive kudos to my fabulous team for months of work on this amazing project. Our Climate Creatives conference will be livestreaming from 10am today from around the UK with the fab Swarzy Macaly!
We’re so excited to bring such an inspiring lineup to people who are interested in creating climate and nature related content.
We will hit the ground running with special welcome video messages from musician Madame Gandhi, environmentalists Satish Kumar and Isabella Tree, plus one from BBC Director General Tim Davie.
Headline speakers and sessions will include:
- Wildlife cameraman, photographer and presenter Hamza Yassin speaking with our event sponsor, Charlotte Moore, the BBC’s Chief Content Officer
- A quiz from the Australian puppet comedian Randy Feltface
- Naturalist and presenter Chris Packham
- Chef Asma Khan
- Ade Adepitan & Paralympian
- And many more!
We’ll be joined by commissioners from the UK’s largest broadcasters who will be sharing their thoughts. And we'll have events going on in Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast and London.
Don't miss out! It’s not too late to book your FREE online ticket. You can do it now, here! https://lnkd.in/e95VGt9e
Climate Creatives is part of the BBC's People Positive commitment to supporting more and better climate storytelling, complementing our strategy to be Net Zero and Nature Positive. It is presented by BBC Academy Fusion and BBC Content along with partners British Film Institute (BFI), BBC Studios, Film London, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Media Cymru, Northern Ireland Screen, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Royal Television Society, Screen Scotland, The Open University, The TV Foundation, and WeAreALBERT#ClimateCreatives#Broadcasting#Nature#Climate#Storytelling#shoutouts to amazing Gaby Hornsby who is the visionary behind our Climate Creatives! Tom Speight, Karen Marshall, Rowan Kerek Robertson, Alena Vohanková, Emily Buchanan, P Vyas, Aurica Anissa Muntean, Jonathan Allan, Jigna Chandaria, Ian Gardner
Your September #rewildingwins are here 🌳
1. A new citizen science study has shown that large-scale rewilding boosts black grouse numbers in the Affric Highlands.
2. More than half a million oysters are to be released into the Humber estuary as part of Wilder Humber's Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust groundbreaking five-year programme to help restore Britain's coastal waters from overfishing and pollution.
3. The Lifescape Project launched the Cumbrian White-Tailed Eagle Project, which will explore the possibility of bringing white-tailed eagles back to the Cumbrian landscape.
4. Thanks to a £5 million investment, the temperate rainforest at the summit of Skiddaw in the Lake District is well on its way to being restored by Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
5. The Welsh Government announced they support the managed reintroduction of beavers into the wild.
Let’s keep spreading positivity — share these uplifting #rewilding stories and follow us for your monthly dose of #rewildinghope 💚
Images: [1] Neil McIntyre / scotlandbigpicture.com, [2] MikeLane45 / Canva, [3] steve-goacher / Canva, [4] Mark Williams/Wildscreen, [5] Sam Rose, [6] PhotocechCZ / Shutterstock
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Have you heard the news that the Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government supports the managed reintroduction of beavers into the wild in Wales? We're delighted that Huw Irranca-Davies, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, has at last publicly stated this.
As Prof Alastair Driver, Director at Rewilding Britain, says "The net benefits of this incredible ecosystem engineer for wildlife and people have been well documented for many years now and managed releases in the right places will be a great step forward for the rivers and wetlands of Wales. It just remains for England to catch up with Scotland and Wales now - something that we're optimistic that the new Secretary of State Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP will soon bite the bullet on."
Link to the full announcement in comments 🔗
Photo: Philip Price / scotlandbigpicture.com
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‼️ A bridleway bridge crossing the river near Shipley windmill on the red trail at Knepp has broken today and is closed.
Please bear with us while we work with West Sussex County Council to repair/replace/divert as soon as possible.
Wishing the very best of luck to all the fabulous nominees in the Wainwright Prize's category for #ChildrensWriting on Nature & Conservation 🌳
The winner’s event will be live-streamed on YouTube at 5:45pm tomorrow (Weds 11 September) at https://lnkd.in/earpytx8
We'll be watching alongside our very own Isabella Tree whose 'Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife back' - so beautifully illustrated by Angela Harding - is amongst the contenders!
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With September advancing, the shortening days are a signal to wildlife to start preparing for winter. As the first autumn leaves begin to turn the deer, Tamworth pigs and small mammals at Knepp begin feeding upon fallen acorns and scatterings of cob and beech nuts – high protein food that will give them an insulating layer of fat for the long winter ahead.
#Birds are doing the same. The bushes here are alive with flitting autumn migrants desperate to pile on the calories before their long flights ahead which, for many, may cover more than two thousand miles 🪶
Read more in our “Great Autumn Migration” #blog post https://lnkd.in/ezPWKY2w
📸 Blackcap on Hawthorn
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