Some words from Isabella Tree on the passing of Jane Goodall: "What a tower of strength and inspiration Jane Goodall was (and a shining example of nominative determinism!). We’ll miss her compassionate voice and calm wisdom...

What have #beavers ever done for us? Ecologist Matt Phelps at @kneppwilding.bsky.social

A new episode of the Knepp Wildland Podcast just landed! 🪶📻 In 'Owl Quiet on the Nesting Front', Penny Green interviews Matt Phelps, Knepp’s lead ecologist. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: knepp.co.uk/wildland-pod... 🎥 by Charlie Burrell and Ryan Greaves. 📷by Charlie Burrell.

Powerful op ed in the FT. Link below for those with access. Key points: "COP leaders should also use their platforms in multilateral banks and development finance institutions to similarly require biodiversity impact studies along with avoidance and mitigation plans... www.ft.com/content/f84d...

BREAKING GNAWS! 🚨 Earlier in the summer, we said that two beaver kits had been born at Knepp this year. We were wrong. We have three! And we've named them Birch, Beech and Bay. It's the most kits our original beaver pair have ever had in one year.

Have you heard the latest episode of our podcast, where Isabella Tree interviews Mick Crawley about the incredible summer it's been for ragwort? It's much maligned, but actually it's a powerhouse for wildlife. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts - or here knepp.co.uk/2025/08/epis...

Don't miss Isabella Tree, Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, Thomas Halliday and Minette Batters speaking at this Land and Soil event at the Royal Geographical Society @rgsibg.bsky.social Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-green...

What's On at Knepp this September? Plenty! From author suppers, to delicious dinners and from a wedding venue open day to sumptuous garden produce and tours... September at Knepp is bursting with late summer goodness.

What shall we name our two new beaver kits? Comment your suggestions below! We're looking for 'B' names. Brooke and Banksy are the two adults. Buster and Booster were the 2023 kits. Bach and Bracken were last year’s kits. 📽️Two of the kits' older siblings earlier this month, aged one and two.

We're generationally behind 🦫 Over 103 years ago, at dawn on 6 July 1922, two Eurasian beavers slipped into Sweden’s River Bjurälven and quietly launched one of Europe’s first beaver restoration projects.

Introducing the two newest members of the Knepp team! 🦫🦫 Two beaver kits have been born this summer. Here they are playing together outside of their lodge. Their small size and extra buoyancy confirms they are new! We think they're 6 - 8 weeks old. 📹Ryan Greaves @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

We are so pleased to announce that with a total of 45 chicks ringed this year @kneppwilding.bsky.social, most have taken their first flights! Here is the moment the first live cam chick fledged! Now, this year's chicks are honing their flying skills and preparing to migrate soon.

Are there new beaver kits in the lodge? We still don’t know for sure, but there are signs… 🦫 A few months ago, the beavers felled a willow. Now, they’re harvesting its new growth. They've done this previously when the older female has been in the lodge nursing kits. 📷 @mostlyscarce.bsky.social

💜SOME GOOD NEWS! 💜 It's officially a record year for purple emperor butterflies. Knepp butterfly expert and safari guide Neil Hulme spoke to the Guardian about the incredible year they're having at Knepp, and elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Independent is running a poll on whether lynx should be reintroduced to the British countryside. What do you think? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The Cuckmere Wildlife Festival (www.cuckmerewildlifefestival.com) is soon! How about a repost? @kneppwilding.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @jimspim.bsky.social @drmjwarren.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social

Excellent news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's the plant people love to hate... and it's going to be everywhere this summer. But ragwort is actually a wildlife powerhouse. Read the blog my Knepp's lead ecologist Matt Phelps: https://knepp.co.uk/2025/06/a-big-year-for-ragwort-the-plant-we-love-to-hate/ @mostlyscarce.bsky.social‬

The live cam chicks at @kneppwilding.bsky.social are getting ready to fledge– flapping, stretching, and testing their wings! The oldest is 60 days old, so fledging could happen any moment now. Their first flight is always a thrill so tune in live on YouTube and don't miss it! 🎥

Small skipper, Banded demoiselle, Broad bodied chaser and a Scarce chaser all at Knepp today @kneppwilding.bsky.social

"An emblem for nature recovery" - I love the white storks at @kneppwilding.bsky.social, an inspiring story of nature revival. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Saturday we're joined by these speakers, high above the famous white cliffs: @katebradbury.bsky.social, @davegoulson.bsky.social, @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social, @drmjwarren.bsky.social and Isabella Tree, author of Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social. WHAT a line-up.

Very excited to be welcoming @adamweymouth.bsky.social to Knepp on 19 June for one of our famous author suppers. His new book, Lone Wolf, is currently BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. It charts his journey across Europe in the footsteps of a pioneering wolf. Come along: knepp.co.uk/view/events/...

Found this magnificent beast @kneppwilding.bsky.social a few days ago. Looking forward to catching up with him/her on the wing next month when leading the Purple Emperor Trail for @greenwingstours.bsky.social #hisimperialmajesty #apaturairis #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Isabella Tree will be at Cuckmere Wildlife Festival on 27 June, along with other nature writers including @davegoulson.bsky.social and @katebradbury.bsky.social 🍃📖 It promises to be a really special event. Book your tickets via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cuckmere-w...

Movie night on Climping beach in Sussex! Join us for a special midsummer screening of 'Wilding' about Knepp's transformation, and 'Stroodelande' about the biodiversity project by James Baird. Tickets here... 🍃🎦 www.eventbrite.com/e/stroodelan...

'Ocean with David Attenborough' is an incredible film. Have you seen it yet? We’re trying to do our bit. Knepp Wilding Kitchen sources fish from one local fisher who uses a line or large-gauge nets. 👀 New blog by @annafordcomms.bsky.social - knepp.co.uk/2025/05/davi... 📷@sussexbay.bsky.social

'Ocean with David Attenborough' is an incredible film. Have you seen it yet? We’re trying to do our bit. Knepp Wilding Kitchen sources fish from one local fisher who uses a line or large-gauge nets. 👀 New blog by @annafordcomms.bsky.social - knepp.co.uk/2025/05/davi... 📷@sussexbay.bsky.social

Did you spot Knepp's rewilded Walled Garden in this month's House & Garden Magazine? Clare Foster came to meet our head gardener, Charlie Harpur (pictured) to hear about our experimental garden, designed with biodiversity and climate resilience in mind. 🍃 Come and visit: knepp.co.uk/garden-visits/

For the first time, a pair of blue tits are nesting at the base of Ania and Bartek’s nest at @kneppwilding.bsky.social! White stork nests are enormous and can become mini ecosystems, hosting a range of small bird species. Providing shelter and an insect-rich environment! 📷 Volunteer Colette

How the white storks came back... and why it matters... Read the blog by our lead ecologist Matt Phelps, @mostlyscarce.bsky.social @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social knepp.co.uk/2025/05/whit...

There's such a simple way to support swifts as their population halves... so why is the UK government backtracking on it? Here's a petition. 💚 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...

The shocking, violent reality of what bottom trawling does to the seabed and its creatures is filmed and shown for the first time in Ocean with David Attenborough. And then, after all that, three quarters of the catch is thrown away. This is must-watch footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...

Live cam update! The chicks are nearly a month old and they can be left for short periods of time. Here one of the parents brings some dung back to the nest, then delivers breakfast for the chicks. Watch live on our YouTube channel! @kneppwilding.bsky.social

Brilliant to welcome Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis to Knepp Wilding Kitchen & Shop to talk about their best-selling book, Ravenous, about fixing our food systems. We host author suppers every few weeks. Next: Marian Boswell, Adam Nicholson & @adamweymouth.bsky.social knepp.co.uk/events-at-wi...

Storky Monday! Storrington, the only village area in the UK to be part of the Stork Villages Network across Europe, celebrates with a “White Stork and Nature Revival” Festival www.storrington.org.uk/attractions/... #NotAHeron but we 💙 them @kneppwilding.bsky.social

We couldn't agree more with @guyshrubsole.bsky.social on this: “...the incentives are skewed far too much in favour of planting over natural regeneration. Ministers need to change these ridiculous rules...” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New podcast episode! Penny Green meets with Laura Vaughan-Hirsch of the @whitestorkproject.bsky.social and they talk all things storks - including about the 1st Storrington White Stork and Nature Revival Festival. Listen: knepp.co.uk/wildland-pod... 📷 Gary Franklin @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

What to do about the state of our food system? In their best-selling book, Ravenous, Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis offer some solutions. Reserve your spot to see Henry and Jemima in conversation with Charlie Burrell, followed by dinner at Knepp Wilding Kitchen. knepp.co.uk/view/events/...

The campaign is now live! From now until 29 April, your donation to the White Stork Project will be doubled via @biggiveorg. Help us reach £25k to unlock £50k for education, livestreams & stork tracking. Donate via the link in bio. #GreenMatchFund #WhiteStorkProject #EarthDay

Hoppy Easter! 😜🐰 Come and see us soon: knepp.co.uk/visit-knepp/...

Double your impact! From 22–29 April, every donation to the White Stork Project will be matched by @biggive.bsky.social #GreenMatchFund. Help us reach £25k to unlock £50k for conservation, education, youth engagement & stork tracking! Find out more: tinyurl.com/45hx6478

It's a spectacular spring for blackthorn at Knepp. See this footage of our snorks nesting amidst it. @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I0w...

Hatching at @kneppwilding.bsky.social has started! 🐣 Scroll back to 11:33:30 on our YouTube live camera to see the first glimpse of the chick. @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

We're backing those asking for real protections for our marine havens. Take a look at this. act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...

Here's to all the wild mothers doing their best raising untamed cubs, kits, foals, fawns and fledglings. May your day be as restful as these Tamworth pigs appear to be. 🍃 #MothersDay #HappyMothersDay #wilding #rewilding 📷 Charlie Burrell

We have TWO new podcast episodes! In Ground Control to Ranger Tom, Penny speaks to Knepp woodsman @therusticranger.bsky.social about Knepp's ancient trees. In Dam Good News for Beavers, Penny chats with Knepp's new lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social 🔊https://knepp.co.uk/wildland-podcast/

Did you know we used to have a rich and diverse rainforest landscape in the UK? The Thousand Year Trust is protecting and restoring what's left of these ancient ecosystems. Take a look... We're excited to welcome Merlin Hanbury-Tenison to Knepp on 3 April - link below. youtu.be/SAZpuMOkm-I

Happy #WorldRewildingDay 🌎 Rewilding offers a powerful solution to the interconnected climate and nature emergencies – but it’s a solution we must all work on together.

For #WorldRewildingDay, some pictures from a recent visit to @kneppwilding.bsky.social - the animals roam a landscape that looks very different from its more agricultural days but is nevertheless still shaped by historic patterns of routeways, boundaries and structures