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Rewilding Network members

See who’s rewilding across Britain, from the coast of Cornwall right up to the Highlands of Scotland, and how they’re doing it. All these projects are part of the Rewilding Network.

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Mapperton
 © Mapperton
Mapperton Estate
  • Mapperton, Dorset
  • Medium

Blending rewilding and regenerative agriculture to restore wildlife across the estate.

Mar Lodge, Drone Landscape
 © National Trust Scotland
Mar Lodge
  • Cairngorms National Park
  • Large

Beautiful regenerating pinewood in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park within the largest National Nature Reserve in Britain.

Sun on green hillside with heather
 © Natural Capital Laboratory
Natural Capital Laboratory
  • Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands
  • Small

A live experiment for identifying, quantifying and valuing the impacts of rewilding.

Pirbright
 © Surrey Wildlife Trust
Pirbright Ranges
  • Camberley. Surrey
  • Large

Rewilding a military firing range to support rich wildlife and priority habitats.

Heathland woodland and salt marsh at Purbeck Heaths
 © Alastair Driver
Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve
  • Dorset
  • Large

Re-establishing natural processes on a ‘super’ nature reserve in Dorset.

Diver surveying
 © Seawilding
Restoring Seagrass & oysters to North West Scotland
  • Loch Craignish, Argyll

Restoring native oyster beds and seagrass meadows in Loch Craignish.

Carrifran Valley in the Scottish Borders, site of major woodland restoration project, Scotland
 © Peter Cairns / SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
Reviving the wild heart of Southern Scotland
  • Dumfries & Galloway
  • Large
Landscape scale ecological restoration and supporting local landowners and communities to add to the Wild Heart by rewilding land through access to funding and advice.
livestock grazing in the snow
 © RSPB Geltsdale
RSPB Geltsdale
  • Hallbankgate, Cumbria
  • Large

Rewilding a remote and ruggedly beautiful corner of the North Pennines.

chestnut hill
 © Sandon Estate
Sandon Estate
  • Sandon, near Buntingford, Herts
  • Medium

Rewilding wood pasture and wetlands in Hertfordshire.

Misty view
 © Sheepdrove Organic Farm
Sheepdrove Organic Farm
  • Berkshire
  • Small

Organic farm on the Berkshire Downs committed to enhancing biodiversity through natural processes.

Aerial shot of wetlands
 © WWT
Steart Marshes
  • Steart, Somerset

Wild, large scale working wetland landscape safeguarding the future of wildlife and people, and working with nature to tackle climate change.

Rainbow over newly planted saplings
 © Sunart Fields
Sunart Fields
  • High Peak, Derbyshire
  • Small

Rewilding a former coal mine and dairy farm in the High Peak.

Map key
  • Rewilding project
  • Marine project
Water fall
 © Kingsdale Head
Kingsdale Head
  • Ingleton, Yorkshire
  • Large

Regenerating an upland landscape through rewilding.

Green agricultural fields separated by small forest patches
 © Nattergal
Boothby Wildland
  • Grantham, Lincolnshire
  • Large

Nattergal’s first site; an ambitious rewilding and river restoration project in Lincolnshire, driven by natural capital.

Allestree spring ake
 © Katherine Clarke / Derbyshire WT
Community Rewilding Allestree Park
  • Derby, Derbyshire
  • Medium

Britain’s largest urban rewilding project.

Wildflower meadow with building visible in the background, Ashton Estate, Northamptonshire
 © Ashton Estate
Ashton Estate
  • Northamptonshire
  • Medium

Rewilding a historical estate in Northamptonshire.

Belted galloway cow at Helman Tor Rewilding Project, Bodmin, Cornwall
 © Adrian Langdon
Helman Tor
  • Bodmin, Cornwall
  • Medium

Rewilding a rugged landscape, rich with history and wildness

Beinn Sgritheall from Coire Dhorrcail
 © John Muir Trust
Knoydart, Li and Coire Dhorrcail
  • Lochabar, West Coast of Scotland
  • Large

The John Muir Trust is restoring this beautiful and rugged landscape to expand native woodland and encourage the return of native species.

A scenic wildflower meadow with trees on the horizon under a clear sky
 © /
Heal Somerset
  • Witham Friary, Somerset
  • Medium

Heal Rewilding’s first nature reserve.

Cattle grazing alongside river, Knepp Estate
 © Knepp
Knepp Castle Estate
  • West Sussex
  • Large

Pioneering rewilding project that’s turned failing farm land into a profitable site of wildlife abundance.

Konik horses on peak
 © West Exmoor National Trust
Wild Exmoor
  • Exmoor
  • Large

Restoring an extensive, varied and dynamic landscape for wildlife to thrive and people to enjoy.

Packington Estate
 © Alastair Driver
Wild Packington
  • Meriden, Warwickshire
  • Medium

Improving diversity and resilience for people and wildlife through rewilding.

High Fen drone image
 © Nattergal
High Fen Wildland
  • Methwold, Norfolk
  • Medium

Nattergal’s second site is a 292 hectare grassland in the Fens.

Intensive grazing areas to be rewilded alongside recovering moorland
 © Broughton Estate
Broughton Sanctuary
  • Broughton, Yorkshire
  • Medium

Serving a new way of life - reconnecting people with nature through rewilding.

East Kielder
 © Forestry England
Wild Kielder
  • Kielder, Northumberland
  • Large

A vast and dynamic landscape in Northumberland, leading the way in nature-led restoration and sustainable forest management.

Ingleborough Scar Close
 © Colin Newlands / Ingleborough
Wild Ingleborough
  • Chapel le Dale, Yorkshire
  • Medium

An ambitious, landscape-scale rewilding project working with the community to bring about nature’s recovery in the Yorkshire Dales.

Dundreggan Nursery
 © Chris Aldridge / Dundreggan
Dundreggan
  • Glenmoriston near Loch Ness
  • Large

Restoring the Caledonian Forest and inspiring thousands of visitors and volunteers every year.

Aerial shot of wetlands
 © WWT
Steart Marshes
  • Steart, Somerset

Wild, large scale working wetland landscape safeguarding the future of wildlife and people, and working with nature to tackle climate change.

Sunlight glistening on pond at Cove Down Wilding Project, Devon
 © Cove Down Wilding
Cove Down Wilding
  • Cove, Devon
  • Medium

Scaling up rewilding as a landowner group.

Grassland meadow at Dayshul Brake
 © Dayshul Brake
Dayshul Brake
  • Witheridge, Devon
  • Medium

Rewilding with a shared landowner vision.

Wild Oakingham cattle
 © Wild Oakingham
Wild Oakingham
  • Nuffield
  • Small

Rewilding in the Chilterns.

Entrance to Bunloit
 © Bunloit Estate
Highlands Rewilding - Bunloit
  • Scottish Highlands
  • Medium

Rewilding the Scottish Highlands for biodiversity, carbon capture and local communities.

Small Heath Butterfly
 © Lance Featherstone
Wilder Nunwell
  • Brading, Isle of Wight
  • Medium

Improving water quality through rewilding

chestnut hill
 © Sandon Estate
Sandon Estate
  • Sandon, near Buntingford, Herts
  • Medium

Rewilding wood pasture and wetlands in Hertfordshire.

Phoenix Forest
 © John Muir Trust
Glenlude
  • Scottish Borders
  • Medium

A rewilding hub for volunteer and community engagement in a small corner of the Scottish Borders.

Pirbright
 © Surrey Wildlife Trust
Pirbright Ranges
  • Camberley. Surrey
  • Large

Rewilding a military firing range to support rich wildlife and priority habitats.

Green and misty valley
 © Graythwaite Estate
Wild Graythwaite
  • Hawkshead, Cumbria
  • Large

Rewilding the world-renowned locale of Hawkshead, Cumbria.

Wildflower meadow
 © Cannwood
Cannwood
  • North Brewham, Somerset
  • Medium

Rewilding lowland Somerset.

Rainbow over newly planted saplings
 © Sunart Fields
Sunart Fields
  • High Peak, Derbyshire
  • Small

Rewilding a former coal mine and dairy farm in the High Peak.

Rewilding landscape, Hamatethy Rewilding Project
 © Hamatethy Rewilding Project
Hamatethy
  • Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
  • Medium

Allowing natural processes to restore the ecosystem, grow healthy food and accelerate change by reintroducing lost species.

Mar Lodge, Drone Landscape
 © National Trust Scotland
Mar Lodge
  • Cairngorms National Park
  • Large

Beautiful regenerating pinewood in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park within the largest National Nature Reserve in Britain.

Pentwyn Farm RWT
 © Silvia Cojocaru
Wilder Pentwyn Farm
  • Pentwyn, Radnorshire
  • Small

Restoring wilder nature in Wales 

Misty view
 © Sheepdrove Organic Farm
Sheepdrove Organic Farm
  • Berkshire
  • Small

Organic farm on the Berkshire Downs committed to enhancing biodiversity through natural processes.

Wild Ennerdale stony river
 © Wild Ennerdale
Wild Ennerdale
  • Cumbria
  • Large

Pioneering wilding in the Lake District National Park.

livestock grazing in the snow
 © RSPB Geltsdale
RSPB Geltsdale
  • Hallbankgate, Cumbria
  • Large

Rewilding a remote and ruggedly beautiful corner of the North Pennines.

Bison at Wilder Blean
 © Wildwood Trust
Wilder Blean
  • Canterbury, Kent
  • Medium

Restoring keystone species and ecosystem engineers to one of the UKs largest ancient woodland.

Fish kelp
 © Big Wave TV
Sussex Kelp Recovery Project
  • Sussex Coast

Rewilding the Sussex marine environment.

Doddington Hall Cyclists
 © Doddington Hall
Wilder Doddington
  • Doddington, Lincolnshire
  • Large

Rewilding one of the most visited farms in Lincolnshire.

Main Cover Photo
 © Kilchoan Estate
Kilchoan Estate
  • Oban, Argyll
  • Medium

Rewilding and restoration of both marine and terrestrial habitats on a Scottish Estate undertaken by the Kilchoan Initiative.

Trees in the sun
 © Coombeshead Rewilding
Upcott Grange Farm
  • Broadwoodwidger, Devon
  • Medium

Letting nature set its own course – changing a highly managed landscape to one of wildlife abundance.

Coast and island
 © Howard Wood / COAST
Community of Arran Seabed Trust
  • Arran and the Clyde

A ground-breaking community led project rewilding the seas around Arran and the Clyde.

Wetlands at Wicken Fen
 © Justin Minns
Wicken Fen
  • Wicken, Cambridgeshire
  • Large

Rewilding the National Trust’s oldest nature reserve to create England’s most famous fen.

Lowther estate
 © Lowther Estate
Lowther Estate
  • Cumbria
  • Large

Ambitious rewilding project in the Lake District, putting access and education front and centre.

Diver surveying
 © Seawilding
Restoring Seagrass & oysters to North West Scotland
  • Loch Craignish, Argyll

Restoring native oyster beds and seagrass meadows in Loch Craignish.

RSPB Wallasea
 © RSPB Wallasea
Wallasea Island
  • Canewdon, Essex

The Wild Coast Project is transforming this island back into a magical intertidal coastal marshland.

Sun on green hillside with heather
 © Natural Capital Laboratory
Natural Capital Laboratory
  • Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands
  • Small

A live experiment for identifying, quantifying and valuing the impacts of rewilding.

Belmont Estate
 © Belmont Estate
Watercress Farm
  • Bristol, North Somerset
  • Small

Restoring natural processes, rewetting landscapes and reconnecting people with nature in Somerset

Landscape view of Wild Woodbury Rewilding Project in Bere Regis, Dorset
 © Dorset Wildlife Trust
Wild Woodbury
  • Bere Regis, Dorset
  • Medium

England’s first community rewilding project.

Rwt gilfach valley
 © Radnorshire Wildlife Trust / James Hitchcock
Gilfach
  • Powys, Wales
  • Medium

Restoring biodiversity to an old hill farm.

Woodland spreading out of the valleys at Geltsdale Farm
 © Alastair Driver
Geltsdale Farm
  • Cumbria
  • Large

Rewilding a commercial hill farm in Cumbria.

Grange project grasslands
 © Grange Project
Grange Project
  • Monmouth, Monmouthshire
  • Smallholding

Bringing back the wild side of Monmouthshire

langholm
 © Martin Harvey
Tarras Valley Nature Reserve
  • Tarras Valley, Southern Scotland
  • Large

An ambitious community led project to restore nature.

Cefn Garthenor rewilding area
 © Cefn Garthenor
Cefn Garthenor
  • Tregaron, Ceredigion
  • Small

Dychwelyd y gwyllt yn ôl i Orllewin Cymru. / Putting the Wild back into Wild West Wales.

Harolds Park
 © Nattergal
Harold’s Park Wildland
  • Nazeing, Essex
  • Medium

Nattergal's third rewilding site is steeped in history and enjoys views of the London skyline.

Mapperton
 © Mapperton
Mapperton Estate
  • Mapperton, Dorset
  • Medium

Blending rewilding and regenerative agriculture to restore wildlife across the estate.

Waterfall
 © Alice McCourt
Benshaw Moor
  • Elsdon, Northumberland
  • Medium

Wild Uplands: Rewilding upland heathland and peatland.

View of Hepple Wildlands with grazing animals
 © Alastair Driver
Hepple Wilds
  • Northumberland
  • Large

Taking a holistic approach to ecosystem recovery in Northumberland.

Northumberland Wildlife Trust West Chevington
 © Northumberland Wildlife Trust
Wilding West Chevington
  • West Chevington, Northumberland
  • Medium

From coal to climate: an ambitious rewilding project restoring a former opencast coal mine in North East England.

Westacre estate
 © Westacre Estate
Westacre
  • Norfolk
  • Large

Rewilding lowland farmland to restore biodiversity and create new nature based enterprises.

Carrifran Valley in the Scottish Borders, site of major woodland restoration project, Scotland
 © Peter Cairns / SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
Reviving the wild heart of Southern Scotland
  • Dumfries & Galloway
  • Large
Landscape scale ecological restoration and supporting local landowners and communities to add to the Wild Heart by rewilding land through access to funding and advice.
Flat field
 © Chris Francis
Wild Saltholme
  • Cowpen Bewley, County Durham
  • Medium

Protecting and restoring wildlife abundance.

Marsh birds at Wild Ken Hill
 © Wild Ken Hill
Wild Ken Hill
  • Norfolk
  • Medium

Combining rewilding and regenerative agriculture for nature recovery on land in Norfolk.

crubby Haweswater Scene
 © David Morris / Haweswater
Wild Haweswater
  • Lake District National Park, Cumbria
  • Large

A partnership project creating a landscape of thriving upland wildlife alongside sustainable farming.

Wildwood Heinz Traut
 © Kielder Wildwood
Kielderhead Wildwood
  • Kielder, Northumberland
  • Medium

One of the wildest landscapes in England, and the last English stronghold for Scots pine.

Tree lined river
 © Highlands Rewilding
Highlands Rewilding - Beldorney
  • Banffshire, Scotland
  • Medium

Developing a world leading open innovation site for rewilding.

Torosay
 © Torosay Hills
Torosay Hills
  • Torosay Hills, Isle of Mull
  • Large

Restoring wild landscapes to the Isle of Mull.

Natural regeneration at Birchen Edge
 © Birchen Edge
Burbage and Eastern Moors
  • Sheffield, Yorkshire
  • Large

A rich tapestry of habitats and wildlife guided by natural processes.

Karens high tide
 © Hesketh Out Marsh
Hesketh Out Marsh
  • Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
  • Medium

Rewilding one of Europe’s largest saltmarshes to support a variety of wonderful wildlife.

Wild Idle Valley wetland
 © Credit: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Wilder Idle Valley
  • Retford, Nottinghamshire
  • Medium

A stunning mosaic of wildlife-rich wetland habitats where Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is bringing back lost keystone species on their land and working with farmers to help restore nature to the wider valley.

Somerleyton
 © Alastair Driver
Wild Somerleyton
  • Suffolk
  • Large

Raising awareness and recovering nature - rewilding lowland habitats in Suffolk.

Creag Meagaidh, Hero Landscape
 © Creag Meagaidh / Nature Scot
Creag Meagaidh
  • Inverness-shire, Scotland
  • Large

One of the first places in Scotland to seriously tackle centuries of land degradation, resulting in spectacular natural regeneration of woodland and forest.

bamff
 © Bamff Estate
Bamff Estate
  • Perthshire
  • Medium

An eco-estate on the edge of the Scottish Highlands, well known for its beaver project and abundant wildlife.

Cabilla cornwall
 © Cam Goodhead / Cabilla Cornwall
Cabilla Cornwall
  • Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
  • Medium

Restoring an ancient and beautiful temperate rainforest wilderness.

Ewhurst Park Summer
 © Jonno Clifford / Ewhurst
Ewhurst Park
  • Ramsdell, Hampshire
  • Medium

Inspiring renewed relationships with nature through rewilding and edible landscape.

Hen harrier soaring through the air above the Wild Wrendale Rewilding Project in Searby, Lincolnshire
 © Graham Catley / Wild Wrendale
Wild Wrendale
  • Searby, Lincolnshire
  • Medium

Rewilding marginal land for wildlife.

Heathland woodland and salt marsh at Purbeck Heaths
 © Alastair Driver
Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve
  • Dorset
  • Large

Re-establishing natural processes on a ‘super’ nature reserve in Dorset.

Elmore Court above
 © Elmore Court
Elmore Court Estate
  • Gloucestershire
  • Medium

Rewilding within a historic and unique estate set in Severn Vale.

Meadow and grassland
 © Wild Tolworth
Wild Tolworth
  • Kingston, London
  • Small

A bold vision of community driven urban rewilding.

Wild Neroche
 © Jamie Foster (Geckoella 2024)
Wild Neroche
  • Taunton, Somerset
  • Large

Creating wilder forests in Somerset

Native oysters
 © ZSL
Native oysters
 © ZSL