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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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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

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

Taking a holistic approach to ecosystem recovery in Northumberland.

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.

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

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

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

Developing a world leading open innovation site for rewilding.

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

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

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.

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.

Water fall
 © Kingsdale Head
Kingsdale Head
  • Ingleton, Yorkshire
  • Large

Regenerating an upland landscape through rewilding.

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.

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.

Lowther estate
 © Lowther Estate
Lowther Estate
  • Cumbria
  • Large

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

Map key
  • Rewilding project
  • Marine project
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.

Somerleyton
 © Alastair Driver
Wild Somerleyton
  • Suffolk
  • Large

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

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.

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.

Mapperton
 © Mapperton
Mapperton Estate
  • Mapperton, Dorset
  • Medium

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

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

An ambitious community led project to restore nature.

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.

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.

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

Britain’s largest urban rewilding project.

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.

Westacre estate
 © Westacre Estate
Westacre
  • Norfolk
  • Large

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

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

Wild Uplands: Rewilding upland heathland and peatland.

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

Creating wilder forests in Somerset

Water fall
 © Kingsdale Head
Kingsdale Head
  • Ingleton, Yorkshire
  • Large

Regenerating an upland landscape through rewilding.

RSPB Wallasea
 © RSPB Wallasea
Wallasea Island
  • Canewdon, Essex

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

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.

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

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

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

Pioneering wilding in the Lake District National Park.

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.

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

Improving diversity and resilience for people and wildlife through rewilding.

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

Rewilding one of the most visited farms in Lincolnshire.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Lowther estate
 © Lowther Estate
Lowther Estate
  • Cumbria
  • Large

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

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.

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

Rewilding lowland Somerset.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Rewilding with a shared landowner vision.

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

Inspiring renewed relationships with nature through rewilding and edible landscape.

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.

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

Rewilding a commercial hill farm in Cumbria.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Developing a world leading open innovation site for rewilding.

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

Restoring native oyster beds and seagrass meadows in Loch Craignish.

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

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

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

Restoring wild landscapes to the Isle of Mull.

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

Taking a holistic approach to ecosystem recovery in Northumberland.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Rewilding a historical estate in Northamptonshire.

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.

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

Rewilding the world-renowned locale of Hawkshead, Cumbria.

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

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

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

Restoring wilder nature in Wales 

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

Bringing back the wild side of Monmouthshire

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.

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.

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

Rewilding wood pasture and wetlands in Hertfordshire.

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.
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.

Flat field
 © Chris Francis
Wild Saltholme
  • Cowpen Bewley, County Durham
  • Medium

Protecting and restoring wildlife abundance.

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

Restoring biodiversity to an old hill farm.

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

Improving water quality through rewilding

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.

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

Restoring an ancient and beautiful temperate rainforest wilderness.

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

A bold vision of community driven urban rewilding.

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.

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

Rewilding the Sussex marine environment.

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

Rewilding in the Chilterns.

Native oysters
 © ZSL
Native oysters
 © ZSL