Knepp Wildland Foundation
@kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
Catalysing nature recovery across Sussex and beyond.
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Follow Knepp's rewilding journey @kneppwilding.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kneppwildlandfoundation
Follow Knepp's rewilding journey @kneppwilding.bsky.social
Painted lady numbers are set to soar this summer.
When Knepp started rewilding creeping thistle grew in metre-high thickets. However, painted ladies arrived in force, laying eggs on the plants. Their caterpillars fed on the leaves, naturally balancing creeping thistle numbers.
📷 David Phillips
When Knepp started rewilding creeping thistle grew in metre-high thickets. However, painted ladies arrived in force, laying eggs on the plants. Their caterpillars fed on the leaves, naturally balancing creeping thistle numbers.
📷 David Phillips
June 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Painted lady numbers are set to soar this summer.
When Knepp started rewilding creeping thistle grew in metre-high thickets. However, painted ladies arrived in force, laying eggs on the plants. Their caterpillars fed on the leaves, naturally balancing creeping thistle numbers.
📷 David Phillips
When Knepp started rewilding creeping thistle grew in metre-high thickets. However, painted ladies arrived in force, laying eggs on the plants. Their caterpillars fed on the leaves, naturally balancing creeping thistle numbers.
📷 David Phillips
We make movements powerful by believing in them. No one does that better than our young people. We are proud to be working with the next generation of young leaders, across Sussex and beyond.
June 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We make movements powerful by believing in them. No one does that better than our young people. We are proud to be working with the next generation of young leaders, across Sussex and beyond.
Knepp storks were the stars of Countryfile this week, showcasing their welcome return to Sussex.
White storks are one of only two UK bird species whose adults don't call. Instead, they communicate through bill clattering. Pairs clatter to strengthen bonds and to deter predators.
📷 Gary Franklin
White storks are one of only two UK bird species whose adults don't call. Instead, they communicate through bill clattering. Pairs clatter to strengthen bonds and to deter predators.
📷 Gary Franklin
May 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Knepp storks were the stars of Countryfile this week, showcasing their welcome return to Sussex.
White storks are one of only two UK bird species whose adults don't call. Instead, they communicate through bill clattering. Pairs clatter to strengthen bonds and to deter predators.
📷 Gary Franklin
White storks are one of only two UK bird species whose adults don't call. Instead, they communicate through bill clattering. Pairs clatter to strengthen bonds and to deter predators.
📷 Gary Franklin
Our Young Guides have explored wild journeys this year.
As we prepare to welcome our second cohort, we are catching up with our very first group.
Each of our Young Guides has found their own niche, from the White Stork Project and Wild Futures to the Adur River Recovery Project.
As we prepare to welcome our second cohort, we are catching up with our very first group.
Each of our Young Guides has found their own niche, from the White Stork Project and Wild Futures to the Adur River Recovery Project.
May 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Our Young Guides have explored wild journeys this year.
As we prepare to welcome our second cohort, we are catching up with our very first group.
Each of our Young Guides has found their own niche, from the White Stork Project and Wild Futures to the Adur River Recovery Project.
As we prepare to welcome our second cohort, we are catching up with our very first group.
Each of our Young Guides has found their own niche, from the White Stork Project and Wild Futures to the Adur River Recovery Project.
At Knepp, sunny days bring a buzz—literally. Ecologists Matt and Fleur found so many bees this morning they were hard to count.
After two decades of rewilding, the landscape teems with life: deadwood and bare earth offer nesting spots, and no pesticides mean nature keeps balance.
📷Dr Tanya Pennell
After two decades of rewilding, the landscape teems with life: deadwood and bare earth offer nesting spots, and no pesticides mean nature keeps balance.
📷Dr Tanya Pennell
May 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
At Knepp, sunny days bring a buzz—literally. Ecologists Matt and Fleur found so many bees this morning they were hard to count.
After two decades of rewilding, the landscape teems with life: deadwood and bare earth offer nesting spots, and no pesticides mean nature keeps balance.
📷Dr Tanya Pennell
After two decades of rewilding, the landscape teems with life: deadwood and bare earth offer nesting spots, and no pesticides mean nature keeps balance.
📷Dr Tanya Pennell
Wake up at Knepp and step straight into the wild. If you're a young ecologist, this is your chance to gain hands-on field skills where rewilding is unfolding beneath your feet.
We're partnering with @opwall.bsky.social for summer residentials.
Visit their website to learn more and book your place.
We're partnering with @opwall.bsky.social for summer residentials.
Visit their website to learn more and book your place.
May 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Wake up at Knepp and step straight into the wild. If you're a young ecologist, this is your chance to gain hands-on field skills where rewilding is unfolding beneath your feet.
We're partnering with @opwall.bsky.social for summer residentials.
Visit their website to learn more and book your place.
We're partnering with @opwall.bsky.social for summer residentials.
Visit their website to learn more and book your place.
To lead the way in nature recovery, we need to know where we stand.
The Adur River Recovery project is working with farmers and land managers across the catchment to build a blueprint for large-scale landscape restoration.
Understanding its living foundations helps us restore it and guide others.
The Adur River Recovery project is working with farmers and land managers across the catchment to build a blueprint for large-scale landscape restoration.
Understanding its living foundations helps us restore it and guide others.
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
To lead the way in nature recovery, we need to know where we stand.
The Adur River Recovery project is working with farmers and land managers across the catchment to build a blueprint for large-scale landscape restoration.
Understanding its living foundations helps us restore it and guide others.
The Adur River Recovery project is working with farmers and land managers across the catchment to build a blueprint for large-scale landscape restoration.
Understanding its living foundations helps us restore it and guide others.
This Bank Holiday crowds flocked to Storrington to celebrate the return of white storks to our skies and the growing movement for community-led nature recovery!
We marked a proud milestone: Knepp and Storrington becoming the UK’s members of the European Stork Village Network.
We marked a proud milestone: Knepp and Storrington becoming the UK’s members of the European Stork Village Network.
May 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This Bank Holiday crowds flocked to Storrington to celebrate the return of white storks to our skies and the growing movement for community-led nature recovery!
We marked a proud milestone: Knepp and Storrington becoming the UK’s members of the European Stork Village Network.
We marked a proud milestone: Knepp and Storrington becoming the UK’s members of the European Stork Village Network.
At Knepp spring woods bloom differently.
In the rewilded ecosystem, bluebells are part of a wildflower patchwork; a sign of disturbance by large herbivores. Tamworth pigs mimic wild boar, disturbing soil where a host of plant species thrive. Instead of a bluebell carpet, the woodlands form a quilt.
In the rewilded ecosystem, bluebells are part of a wildflower patchwork; a sign of disturbance by large herbivores. Tamworth pigs mimic wild boar, disturbing soil where a host of plant species thrive. Instead of a bluebell carpet, the woodlands form a quilt.
April 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
At Knepp spring woods bloom differently.
In the rewilded ecosystem, bluebells are part of a wildflower patchwork; a sign of disturbance by large herbivores. Tamworth pigs mimic wild boar, disturbing soil where a host of plant species thrive. Instead of a bluebell carpet, the woodlands form a quilt.
In the rewilded ecosystem, bluebells are part of a wildflower patchwork; a sign of disturbance by large herbivores. Tamworth pigs mimic wild boar, disturbing soil where a host of plant species thrive. Instead of a bluebell carpet, the woodlands form a quilt.
Calling all Sussex naturalists aged 18-25: join our Wild Futures programme as a Young Guide!
Lead visits at @kneppwilding.bsky.social and engage youth along the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor.
This paid, part-time placement offers training and hands-on experience.
Learn more via link in bio!
Lead visits at @kneppwilding.bsky.social and engage youth along the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor.
This paid, part-time placement offers training and hands-on experience.
Learn more via link in bio!
April 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Calling all Sussex naturalists aged 18-25: join our Wild Futures programme as a Young Guide!
Lead visits at @kneppwilding.bsky.social and engage youth along the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor.
This paid, part-time placement offers training and hands-on experience.
Learn more via link in bio!
Lead visits at @kneppwilding.bsky.social and engage youth along the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor.
This paid, part-time placement offers training and hands-on experience.
Learn more via link in bio!
We’re excited the long-awaited natural history GCSE has been confirmed, inspiring young people to connect with the environment and gain the knowledge to protect it. Our new ‘100-mile classroom’ in the Weald to Waves corridor will bring this learning to life through local nature projects and farms.
March 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We’re excited the long-awaited natural history GCSE has been confirmed, inspiring young people to connect with the environment and gain the knowledge to protect it. Our new ‘100-mile classroom’ in the Weald to Waves corridor will bring this learning to life through local nature projects and farms.
We are delighted to celebrate Storrington and Knepp joining the European Stork Villages Network at the UK's first ever White Stork & Nature Revival Festival!
Come along to this family friendly event hosted by Storrington and Sullington Parish Council to celebrate all things nature.
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Come along to this family friendly event hosted by Storrington and Sullington Parish Council to celebrate all things nature.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We are delighted to celebrate Storrington and Knepp joining the European Stork Villages Network at the UK's first ever White Stork & Nature Revival Festival!
Come along to this family friendly event hosted by Storrington and Sullington Parish Council to celebrate all things nature.
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Come along to this family friendly event hosted by Storrington and Sullington Parish Council to celebrate all things nature.
buff.ly/mRzMP1t
Could you and your dog be River Ambassadors?
Discover how you can help restore the River Adur—one dog walk at a time.
Learn more in our bio!
Discover how you can help restore the River Adur—one dog walk at a time.
Learn more in our bio!
March 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Could you and your dog be River Ambassadors?
Discover how you can help restore the River Adur—one dog walk at a time.
Learn more in our bio!
Discover how you can help restore the River Adur—one dog walk at a time.
Learn more in our bio!
This week, we met with the DEFRA Minister for Nature to discuss projects driving nature recovery. From Adur River Recovery, a farmer-led river health initiative, to the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor and scrubland's carbon capture potential, all shaping the future of landscape recovery.
March 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This week, we met with the DEFRA Minister for Nature to discuss projects driving nature recovery. From Adur River Recovery, a farmer-led river health initiative, to the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor and scrubland's carbon capture potential, all shaping the future of landscape recovery.
Beavers have been given the green light to get out there and restore our waterways! These natural engineers freely create wetlands that filter water, reduce floods & boost biodiversity. They once thrived in our landscape and will now help to shape a resilient, sustainable Sussex.
📸 David Plummer
📸 David Plummer
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Beavers have been given the green light to get out there and restore our waterways! These natural engineers freely create wetlands that filter water, reduce floods & boost biodiversity. They once thrived in our landscape and will now help to shape a resilient, sustainable Sussex.
📸 David Plummer
📸 David Plummer
Frosty mornings may be lingering but spring is certainly stirring!
@wealdtowaves.bsky.social BioBoxes monitoring kits will soon be out in communities, our #WildFutures team is set for a surge in school visits, and our nest cam at Knepp is live streaming the start of white stork breeding season.
@wealdtowaves.bsky.social BioBoxes monitoring kits will soon be out in communities, our #WildFutures team is set for a surge in school visits, and our nest cam at Knepp is live streaming the start of white stork breeding season.
February 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Frosty mornings may be lingering but spring is certainly stirring!
@wealdtowaves.bsky.social BioBoxes monitoring kits will soon be out in communities, our #WildFutures team is set for a surge in school visits, and our nest cam at Knepp is live streaming the start of white stork breeding season.
@wealdtowaves.bsky.social BioBoxes monitoring kits will soon be out in communities, our #WildFutures team is set for a surge in school visits, and our nest cam at Knepp is live streaming the start of white stork breeding season.
Knepp Wildland Foundation’s Wild Futures programme inspires the next generation through training, education, research and jobs.
A recent visit from Our Lady of Sion School to @kneppwilding saw students explore tracks, map habitats, find antlers and spot a Kingfisher!
📷Andrew Taylor & Ryan Greaves
A recent visit from Our Lady of Sion School to @kneppwilding saw students explore tracks, map habitats, find antlers and spot a Kingfisher!
📷Andrew Taylor & Ryan Greaves
February 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Knepp Wildland Foundation’s Wild Futures programme inspires the next generation through training, education, research and jobs.
A recent visit from Our Lady of Sion School to @kneppwilding saw students explore tracks, map habitats, find antlers and spot a Kingfisher!
📷Andrew Taylor & Ryan Greaves
A recent visit from Our Lady of Sion School to @kneppwilding saw students explore tracks, map habitats, find antlers and spot a Kingfisher!
📷Andrew Taylor & Ryan Greaves
After a winter break, our live stork camera is back just in time for breeding season!
Join the livestream on YouTube to stay up to date with activity at the nest. We’re excited to start the stream earlier this year to capture nesting and mating behaviour.
@whitestorkproject.bsky.social
Join the livestream on YouTube to stay up to date with activity at the nest. We’re excited to start the stream earlier this year to capture nesting and mating behaviour.
@whitestorkproject.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
After a winter break, our live stork camera is back just in time for breeding season!
Join the livestream on YouTube to stay up to date with activity at the nest. We’re excited to start the stream earlier this year to capture nesting and mating behaviour.
@whitestorkproject.bsky.social
Join the livestream on YouTube to stay up to date with activity at the nest. We’re excited to start the stream earlier this year to capture nesting and mating behaviour.
@whitestorkproject.bsky.social
White Stork Project has recorded mating activity at @kneppwilding a couple of days earlier than last year! Such a positive start to the breeding season, with first eggs likely in early March.
Our much-loved live camera will launch v soon so get ready for 24/7 stork streaming!
📷 Silla @freshairgal
Our much-loved live camera will launch v soon so get ready for 24/7 stork streaming!
📷 Silla @freshairgal
February 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
White Stork Project has recorded mating activity at @kneppwilding a couple of days earlier than last year! Such a positive start to the breeding season, with first eggs likely in early March.
Our much-loved live camera will launch v soon so get ready for 24/7 stork streaming!
📷 Silla @freshairgal
Our much-loved live camera will launch v soon so get ready for 24/7 stork streaming!
📷 Silla @freshairgal
On #WorldWetlandsDay, we celebrate those restoring Sussex’s marshes, floodplains, reedbeds, wet woodlands & wet meadows.
Find out our groundbreaking collaboration across 27 farms and estates to revive 750ha of floodplain and riparian land in West Sussex.
www.Adur-river-recovery.org
Find out our groundbreaking collaboration across 27 farms and estates to revive 750ha of floodplain and riparian land in West Sussex.
www.Adur-river-recovery.org
February 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On #WorldWetlandsDay, we celebrate those restoring Sussex’s marshes, floodplains, reedbeds, wet woodlands & wet meadows.
Find out our groundbreaking collaboration across 27 farms and estates to revive 750ha of floodplain and riparian land in West Sussex.
www.Adur-river-recovery.org
Find out our groundbreaking collaboration across 27 farms and estates to revive 750ha of floodplain and riparian land in West Sussex.
www.Adur-river-recovery.org
Last week, we were delighted to welcome students from Our Lady of Sion School for a day of exploration at @kneppwilding.bsky.social. We were lucky to witness the storks greeting each other at their nest, alongside sightings of our free-roaming cattle and pigs.
📷 Ryan Greaves
📷 Ryan Greaves
January 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Last week, we were delighted to welcome students from Our Lady of Sion School for a day of exploration at @kneppwilding.bsky.social. We were lucky to witness the storks greeting each other at their nest, alongside sightings of our free-roaming cattle and pigs.
📷 Ryan Greaves
📷 Ryan Greaves
The Weald to Waves team has been working hard to develop our BioBox loan scheme, offering kits packed with ecological survey equipment. Supporting groups identifying wildlife—from large bioblitz events to long-term monitoring schemes.
This project has been generously supported by @lbfew.bsky.social
This project has been generously supported by @lbfew.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Weald to Waves team has been working hard to develop our BioBox loan scheme, offering kits packed with ecological survey equipment. Supporting groups identifying wildlife—from large bioblitz events to long-term monitoring schemes.
This project has been generously supported by @lbfew.bsky.social
This project has been generously supported by @lbfew.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! We’re the Knepp Wildland Foundation, committed to nature restoration.
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hello Bluesky! We’re the Knepp Wildland Foundation, committed to nature restoration.
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife
Building on the groundbreaking work at the Knepp Estate, we lead transformative projects including Weald to Waves, Wild Futures, The White Stork Project, and Adur River Recovery.
#Nature #Conservation #Wildlife