Rewilding Britain

Are you rewilding or thinking about it? 🌱 If you’re managing land (minimum 10 hectares) or a marine area (any size), whether that’s as a landowner, land manager, farmer or community group, the Rewilding Network can support your rewilding journey. A free membership provides rewilding practitioners with access to exclusive content and funding, as well as peer-to-peer support with everything from navigating legislation to engaging with local communities. Together we can scale up rewilding across Britain’s land and seas. Find out how to join the Rewilding Network via the link in our bio. Photo credits: [1] Ruby Batt/Rewilding Britain, [2-5] James Street #ThinkBigActWild #RewildingNetwork #Rewilding #RewildingBritain

Think you know what wild is? 🦅 We’ve been told that nature is neat. That it’s tidy. But nature isn’t polite. It’s powerful. And that’s exactly what our new video is here to show. We’ve seen what happens when you give it the space to recover, grow and roar back.And we’re not alone, we’re building a movement to unleash nature’s full potential. Join us – link in our bio. — A huge thank you to the wonderful @outsidewithlira for voicing our mission so beautifully and to @bullandwolffilm for turning our vision into reality. Special thanks also to Dayshul Brake, @cabillacornwall , @citizenzoo , @treesforlifeuk , @ealingbeaverproject , @kentwildlife , @kneppwilding , @seawilding and @wildennerdale for allowing us to feature their inspiring landscapes in the video. #Rewilding #ThinkBigActWild #RewildingBritain #NatureRcovery

UK nature minister @marycreagh1 discovered rewilding yesterday at @wildkenhill_norfolk 🌱 Wild Ken Hill is a farm that delivers food production, eco-tourism, traditional conservation and rewilding. We were delighted to host the minister there to show her the power of rewilding and how it can work alongside other land uses. Joined by the Environment Bank, who have a habitat bank at the site, we also discussed the importance of public and private finance in delivering nature recovery. Sites like this show us and the UK government that despite what we’re often told, land managers don't need to choose between food production and nature — it’s just about making smart land use decisions. #Rewilding #RewildingBritain #ThinkBigActWild

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough 💚 Many inspiring quotes have come from this incredible environmental champion in the century he’s been on Earth, but if we had to pick a favourite this would be it: “To restore stability to our planet, therefore, we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing we have removed. It is the only way out of this crisis that we ourselves have created. We must rewild the world!” Rewilding has the potential to restore nature’s remarkable web of life and give us thriving, balanced ecosystems once more. If you’d like to help secure a wilder future for Britain, make sure to subscribe to our newsletter via the link in our bio for updates and ways to act. #Rewilding #SirDavidAttenborough #ThinkBigActWild #DavidAttenborough100

The ‘deer’ in the room. Let’s talk about it👇 Last month, our Rewilding Manager Sara King was invited to the @britishdeersociety ’s stalking show to speak on a panel about rewilding. The discussion covered the principles of rewilding and how it works alongside deer management, as well as the potential role of lynx and plans to reintroduce elk. Ultimately, it became apparent that rewilders and deer managers largely want the same thing: balanced deer numbers that support fully functioning ecosystems. Deer numbers in some parts of Britain are currently at unsustainably high levels, which is harming wider biodiversity due to overgrazing and the deer themselves due to food scarcity. By returning keystone species, rewilding can help restore natural processes and create balanced, fully functioning ecosystems. We’re so pleased the @britishdeersociety chose to include rewilding in their discussions at this event. It was great to be able to talk to people from a range of backgrounds. #Rewilding #ThinkBigActWild #RewildingBritain

Are you a young rewilder (aged 18-30) looking to connect with fellow nature lovers? 🐗 Overgrowth North might be the perfect event for you! Join the wonderful @youngwilders at @hepplewilds on 23 and 24 May for their annual Youth Rewilding Summit. Expect a weekend of camping, discussions, walks, ecological field skills sessions, workshops, games, spaces to unwind, crafts, peer learning and more. As proud supporters of the event, we couldn’t recommend it more. Tickets can be purchased via the link in our bio. 📸 Youngwilders #Rewilding #ThinkBigActWild #YoungRewilders #RewildingEvents

Our annual Rewilding Network Gathering always reminds us how much stronger we are together 💪 We’ve just returned from two incredible days of learning, sharing and connecting with rewilders from across Britain. Day one kicked off with a series of inspiring talks from Lowther Estates, Tarras Valley Nature Reserve and Solway Coast and Marine Project, exploring rewilding from source to sea. Then day two was spent on the ground at Wild Haweswater discovering this impressive project. A huge thank you to all the Rewilding Network members who joined us, we couldn’t do it without you. And if you’re rewilding on land or at sea (or thinking about it!), take a look at what the Rewilding Network can offer via the link in our bio. #Rewilding #RewildingNetwork #LakeDistrict #Haweswater #ThinkBigActWild

Wildlife figures out this week show species abundance is down 40% in 44 years. It's time to restore whole ecosystems at scale. 🦋 🦅 Defra data shared this week makes for sobering reading: in England 'species abundance' has fallen by around 40% between 1970-2024, and even more sharply for 'priority' species. This underlines just how vital it is to enable more rewilding, which has brought about incredible results for species at sites across Britain. We only have to look at stats from Knepp Wildland to see just how effective rewilding can be in turning the tide. The project's 20-year monitoring data reveals that, thanks to rewilding, they've seen a 916% increase in breeding bird abundance since 2007 and a 132% increase in species richness. Plus an 871% increase in the abundance of dragonflies and damselflies from 2005–2025 and a 53% increase in species richness along the Adur river restoration project. So what is abundance and why does it matter? 'Relative abundance' measures how common or rare a species is compared to others within an environment. It's a key indicator of ecosystem health; a simple list of species present can be misleading because if populations are too small, they can't perform ecological roles like pollinating crops, predator-prey dynamics, dispersing seeds, and maintaining healthy soils and rivers. Rewilding has at its heart the large-scale restoration of nature until it can take care of itself—and us—again. It aims to replenish nature’s remarkable web of life—restoring native habitats, natural processes and the diversity and abundance of native species. This is exactly the kind of nature-led approach we need to see more of across Britain. If we're serious about meeting the UK Government’s target to halt and reverse species decline, we must move beyond protecting fragments of nature and instead rapidly restore whole ecosystems at scale. Rewilding offers a proven, cost-effective way to do this while strengthening our landscapes against climate change. Links in bio. #Rewilding #ThinkBigActWild 📷 Photo credits Nightingale: phototrip.cz / Adobe Stock Kelp forest: Scotland: The Big Picture / Alamy Woodland: Sam Rose

April’s #RewildingWins are here! 🐾 This month has seen plans set that will move us towards a wilder future. From the UK government backing the return of golden eagles to England’s northern uplands to @rewildingaffrichighlands committing to restoring over 1,000 hectares of peatland near Loch Ness. Swipe along to discover all the stories we’re celebrating this month 👉 Let’s keep spreading positivity. Share these uplifting rewilding stories to inspire others to support the rewilding movement. And remember to follow us for your monthly dose of #RewildingHope. Images: [1]-KellyvanDellen/Canva, [2]-Rob N/Pexels/Canva, [3]-Mark Hamblin/scotlandbigpicture.com, [4]-PhotocechCZ/Shutterstock, [5]-Sarah Cunliffe

Wow, you didn’t wait around! 🏃 We asked you to double your donations to unleash nature’s power and thanks to you we’ve exceeded our target of £200,000 in just 5 days. The Big Give Earth Raise Appeal is still open for donations, but our match funding has now been used up so any further donations received until noon on 29 April will not be doubled. With under 48 hours to go, many of our collaborators still have match funding available and urgently need support. So if you still want to have your donation doubled, please consider giving to one of our partners, who are all transforming systems for a wilder future filled with lynx, beavers, storks and so much more: @themissinglynxproject @scotlandtbp @beavertrust @kneppwildland @swildlands @scottishenvironmentlink @wildernessfoundationuk Once again, a huge thank you from everyone at Rewilding Britain. #Rewilding #BigGiveEarthRaise #SupportRewilding #ThinkBigActWild

Let's talk about how we actually scale up rewilding👇 Over the last five years, our Rewilding Innovation Fund has awarded over £1 million to scale up rewilding projects across England, Scotland and Wales. From feasibility studies to community engagement projects to trialling new technologies, we’ve supported projects that are making rewilding happen. But for every project we fund, there are many more waiting in the wings. As more people start to rewild, demand for support starts to outpace the funds we have available. You can help remedy that. By donating to our @biggiveorg appeal not only will you be supporting our strategic funding programmes, but your donation will also be doubled by our generous match funders. Donate today for a wilder future — link in our bio. #Rewilding #BigGiveEarthRaise #SupportRewilding #ThinkBigActWild

Want to see more projects like these receive the critical resources they need to take the next step in their rewilding journey? 🌱 We have the chance to unlock £200,000 to break down barriers and support more rewilding at scale. We’re taking part in @biggiveorg ’s Earth Raise appeal, where every gift you give will be doubled. Through our strategic funding, your doubled donation will target the projects that most effectively unleash nature’s power Donate today for a wilder future — link in our bio. #Rewilding #BigGiveEarthRaise #SupportRewilding #ThinkBigActWild