Catalysing nature restoration in the Wye Valley and surrounds through rewilding.
The Wye Valley and its river is one of Britain’s most special environments. Wilding can help restore some of its natural beauty through increasing the number and connectivity of wildlife filled places along it.
Our network includes over 70 projects across more than 1700 acres throughout the Wye Valley.
Wye Valley Wilding is a network of local landowners and nature lovers who support nature restoration across the Wye Valley through rewilding.
We run free events and visits to inspiring places with wilder, nature friendly land management. We help create connections between land owners to share our knowledge and experiences. Together we aim to catalyse nature restoration across the Wye Valley.
Our ambitions include supporting people to reintroduce species to their land, providing links to useful services like graziers and jointly purchasing land.
It’s free to join the network, we have members with just a couple of acres to members with a couple of 100 acres.
Project in focus: Olchon Court Farm and Penygelli, Olchon Valley, Herefordshire
We have approximately 70 upland acres (over 300 metres) of acid grassland and woodland in the Olchon Valley, the most easterly valley of the Black Mountains.
Our aim is to maximise biodiversity, improve soil health and increase carbon capture with a mosaic of habitats suited to the local landscape. Each part of the holding has its own character and potential, and is managed accordingly, with a light touch and some intervention to encourage the journey towards those broad aims.
Ready to be wilder?
If you are in the Wye Valley area and are keen to start rewilding (or have already started), or want to learn how you can help these efforts, join with over 200 members of Wye Valley Wilding to help make a wilder Wye Valley.
“The time for playing God is over.”
— Oliver Rackham
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