Thanks to funding from Rewilding Britain we’ve been able to run a series of online training and talks for members, and now you can access all of these on the Wye Valley Wilding You Tube channel.

Today, a movement from across Wales has launched the Welsh Rewilding Alliance. The Alliance unites local communities, landowners, and organisations through a shared vision: a wilder Wales where nature thrives, rural economies prosper, and we all have better access to wild landscapes.

The Welsh Way to Wild report is out, a compelling story of the changes to the Welsh landscape, language and culture, what we’ve lost and how we can restore it.

We are proud to be members of the Welsh Rewilding Alliance.

A growing movement uniting organisations, landowners, communities and decision-makers to restore thriving ecosystems, boost rural livelihoods and celebrate Welsh landscapes and our wild nature.

We had a fantastic evening with two short films by the Beaver Trust and a wonderful talk from Alicia Leow-Dyke, the Welsh Beaver Project Officer with the Wildlife Trusts Wales.  Alicia is hugely knowledgeable and has over 10 years of experience working with beavers.

On the 10th of February Tim Kaye local ecologist and director of Community Learning and Nature (CLaN) gave us a fascinating insight into the lives of many of our native invertebrates and explained how we can manage our grasslands to benefit them. Managing Grasslands for Invertebrates webinar, proudly supported by Rewilding Britain Innovation Fund.

Funding from Rewilding Britain for adminstrative support is helping us to run the network, so we have decided to create a quarterly newsletter, to bring together all the rewilding news and events in one place.

James Hitchcock joined WVW to introduce WVW members to the work of the Welsh Rewilding Alliance, a growing movement uniting organisations, landowners, communities and decision-makers to restore thriving ecosystems, boost rural livelihoods and celebrate Welsh landscapes and our wild nature.

On the 20th January we had an online talk by Tom Constable from the Grange Project about the new Nature Sponsorship tool he has developed. We were pleased to have 24 people join the online call, and have had very positive feedback.

We held our first Christmas social on 12th December. 47 of us visited a local regenerative farm business Wild by Nature.   As well as a farm business, they have a (delicious) pizza restaurant and beautiful wedding venue.  

Wye Valley Wilding’s first Fungi Foray generously supported by experts from Herefordshire Fungi Survey Group.

Wye Valley Wilding hosted our first online event and welcomed Tir Natur to tell us about their work.  Tir Natur is a Welsh charity focused on the recovery of nature in Wales through rewilding.

WVW members were welcomed to a Welsh hill farm which has been farmed in the traditional way for hundreds of years.

We were grateful to be invited to Old-Lands to learn more about grazing from pioneers in the regenerative farming movement.

45 people joined us at one of the larger land holdings adopting a wilding approach in the Black Mountains

Rowlestone Mill is the beautiful and much-loved home of the Maslins who have rewilded their land with great care and thought with an emphasis on providing opportunities for nature.

Dan Carne talked to a pack house at the Parish Hall Hay on Wye about woodmeadows and wood pasture, drawing upon his travels across Eastern and Northern Europe.

The Wye Valley Wilders were delighted to welcome Toby Fountain and Rebecca Meredith from Herefordshire Wildlife Trust for a discussion of Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) and HWT’s Farm Advisory service.

We were excited to welcome Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain and one of the best-known names in British conservation, for a morning with local landowners here in the Wye Valley. 

Situated in a beautiful natural bowl with the farm house at its centre, the Grange Project includes a biodiverse wetland, a profusion of ancient oaks, replanting and scrape digging and some truly charismatic residents.