40 acres of traditional conservation and rewilding in Powys

My family and I have been living on the 40 acre holding for 30+ years. Wildlife Trust experts such as Ray Woods, Fred Slater, Bronwin Jenkins, Richard Knight and Andy Shaw made the family aware of rare, isolated, special, native species remaining at Penrhiw.

This led to the desire to help and support the existing habitats to survive and undertake work to create opportunities for new habitat niches to establish and rare species to colonise these from other parts of Penrhiw.

Penrhir is a mixture of deciduous woodland on a steep sided valley and traditional hay meadows. It has never been intensively farmed, so it supports populations of rare plant species including Whorled caraway and Annual Knawl.

Radnorshire Wildlife Trust's knowledgeable current team have helped to guide us on the journey to maximise every opportunity to ‘stack’ favourable conditions for ecosystem regeneration and recovery into this small but varied parcel of Powys. 

We are very happy to be part of Wye Valley Wilding and see this blend of management for wildlife and trusting nature to be the most effective way to protect and encourage nature back to our landscape.