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Meet the rewilders

We introduce you to the inspired individuals who are on a mission to transform their corner of the country.

Tarras valley nature reserve with rewilders
 © Shona Dickson
Members of Friends of Allestree park with David Winslow Community Park Officer for Derby City Council

Meet the rewilders: Allestree

Derby City Council and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are helping turn a former municipal golf course into Britain’s largest urban rewilding project. Read the story.

Dominic Buscall with a pony in the background at Wild Ken Hill

Meet the rewilders: Wild Ken Hill

Inspired by the achievements of Knepp in Sussex, Dominic Buscall abandoned a career in consultancy to lead a transformation of his family’s Norfolk farm.

Dayshul brake rewilding cluster

Meet the rewilders: Dayshul Brake

An unlikely group of landowners is starting out on a journey to transform their corner of Devon, in Britain’s first rewilding cluster. Read their story.

Langholm rewilders

Meet the rewilders: Langholm

In the Southern Uplands a town once known for its textile mills has found new life thanks to Scotland’s largest community land buyout.

Lee schofield haweswater rewilding portrait

Meet the rewilders: Haweswater

In the Lake District the RSPB’s Lee Schofield is spearheading an ambitious project where farming and nature recovery go hand-in-hand. Read his story.

James Hitchcock, CEO of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, standing in woodland

Meet the rewilders: Gilfach

On a nature reserve in mid-Wales, James Hitchcock led the gentle rewilding of a hill farm into a nature-rich landscape in his role at the Wildlife Trust.