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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 7d

... but she has left in her wake generations who have been encouraged by her spirit and are determined to realise her vision for the natural world."

#JaneGoodall

📷Jane Goodall Institute

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 7d

Some words from Isabella Tree on the passing of Jane Goodall:

"What a tower of strength and inspiration Jane Goodall was (and a shining example of nominative determinism!). We’ll miss her compassionate voice and calm wisdom...

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 7d

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Chris Cummins @christianccummins.bsky.social · 9d

What have #beavers ever done for us? Ecologist Matt Phelps at @kneppwilding.bsky.social

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 12d

A new episode of the Knepp Wildland Podcast just landed! 🪶📻

In 'Owl Quiet on the Nesting Front', Penny Green interviews Matt Phelps, Knepp’s lead ecologist.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: knepp.co.uk/wildland-pod...

🎥 by Charlie Burrell and Ryan Greaves. 📷by Charlie Burrell.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 22d

...For example, ranking climate projects on both climate benefits and biodiversity ones, giving lowest priority to those that harm the latter."

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 22d

"They should also have a dedicated biodiversity financing facility."

The good news is that NGOs and the private sector have innovated to improve biodiversity financing tools, but these won’t be effective unless backed by regulations and incentives. National governments must take concrete steps...

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 22d

Powerful op ed in the FT. Link below for those with access.

Key points: "COP leaders should also use their platforms in multilateral banks and development finance institutions to similarly require biodiversity impact studies along with avoidance and mitigation plans...

www.ft.com/content/f84d...

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Sep 8

We invited name suggestions and had lots of ideas offered... thanks in particular to Linda Robson-Burrell, Emma Tozer, Colleen Snyman, Harriet Masters and Mrs M. They all suggested at least one of the names we chose.

📷 Recent photos of two of the older siblings by volunteer Kirsty Richardson

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING GNAWS! 🚨

Earlier in the summer, we said that two beaver kits had been born at Knepp this year. We were wrong. We have three!

And we've named them Birch, Beech and Bay.

It's the most kits our original beaver pair have ever had in one year.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Sep 5

Have you heard the latest episode of our podcast, where Isabella Tree interviews Mick Crawley about the incredible summer it's been for ragwort?

It's much maligned, but actually it's a powerhouse for wildlife.

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts - or here knepp.co.uk/2025/08/epis...

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Sep 4

Don't miss Isabella Tree, Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, Thomas Halliday and Minette Batters speaking at this Land and Soil event at the Royal Geographical Society

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Book your place here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-green...

5x15 & Greenbank present The Earth Convention Live: Land and Soil

This session on Land and Soil features Isabella Tree and an esteemed line-up of environmental thinkers

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Sep 1

See our What's On calendar for more: knepp.co.uk/visit-knepp/...

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Sep 1

What's On at Knepp this September? Plenty!

From author suppers, to delicious dinners and from a wedding venue open day to sumptuous garden produce and tours... September at Knepp is bursting with late summer goodness.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Aug 2

UPDATE! Thank you all so much for your suggestions. We're taking a look at these names and we'll let you know what we decide in the next few weeks!

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 30

What shall we name our two new beaver kits? Comment your suggestions below!

We're looking for 'B' names. Brooke and Banksy are the two adults. Buster and Booster were the 2023 kits. Bach and Bracken were last year’s kits.

📽️Two of the kits' older siblings earlier this month, aged one and two.

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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.bsky.social · Jul 24

We're generationally behind 🦫

Over 103 years ago, at dawn on 6 July 1922, two Eurasian beavers slipped into Sweden’s River Bjurälven and quietly launched one of Europe’s first beaver restoration projects.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our adult beaver pair have had three sets of two kits for the last three summers, bringing the size of their family to eight. We look forward to watching these two grow into the formidable ecosystem engineers that their parents and older siblings are.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 18

Introducing the two newest members of the Knepp team! 🦫🦫

Two beaver kits have been born this summer. Here they are playing together outside of their lodge. Their small size and extra buoyancy confirms they are new! We think they're 6 - 8 weeks old.

📹Ryan Greaves @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

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White Stork Project @whitestorkproject.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are so pleased to announce that with a total of 45 chicks ringed this year @kneppwilding.bsky.social, most have taken their first flights!

Here is the moment the first live cam chick fledged!

Now, this year's chicks are honing their flying skills and preparing to migrate soon.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 15

The male gathers small bundles of willow and takes them back to the lodge. When the kits are about six weeks old, they’ll move on from milk to plants. And this freshly regrown willow could be the perfect food for them...

🚨 Last few spaces on tomorrow's beaver pen tours: knepp.co.uk/view/safaris...

Beaver Pen Tour - Knepp

The Beaver Pen Tour will start with a presentation on our beaver reintroduction before hopping into our all-terrain vehicle.

knepp.co.uk

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 15

Are there new beaver kits in the lodge? We still don’t know for sure, but there are signs… 🦫

A few months ago, the beavers felled a willow. Now, they’re harvesting its new growth. They've done this previously when the older female has been in the lodge nursing kits.

📷 @mostlyscarce.bsky.social

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 15

Beautiful image!

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 4

💜SOME GOOD NEWS! 💜 It's officially a record year for purple emperor butterflies. Knepp butterfly expert and safari guide Neil Hulme spoke to the Guardian about the incredible year they're having at Knepp, and elsewhere.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project

Ecologists say 283 purple emperor recordings on one day at Knepp signal higher numbers nationwide

www.theguardian.com

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · Jul 3

The Independent is running a poll on whether lynx should be reintroduced to the British countryside.

What do you think?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Poll: Should lynx be reintroduced to the British countryside?

Have your say: Debate over lynx reintroduction is sharply split between hopes for nature recovery and concerns about farming impacts

www.independent.co.uk

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