Knepp Wildland Foundation

YouTube video by The National Film & Television School NFTS x Knepp | Trials of a Dung Fly

The NFTS and @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social are excited to share a selection of short films made by NFTS students on their latest trip to the pioneering rewilding project.

Introducing...Trials of a Dung Fly by Lulu Wood

More films coming soon! Read more: nfts.co.uk/article/nfts...

Painted lady numbers are set to soar this summer.

When Knepp started rewilding creeping thistle grew in metre-high thickets. However, painted ladies arrived in force, laying eggs on the plants. Their caterpillars fed on the leaves, naturally balancing creeping thistle numbers.

📷 David Phillips

We make movements powerful by believing in them. No one does that better than our young people. We are proud to be working with the next generation of young leaders, across Sussex and beyond.

@whitestorkproject.bsky.social

Knepp storks were the stars of Countryfile this week, showcasing their welcome return to Sussex.

White storks are one of only two UK bird species whose adults don't call. Instead, they communicate through bill clattering. Pairs clatter to strengthen bonds and to deter predators.

📷 Gary Franklin

Our Young Guides have explored wild journeys this year.

As we prepare to welcome our second cohort, we are catching up with our very first group.

Each of our Young Guides has found their own niche, from the White Stork Project and Wild Futures to the Adur River Recovery Project.

At Knepp, sunny days bring a buzz—literally. Ecologists Matt and Fleur found so many bees this morning they were hard to count.

After two decades of rewilding, the landscape teems with life: deadwood and bare earth offer nesting spots, and no pesticides mean nature keeps balance.

📷Dr Tanya Pennell

Wake up at Knepp and step straight into the wild. If you're a young ecologist, this is your chance to gain hands-on field skills where rewilding is unfolding beneath your feet.

We're partnering with @opwall.bsky.social for summer residentials.

Visit their website to learn more and book your place.

To lead the way in nature recovery, we need to know where we stand.

The Adur River Recovery project is working with farmers and land managers across the catchment to build a blueprint for large-scale landscape restoration.

Understanding its living foundations helps us restore it and guide others.

For the first time, a pair of blue tits are nesting at the base of Ania and Bartek’s nest at @kneppwilding.bsky.social!

White stork nests are enormous and can become mini ecosystems, hosting a range of small bird species. Providing shelter and an insect-rich environment!

📷 Volunteer Colette

In the top left corner is The British Book Awards logo and in gold text reads: winner. In white text reads: Book of the Year Children's Non-Fiction

Isabella Tree and Angela Harding win Book of the Year: Children's Non-Fiction (supported by The Week Jr Science + Nature) for Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back (Macmillan Children's Books) 🤩

“This will stand the test of time”, pronounced one judge #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

Spirits soared at the White Stork and Nature Revival Festival!

Thank you to everyone who came and filled the day with energy, optimism and connection. Moments like these show what’s possible when we come together for wildlife!

#StorkNatureFest2025 #Wildlifecelebration

This Bank Holiday crowds flocked to Storrington to celebrate the return of white storks to our skies and the growing movement for community-led nature recovery!

We marked a proud milestone: Knepp and Storrington becoming the UK’s members of the European Stork Village Network.

Bees buzz around a lupin, credit goes to the Buzz Club.

To mark World Bee Day on 20 May, we’re hosting a webinar to celebrate the role of the UK’s 22 million gardens in nature recovery.

Join us and the University of Sussex’s Buzz Club, to learn how even the smallest outdoor space can support nature. Book via the link in bio.

Weald to Waves are proud to support the #GreatUKWaterBlitz, sending water testing kits to citizen scientists in Kingston parish and the Greenhavens network. With over 3,800 WaterBlitz surveys submitted from 25-28 April, we’re excited to help build a clearer picture of water quality across the UK.

Woodland outside a deer fence, where patches of bluebells, scrub, and a range of other species thrive, driven by the disturbance of large herbivores. Inside the fence, away from the hooves and snouts of the herbivores, the bluebells form a monocultural carpet.

At Knepp spring woods bloom differently.

In the rewilded ecosystem, bluebells are part of a wildflower patchwork; a sign of disturbance by large herbivores. Tamworth pigs mimic wild boar, disturbing soil where a host of plant species thrive. Instead of a bluebell carpet, the woodlands form a quilt.

Huge thanks for your incredible support, we raised a whopping £77,070 in @biggiveorg #GreenMatchFund! 💚

This provides satellite tagging, hosts school visits, unlocks research & maintains livestreaming for the Project. You've made a real impact — thank you!

#WhiteStorkProject #Rewilding

New podcast episode!

Penny Green meets with Laura Vaughan-Hirsch of the @whitestorkproject.bsky.social and they talk all things storks - including about the 1st Storrington White Stork and Nature Revival Festival.

Listen: knepp.co.uk/wildland-pod...

📷 Gary Franklin

@kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

The campaign is now live!

From now until 29 April, your donation to the White Stork Project will be doubled via @biggiveorg.

Help us reach £25k to unlock £50k for education, livestreams & stork tracking.

Donate via the link in bio.

#GreenMatchFund #WhiteStorkProject #EarthDay

Double your impact!

From 22–29 April, every donation to the White Stork Project will be matched by @biggive.bsky.social #GreenMatchFund.

Help us reach £25k to unlock £50k for conservation, education, youth engagement & stork tracking!

Find out more: tinyurl.com/45hx6478

Hatching at @kneppwilding.bsky.social has started! 🐣

Scroll back to 11:33:30 on our YouTube live camera to see the first glimpse of the chick.

@kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

Ania and Bartek are sitting tight on 4 eggs that are due to hatch any day now! Any guesses when?🤞🪺

We're keeping a close eye on their progress on the live cam, keep up to date with them on our YouTube channel (link in bio)
@kneppwilding.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

Young people listen to a guided walk around Knepp with pigs in the background.

Calling all Sussex naturalists aged 18-25: join our Wild Futures programme as a Young Guide!

Lead visits at @kneppwilding.bsky.social and engage youth along the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor.

This paid, part-time placement offers training and hands-on experience.

Learn more via link in bio!

Students walking across a field.

We’re excited the long-awaited natural history GCSE has been confirmed, inspiring young people to connect with the environment and gain the knowledge to protect it. Our new ‘100-mile classroom’ in the Weald to Waves corridor will bring this learning to life through local nature projects and farms.

@kneppwilding.bsky.social @whitestorkproject.bsky.social

A poster saying: The White Stork Project White Stork and Nature Revival Festival Hosted by Storrington and Sullington Parish Council 5 May 2025 Chanctonbury Leisure Centre RH20 4BG 10:30 - 16:30 Free entry, family friendly, live music, guest speakers, nature based activities, information stalls, local food, local artists

We are delighted to celebrate Storrington and Knepp joining the European Stork Villages Network at the UK's first ever White Stork & Nature Revival Festival!

Come along to this family friendly event hosted by Storrington and Sullington Parish Council to celebrate all things nature.

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We are delighted to announce this happy news that we’ve been incubating! In collaboration with Storrington village & @kneppwilding.bsky.social, the @whitestorkproject.bsky.social has joined the European Stork Village network, the first in the UK, helping to combat habitat loss and boost populations

Could you and your dog be River Ambassadors?

Discover how you can help restore the River Adur—one dog walk at a time.

Learn more in our bio!

It was invaluable to hear from key partners, including @lbfew.bsky.social which funds Weald to Waves and British Standards, which is building on @kneppwilding.bsky.social ’s pioneering carbon research in collaboration with Arup.

This week, we met with the DEFRA Minister for Nature to discuss projects driving nature recovery. From Adur River Recovery, a farmer-led river health initiative, to the @wealdtowaves.bsky.social corridor and scrubland's carbon capture potential, all shaping the future of landscape recovery.