Meet The UK's Leading Rewilding Animal Breeder (Part.1)

In this episode, we visit Rewilding Coombeshead in Devon, home to Keep It Wild and The Species Recovery Centre, which breeds and supplies animals for many of the UK's leading rewilding and nature recovery projects.

Coombeshead is home to remarkable species like Beavers, Wildcats, Black Grouse, White Storks, Water Voles, Cranes, and Turtle Doves. They also breed and provide these species, including beavers, to other rewilding locations across the country. Recently, they welcomed three non-breeding Lynx, which we’ll explore in part two.

In part one, I meet Nick Viney, co-founder of Keep It Wild, to explore how beavers are regenerating the land and contributing to rewilding efforts nationwide. These "ecosystem engineers" are transforming wetlands, crucial for flood management and carbon storage.

🦫 Find out more about Keep It Wild here: keepitwild.uk/

🌿 Find out more about Rewilding Coombeshead here: rewildingcoombeshead.co.uk/

🔎 About the Series:

As CEO & co-founder at Earthly (earthly.org/), Olly has the privilege of discovering incredible nature restoration projects, often meeting the inspiring people behind them. So we're launched the ‘Wilding Earth’ YouTube channel, where each month, Olly will bring you up close to one extraordinary project, sharing the tangible impacts of their nature regeneration work on the ground. Subscribe to follow our exciting journey through nature recovery.

If you’re aware of (or involved in) any pioneering UK projects focused on nature restoration or regeneration and would like them to be featured, please comment with details. Thank you!

🎬 Editor: Olaf Lawr