Community Rewilding Days
Embercombe is pleased to announce the next dates of Lottery-funded Community Rewilding Days aimed to reconnect isolated individuals and rural families in the Teign Valley area to our beautiful 50 acres of land and learn about rewilding.
Join us for these free family-friendly sessions led our our Rewilding Lead Laura Fairs where you will learn skills in biodiversity/wildlife surveying, tree and plant identification and plant, insect and mammal surveys as well as practical land-based and rewilding skills such as planting, coppicing, hedge-laying, fencing and animal care.
The days are free to attend but booking is essential. Please book by emailing: rewilding@embercombe.org
13 May 2023 17:30 on Saturday – 10:30 Sunday |
Campout and moths Breakfast included. Please note you may book to just attend the moth trapping event in the evening if you do not wish to camp. Please let us know this when you get in touch. |
Suitable for adults and children aged 12yrs+. Please note all children under 16yrs must be accompanied by an adult. |
16 May 20:30-22:00 Tuesday |
Bat Walk Bring a torch!
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Suitable for adults and children aged 6yr+ but please note that all children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. This event will take place across uneven ground, in our woodland in the dark! |
6 June, 16:30-18:00 – Tuesday |
Bug hunt
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12 July 2023 |
Butterfly walk |
All ages welcome. Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. This event will involve following a set route across our wildland, counting butterflies and identifying the different species we find. |
The days are free to attend but booking is essential. Please book by
We are grateful that this project has been generously funded by Lottery Awards for All and welcome all people and community groups in the rural areas around the Teign Valley, Higher Ashton, Chudleigh and Bovey Tracey to join us.
Key information:
DATES:
6 June 16:30-18:00 Tuesday
12 July 2023 10:00-13:00
The days are free to attend and welcomes anyone in and around Tiegn Valley to join us, but booking is essential. Please book by emailing: rewilding@embercombe.org
Want to learn more about rewilding?
Do you want to become a rewilder?
Do you dream of rewilding a piece of land but don’t know how to get there?
Do you already have a place to rewild, or know someone that manages land, and needs some support?
Do you wish to become a rewilding practitioner or advisor?
Find out more about The Rewilding Training, the UK’s first in-depth, blended rewilding training programme from 2 May 2023 – 21 January 2024.
With Prof. Alastair Driver, Derek Gow, Cain Blythe, Ivan de Klee, Alan Watson Featherstone, Dominic Buscall, Mark Elliott, Robin Bowman, Laura Fairs, Jack Scuse, Ashleigh Brown, Alana Bloom, Kate Morley, Mike Cooke and Elliott Fairs