Return to Waterhall: rewilding our chalk landscape

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  • Опубліковано 30 лис 2024

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  • @NatsAstrea
    @NatsAstrea 7 місяців тому +4

    Lovely! Best of luck in working with Mother Nature!

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!

  • @chrisfrost8456
    @chrisfrost8456 2 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant what you are doing and inspiring, it's is truly incredible what you have achieved at Knepp and proves that Nature Can recover if we let it thanks to you at Knepp.

  • @albert2395
    @albert2395 10 місяців тому +4

    Well done to both of you and your colleagues!❤😊

  • @andrewinpompey
    @andrewinpompey Рік тому +10

    Great project and a great pair of ambassadors for it

  • @MarkDibley
    @MarkDibley Рік тому +9

    There is a noticeable difference between this and the previous video about Waterhall. It's looking vibrant. Well done!

  • @jills.2225
    @jills.2225 4 місяці тому +2

    Loved this video! Educational and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  4 місяці тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @jamesjefferies3762
    @jamesjefferies3762 4 місяці тому +2

    Love your enthusiasm. You're doing a great job. Keep it up. 👍

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you so much 😁

  • @ditch3827
    @ditch3827 Рік тому +7

    Great job 🙂

  • @hochiminh66
    @hochiminh66 17 годин тому

    The algorithm shows me random treasures sometimes. I am jealous of your privet lol. It is invasive for me so I don’t grow it, but my god the bees love it, to include most of our native bees (usa). What you have done really looks great already, you should timelapse it somehow. I think it’s going to be incredible and the cattle enormously fat.

  • @andrewuk
    @andrewuk Рік тому +6

    I’ll certainly visiting when I’m back down visiting family. Very interesting info on those ants and those intrepid butterflies.

  • @coffeeman2079
    @coffeeman2079 9 місяців тому +3

    We are visiting the Knepp estate at the end of March so will certainly make a detour to visit your lovely project.

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  7 місяців тому +1

      Please do!

    • @coffeeman2079
      @coffeeman2079 7 місяців тому

      @@sdnpa We visited and it looks great. Will definitely return to both Rewilding projects.

  • @syedadeelhussain2691
    @syedadeelhussain2691 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice place to sit down on the grass and enjoy some coffee or tea ;)
    Beautiful landscape.

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  7 місяців тому

      It sure is

  • @yaiirable
    @yaiirable Рік тому +1

    Love learning about rewilding projects, can't wait to come visit!

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  Рік тому

      Fantastic! It's a brilliant trip and worth seeing what can be achieved when nature is given a chance.

  • @jenniferbrown7659
    @jenniferbrown7659 4 місяці тому +1

    Aloha! A project cultivating joy, self-love and compassion. It is important to connect with energy, it opens wisdom. I AM interested in visiting & walking with my small dog, Sugar. Asante 🌄🌍🌙

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  4 місяці тому

      Wonderful!

  • @someblokecalleddave1
    @someblokecalleddave1 4 місяці тому +1

    Very commendable.

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  4 місяці тому

      Many thanks

  • @mr.mrs.d.7015
    @mr.mrs.d.7015 Рік тому +2

    💙 I miss living there

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  Рік тому

      Don't worry, we'll keep bringing it to you.

  • @markjones7109
    @markjones7109 8 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic work guys. Truly inspiring!

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  7 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @chrisrowland6399
    @chrisrowland6399 Рік тому +5

    I can remember when the bottom of the valley was a rubbish tip and as kids we played their climbing over pots of old paint cans! Sometimes we would take my mother's pet rescue dogs for walks on the downs next to the golf course. It was a shocking mess in the 70's, so great to see Waterhall as a rewilding area today. Good luck with this wonderful project. Will there be a visitors centre in the old golf house, as it would be a great place for a café and information centre with off grid with microgeneration?

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  Рік тому +1

      Hi Chris. Good question to ask. Currently the old club house is being used to house visiting school groups, along with the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership. The project is being led by Brighton and Hove City Council, so there may be further plans to use the club house in different ways further down the line.

  • @markvandenbossche3812
    @markvandenbossche3812 8 місяців тому +1

    Great work, privet hedges are a wonderful source of food for hover flies also.

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  7 місяців тому

      Very true!

  • @martinrobson4386
    @martinrobson4386 Рік тому +3

    Great video, very informative

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  Рік тому

      Glad you think so!

  • @corfubirdclub
    @corfubirdclub 4 місяці тому

    So glad I haven't got a GPS collar round my neck (yet!).

  • @RussTillling
    @RussTillling Рік тому +1

    Great video, well done!

  • @jonomusoman
    @jonomusoman 4 місяці тому

    Watch fools and dreamers. That’s true rewilding

  • @maxrichards7280
    @maxrichards7280 Рік тому +2

    Don't the cows prevent the return of trees, which would create a more diverse ecosystem?

    • @sdnpa
      @sdnpa  Рік тому +4

      Hi. Really good question. There is a good patchwork of trees on site, with a good mix of species. There's also good 'scrubby' areas which will be preserved. Inviting a mosaic of different types of habitat on site is key to its success. What the cows are really effective at doing which is keeping big areas of the site open for a more varied grassland habitat, which then allows smaller wild flowers to flourish in the summer months, inviting bees and butterflies. The openness is also really good for birds of prey when they're actively hunting small mammals and birds.

    • @maxrichards7280
      @maxrichards7280 Рік тому

      Thanks for the reply! So the idea is that you're cultivating a grassland habitat, and using cows for this purpose? Are there similar schemes in England promoting a forest habitat? Like the Caledonian Forest in Scotland @@sdnpa

    • @harislittle9241
      @harislittle9241 Рік тому

      @@maxrichards7280 Although temperate rainforests and caledonian forests are depleted, most forest ecosystems are quite abundant compared to wildflower meadows, woody scrubland and fens, so in my view some of the less forested ecosystems should be the UKs conservation priority !

    • @maxrichards7280
      @maxrichards7280 Рік тому

      @@harislittle9241 i'm not that well versed in ecology and the habitats of the UK, I just read Feral by George Monbiot. His argument was that the best way to restore biodiversity is to a) keep the sheep out and b) let natural processes do their thing. Also that the only way of restoring trophic levels is large predators. Until we get appetite for this we arent going to achieve that much. And to your point, given that the UK is one of the most depleted places anywhere, i don't see what supports the claim that forests are abundant. Three grains of rice is more abundant than one, sure, but neither is enough to live on. Can you point me to any resources? I'd like to learn more.

    • @maxrichards7280
      @maxrichards7280 Рік тому

      P.s. this being the internet, i see that what im saying could appear quite negative, but really i'm glad anyone is doing anything to help wildlife! I just dream of restoring a Wild Isles. Bring back the wolves!

  • @fancyIOP
    @fancyIOP 2 місяці тому +1

    He says he doesn’t want those yellow flowers 💐 because they are not native to that place and he just wants wild grass?!. I think if they are plants, they are growing on their own don’t cut them, it’s not like they are chasing animals away. They will decorate that land as it will be colourful, they’ll bring bees 🐝 and other insects there. It doesn’t mean you have to have everything green, no, let it mix even if the plants are not native but they’ll adapt unless if they die. But I love what I am seeing. Edit: I hope to see an update to this video since I’m seeing it a year later, it would be nice seeing what happened in a year.

  • @englishweather9763
    @englishweather9763 Рік тому

    we can do this without the likes of unesco

  • @LouisStatham-s1g
    @LouisStatham-s1g 4 місяці тому

    The arrogance of man thinking he knows better than nature.