https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news daily 0.75 2026-03-02 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/floods monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/02e9ff10-0d08-48e1-81d3-d3bfb047a705/Godney+Floods+2026.jpg News - Floods in the Levels - Make it stand out East Waste - three years into its rewilding journey, underwater. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/harvest-mice-at-clark-fields monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/c36ed5bb-ef42-4825-bc2e-dd505f2bf84b/Simon+finding+mouse+nest.jpg News - Harvest mice at Clark Fields - Make it stand out Harvest mouse nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/22d2b21c-bdc9-4e9f-97f3-0a5366197858/Martin+looking+for+harvest+mice.jpg News - Harvest mice at Clark Fields - Make it stand out Looking through the grass for nests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1a8e62a5-d796-4d10-9344-63ce1aa1e4dd/Harvest+mouse+volunteers.jpg News - Harvest mice at Clark Fields - Make it stand out Dedication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/8081e949-5fd3-4ca4-80e4-30e4f1b03d6d/mouse-in-hand.jpg News - Harvest mice at Clark Fields - Make it stand out https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/digging-a-scrape monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1765793083293-1QBH6S3CQBW4R68Q3CT4/B76BF468-C251-4E9E-990A-CCC4C703AA12.JPG News - We’ve dug some scrapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1765793379519-2D1XROW4FEEPKW7QYO9A/IMG_7166.jpg News - We’ve dug some scrapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1765793398382-Q0A3S1Y57N6TCQLNDLQ2/IMG_7194.jpg News - We’ve dug some scrapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1765793369947-LVVN4H09YX8XN9P7LS2B/IMG_7236.jpg News - We’ve dug some scrapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1765793414589-A8Y514OCON1ZCGU15KLN/IMG_7232.jpg News - We’ve dug some scrapes https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/planting-a-memorial-grove monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1759413748501-92MMS31I71MV7JCQ2ASJ/IMG_6889.jpg News - Planting a memorial grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1759413687675-TURYFQD9C11QY5HYJDPP/IMG_6890.jpg News - Planting a memorial grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1759413681893-LSBSTW0UW7O60OEBVQT3/IMG_6892.jpg News - Planting a memorial grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1759413690389-O5NZCMMP8KQA54N232WU/IMG_6893.jpg News - Planting a memorial grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1759413692878-93HSHPBA2P4S9VDPY3WJ/IMG_6894.jpg News - Planting a memorial grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1759413696884-ZWVMO4O984NS8086KQGW/IMG_6888.jpg News - Planting a memorial grove https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/new-community-garden-launched monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e37bcba7-d823-479c-95fc-da1c88c5ad2a/tempImagentdRrn.jpg News - Rewilding and good mental health going hand in hand. - Make it stand out A little shade on a very hot day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1857843b-1549-4909-81cc-304f39a95f89/tempImagel9hDAG.jpg News - Rewilding and good mental health going hand in hand. - Make it stand out Ellie and Kris who are running the project for Seed of Hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/d3a157ac-4bed-4b9a-90b1-0f4b5ffa5740/tempImagebsMT3j.jpg News - Rewilding and good mental health going hand in hand. - Make it stand out One of the fields, just a couple of months in to its rewilding journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/97fb1130-462c-4ca6-bc51-ac07627c46bc/tempImageMylgZl.jpg News - Rewilding and good mental health going hand in hand. - Make it stand out Daryl the cat crossing our path. Hopefully a sign of good luck. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/new-land-announcement monthly 0.5 2025-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/ad2e22ab-5afa-45cf-9a44-1f12d328a7e5/tempImageI73foh.png News - New rewilding site! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/f7dcd2c7-8333-405b-a4ba-1b28ebd3a007/tempImage9ngoQJ.png News - New rewilding site! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/398be4c8-bdbd-43b4-943d-29272bf58f1a/tempImageUSv6um.png News - New rewilding site! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/903830c0-8490-4557-abe5-04a655a22426/We+Have+the+Power.png News - New rewilding site! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/king-alfred-day monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/4ee467cd-0dba-4171-aeb7-d98d20831d21/LiDAR.png News - King Alfred’s day - Make it stand out LiDAR image showing the Isle of Athelney on the right connected to East Lyng by a raised causeway. You can also see the original like of the river Tone snaking between them. Source: Archi Maps, Copyright Environment Agency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1729869748713-RMKCO9VORGV9OMOF3ZWT/Saplings%252Bat%252BAthelney%252BDecember%252B2023.jpg News - King Alfred’s day - Saplings emerging above the floodwaters at Athelney, January 2024. Sapling starting to emerge above the flood waters at Athelney, January 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/3ea2bcb5-680a-4b3f-8d96-2aefe87fd554/Still+of+floods.jpg News - King Alfred’s day - Aerial image of winter floods around Athelney, January 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1705405047382-OZ3Z0BGDPPQFXMVWDPIL/tempImagecIUBjj.gif News - King Alfred’s day - Kayaking just below the Isle of Athelney, January 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/488bbee0-59fd-4978-b3e5-a97071c9b819/AHBS_2001.jpg News - King Alfred’s day - Archaeologists taking core samples from the soil at Athelney. Source: Theo Reeves, University of Birmingham. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/highvoletage monthly 0.5 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/82453a08-2fab-4d13-bc47-43ca13acaf3b/Screenshot+2024-09-29+at+18.04.21.jpg News - High vole-tage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/a6acdb8b-c8f2-4bcb-b68a-bb103bc22d8f/Screenshot+2024-09-30+at+07.43.10.png News - High vole-tage - Make it stand out A water vole. (Photo by Peter Trimming, from Wikipedia). https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/flower-book-for-athelney monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530222207-5XPH2SCCEYONU14FIXC1/Athelney+Sheep+Jun+2022.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530243703-WBNTME9ELQS0NO54W78M/Lots+of+vetch.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1d4345ba-76a0-4523-8415-7e842fa37689/oak+and+willlow+saplings.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Make it stand out Oak and willow saplings at Athelney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530328496-DHQ5CKM9OLARO6F8YX4U/European+water+horehound.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - European water horehound (Lycopus europaeus) Found along the edge of ditches and increasing far out into the now unglazed and uncut fields. Apparently extracts are used to treat insomnia and anxiety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530352357-XDYFFG0CW0R4XNHU7W8G/Purple+Loosestrife+Athelney+2024.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) Not rare, and a popular garden plant, but a glory of the wetlands and one which stays flowering later than most... as with most of the wetland flowers it was formerly restricted to inaccessible parts of ditches.. but is now spreading quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530358468-KEIKCUVZ22UP4C5WDCZT/Yellow+loosestrife+Athelney+2024.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). `found in clumps near the ditches. Much less common than purple loosestrife but appearing on the western site of the Athelney area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530580806-1Q9DKYK99MB8RF8M1PSM/Woundwort+Athelney+2024.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Marsh woundwort (Stachys palustri) Cropping up all over the place. Looks a little like a nettle and is sometimes called the hedge-nettle. As the name suggests it (and hedge woundwort) were reportedly used to treat wounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530589259-JTWFZ50Q6MW5S1UEAGD9/unknown+woundwort+%3F.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Marsh woundwort again (Stachys palustri) Cropping up all over the place. Looks a little like a nettle and is sometimes called the hedge-nettle. As the name suggests it (and hedge woundwort) were reportedly used to treat wounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530603025-UXGX51M77SD32R3KRTEC/fleabane.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Fleabane (Pulicaria dysentericais) Easily recognisable as an all-yellow daisy, and not to be confused with the white and pink Mexican fleabane from the family Erigeron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530623248-7PPAJR8YSJEQO40RNDGM/Tufted+vetch.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) Tufted vetch, also known as bird-vetch, is a beautiful purple flower and a legume much beloved of bumble bees. It grows in great clumps, pushing up and around the uncut grass which has fallen in thatched piles. One of the most common flowering plants found in the former fields now, it is part of a large family of similar species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530647652-KKU20M0VCSEHIJ9MXPST/Flowering+rush.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) Moving on to flowering rush. This is a beautiful plant that looks like something you might find on the banks of the Nile than a river in Somerset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530629160-6R2A0G7YP492KE5KAQ6A/water+mint.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Water mint (Mentha aquatica) Water mint is one of the UK's wild mints and has a beautiful fresh smell. Growing well away from the ditches now and out into the fields.. apparently it is one of the two base-mints for peppermint, which is a cross between watermint and spearmint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530679544-4XGTHJUE9WLJI7VNMA5L/Bifid+Hemp+Nettle.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Bifid hemp nettle (Galeopsis bifida) Another in mint/moundwort family and like them it has a long history of medicinal uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530653268-6UKFFH652QDEAPSSJ2JH/common+valerian.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Common valerian (Valeriana officinalis) Common valerian is the source of valerian root, which is famously used as a mild sedative. It has a sweet smell and is loved by hoverflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530698640-S8CXV2OJN5X8ALZ5PI6B/Birds+foot+trefoil.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Birds foot trefoils Birds foot trefoils are much beloved of bees as they produce a high protein pollen (they are legumes). An instantly recognisable family of plants, they form a cheery spread of yellow throughout the grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530684385-Z5VG58RHGFNTKAY4PNH8/hemp+deadnettle.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Common hep nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) Hemp dead nettle is similar to bifid hemp nettle but grows taller and seems to flower earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530713781-874IVYGLMEC1F8L7IFJ8/Iangelica.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) Common along the hedge lines with a lovely white and purple sheen. Loved by insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530738872-HPX607CO8PXST1XWMN3Y/hogweed+%3F.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) One of a large range of umbellifers it tends to grow near hedge-lines and ditches and again is loved by insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530756371-3DDPJGLKD5Z34A50HTR5/Purple+meadow+rue+flower.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Common meadow-rue (Thalictrum flavium) A member of the buttercup family which forms great clumps of hawthorn-like leaves with tall, misty flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530769188-88RUSXGAWMLMOQSGCMB6/meadowsweet+furled.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) Very common across most of our sites, meadowsweet has tough ridged leaves and heady scent with beautiful clumps of pale yellow flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530793889-UUMV7FW694SAN9J4HKEW/Athelney+canal+with+meadowsweet.jpg News - Flower-book for Athelney - Meadowsweet (again) Very common across most of our sites, meadowsweet has tough ridged leaves and heady scent with beautiful clumps of pale yellow flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530848386-IWK38CRJSJ95V49BN9CX/some+geranium.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Cut-leaved Crane's-bill (Geranium dissected) Lovely little purple geranium, one of a range of similar species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530848664-3TKWR5B9ZH6BJROVAD8I/sorrelJPG.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) Very common on the Athelney site, particularly near the main entrance. Has been used as a kitchen vegetable giving it the alternative name of spinach-dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530863704-YCSTKT8R179MKU711LPD/hemop+agrimoney.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) Tall plant with lovely dirty-white and pink flowers found in areas of damp grassland. Not related to hemp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530852417-CCHP1U52B0RUJRU8K9N2/Sow+thistle.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) One of a whole range of thistles found on site along with creeping thistle and marsh thistle. It gets a special mention as on some other locations it has begun to take over from the creeping thistle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530855640-Y19JGN4ZG1ZDZ1TTFY6C/Three+parted+beggarticks.JPG News - Flower-book for Athelney - Triffid-bur marigold or three parted-beggar ticks (Bidens tripartita) Not one we had heard of before despite its excellent series of names, this is a member of the sunflower family. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/bats-of-somerset-wildlands monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/86b3465f-5bd3-4335-80d2-9b8db54aaed0/Bats+of+Somerset+Wildlands.png News - Bats of Somerset Wildlands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/review-of-our-work-in-somerset-life monthly 0.5 2024-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/a327e5d4-589c-4864-8c0c-29f962d79e9f/Screenshot+2024-06-04+at+06.49.42.png News - Our work featured in Somerset Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/something-worth-fighting-for monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/c9653d25-97f2-48f2-a090-c96c08b382f5/Natasha+Hurley+Portrait.jpg News - Something worth fighting for - Natasha Hurley is a trustee of Somerset Wildlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/62f47cc2-8b62-4845-98bc-ec9da9281313/Otter+Whites+Drove+Nightvision.jpg News - Something worth fighting for - Make it stand out Otter spotted on night visions camera trap, Whites Drove site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e25f45ab-cd22-493b-9792-6889eaeab993/Otter+footprint.jpg News - Something worth fighting for - Make it stand out Otter prints on river bank at East-Waste site, near Godney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662464932057-DJ6SSBU4J6B96DTK2PNQ/Hare+close+up+.jpg News - Something worth fighting for - Make it stand out Hare in Spring, Whites Drove site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662550285793-HHNP6N1JK3F4LQHOI1ND/tempImageg3ovBO.gif News - Something worth fighting for - Make it stand out Searching for harvest mice nests, with the Somerset Mammal Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/f56339d2-50b7-42de-90c6-c7298658be37/tempImageJ7nNAZ.jpg News - Something worth fighting for - Make it stand out Flooded track, Waste Drove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1bce80b0-e0fb-4077-86b3-0bd88093e1d0/tempImage0c16Sh.png News - Something worth fighting for - Make it stand out Flowers in Summer, Waste Drove site. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/8v38vv90xwxkp1ode91uwu47ju9j5b monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495376388-M4YV9C8003HPOHBV0LFT/Buzzard%2BDusk%2BAthelney%2B-%2BMedard%2BSandor%2BJan%2B2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Buzzard at sunset, Athelney Jan 2024. (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495114046-AVSQJS9A0PDXKMTIZKAI/Kestral+Dusk+Athelney+-+Medard+Sandor+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Kestral (Picture by Medard Sandor). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495115397-5FF9VNGMOIQE6ZJYCZM7/Little+egrets+and+moon+Athelney+-+Medard+Sandor+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Flock of little egret against the moon. (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495128767-Q886DFNRDCTF6ONN4CT2/Moody+Tree+Athelney+-+Medi+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Moody tree. (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495122978-J3BYGTG2NABW3GEZVQTM/Snail+close+up+Athelney+-+Medard+Sandor+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Snail shell (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495160737-N5T9FENFEBFXAXJ8UVBU/Goldfinch+Athelney+-+Medard+Sandor+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Goldfinch. (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495130443-89D6PLLBECQORFEOL1L2/Starlings+and+fieldfares+Athelney+-+Medard+Sandor+January+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Flock of starlings and fieldfares. (Picture by Medard Sandor). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495215821-1SQ5SF0WH16FH2CTWPXA/Cranes+1+Athelney+-+Medard+Sandor+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Common cranes flying at Athelney. (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495142194-3JUEL6UWHZ1EN7I6ZRQ5/Teal+flock+Athelney+-+Medi+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife - Flock of Teal. (Picture by Medard Sandor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1707495142281-XVP5E3NRB5E8HGWXAX9O/Wigeon+Athelney+-+Medi+Jan+2024.jpg News - Beautiful images of Athelney wildlife https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/kayaking-on-a-flooded-rewilding-site monthly 0.5 2024-01-16 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/cranes-spotted-at-athelney monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/6587cad3-8b8d-4dba-92b1-a323d8f98e16/WhatsApp+Image+2023-12-12+at+17.02.14.jpeg News - Cranes spotted at Athelney - Make it stand out Okay, you may have to take our word for it, but this was the flock of cranes. It was very clear and close in real life, but this was the best we could get on a phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/ac4152c6-85c5-4a38-a61d-6659eb412417/Saplings+at+Athelney+December+2023.jpg News - Cranes spotted at Athelney - Make it stand out Sapling poking up through the water at Athelney, December 2023. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/sound-of-rewilding monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1699264014766-8UD39OWQMCRG18EFVYL6/Blog%2BHeader.jpg News - Sound of rewilding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/468354ed-4b0d-432f-aa7a-da262bc1f477/Chris+audiomoth.jpg News - Sound of rewilding - Make it stand out Chris Sandom installing an audio moth at the Athelney site in May 2023. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/archaeology1 monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267636535-UJVAK82016QD46H91W6A/AHBS_2001.jpg News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267638293-Q6251QPTI3YNJJ1IHGLR/AHBS_2004.jpg News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267649884-MIARTBH282M0JYXADE54/AHBS_2010.jpg News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267650470-VNEASMS5DGIIZHV37Y84/AHBS_2013.jpg News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267655957-F59I8T3M5OGDWXNLJJMQ/AHBS_2017.jpg News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267662333-IJOVY7EJZ2OZ88L4FDBL/AHBS_UAV021.jpg News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267677377-ROVO9E1XDRV9GECCP5PB/AHBS_UAV027.JPG News - Iron Age marsh forts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1678267679011-FKDYAT78CCSISWGNWL0J/AHBS_UAV029.JPG News - Iron Age marsh forts https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/the-isle-of-athelney-is-an-island-again monthly 0.5 2023-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1674555620154-422ICPH0KUDPRJG03BAV/tempImageL83FrM.jpg News - The Isle of Athelney is an island again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/0a02a8ae-8923-4f98-ad9e-3e318d39a98c/tempImagewMhGb7.jpg News - The Isle of Athelney is an island again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/f56339d2-50b7-42de-90c6-c7298658be37/tempImageJ7nNAZ.jpg News - The Isle of Athelney is an island again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/f43fda0d-58fb-4113-b2db-8f86ba79c2bc/tempImagegjvqdy.jpg News - The Isle of Athelney is an island again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/d8c24dea-c301-4975-b780-a470e8721319/Dead+mole+athelney+2022.JPG News - The Isle of Athelney is an island again! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/rewilding-the-birthplace-of-england monthly 0.5 2023-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/a1762baf-8bac-4c23-b866-b360b18cf736/Isle+of+Athelney+Dark-2022-10-08-18-42-16+7.jpg News - Rewilding the birthplace of England - Make it stand out Early morning view across the site towards the Isle of Athelney. Sep 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/4c46f2f1-0dcb-49b7-b7da-d35eb1057772/WHTP+Logo+lilac.jpg News - Rewilding the birthplace of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/check-out-this-great-new-introductory-film monthly 0.5 2022-10-06 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/q7tlr43jdgjqjq04sfey9o1rw2y51o monthly 0.5 2022-09-05 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/Blog Post Title One-42llr monthly 0.5 2022-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e25f45ab-cd22-493b-9792-6889eaeab993/Otter+footprint.jpg News - Otter footprints on new land - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/news/blog-post-title-two-da6m8 monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/8e6e5fa1-5d86-4cd2-a7c3-d8470359495e/New+land+godney+2.jpg News - First crowdfunder launched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/dd3d5df1-776f-4ace-afd8-984dcc4818a4/New+land+godney+3.jpg News - First crowdfunder launched - Make it stand out This is the land now. Given time, it will be a tangle of wetland plants, long grass and scrub – and filled with life – a little more like the Waste Drove site nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/903830c0-8490-4557-abe5-04a655a22426/We+Have+the+Power.png News - First crowdfunder launched - Julia Davies of ‘We Have The Power’, helped us to acquire this site through their Funding Nature project. You can find out about their work here. https://www.somersetwildlands.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-09-13 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/254cc5c4-7cd2-48de-803c-0c8c02f03229/blue+tit+hawthorn.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/39137809-527c-4522-a539-42602e9eb75a/Levels+NYE.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/601d2d51-4052-4f33-8726-5a7982d13d5a/tempImageqvSnNG.jpg https://www.somersetwildlands.org/support daily 0.75 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1769164177828-AL2N8DAJ5T4AX6NS28ZT/Simon+finding+mouse+nest.jpg https://www.somersetwildlands.org/about daily 0.75 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662377353910-59TKC5TOFMYKNJXEIKO5/peter%2Bcooper.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662377456032-XRV8M3F3ZNSOU5BVNI16/Natasha+Hurley+Portrait.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662377565947-ADXIX9GAP49LLDDSAR8B/David+Powell+Portrait.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662377668622-IS6JLF0QP0EQBVIAGMKW/Debbie+Banks+portrait.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/69c35791-3758-4b87-a3ec-d19ce0ec0460/Lynne+Pic+2.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/3ae171ad-a8a7-4b3d-94ed-926e947703ca/Portrait+Alasdair+by+BigPictureProject.jpg About https://www.somersetwildlands.org/about-1 daily 0.75 2022-09-02 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/terms-of-service daily 0.75 2022-09-14 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/sponsorland daily 0.75 2026-03-29 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land/eastmead monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1740401904913-PQHDRI3E55Q2KZRT0IY3/tempImageF1cPau.jpg Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Old Rhyne in late 2024, before rewilding began. This is the wettest part of the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/f7dcd2c7-8333-405b-a4ba-1b28ebd3a007/tempImage9ngoQJ.png Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark View across the land to Glastonbury, late 2024, before rewilding began. The bulk of the land looks like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/ad2e22ab-5afa-45cf-9a44-1f12d328a7e5/tempImageI73foh.png Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Foot bridge over small ditch in early 2025, before rewilding began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/aae950b8-c76a-46c7-9edc-706771990322/Old+Tree+2.jpg Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Ancient willow in field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/dc664dc1-e582-4419-8c47-0911a52fef71/tempImagehHoMeu.png Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Glastonbury Tor in the background, Spring 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/356de9f8-30c3-419e-bee0-5e9f14e50416/tempImageQJHiR2.png Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Bare fields in Spring 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e7ce0b28-6123-449f-a59b-aca8507f78dc/tempImageXSuJCh.png Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Fields in Spring 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/6c2d5247-0b82-4190-9743-c863c19e1717/tempImageUUA0FK.png Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Fields in Spring 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/35786b5e-1c0c-4d5d-9187-845f981354c8/Old+Tree+1.jpg Our Land - Clark Fields - 53 acres. In memory of JA and EM Clark Ancient willow tree, Spring 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/22b3ed9f-4bdb-462f-b0af-bee9f7a0c232/Outline+Eastmead+land.png https://www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land/project-four-yjynj-4fktx monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/a3d57628-bd73-47ad-8a30-dcda06b07b43/tempImageskCK4W.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Burnet moth on marsh thistle, Summer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/61143bbb-64f5-42ba-afad-8833d4ba4253/marsh+thistle.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Marsh thistle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/dc649854-9161-4d5f-935e-13b7aecf3beb/SandyWatt_small.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Meadow brown butterfly, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/b6b74cf6-615b-4717-beb4-5f7b9e5b349f/tempImageIfU0WX.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Thick foliage and flowers, summer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e19b3b04-b381-43eb-bb13-139295039b8b/SandyWatt_rewildng-0_073.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Aerial view of the land in 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/02017ea4-b7af-42c7-bf4b-28a4a563210b/Grass+snake.JPG Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Grass snake - one of many now found on the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/a0152ede-f345-419e-91b0-bf5db041af76/Palmate+newt.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Palmate newt found during reptile surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662464932057-DJ6SSBU4J6B96DTK2PNQ/Hare+close+up+.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Hares are a common sight at Whites Drove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/6f81bf6e-9559-480f-ac46-0da8f3592eeb/Badger+camera+trap.jpg Our Land - Whites Drove - 12 acres Badgers are regular night time visitors https://www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land/east-waste monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/8e6e5fa1-5d86-4cd2-a7c3-d8470359495e/New+land+godney+2.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - East Waste - 12 acres Banks of the main channel - known as Division Rhyne, in early 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e25f45ab-cd22-493b-9792-6889eaeab993/Otter+footprint.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - East Waste - 12 acres Otter footprints spotted in Spring 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e3112fae-2f5b-4f56-a671-645201be3f45/tempImageIHB8PQ.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - East Waste - 12 acres Division rhyne in June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/e1c32b7a-5aa0-4dda-8453-627588b78f56/tempImagezw2hDZ.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - East Waste - 12 acres Trustees on an away day in May 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/42d18061-2077-4167-bfce-f20ce8d48e60/tempImageblacAU.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - East Waste - 12 acres Water vole jaw bone discovered in May 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/977d00c7-beee-4609-bdd8-73215dacccf3/East+Waste+Drove+May+2022.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - East Waste - 12 acres The land at the very beginning of its rewilding journey, May 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/4c46f2f1-0dcb-49b7-b7da-d35eb1057772/WHTP+Logo+lilac.jpg https://www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land/wastedrove monthly 0.5 2022-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/f80445c7-135b-4fe3-9acc-0bbfbe48014d/Waste+Drove+2016.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Waste Drove in Summer 2016, just after wilding began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/bbf13066-cbbc-4bd5-9b14-755b72bff499/Godney+%284+of+9%29.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Waste Drove in October 2021, 5 years after wilding began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/39137809-527c-4522-a539-42602e9eb75a/Levels+NYE.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Winter floods, 2019-20. Every year this land floods to several inches of standing water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/05bac294-ed9e-4cdc-8018-13bfc6e3b1e3/tempImageODMD68.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Birds foot trefoil in the long grass, Waste Drove, Summer 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1662648822198-0PXR2BUYYQMDWSEEVS60/Pete+with+snake.jpeg Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Peter Cooper expertly holding a grass snake, one of many that now live on this site, Spring 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/eb448ff1-96f4-4f41-be22-ddde94fcdf7d/tempImageCZfpfL.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Thistles going to seed, Waste Drove, Summer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1bce80b0-e0fb-4077-86b3-0bd88093e1d0/tempImage0c16Sh.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Comfrey, loosestrife and thick vegetation, Waste Drove, Summer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/b5da79f3-69a7-47f7-98c3-52f6760ef701/Gatekeeper.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Gatekeeper butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/75b88167-8a39-4716-8c9c-4e8f78638b50/tempImagekoqW1w.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres St. Johns Wort, Waste Drove, Summer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/c86dfa01-d4fa-43f0-8e21-e39f8fac3fca/Waste+Drove+15+Jul+2022+Aerial_SMALL_MattJarvis.png Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Aerial image showing boundary between Waste Drove and neighbouring field, Summer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/c545f20c-0087-4e9e-a7a5-21aceb70b95b/Wood+skipper.jpg Our Land - Godney Marshes - Waste Drove - 8 acres Speckled wood butterfly https://www.somersetwildlands.org/our-land/athelney monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/29e0335e-c2bf-4a23-a66d-eae369904acf/Aerial+shot+canals.jpeg Our Land - Athelney - 73 acres Aerial view of Athelney before rewilding began https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/23c007d5-c28b-4240-844c-43184cbe676e/Aerial+straight+lines.jpeg Our Land - Athelney - 73 acres Aerial view of ditch before rewilding, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/aa940205-b684-416b-8e52-5a6b151fb716/tempImageFh31cx.png Our Land - Athelney - 73 acres View of southern fields before rewilding began, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1d4345ba-76a0-4523-8415-7e842fa37689/oak+and+willlow+saplings.jpg Our Land - Athelney - 73 acres One of the hundreds of self-seeded saplings starting to appear at Athelney, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/1725530352357-XDYFFG0CW0R4XNHU7W8G/Purple+Loosestrife+Athelney+2024.jpg Our Land - Athelney - 73 acres Purple loosestrife is one of the species spreading from the ditches into the fields as wetland plants begin to expand. 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6310d3b316211849e1d4341e/468354ed-4b0d-432f-aa7a-da262bc1f477/Chris+audiomoth.jpg Our Land - 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