Roborough Rewilders

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Roborough Rewilders The two Roborough Fields make up 10acres of land in North Devon.

Here, we plan to create biodiveristy hotspot by building a dense mosaic of Devonbank hedgerows, wildflower meadows and pools for the benefit of local wildlife and the environment.

17/10/2026

Do we have many predators around? Nick assesses what predators are around his home near Welliington...

13/10/2026

☀️Climate Change v. Ponds 💦

This year has perhaps given us an indication of what is to come...

🍂 There's a definite Autumn feel to the colours within our fields, the deep reds are berries, which literally cloak the ...
10/10/2026

🍂 There's a definite Autumn feel to the colours within our fields, the deep reds are berries, which literally cloak the Hawthorn trees that we planted back in 2021.

With so many hedgerows cut early in the season, any berries on uncut trees and bushes are going to be incredibly important. They will see the wildlife through the leaner times ahead.

Where possible please cut back trees with berries, nuts and seeds as late into the winter as possible, literally every berry counts when you are a hungry Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing or Fieldfare.

06/10/2026

📖 Nick's Wild Life Diary 🌱💚🌍 - Nick visits a rewilded field in Somerset

This project is on Nick's doorstep, and he regularly volunteers his time in the continued management and development of the ponds, banks and meadows. In this video he discusses the ongoing race, between terrestrial and aquatic vegetation, to reign supreme over the pond hollows.

Remember that trail camera we brought in recently with over 3000 activiations? Well, we had set it by a small area of g...
03/10/2026

Remember that trail camera we brought in recently with over 3000 activiations? Well, we had set it by a small area of grassland that had been disturbed, we suspected by a Rabbit, but just look at all the other animals, birds and insects that passed by that little bit of dry, loose earth. A Pheasant was even using it as a dustbath!

Nick's recent article for the Autumn edition of the Distinctly Winkleigh magazine.The text is copied below for ease of r...
29/09/2026

Nick's recent article for the Autumn edition of the Distinctly Winkleigh magazine.

The text is copied below for ease of reading.

An Oak 🌳
There is an oak at the bottom of my garden. I am looking at it in between writing these words. It is a deep, dark green. Its toes are dipped into the bed of the stream that still just about trickles past it. Squirrels run along its outstretched arms, which are home to small birds and a myriad of insects. Jays take its acorns in the autumn and a small forest of baby oaks is springing up nearby as a result of the jays pushing them into the long grass. Occasionally a buzzard planes in to sit on a lower branch and survey the ground for voles.

Beneath the canopy the shade is cool. The grass is green, not parched and brown as it is in the sheep pasture on the other side of the valley. If there were cattle in my back garden, they could browse on its branches and loll about in the cool under the big oak. Its dense foliage is diffusing water out into the air. It is cooling its local environment. In windy weather house martins and swallows hunt in the lee of the tree where insects accumulate in the still air. At night a tawny owl sits in it and bats hunt around it. Its fallen branches provide me with fuel for my log burner, and as I look south into the valley, it is a billowing block of green and shade in this too bright, hot summer.

We need more oaks like this to help cool our environment. To resist the winds and to shade us and the animals we live with. We need to stop draining our land, flailing our hedgerows and compacting our soils. Plant more oaks and let them bring all these benefits to you, your children and your grandchildren.

Doesn't your heart just sink when you see trail camera footage like this?! 🤣
26/09/2026

Doesn't your heart just sink when you see trail camera footage like this?! 🤣

Nick now has a regular monthly slot on Wivey Radio. In his show, Wild & Wonderful, he talks about wildlife, nature, the...
22/09/2026

Nick now has a regular monthly slot on Wivey Radio. In his show, Wild & Wonderful, he talks about wildlife, nature, the seasons, and rewilding of course.🌱🦔🍂

This month's subject is 'Autumn Actions for wildlife'. During the show, Nick talks about things you can do in the garden/on your land that will benefit wildlife over the winter. Listen from 01:11:15.
https://10radio.org/podcast/the-community-update-show/

19/09/2026

We've never seen Stephen's Pond as low as this, but still enough moisture, and invertebrate life remained for it to become a magnet for a range of different species. Look out for 2 Snipe pecking around in the remnants of the pond w**d.

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