Roborough Rewilders

We aim to

Increase Roughness

a very recently dug pond, with clay in the base and some water. It is surrounded by mud and very little grass.

Tidiness and neatness in our environment are disastrous for biodiversity.  Animals and plants need scruffiness and roughness to live and breed. When we take the diggers in, we can deliberately leave the ground pitted and broken up.

field with large ruts in it, one of which has hole dug into it. Beyond is a swath of pink flowers and old round bales

Very small differences in humidity and temperature make a big difference if you are the size of an ant!  Ideally, we create roughness on a micro, as well as a macro, scale.

view across several brash piles in a wet area of a slightly sloping field, with a hedge of trees beyond
rubble being emptied out of a trailer, behind an old bale and between piles of brash
old bales of straw with fungus showing to their sides and tops


In addition to the digger work and its legacy, we advocate taking in brash, rubble, dead wood and bales.

view over a pile of brash which has willow growing amongst it. To the side is an old bale, and below a rough field with grass, rush and fencing
“The thorn is the mother of the oak”
view over the corner of a field, with a large cut tree trunk in the foreground, and a smaller pile of wood to the side

All of these increase the variety in the landscape and so provide homes for wildlife.

Find out more

Floral Diversity

Planting & Natural Regeneration

Pond Creation

Wet Ground