Knepp Estate
A 3500 acre estate in West Sussex, just south of Horsham. Until 2001 a traditional arable & dairy farm, the land has, since then, been given over to nature in a pioneering "rewilding" project.
I first visited ten years ago, but in 2022 I went on a an afternoon "safari, where I really got a feel for the place. I enjoyed it enough to go back a couple of weeks later, and I am sure I'll be back many …
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Knepp Wilderness
I went on a walking "safari" around the Southern Block, which has mostly become scrubland such as this. The animals (deer, cattle, pigs and ponies) roam freely through here.
Stork nest
The main attraction on the estate is storks which were reintroduced and are now breeding
Feeding the young
There are plenty of nests, though not all are occupied.
Stork wings outstretched
I managed to catch a stork flying directly overhead
Stork flying past
Plenty of in-flight action when I visited
Stork on the ground
We watched this one for several minutes before it flew off
Speckled Wood
Knepp also hosts many species of butterflies and moths.
I used the Butterfly Conservation website to identify them (possibly not correctly)
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