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Wilding...a documentary on Prime

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SadSaq · 13/03/2026 01:58

I just watched this. It's absolutely fascinating
I'm tired and need to sleep so have lazily copied amd pasted the synopsis.

The documentary follows Tree and Burrell – both in the present and through filmed recreations of their younger selves using actors – as they transition Knepp away from intensive farming and instead encourage natural processes and biodiversity. The couple decides to stop farming partially as a result of a visit from an expert on oak trees, Ted Green, who draws to their attention how intensive farming is harming their existing oaks. The rewilding includes allowing large herbivores like Exmoor ponies, Tamworth pigs, deer and English longhorn cattle to roam freely, based on the ideas of conservationist Frans Vera. While the project faces criticism from those who see it as a waste of agricultural land, an affront to aesthetics, or a risk of spreading weeds, the rewilding project sees successes such as the appearance of turtledoves, and the successful reintroduction of the white stork.

Tamworth pig - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth_pig

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Mt563 · 13/03/2026 03:44

Definitely worth visiting the project too

FizzingAda · 13/03/2026 08:58

It's been in Springwatch. Thanks for the heads up, added to watchlist .

Haggisfish3 · 13/03/2026 09:05

It’s a beautiful film. I really want to go to knepp.

JenaWren · 13/03/2026 09:10

Knepp is very near me so I’m a regular visitor. It’s an amazing place. I was there last week and the storks are nesting which was a real treat. The story of Knepp is fascinating and well worth a watch / read.

ReadLotsAndSmile · 13/03/2026 09:44

I read the book Wilding by Isabella Tree a few years ago and it was so interesting. I did not know they had made a documentary so must watch this, thanks.

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 13/03/2026 10:01

TIL the two pigs who broke out of the abattoir in Tamworth…..didn’t break out of the abattoir in Tamworth…….

SadSaq · 13/03/2026 12:16

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 13/03/2026 10:01

TIL the two pigs who broke out of the abattoir in Tamworth…..didn’t break out of the abattoir in Tamworth…….

Oh do tell?

Yes I really want to go to Knepp. We sometimes travel to Portsmouth so will detour on the way or back.

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GloiredeDijon · 13/03/2026 12:21

Thanks for posting, sounds lovely.
I get fed up with “farmers are wonderful” being spouted all the time.
Some are. Many aren’t.
I live in a rural area and the way those I know treat nature is a disgrace.
For all the cries of poverty I have yet to meet a genuinely poor farmer.

SadSaq · 13/03/2026 12:28

@GloiredeDijon you'll love it. I wish there were more places like this.

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