The Ten Acres have seen some great successes this year, with rare moths recorded and flycatchers nesting – but butterflies...

Another spring in the ten acres, a now maturing landscape providing a haven for insects, birds and some rather too...

Robert Francis welcomes the return of spring to the ten acres but there’s a problem with the trees – they’ve...

Robert Francis marvels at visitors from Africa and Scandinavia as they arrive to partake in the bountiful winter fayre

In the Ten Acres, the plants and animals are challenged by a lengthy summer drought, but the autumn rains bring...

Rob Francis battles with the weeds and asks himself if it’s all worth it, but with the desert now in...

The frogs are here and the pond’s other visitors are making the most of it. One is a cause for...

The first aconites appear, followed by hares, frogs and a hungry heron: it’s spring in the ten acres!

The latest challenge for Rob Francis: how to manage the ten acres’ thriving hedges (it turns out that nature is...

Winter survival mode means the birds are now fighting fiercely to protect their food source, despite living in a wilder...

It’s autumn in the Ten for Nature, which means there’s a riot of colour and bountiful offerings for all

Rob Francis describes the various species making the most of the Ten for Nature acres at night, with some surprising...

Hungry blackbirds feast on dragonfly larvae, but harmony is restored in the dragonfly dance troupe’s exciting display. Rob Francis reports.

Loss of nest sites is one of the swift’s many challenges. A Masham project creating homes for these summer visitors...

Rob Francis reports that hares find the rewilded landscape greatly to their liking, but climate change makes its threats all...

In the latest instalment, Rob Francis describes the creation of a new scrape – laborious and tricky but with hugely...

Rob Francis gives us a spring rewilding update from the ten acres and describes the challenges and rewards of creating...

Minor changes, such as reducing thermostats by 1°C and using a CO2 calculator, can make a major difference to global...

Rain and mud present problems for planting and hedge cutting, but Rob Francis gets a reward for agreeing to plant...

Robert Francis continues this account of the exciting and challenging project to rewild ten acres of North Yorkshire countryside.

Rob Francis describes how an area of North Yorkshire is successfully ‘rewilding’, resulting in a bio-diverse influx of wildlife.

The risk is that when the time comes to emerge safely from our homes again, live events will have disappeared...

Given the harm it does to the environment and wildlife can the ‘sport’ of grouse shooting still be defended today?