Hoyle Haven - A Rewilding Tale

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Hoyle Haven - A rewilding tale.
The documentary demonstrates how a local community rewilded a public space. It features the village of Stoke Gabriel’s efforts to rewild a local woodland containing a limestone quarry, kilns, a copse, and wildflower meadow that was bequeathed by a local resident in their will to the parish council. Phil Bolt project leader gave birth to the idea of the wildlife haven and collaborated with organisations such as Devon Wildlife Trust who have provided masses of support.
Amongst the teams considerable and ambitious aims, was to create a wildlife haven and roost that will attract amongst other animals, the Greater Horseshoe Bat, in hopes of contributing to restoring their numbers and completing a corridor from Dartmoor to the sea at Berry head in Brixham. The success of the project has included some unintended outcomes such as the successful release of a group of rehabilitated hedgehogs!
Rewilding is a hot topic and a fast-growing movement. It allows natural processes to repair ecosystems land and sea. So many of us are beginning to connect with nature and are craving wild spaces. The good news is there is so much you as an individual can do!
Rewilding small spaces in Britain is the way forward. We can tackle the climate crisis and address mental health, poor food quality, animal welfare, and many more issues by rewilding.
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[@DeborahPinder-f5t]

So happy this post popped up this morning, it has restored my faith in human nature with so much pain in the world. Inspirational mini film which unlocked some deep seated emotions. Well done and I really hope others are inspired to have a go! Like the old adage “build it and they will come “ 🥰

[@dolphinliam888]

I have a similar project underway in West Sussex. It's 4.5 acres of a much larger 125 acre woodland. It's was over planted with non native spruce. We are in the process of planting 8 native species.

[@stressedtomaxable]

What a joy to watch

[@slashingbison2503]

Incredible, seeing what just 1 idea and a handful of people can achieve for nature! thankyou!

[@peterflanagan7083]

Lovely to watch and inspirational. Thank you.

[@performingpatrick]

Oh what beautiful Britain looks like 👍 let’s keep the nature together forever forward!!!!! Let’s rewind the rest of Britain together!!!!

[@ProjectDarkWolf]

"..For the enjoyment and recreation of parishioners, but we've got to bear in mind 'parishioners' consist of humans and wildlife..." That statement really hints at the true value of the land we claim as our own, and the consequences of our management of it. We're so far conditioned to a narrow, anthropocentric perspective that the intrinsic value of wild spaces requires an unusual degree of insight. Congratulations on another thought provoking film, Abbie.

[@philg6613]

Wow! A-ma-zing!! Brilliant video on a wonderful project. If only we could multiply this across the country as a matter of urgency. As a volunteer ranger for an AONB in the South West, I know this type of effort is essential to help our wildlife recover and thrive. Well done all.

[@tjab1715]

Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kingy002]

An excellent little documentary on this project. Al the best with it from New Zealand.

[@timshaw8187]

Brilliant work

[@rosiekeeble4189]

Stories like this give me hope

[@carolinejayes157]

More havens for bats ,more bat boxes and more volunteers ,Butterfly friendly plants.

[@cosmic4037]

Making the world a better place to live for everyone not just people.

[@loisstenner123]

Just wonderful. Great job.

[@jakegc3887]

Great to see!

[@jeffdavis2096]

Stunning work. Well done to everyone who took part.

[@SIRHEYFORD]

Wow! Well done to all involved! Thanks for showcasing this fabulous project.

[@ajiusasikander1701]

What wonderful work you are doing.

[@Nitka022]

Awwwww....this was so so good!! Such a pleasure to watch! Love the little forest and meadow and that amazing shed!! And those little hedgehogs being released! And all that wildlife slowly moving in!! And those cute bats as well...AMAZING. Love to see more and more videos as the time goes by. THANK YOU!!!! AND Congratulations!!

[@charlieneilson1239]

Wonderful - well done all involved!

[@richardjohnson5529]

what a fantastic place it will be heaven for all the Bats and other wildlife, your doing a great job. Thank You.

[@hotelsierra86]

Trying to do the same with the 6 acres around my home. Plenty of piles of brushwood and compost heaps but no hedgehogs. Would be delighted to re home some.

[@UkAmphibians]

Aww brilliant make sure you build some ponds please

[@hotelsierra86]

@@UkAmphibians Two so far.

[@UkAmphibians]

@@hotelsierra86 aww that’s brilliant

[@johnstockburn6396]

Get rid of the badgers if you are serious about hedgehogs

[@hotelsierra86]

@@johnstockburn6396 One evening a few years ago I was watching three badges at the back of my house when a hedgehog came wandering by. It snuffled across the grass between the badgers who never gave it a second glance. I know that badgers can unroll hedgehogs,however these ones didn’t seem to be interested.

[@co-kinetic]

What a wonderful initiative, well done. It would be lovely to see an update over time. Good luck

[@andrewforrest108]

Beautiful, magical, timely, inspiring...thank you to everyone involved for making this possible:)

[@ratzt]

Such an inspirational video, really shows what a small community can do when they put in the effort and work hard.

[@HelenaMikas]

What an inspirational video and you all have done a wonderful job..No Idea why since I was subscribed but never received this Seen now ..It's the sort of amazing project that has me in tears of joy Great viewing :)

[@glps6167]

For your bats, roosting space is of central importance. So is feeding (hunting) space - any bodies of water nearby ?

[@outdoorsy01]

Awesome 🙌 love this

[@theotheseaeagle]

Bats are also important at keeping those pesky mosquitoes at bay!

[@benwoodhouse1988]

Theres definitely been alot of positives out of all this rewilding stuff, I mean things like puffins also covered marvelously by this channel sea eagles are starting to increase and beavers last 2 talking about Scotland but the more we rewild the better it gets for all these species and many more species

[@UkAmphibians]

Brilliant video love this was it cold when you filmed this you look wrapped up well ?

[@AnimalEducate]

I do feel the cold! 🤣 but yes it was certainly chilly

[@UkAmphibians]

@@AnimalEducate haha great work by the way love your channel 🐸💚🐸

[@AnimalEducate]

@@UkAmphibians Thankyou 💚

[@UkAmphibians]

@@AnimalEducate 🐸💚🐸

[@rogersmith8339]

It's really funny, but good gamekeepers have been doing this stuff for years?

[@paladintrueknight]

I think you should have held off on doing this video until the bats are in and you have that footage. Then it would be a success story instead of just a plan. "Plan" videos should be shorter, like news segments, and success story videos are deserving of being 20+ min. long.

[@AnimalEducate]

Didn’t you watch until the end? It is a success story. Hedgehogs have been released and other wildlife are using it as well as bats. Even if GHB don’t use it as a roost it’s still a success. Thanks for your feedback but I disagree… plan videos are just as important! Plus who’s to say we won’t do a follow up… The point of the film was to show local communities what they can do, give them ideas and inspire.

[@Nitka022]

@@AnimalEducate You are spot on! Personally I LOVE watching all the planning, preparations and finally making it happen! Step by step with comments what they got and what they wanted to achieve. That was the whole excitement of it. I love being a part of the whole journey. THANK YOU! A pleasure to watch...xoxoxo