monitoring and surveys
We undertake annual monitoring and surveys of wildlife and vegetation cover to help chart the changes happening under rewilding. Our baseline survey was undertaken in 2005, close to the start of the project. We also carry out surveys on specific species. This is a live document page that will be updated as reports become available.
Bird survey report being finalised
Butterfly surveys
Annual herd inspection
2019 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Bat Survey Report – Steph Murphy, Arbeco
Bramble as a Facilitator of English Oak Regeneration – Catherine King
Design of a Wetland – Salehin Sajid
Knepp Bird Ringing Review 2015-2019 – Tony Davis
Knepp Exmoor Strategy – Rina Quinlan
The Effectiveness of Natural Flood Management Interventions – Sam Lee
Nematoproctus praesectus new to Britain, found together with N. distendens (Meigen), and notes on their habitat preferences – C. Martin Drake
Plant-Pollinator Relationships in a Rewilded Landscape – Catriona Maclaren
Rewilding Benefits Ecosystem Services – Sarah Davidson
The Changing Role of Land Use and Subsequent Biodiversity of Hedgerows – Molly Emmerson
The Effect of Pig Rootling on Invertebrate Biodiversity – Richard Godbehere
The Effects of Human Activity on Large Herbivores – Hugo Allan
The Potential of Ecosystem Engineers for the Conservation of Early-successional Insects – Will Langdon
The Vegetation of the Pig Rootled Areas at Knepp Wildland and their use by Farmland Birds – Ivan de Klee
Understanding the Effectiveness of Wood Debris – Jacques Cador
2018 MAIN SURVEYS
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Student talks
Annual herd inspection
2018 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
A comparison of the wintering bird communities of the re-wilded Knepp Castle Estate with adjacent farmland – Gareth James
Beavers as a Natural Flood Management tool in a Sussex catchment – Gareth Williams
Does Rewilding Benefit Dung Beetle Biodiversity? – Sarah Brompton
Does Rewilding restore soil biodiversity and function? – Laura Koester genannt Kurwald
Drivers and impacts of large herbivore foraging behaviour in a rewilded landscape – Thomas Dando
How vegetational succession in relation to rewilding influences small mammal communities at Knepp Castle Estate – Betsy Brown
Impacts of livestock grazing on winter woodland bird diversity – Guy Border
Impacts of Rewilding at Knepp Castle Estate on Abundance and Species Richness of Carabidae and Scarabaeidae – Claire Murphy
Paradise Regained! The 2018 Purple Emperor Season – Matthew Oates
Repeat Botanical Survey of the River Adur & Lancing Brook Knepp Estate – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
The effect of megaherbivore guild intactness on the distribution of plant spinescence – Georgina Pashler
The Impacts of a Rewilding Project on Pollinator Abundance and Diversity at a Local Scale – Claire Wallace
2017 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
2017 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Lasioglossum malachurum research summary – Tanya Pennell
Lime Tree survey on Knepp – Jamie Simpson
Scrub and hedgerow changes 2001-2015 – Nienke Eernisse
The effect of river restoration on aquatic biodiversity – Jessica Walker
The Rainbow and 27 Acre fields transects – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
2016 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
2016 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Aculeate bee and wasp survey report – Goulson & Wood
Bird Ringing Report – Tony Davis
Conservation Area Audit for VCA – Jonathan Spencer
How UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) can help monitor landscape dynamics – Thomson Ecology
Impacts of semi-natural grazing on vegetation biodiversity – Charlotte L. Bottone
Knepp wetland restoration invertebrate survey – Graeme Lyons
Molluscan Survey – Dr Martin Willing
OART report on the Knepp river restoration – Peter King
Phase 1 habitat survey 2016 – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
Pondtail area woody colonisation transect – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
Rewilding Britain: Exploring the opportunities and challenges for NGOs – Rachel Forsyth
Trees for Trouts project proposal – OART
Using Bioindicator Bat Activity to Compare Ex-Agricultural Habitats – Fritha West
2015 MAIN SURVEYS
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
2015 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
A baseline invertebrate survey of the Knepp Estate – Graeme Lyons
Bird ringing report – Tony Davis
Can geomorphological channel design deliver better outcomes for river restorations than reconnecting historic meanders – Michael Green
Investigating the effect of browsing on Brown Hairstreak – Piort Szota
Transect survey report – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
2014 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Ragwort Survey
2014 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
A short survey of aphids – Dransfield & Brightwell
Dormouse survey for Great Cockshill wood, Knepp Estate
2013 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Knepp monitoring report
2013 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Available edible fodder Survey – Amy Nightingale
Benefits of extensive agriculture for the nightingale – Hicks, O., Burrell, C., Lord, A.M
Bryophytes on the Knepp Castle Estate – Tom Ottley
Earthworms and soil ecosystem services – James Wood-Segura
Knepp Nightingales – Olivia Hicks
Pig rooting and earthworm abundance – Joseph Cole
Preliminary report on Purple Emperor butterfly surveys – Oates & Hulme
The impact of landscape level arable reversion on invertebrate foodstock for Yellowhammers – Tim Saunders
The effect of rewilding on the densities of a group of Birds of Conservation Concern species – Isobel Donovan
Winter thrush – Simon Carter
2012 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Knepp monitoring report
Ragwort survey
2012 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Butterfly survey summary
Ecological survey of Horsham Common – Ben Rainbow
Late Holocene Environmental Change in N Sussex: a proposal for multidisciplinary study of the lake at Knepp Castle Remote Sensing Monitoring – Dr Geoff Smith
River Adur and wetland restoration project
Tamworth pigs as ecological analogs analogs of wild boar – Anita Diaz, Antonio Uzal & Paul Buckland
The impacts on bird diversity of re-wilding an intensive farm – Olivia Hicks
The re-naturalisation of the River Adur on Knepp Castle Estate – Benjamin W Lewis
Turtle Dove Survey – Simon Carter
2011 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Fixed point photography survey
Knepp monitoring report
Ragwort survey
2011 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
A strategy for clean water pond creation – Knepp
DEFRA report on ecosystem services – Hodder, K.H., et al
Knepp Wildland Project review 2000-2011
Land at Knepp Estate + 2km buffer around River Adur and Knepp Lake
Meadow Restoration Crab Tree Platt SNCI
Preliminary assessment of Oak sapling study, 27 Acres Field
River Adur Invertebrate Survey – Schmid-arayar, Schmid and Campbell
The activity patterns of Tamworth pigs and their effects on the Knepp Castle Estate Wildland Project – an analogue for wild boar – Ross Johnson
Valuing ecosystem services: case studies from lowland England
Year 10 for the re-wilding project
2010 MAIN SURVEYS
Annual herd inspection
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Fixed point photography survey
Knepp monitoring report
Ragwort survey
2010 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Botanical Transect Survey – Sophie Miller
Hedgerow surveys 2009 – 2010 – Peter Challis
Reptile survey – Thomson Ecology
Re-wilding the landscape Large herbivores, dung faunas and conservation at Knepp Castle – Laura E Eadie
Road verges – Ben Rainbow
The effect of a semi-natural grazing regime on the vegetation of the Knepp Castle Estate: can a wildland be restored – Rebecca Corby
2009 MAIN SURVEYS
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Fixed point photography survey
Knepp monitoring report
Ragwort monitoring
2009 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Bat handbook for Knepp
Laybrook pre-planning ecological objections
Rewilding: New Constructions of Nature in Conservation Biology
2008 MAIN SURVEYS
Bird survey
Butterfly surveys
Fixed point photography survey
Knepp monitoring report
2008 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Botanical Survey of Horsham Common SNCI – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
Floodplain Woodland Survey: Charlwood Wood – Neil Sanderson
Floodplain Woodland Survey: Hartsgravel Wood – Neil Sanderson
River Adur re-naturalisation: Pre-project ecological surveys – Theresa Greenaway
Small Mammal Survey executive summary – James Goodrum
2007 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Botanical Survey of River Adur and Lancing Brook repeat – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
Creating naturalistic grazing in lowland England – research note Kernon report
Monitoring strategy for Knepp Castle Estate Wildland Project
Proposed Wet Woodland Area Survey – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
Rainbow and 27 Acre Transect – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
2006 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Knepp Castle Estate Baseline Ecological Survey
Large herbivores at Knepp – Joep van de Vlasakker
Pre-feasibility study of river restoration – Martin Janes, Jenny Mant and Alice Fellick RRC
2005 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Amphibian and Reptile Survey – David Buckingham
Bat Survey – Martin Love
Botanical Survey of River Adur and Lancing Brook – Dolphin Ecological Surveys
Dormouse Survey – Rich Howorth
Floodplain Biodiversity – David Gowing
Water shrew Survey – Fran Southgate & Yohanna Regis
Wetland Coleoptera Survey – Peter Hodge
2003 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Ecological assessment of Kneppmill pond
2000 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
Restoration management plan – Colson & Stone report
