From brambles to butterflies - and a Quest your whole family will love. Starts Saturday!Dear Reader,This week we moved the cattle and horses to the furthest block of Wild Finca - our wildest and most remote spot. Bordering the forest, it’s bursting with natural regeneration. The thorny scrub - Hawthorn, Bramble, Blackthorn, and Dog Rose - has been quietly protecting young Oaks, Chestnuts, Cherries, Willows, and Birches, now stretching over 4 feet tall. We’ve gently cleared some Bramble...
18 days ago • 2 min read
We’ve bundled everything - quests, audio, videos, and live recordings - into one easy place for your weekend of wild discovery.Dear Reader, Whether you’ve been Questing daily or are just joining us now - good news! Many of you messaged to say that you'd be tucking into the 3-day over the weekend, so we’ve bundled all 3 days of the Mini Nature Quest - including PDFs, audio guides, and recordings of our live sessions - into one easy place. 👉 Access the full 3-day Mini Nature Quest Bundle here &...
23 days ago • 1 min read
A gentle 3-day invitation to slow down, step outside, and reconnect - with nature and yourself. Dear Reader, This morning’s walk through the woods offered one of those quiet resets that seem to arrive when you’re paying attention. The boys had their “eyes-in” ( or 'ditch vision' switched on, as one of our friends, Ben, calls it) - and as we moved slowly, we noticed more:A spider mid-meal. Two striking Wasp Spiders, poised in perfect stillness. Mushrooms nestled in the undergrowth (none edible...
26 days ago • 1 min read
We don’t have ecology degrees - and maybe that’s exactly why our rewilding story matters. Dear Reader, We're just settling back home after an inspiring (and admittedly exhausting!) week in the UK, but most notably past weekend at the UK’s Birdfair - so this week’s newsletter might be a little different than usual. Back to business as usual, checking on the cows! Over the Birdfair weekend, both Luke and I (Katie) were working across the event, and one of the most powerful experiences we shared...
30 days ago • 3 min read
Streams, chalk-covered patios, and the magic of getting outside when things feel wobbly. Dear Reader, We’ve just returned home to Wild Finca from a lovely, if slightly exhausting, week in the UK. A break from routine, the absence of their beloved animal companions, and the sensory whirlwind of new places proved to be a bit much for our boys at times (if we're honest, for all of us!). The solution? As always: getting outside. Last summer, we discovered an invasive Signal Crayfish in a stream...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Field notes from a week of crunchy snail shells and upstream wanders. Dear ReaderEarlier this week, the boys and I (Katie) headed out along The Loop - one of our favourite trails here at Wild Finca, in search of nature treasure, and that day, it came in the form of sound. Albus became fascinated by the crunch of empty snail shells underfoot - remnants of Song Thrush meals scattered across the sun-warmed road. A few tiger-striped shells made it into his basket, but most were appreciated simply...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Cherry finally gave birth, storms may be messing with our ducklings, and the Nightjars are still singing. Plus: a family-friendly quest to connect with nature, wherever you are. Dear Reader,We hope you’re all doing well! We’ve just come through the recent European heatwave and are very grateful for the return of cool breezes and rain here in Asturias. After a sweaty week of 30+ degrees, both the land (and us) are finally breathing again. Thankfully, wild swimming has kept us sane, and Katie...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
I looked out the window to see Albus with his hands in the cement mixer... Dear @ReaderWe hope your week’s been wild - in the best possible way - and that you haven’t melted entirely. It’s scorching here, and most of the Wild Finca crew have kept up the daily wild swims. We’ve needed to. The other day, Luke went to a school meeting and - completely out of the blue - our boys were held up as the example of what summer should look like: climbing trees, running free, independent, wild. Idyllic,...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Plus a 3-day nature connection adventure is coming soon - want in? Dear Reader, We hope you’ve had a wild week! Our boys broke up for the summer holidays on Friday, and we headed straight to the river to celebrate. Since then, we’ve managed a wild swim every single day - Saturday was the sea, Sunday and Monday brought us to different river spots. It got us thinking: why not make it a challenge? So, we’ve decided to try and swim every full day we’re home this summer holiday. We’ll keep you...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Wild Finca Community, We hope you had a wonderfully wild weekend! Ours certainly was… We’ve just had a magical visit from our dear friends Penny and Dave Green, brilliant ecologists and the duo behind Lughurst Ecology. They were in northern Spain for a holiday before heading to us, and together we dove into all kinds of bio-blitzing here at Wild Finca. Some of you may recognise Penny from her days as Head Ecologist at the Knepp Project (where the seeds of Wild Finca were first sown for...
2 months ago • 2 min read