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Ewhurst Park At Ewhurst Park, we’re embarking on an estate-wide biodiversity project. Come on the journey with us. A true celebration of the seasons. Where flowers blossom.

Where wildness is celebrated. Where the land will provide organic, fresh fruits and vegetables. Where deer roam freely. Where bees are kept and honey is harvested. It’s a place that inspires renewed relationships with nature, giving back to its community through education and the expansion of minds; and to the earth through nourishment and rewilding. At Ewhurst Park, we’re embarking on an estate-wide biodiversity project and we’d like you to come on the journey with us and develop a deeper connection with the community, landscape and environment.

This year we have seen lots of Clouded Yellows across the park, having only ever spotted one individual here previously....
09/10/2026

This year we have seen lots of Clouded Yellows across the park, having only ever spotted one individual here previously.

Their caterpillars eat cultivated clovers, Lucerne and Birdsfoot Trefoil, all of which grow in abundance across the park.

The Clouded Yellow is a migrant species that travels here from southern Europe and North Africa. Adults arrive in late spring / early summer and are usually spotted in open grassland, particularly chalk.

The southern edge of Ewhurst Park is chalk, and full of the caterpillar food plants, so we hope to see these stunning creatures back here every year!


07/10/2026

Our wildlife cameras caught this moment between two Barn Owls this summer.

What looked like a fairly calm interaction, with the two Barn Owls sitting inside the tree for around half an hour, ended in a rather dramatic twist!

As one owl turns to leave, the other kicks it clean out of the tree, followed by some beak clattering.

Theories as to the back story are welcome!

Monday cow appreciation post…Another great shot from the ranger team – this mother and calf posing beautifully for the c...
05/10/2026

Monday cow appreciation post…

Another great shot from the ranger team – this mother and calf posing beautifully for the camera just had to be shared!

This is one of seven healthy calves born at Ewhurst Park in 2026, and all seven have fit in so well with the rest of the herd.

It’s a joy to watch these beautiful animals roaming the landscape, helping us to manage the land through their grazing, seed spreading and manure.

Check out this great shot of a Common Darter, captured by one of our rangers.One of the UK’s most widespread dragonflies...
02/10/2026

Check out this great shot of a Common Darter, captured by one of our rangers.

One of the UK’s most widespread dragonflies, the Common Darter thrives in ponds, lakes and wetlands. This agile creature can fly backwards as well as forwards, and also hover like a helicopter.

The name comes from its ability to suddenly dart forward from its hovering position, to catch its prey.

Common Darters are usually on the wing from July until October, but can be spotted as early as May, and sometimes as late a November.

30/09/2026

Some lovely footage from the beaver cam!

We have hours of footage from this tree, and night after night, the beaver returns, sometimes stumbling, sometimes foraging greens nearby and sometimes just stopping for a well-deserved scratch.

There are some excellent munching sounds too if you turn up the volume!

18/09/2026

We had a fantastic day earlier this month for an aquatic plant ID course.

Run by the excellent , we leant about native and non-native aquatic plants, oxygenating, floating, marginal and wetland loving plants.

As we look to restore our waterbodies and discover more about our changing landscape (particularly the beaver wetlands), it’s important to learn about which plants to encourage and which to manage or control from the experts.

From large Yellow Water Lily to tiny Fat Duckweed, via Stream Water Crowfoot, Rigid Hornwort, Smooth Stonewort, Spiked Water Milfoil and an abundance of bankside and water meadow plants…aquatic botany is complex and exciting – we can’t wait to see how our own wetlands develop.

BEAVER PRINTS!After the very welcome rain a couple of weeks ago, we were delighted to spot these amazing beaver prints i...
16/09/2026

BEAVER PRINTS!

After the very welcome rain a couple of weeks ago, we were delighted to spot these amazing beaver prints in the enclosure.

Months of dry weather has meant we hadn’t been able to see any recent prints – although we could still see where they were visiting from the freshly gnawed branches and telltale woodchips left behind!

The first picture shows a front paw print on the left, and a hind print on the right. The second two are less clear, with multiple prints in small areas – but still fantastic evidence of their use of the bottom part of the enclosure.


28/08/2026

Watching bats never fails to impress us. These Common Pipistrelles are foraging along the tree lines, weaving in and out of branches and eating insects on the wing.

We use an Echometer Touch 2 from , which plugs into a smart phone. This links to a free app which shows the shape and frequency of bat calls in order to identify the genus / species.

It’s incredible to hear the echolocation of bats, whilst watching them, how fast they are and how adept they are at foraging.

At Ewhurst Park, we have at least 10 of the UK’s 17 breeding bat species, and we monitor the park regularly to check how they use various woodlands, treelines, hedgerows and waterbodies.

It never gets boring!

25/08/2026

Amongst the dried grass fields, it’s wonderful to still see some colour in our wildflowers.

With the peak of flowering season over, these heroes are still providing for our pollinators. It’s important to support a range of plant species, with different flowering months to extend the window of time that the plant communities can provide food for wildlife..

Plants like Wild Carrot and Yarrow have large seedheads too, which will provide winter shelter for smaller organisms like spiders and insects.

21/08/2026

Our Beavers live in historic fishing ponds, which have artificially steep sides. When they arrived at the park in 2023, Hazel and Chompy dug into the side of the bank to create a burrow.

Last year’s drought meant that the water level dropped so far it exposed the entrance to their home – so the family created this lodge structure to keep the entrance hidden.

Now this mound of twigs and earth creates a shallow gradient into the water which is appreciated by many birds as it offers gradual and safe access to the water.

This Jay is taking advantage of the new shallows to take a bath and cool down in the heat. Bathing in shallow water is also a good method to control parasites and maintain feather health.


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