Kingsdale Head Farm

08/03/2026

This female stonechat keeps watch over a male nearby.

Lovely to see Kingsdale awakening from winter. Birds chirping, buds on trees.

11/02/2026

Big thank you to Gill Calderdale Countryside and Woodlands Team who put a lot of hard work into developing and sharing a method for growing sphagnum which is now being used more widely. Thanks for being so generous with your time and experience.

Kingsdale Head Farm are restoring damaged peatland on their 607-hectare former sheep farm, supported by our Rewilding Innovation Fund 🌱

The Fund has helped Kingsdale to grow and transplant native sphagnum mosses which drive a lot of the processes on blanket bogs, including peat formations.

It’s allowed them to transform their old sheep barn into a sphagnum growing space and get support from The Yorkshire Peat Partnership to help with collecting moss from other sites.

Read the full impact story on our website👇
https://f.mtr.cool/elbrqgfyju

📸 Amy McEwan

04/02/2026

You might have spotted us on look north yesterday evening talking about the reintroduction of Sphagnum austinii to Kingsdale Head. It’s available on iPlayer and we have published a bit more information about the project on our website. Link in our bio. With thanks to and for your support.

24/07/2025

A thank you to Patrick a student volunteer who has been with us for the last 5 weeks at a busy time. Amongst other things, dry stone walling, survey work, social media posts and engaging with a whole range of people who have come to visit Kingsdale in the last few weeks. Your energy and effort has made a big difference.

Wishing you all the best with what comes next.

22/07/2025

Great to welcome to Kingsdale Head to record for ‘on your farm.’ It was a beautiful day for recording and lovely to have Pete from and Beth from there to help capture a nice overview of our work at Kingsdale Head. Link to the episode in our bio.