Habitat Restoration
Making space for nature on working farms
Wildlife needs more than protected reserves
It needs a countryside where nature can thrive alongside food production, and where farming practices help restore the habitats and species we risk losing.
Wild Cymru works with farmers and land managers to put wildlife at the heart of how land is managed. In the Vale of Glamorgan, we’re working with a farm to demonstrate how sustainable, wildlife-friendly farming can support biodiversity and create a healthier landscape.
We’re already seeing encouraging signs of what this approach can achieve
Over three years, the number of brown hare pairs recorded on the farm has risen from two to seven. Yellowhammers are also doing well, with surveys recording at least 12 birds in 2026, compared with a minimum of five in 2024. They’re also appearing in parts of the farm where they weren’t recorded in 2024. Skylarks have increased too.
These findings offer encouraging evidence of wildlife thriving within a working agricultural landscape.
They show why monitoring matters, helping us understand how species are responding and where further action can make a difference.
We believe farming and nature recovery can work together. By supporting practical, wildlife-friendly approaches to land management, we want to demonstrate what’s possible when wildlife is treated as an essential part of a productive countryside.
Our aim is a living, working landscape where farming supports nature, wildlife populations can recover, and future generations can experience a richer natural world.
Our Habitat Restoration Projects
Llywndewi Nature Reserve
Our nature reserve on the foothills of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire is a diverse mosaic of habitats, providing a vital home for rare, threatened and iconic Welsh wildlife.
Farmland restoration in the Vale of Glamorgan
Our wildlife-friendly farm in the Vale of Glamorgan demonstrates how sustainable farming can restore habitats, support declining species and help nature thrive in Wales’s agricultural landscape.
Farmland restoration in Ceredigion
Wild Cymru is helping transform a farm in Ceredigion into a wildlife-rich landscape, restoring habitats and supporting threatened species including water voles and marsh fritillary butterflies.
