Below is a list of our planned events.
From webinars to site visits, we hope you’ll find the events that we organise useful. Although we’ll post on the YRN forum, in social media and send updates by email, remember to also check back here regularly for the current list.
We record all of our webinars, so to view any that you’ve missed, click here.
If you have a topic that you know well, and are comfortable presenting, and you would like to offer it as a webinar, please contact us – we’d love to hear from you.
YRN Summer Site Visits 2026
Sadly, our summer programme for 2026 has now concluded.
We are very grateful to all the individuals and organisations who had kindly shown us around their patch. The site visits that we organise each year offer a fantastic opportunity to chat and share knowledge with other rewilding enthusiasts, so keep an eye out for other events over the winter and, of course, news about the 2027 site visits.
Autumn-winter 2026-2027 webinars
Our series of webinars through the autumn and winter period is getting underway. Keep checking back here as we add more over the coming weeks. Information will also be posted in our newsletter, so do check you’re signed up for that!
YRN Webinar:
Return of the giants: bluefin tuna to the North Sea
Wednesday, 11th November, 2026, 19.30 to 20.30
Dr Lucy Hawkes will talk about the Atlantic bluefin tuna and other large predators which have recolonised waters off northeast England and how scientific research, such as satellite tagging and heart rate monitoring, can help us to understand and protect these amazing creatures and the marine ecosystem.
Presenter biography: Dr Lucy Hawkes is a physiological ecologist at the University of Exeter, whose work focuses on the costs and drivers of migration in animals using emergent technologies such as satellite telemetry, heart rate logging, accelerometry and metabolic rate measurements. Her work helps in the discovery and understanding of amazing migratory performances by wild animals. She is also a National Geographic Explorer.
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YRN Webinar:
Breaking barriers: Restoring natural river processes
Wednesday, 16th December, 2026, 19.30 to 20.30
Sarah Lonsdale, Project Manager for River Enhancement at Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust (YDRT), joins us to talk about restoring fish passage across Yorkshire’s rivers.
She will highlight how healthy rivers depend on connectivity – fish need to move freely to spawn, forage and find refuge – yet structures like weirs, culverts and sluices routinely block that migration. Sarah will share how YDRT and Great Yorkshire Rivers are working to reconnect rivers across the region, including a major fish barrier removal project recently delivered near Richmond, North Yorkshire.
Presenter biography: Sarah Lonsdale, has worked at Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust three years as Project Manager for River Enhancement, covering the rivers Nidd and Swale, developing and delivering river restoration projects. She has recently delivered a major fish barrier removal project near Richmond, North Yorkshire. Find out more here: www.ydrt.org.uk
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