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 Winter NetWORKing:
Build a Beaver Dam Analogue, Castle Howard
Saturday, 7th February, 2026, 09.30 to 15.30
This is a fabulous opportunity to help prepare for beavers at Castle Howard’s Bog Hall habitat bank and chat with other rewilders in person.
Bog Hall is at the exciting start of its rewilding journey. As part of their rewilding plans, Castle Howard is working closely with the Beaver Trust to prepare for the release of Eurasian beavers on site.
Join us for a hands-on day where you’ll help build a Beaver Dam Analogue (BDA) — a man-made structure that mimics natural beaver dams. BDAs give beavers a head start when they arrive and help restore healthy wetland habitats.
During your visit, you’ll:
- Learn about the rewilding project and its vision.
- Explore some of the wilder parts of this 440-acre site.
- See the current baseline habitats and discover how they’ll transform.
Practical Details:
- Children over 12 welcome.
- Well-behaved dogs on leads allowed.
- Some walking will be on rough terrain; shelter available in a trailer.
- Please dress for the weather and bring a packed lunch.
- Toilets and parking provided.
To secure your place, we ask for a donation to Yorkshire Rewilding Network — as little as £1, but we hope you’ll support rewilding in Yorkshire and give more if you can. Thank you!
For more details and to book click here.
[Image credit: Castle Howard]
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YRN Webinar:
Rewilding Schools – The Red Kite Rewilding Initiative
Wednesday, 25th February, 2026, 19.30 to 20.30
In this webinar, we’ll explore how the Red Kite Rewilding team is taking a trust-wide approach and supporting 12 very different Red Kite Learning Trust schools in Harrogate and Leeds to rewild their school grounds. Find out how and why pupils are being empowered to study and map their schools’ habitats, making decisions on how to improve them for nature and people alike.
The team will share practical and cost-effective ideas to increase biodiversity at schools with little or no existing greenspace, as well as for those with extensive playing fields, and discuss how these Red Kite schools are engaging with the National Education Nature Park. This free national programme commissioned by the Department for Education and led by the Natural History Museum, with the Royal Horticultural Society and other partners, empowers children and young people to make a positive difference for nature. The combined grounds of the nurseries, schools and colleges in England cover a space that’s more than twice the size of Birmingham, bringing potential for a vast biodiversity-boosting network, shaped by the learners of today. Prepare to be inspired!
The presenting team are:
- Dr Jenny Marks, Red Kite Rewilding Lead and Yorkshire Rewilding Network committee member. A plant scientist by training with a career in nature conservation, including 10 years managing the Northern Nature Reserves at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
- Claire Blindell, Red Kite Rewilding Project Officer. A community engagement & communications specialist and urban rewilder, who has been involved in school projects in West Yorkshire for the past five years.
- Jen Horseman, Senior Programme Officer, Yorkshire and the Humber, National Education Nature Park. Jen combines experience in engaging children & other audiences from a career in museums & heritage, with a passion for plants, working with the RHS on the Nature Park programme since 2023.
It’s free to join. Register here.
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