Wild Kingdom Come!
Wild Kingdom Come!
Wild Kingdom Come!
WildKingdom is brought to you by the team behind WildEast and is the UK upgrade to the ‘Map of Dreams’. We’d love you to get involved by joining the map TODAY.
“WILD KINGDOM COME!” might sound like a great strapline – but it won’t happen unless we all become activists, jump into the planet-saving fray and DO SOMETHING.
That something – our dream – is to map the planet-saving dreams of thousands across the Kingdom. However small or insignificant people might feel their efforts are, taken together, one backyard at a time, they can become an irresistible force of nature.
For too long, nature recovery has been left to too few people in too few places. It’s time to trust wildlife. Given even a small amount of space and connection - down a street, across a farm, between classrooms, backyard to backyard, up and down the Kingdom - nature will thrive and rebound, just like us.
WildKingdom is a fresh, disruptive voice that speaks for the everyone and challenges the us to remember the sheer joy and wonder of nature.
WildKingdom is a fun, fresh antidote to more traditional forms of conservation. If it isn’t fun, it won’t work. We’re seriously light-hearted: open, collaborative and inclusive - from backyard to schoolyard, churchyard to farmyard – until the planet-saving is done.
WildKingdom is a movement. Together we can be a force for nature and make
WILD KINGDOM COME!
WildKingdom is brought to you by the team behind WildEast and is the UK upgrade to the ‘Map of Dreams’. We’d love you to get involved by joining the map TODAY.
“WILD KINGDOM COME!” might sound like a great strapline – but it won’t happen unless we all become activists, jump into the planet-saving fray and DO SOMETHING.
That something – our dream – is to map the planet-saving dreams of thousands across the Kingdom. However small or insignificant people might feel their efforts are, taken together, one backyard at a time, they can become an irresistible force of nature.
For too long, nature recovery has been left to too few people in too few places. It’s time to trust wildlife. Given even a small amount of space and connection - down a street, across a farm, between classrooms, backyard to backyard, up and down the Kingdom - nature will thrive and rebound, just like us.
WildKingdom is a fresh, disruptive voice that speaks for the everyone and challenges the us to remember the sheer joy and wonder of nature.
WildKingdom is a fun, fresh antidote to more traditional forms of conservation. If it isn’t fun, it won’t work. We’re seriously light-hearted: open, collaborative and inclusive - from backyard to schoolyard, churchyard to farmyard – until the planet-saving is done.
WildKingdom is a movement. Together we can be a force for nature and make
WILD KINGDOM COME!
THIS IS TEAM WILDKINGDOM
WildKingdom was created by a team of planet savers with a wild dream.
They all believe in one wild truth: that restoring nature across 20% of our region is critical, urgent, and only possible if we all play our part.
Hugh Somerleyton DL
Trustee
Owner of Somerleyton Estate, North Suffolk. Creator of successful brands Dish Dash, Hot Chip, regenerative farmer, rewilder and conservationist. Trail runner, wild swimmer and agitator for change.
Laura Hampton
Head of Engagement and Partnerships
Laura Hampton leads engagement and partnerships at WildKingdom, focusing on fundraising, resource management, and communications. A former BBC environmental journalist and professional sailor, she brings a wealth of experience in reporting on global environmental issues. Raised on the North Norfolk Coast, Laura is passionate about reconnecting people with nature and ensuring WildKingdom’s mission is delivered through strong partnerships and strategic initiatives.
Argus Gathorne-Hardy
Trustee
Argus is a Suffolk Architect with a passion for vernacular buildings and the East Anglian landscape. He comes from a family of naturalists, zoologists and farmers with strong links to nature conservation. The family farm was the Regional Winner in the RSPB Nature of Farming Awards and received a Special Award for Conservation from the Suffolk Agricultural Society.
Olly Birkbeck
Trustee
Formerly a soldier and journalist, Olly now directs Little Massingham Estate, where he is putting restorative farming practices into place alongside the restoration of 500 acres of heathland nature reserve.
Professor Tim O’Riordan, OBE
Trustee
Tim O’Riordan is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Holding degrees from Edinburgh, Cornell, and Cambridge, he has led major sustainability research projects, edited influential books on environmental policy, and served on the Broads Authority (1978–1999). His work focuses on sustainability governance, coastal resilience, and global environmental change. He received an OBE in 2010, is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk, served as Sheriff of Norwich (2009-10), and is a Fellow of the British Academy.
THIS IS TEAM WILDKINGDOM
WildKingdom was created by a team of planet savers with a wild dream.
They all believe in one wild truth: that restoring nature across 20% of our region is critical, urgent, and only possible if we all play our part.
Hugh Somerleyton DL
Trustee
Owner of Somerleyton Estate, North Suffolk. Creator of successful brands Dish Dash, Hot Chip, regenerative farmer, rewilder and conservationist. Trail runner, wild swimmer and agitator for change.
Laura Hampton
Head of Engagement and Partnerships
Laura Hampton leads engagement and partnerships at WildKingdom, focusing on fundraising, resource management, and communications. A former BBC environmental journalist and professional sailor, she brings a wealth of experience in reporting on global environmental issues. Raised on the North Norfolk Coast, Laura is passionate about reconnecting people with nature and ensuring WildKingdom’s mission is delivered through strong partnerships and strategic initiatives.
Argus Gathorne-Hardy
Trustee
Argus is a Suffolk Architect with a passion for vernacular buildings and the East Anglian landscape. He comes from a family of naturalists, zoologists and farmers with strong links to nature conservation. The family farm was the Regional Winner in the RSPB Nature of Farming Awards and received a Special Award for Conservation from the Suffolk Agricultural Society.
Olly Birkbeck
Trustee
Formerly a soldier and journalist, Olly now directs Little Massingham Estate, where he is putting restorative farming practices into place alongside the restoration of 500 acres of heathland nature reserve.
Professor Tim O’Riordan, OBE
Trustee
Tim O’Riordan is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Holding degrees from Edinburgh, Cornell, and Cambridge, he has led major sustainability research projects, edited influential books on environmental policy, and served on the Broads Authority (1978–1999). His work focuses on sustainability governance, coastal resilience, and global environmental change. He received an OBE in 2010, is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk, served as Sheriff of Norwich (2009-10), and is a Fellow of the British Academy.
THIS IS TEAM WILDKINGDOM
WildKingdom was created by a team of planet savers with a wild dream.
They all believe in one wild truth: that restoring nature across 20% of our region is critical, urgent, and only possible if we all play our part.
Hugh Somerleyton DL
Trustee
Owner of Somerleyton Estate, North Suffolk. Creator of successful brands Dish Dash, Hot Chip, regenerative farmer, rewilder and conservationist. Trail runner, wild swimmer and agitator for change.
Laura Hampton
Head of Engagement and Partnerships
Laura Hampton leads engagement and partnerships at WildKingdom, focusing on fundraising, resource management, and communications. A former BBC environmental journalist and professional sailor, she brings a wealth of experience in reporting on global environmental issues. Raised on the North Norfolk Coast, Laura is passionate about reconnecting people with nature and ensuring WildKingdom’s mission is delivered through strong partnerships and strategic initiatives.
Argus Gathorne-Hardy
Trustee
Argus is a Suffolk Architect with a passion for vernacular buildings and the East Anglian landscape. He comes from a family of naturalists, zoologists and farmers with strong links to nature conservation. The family farm was the Regional Winner in the RSPB Nature of Farming Awards and received a Special Award for Conservation from the Suffolk Agricultural Society.
Olly Birkbeck
Trustee
Formerly a soldier and journalist, Olly now directs Little Massingham Estate, where he is putting restorative farming practices into place alongside the restoration of 500 acres of heathland nature reserve.
Professor Tim O’Riordan, OBE
Trustee
Tim O’Riordan is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Holding degrees from Edinburgh, Cornell, and Cambridge, he has led major sustainability research projects, edited influential books on environmental policy, and served on the Broads Authority (1978–1999). His work focuses on sustainability governance, coastal resilience, and global environmental change. He received an OBE in 2010, is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk, served as Sheriff of Norwich (2009-10), and is a Fellow of the British Academy.
THIS IS TEAM WILDKINGDOM
WildKingdom was created by a team of planet savers with a wild dream.
They all believe in one wild truth: that restoring nature across 20% of our region is critical, urgent, and only possible if we all play our part.
Hugh Somerleyton DL
Trustee
Owner of Somerleyton Estate, North Suffolk. Creator of successful brands Dish Dash, Hot Chip, regenerative farmer, rewilder and conservationist. Trail runner, wild swimmer and agitator for change.
Laura Hampton
Head of Engagement and Partnerships
Laura Hampton leads engagement and partnerships at WildKingdom, focusing on fundraising, resource management, and communications. A former BBC environmental journalist and professional sailor, she brings a wealth of experience in reporting on global environmental issues. Raised on the North Norfolk Coast, Laura is passionate about reconnecting people with nature and ensuring WildKingdom’s mission is delivered through strong partnerships and strategic initiatives.
Argus Gathorne-Hardy
Trustee
Argus is a Suffolk Architect with a passion for vernacular buildings and the East Anglian landscape. He comes from a family of naturalists, zoologists and farmers with strong links to nature conservation. The family farm was the Regional Winner in the RSPB Nature of Farming Awards and received a Special Award for Conservation from the Suffolk Agricultural Society.
Olly Birkbeck
Trustee
Formerly a soldier and journalist, Olly now directs Little Massingham Estate, where he is putting restorative farming practices into place alongside the restoration of 500 acres of heathland nature reserve.
Professor Tim O’Riordan, OBE
Trustee
Tim O’Riordan is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Holding degrees from Edinburgh, Cornell, and Cambridge, he has led major sustainability research projects, edited influential books on environmental policy, and served on the Broads Authority (1978–1999). His work focuses on sustainability governance, coastal resilience, and global environmental change. He received an OBE in 2010, is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk, served as Sheriff of Norwich (2009-10), and is a Fellow of the British Academy.
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Somerleyton Estate Office, Manor Barn St Olaves Road, Herringfleet Suffolk NR32 5QS
© Copyright WildEast 2025. WildEast is a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England & Wales (no. 1193252).
Registered office: MANOR BARN ST. OLAVES ROAD, HERRINGFLEET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 5QS
Contact us
Email:
info@wildeast.co.uk
Phone Number:
01502 734901
Address:
Somerleyton Estate Office, Manor Barn St Olaves Road, Herringfleet Suffolk NR32 5QS
© Copyright WildEast 2025. WildEast is a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England & Wales (no. 1193252).
Registered office: MANOR BARN ST. OLAVES ROAD, HERRINGFLEET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 5QS
Contact us
Email:
info@wildeast.co.uk
Phone Number:
01502 734901
Address:
Somerleyton Estate Office, Manor Barn St Olaves Road, Herringfleet Suffolk NR32 5QS
© Copyright WildEast 2025. WildEast is a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England & Wales (no. 1193252).
Registered office: MANOR BARN ST. OLAVES ROAD, HERRINGFLEET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 5QS
Contact us
Email:
info@wildeast.co.uk
Phone Number:
01502 734901
Address:
Somerleyton Estate Office, Manor Barn St Olaves Road, Herringfleet Suffolk NR32 5QS
© Copyright WildEast 2025. WildEast is a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England & Wales (no. 1193252).
Registered office: MANOR BARN ST. OLAVES ROAD, HERRINGFLEET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 5QS
Contact us
Email:
info@wildeast.co.uk
Phone Number:
01502 734901
Address:
Somerleyton Estate Office, Manor Barn St Olaves Road, Herringfleet Suffolk NR32 5QS
© Copyright WildEast 2025. WildEast is a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England & Wales (no. 1193252).
Registered office: MANOR BARN ST. OLAVES ROAD, HERRINGFLEET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 5QS