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This is Ten Wild Acres, an independent publication launched in June 2025 to explore the life and history, natural and human, of a wildflower meadow in the heart of England, and free thoughts prompted by it.

Posts will examine topics such as the role of traditional hay meadows in England's ecosystem and local butterflies and insect life, to the function and history of boundary clauses in Anglo-Saxon land ownership.

These ten acres - and those that we've lost

Ten acres in the heart of England. Within that stretch between the Severn and the Wye. Why have we acquired this land? To save it. As much of it as possible, for as long as possible. Traditional wildflower-rich hay-meadows are now rare across the UK. Between 1930 and 1984, 97%

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These ten acres - and those that we've lost