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Happy New Year from Wild Finca - snow, woodcock & The Wild Shift
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Dear Reader, January arrived with a soft scattering of snow - just a light dusting across the land here, but more generously across the Sueve mountains opposite, which have been looking especially beautiful in the winter light. And on our walk back from our neighbours after Three Kings Day, we were lucky enough to spot our first Woodcock of the season. It came shooting low across the sky and disappeared into the orchard above the finca. This week Katie also shared something close to her heart - a new offering called The Wild Shift. The Wild Shift is a gentle, nature-led parenting mentorship that helps families create calmer days, deeper connection, and a steadier rhythm of life by bringing the living world back to the heart of everyday family life. Over the past six months, this work has been carefully shaped and refined - shared with parents and nature educators as it took shape. UK nature communicator WildlifeKate recognised the heart of the project, endorsing it: “Encouraging families to get outdoors, explore, connect and appreciate nature is something I’m deeply passionate about. This course offers a practical and inspiring way to nurture that connection and help children, and their carers, develop a lifelong love of wildlife and the environment.” The mentorship is now open to founding members only for the next week. You can read all the details here: Founding membership closes: Friday 16th January at 8pm (UK) (If you joined this newsletter through Katie’s Family Nature Connection activities, you may already be on The Wild Shift mailing list too. If not, you can join it here to stay up to date.) For those of you who’ve read No Paradise with Wolves, Luke and I recently remembered that we’d actually recorded the infamous relocation of cow poop using El Mexicano’s horse and cart (and wow… we look young!). And finally - No Paradise with Wolves received its first 1-star review on Amazon. Does that mean Katie has officially made it? There was no comment to go with it, so we’re not quite sure what prompted it - but we’d be incredibly grateful to anyone who’s read (and preferably enjoyed!) the book if you’d consider leaving a review wherever you can. With the warmest and wildest of wishes for 2026, Katie, Luke, Roan & Albus |
The Wild Finca Insider: Stories from our Sanctuary for Nature
From our rewilding sanctuary in the mountains of Asturias, we're creating something special - and we'd love you to be part of it. Join our community of 1000+ nature lovers to receive: ⭐ Weekly nature connection inspiration ⭐ Behind-the-scenes rewilding updates ⭐ Seasonal nature challenges ⭐ Exclusive community access
Dear Reader,We've just woken up to our 115th bird....the bubbling call of a Quail! Quail are nomadic migrants. They’re declining rapidly across Spain, but are more common breeders in central & southern Spain. After their first brood, as temperatures rise they sometimes migrate further north, which is likely why this one has arrived here now. The males have a very distinctive call. Often referred to as ‘Wet-my-lips’… Wild Finca, despite having scrub also has open areas of rough grass,...
Hello Reader,We hope this finds you well, and enjoying the Spring. At Wild Finca it is turning into a good one. A pair of Swallows have already fledged their first brood, RB Shrikes are calling from the tops of trees, lets hope they stay this year, and last week we had a very rare visitor…This newsletter will be more like a blog, so excuse the length…A couple of weeks ago Roan was asking Luke about vultures, specifically the Black, or Cinereous Vulture. Luke dug out some bird books and showed...
Dear Reader,Spring is our favourite time of the year at Wild Finca, and none more so than THIS spring! It has been a long winter, rain, mega storms and a never ending stressful house build. So the arrival of spring migrants like our Swallows, serenading us from the electricity wire, the fly-bys from the Egyptian Vultures, and now the blooming orchids across the land make it all the more amazing, and remind us how lucky we are, and why we live here!Recently, I (Luke) gave a lecture to...