A Sound Map of Knepp Wildland • Ffern x Knepp

2026 | Sound Recordist

A sound map of a rewilded landscape

Last spring, Alice Boyd was commissioned by Ffern to create a series of field recordings at Knepp Wildland, capturing the sounds of a rewilding landscape.

Recorded across the estate, the work brings together some of the UK’s rarest and most threatened species, including nightingales and turtle doves (both on the red list), alongside cuckoos, bats, beavers, longhorn cattle and Tamworth pigs. It also features white storks, a species that has only recently returned to the UK after being extinct here for over 600 years. Together, these recordings form a portrait of Knepp in spring.

These recordings have been developed into a sound map of Knepp, created in collaboration with Ffern and accompanied by a beautifully illustrated map by Lia Brazier. The project brings together sound, place and storytelling, offering a way of engaging with the landscape through listening.

The sound map was released alongside Ffern’s Spring 2026 fragrance, with the illustrated map and wildflower seeds included as part of the edition.

Photo by Aloha Bonser-Shaw

Credits

Field recordings - Alice Boyd
Illustration - Lia Brazier
Commissioned by Ffern
Recorded at Knepp Wildland, West Sussex

About Knepp

Knepp Wildland is one of the UK’s leading rewilding projects, where former farmland has been allowed to regenerate through free-roaming grazing animals and minimal intervention. Over the past two decades, it has become a vital habitat for a wide range of species, including several that are rare or declining elsewhere in the UK.