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This project pioneered the use of beavers as a wildlife conservation tool in the UK. The success of this project has provided the inspiration behind other projects in Gloucestershire and Argyll. The Kent beaver colony lives in a 130-acre (0.53 km 2) fenced enclosure at the wetland of Ham Fen. Subsequently, the population has been supplemented ...
Rewilding Britain has laid down 'five principles of rewilding' which it expects to be followed by affiliated rewilding projects. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] These are to support people and nature together, to 'let nature lead', to create resilient local economies, to 'work at nature's scale', and to secure benefits for the long-term.
In Wilding, Isabella Tree makes the case for the creation of Knepp Wildland, the first large-scale rewilding project in lowland England. The 3,500-acre (1,400-hectare) wildland project was created in the grounds of Knepp Castle, the ancestral home of her husband, Sir Charles Burrell. Tree describes how the estate, farmed conventionally on poor ...
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White stork were observed raising chicks in the UK for the first time in 600 years at Knepp in 2020. [31] Beavers were re-introduced to Knepp in February 2020, having been absent from Sussex for several hundred years. [32] One of the beavers escaped in December that year. [33]
Strawberry Hill, a farm left to nature decades ago that is now home to rare nightingales and turtledoves, has been bought by a local wildlife trust.
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Rewilding Britain is an organisation founded in 2015 that aims to promote the rewilding of Great Britain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]