Red-billed chough recovery in Kent takes flight as wild population grows
Eight wild-born chicks this year and an expanding range across county mark a turning point for the species' return after 200 years.
Eight wild-born chicks this year and an expanding range across county mark a turning point for the species' return after 200 years.
New study maps areas of land across the country that could support the recovery of one of Britain's most iconic mammals.
Three-year funding from Natural England will support projects to strengthen beaver populations, protect rare woodland invertebrates and recover threatened species.
A total of nineteen red-billed chough have now released into the wild as part of a groundbreaking conservation project to return the at-risk species to Kent.
Choughs breed in the wild in the Kent for the first time in two centuries as the second season of releases gets underway.
Iconic, red-billed corvids spread their wings to reach Dover Castle.
Experts at Kent’s leading conservation charity have voiced their disappointment with DEFRA after the department said that ‘the reintroduction of species is not a priority for the government.’ Defra made the statement in response to a government report on species reintroductions.
History comes to life as iconic bird species soars once again over the Kent coast after a 200-year absence.