A tree older than the lightbulb In the very heart of Glasgow, where trams once rattled and Teslas now glide, a living sentinel has stood for 170 years. The Argyle Street ash , described in 1951 by local historian James Cowan as “quite the most graceful ash I have seen” , has witnessed the city’s […]
The UK government has just announced a ban on burning deep peatland across England. It’s a milestone moment: peatlands are some of the most important landscapes we have and for too long they’ve been treated as expendable. Peat is often called England’s “Amazon rainforest” - a natural storehouse of carbon, water and life. It forms […]
At LettsSafari, we know that rewilding doesn’t just belong in vast countryside estates or protected reserves. It can - and must - take root in our cities. That’s where the Urban Rewilder comes in. The Urban Rewilder is passionate about turning concrete corners into green havens. They see the potential in a neglected verge, a […]
England’s skies may soon see the return of one of the most iconic symbols of wilderness: the golden eagle. Absent from our landscapes for more than 150 years, these majestic raptors could be reintroduced thanks to a landmark feasibility study by Forestry England. The study confirms that northern England has enough suitable habitats and prey […]
Imagine walking through a London park and spotting the elegant silhouette of a white stork soaring above. Once extinct in Britain, this iconic bird could soon return to the capital’s skies thanks to a bold new rewilding initiative. Earlier this week, Citizen Zoo announced a groundbreaking project to explore the reintroduction of white storks to London […]
In the heart of Bristol, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Not the loud kind of protest or policy change but a gentle, powerful act of community-led rewilding. The residents of Lockleaze, a suburb just north of the city centre, are breathing new life into forgotten spaces. Their initiative, Really Wild Lockleaze , is transforming the […]
What do beavers, water voles and “wiggly” rivers have in common? They’re all making a comeback right in the heart of London. In a powerful shift from concrete to canopy, a series of ambitious urban rewilding projects are transforming the capital into a haven for wildlife and people alike. The story begins at Paradise Fields […]
Music, community, creativity… and a lot of mess. Summer festivals bring joy, music and community, but they can also bring serious environmental disruption. From flattened fields to abandoned tents, the impact on local ecosystems is often overlooked in the excitement of the weekend. When thousands of people descend on green spaces, the effect on wildlife […]
On a recent episode of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Dr Rob Stoneman of The Wildlife Trust shared a vision that could transform Britain’s wild spaces: the reintroduction of the Eurasian Lynx. Extinct in the UK for hundreds of years, this shy and elusive forest cat - about the size of a slim Labrador, with […]
Something extraordinary happened in Cambridgeshire last month. After a year-long restoration of Burwell Fen, part of the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, the land was finally re-wetted. Within just a few hours, something magical occurred - cranes, great egrets, snipe and other rare wetland birds returned. Nature didn’t hesitate. It knew what to do. This story […]
