2025 wasn’t just another lap around the sun. It was a genuine turning point for the UK landscape. And while the headlines often dwell on what nature is losing, this year’s Wrapped is about something far more hopeful: what we’re quietly, collectively winning back.
From balconies to back gardens, from muddy boots to meaningful policy shifts, this was the year rewilding stopped being a niche idea and started feeling like a movement.
Most Searched Plant:
Peonies
Proof that beauty still brings people to nature first - and once they arrive, they stay for the insects, soil, and ecosystem magic underneath the petals.
Species of the Year:
The Beaver
2025 will be remembered as the year the beaver truly bounced back. With record releases across the UK, these tireless ecosystem engineers are reshaping rivers, slowing floods, and reminding us that nature often knows best - no consultancy deck required.
Most Productive Month:
May
Thanks to “No Mow May,” nectar production across LettsSafari-supported spaces increased tenfold. Ten. Fold. Turns out doing
less
really can achieve more (a lesson we’re still trying to apply to our inboxes).
The Big Milestone:
15% of UK land now actively managed for nature recovery
This is huge. Not perfect, not finished but real momentum. A sign that rewilding is no longer just a conversation between ecologists; it’s becoming part of how we think about land, responsibility, and the future.
Beyond the stats, 2025 was built from quieter victories:
Everything LettsSafari stands for is rooted in a simple belief: big change happens when lots of people do small things, consistently, with purpose. Subscriptions became habitats. Curiosity became confidence. Gardens became gateways back to nature.
You didn’t just follow along this year - you helped tip the balance.
If 2025 was the year rewilding felt real, 2026 is when it gets even bolder. More land, more life, more people realising that nature recovery isn’t something happening somewhere else —it’s happening right outside the door.
Thank you for being part of the journey.
Let’s make next year even wilder.
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Answer: Rewilding is about restoring natural processes rather than managing nature tightly. In practical terms, this can be as simple as mowing less, planting native species, allowing soil to recover, or creating small habitats for insects and birds. LettsSafari focuses on making rewilding accessible - smaller-scale rewilding - showing how gardens, balconies and shared spaces can all contribute to healthier ecosystems.
Answer: Large-scale nature recovery is the cumulative result of many small actions taken consistently. When thousands of people reduce mowing, support pollinators, improve soil health, or fund habitat restoration, the impact compounds. In 2025, these collective actions helped increase nectar production, support species recovery, and expand the percentage of UK land managed for nature.
Answer: LettsSafari connects people directly to nature recovery through subscriptions that fund rewilding projects while providing practical guidance for rewilding at home. It bridges the gap between individual intent and measurable impact - turning curiosity into action, and everyday spaces into part of the UK’s wider nature recovery network.
Forget chocolate. This December, LettsSafari is opening windows onto something far more satisfying: your inner wildlife documentary narrator.
While everyone else is stress-shopping for inflatable reindeer, you'll be out there becoming the David Attenborough of your local patch, one delightfully unhinged day at a time. Think of it as rewilding, but make it festive. And achievable. And possibly involving wellington boots.
Days 1-3: Start gentle. Identify three trees on your street. Not just "that green one" – actual names. Bonus points if you hug them. Double bonus if a neighbour sees you and you maintain unwavering eye contact.
Days 4-6: Dawn chorus challenge. Set your alarm obscenely early and listen to the birds before the world drowns them out with traffic and Christmas pop. You'll discover robins are basically tiny feathered philosophers with opinions about everything.
Day 7: Treat yourself to some aggressive puddle-jumping. Channel your inner six-year-old. Wellington boots mandatory. Dignity optional.
Days 8-10: Create a "wildlife café" – aka scatter some birdseed, leave out water, maybe some fruit for the bold blackbirds. Congratulations, you're now a restaurateur for creatures who never leave tips but have excellent table manners.
Days 11-13: Night safari in your own garden or local park. Grab a torch (red light if you're fancy) and see who's active after dark. Foxes, hedgehogs, moths the size of your hand – it's like a nightclub, but everyone's hairier and no one's pretending to enjoy themselves.
Day 14: Learn one constellation. Just one. Then bore everyone at Christmas dinner by pointing it out through the window while they're trying to watch the Queen's speech.
Days 15-17: Photography safari with your phone. Macro mode on frost patterns, spider webs, or that weird fungus growing on the fence. You're basically a National Geographic photographer now. The fungus doesn't need to know it's not photogenic. And remember to journal it!
Days 18-20: Foraging walk (legally and safely, obviously). Even if you just identify what's edible rather than actually eating it. Nothing says "I'm one with nature" like confidently pointing at a hedge and announcing "That's hawthorn!"
Day 21: Build something – a bug hotel from sticks and hollow stems, a stone cairn, a leaf mandala. Ephemeral art that says "I was here, and I cared enough to stack these pebbles in a moderately aesthetic way."
Days 22-23: Teach someone else one thing you've learned. Drag a friend, partner, or bewildered family member out for a "quick walk" that becomes a full nature lecture. They'll thank you later. Probably.
Christmas Eve (and beyond): Sit outside for ten minutes in silence. No phone, no agenda. Just you and whatever shows up – a robin, a gust of wind, existential clarity about why we put trees indoors and cover them in lights.
The point isn't to become Bear Grylls overnight (please don't drink your own urine). It's to remember that wildness isn't somewhere else, waiting for an expensive safari holiday. It's right there, happening every day, in the gap between the bins and the bus stop.
So this December, while everyone's decking halls, you'll be tracking foxes. While they're trimming trees, you'll be naming them. And when someone asks what you want for Christmas, you can confidently say: "Binoculars. And to be left alone with this very interesting moss."
Now get out there. The woodlice are waiting.
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Otters are making a quiet but powerful return across the UK, appearing not only in rural rivers but increasingly near towns and cities. Once pushed to the brink by pollution and habitat loss, their resurgence is being hailed by conservationists as one of the clearest signs that nature can recover - if we give it the chance.
This week, new reporting highlighted how cleaner waterways, improved environmental protections, and long-term conservation efforts are allowing otters to reclaim territory they disappeared from decades ago. It’s a hopeful story - and an important one for the future of rewilding in Britain.
Otters are what ecologists call an indicator species . Their presence tells us something crucial about the health of an ecosystem.
For otters to thrive, rivers must have:
In the 1970s, otters were found in only a tiny fraction of UK waterways. Industrial pollution, pesticides, and damaged river systems caused dramatic declines. Today, they are present in the majority of river catchments - a turnaround that reflects decades of sustained environmental work.
In short: if otters are back, ecosystems are healing .
One of the most striking aspects of this recovery is where otters are now being seen.
Sightings are increasingly reported:
This challenges the idea that wildlife recovery only happens in remote or “untouched” landscapes. Nature restoration can, and does, happen close to where people live.
Urban rewilding, wetland restoration and better river management are quietly reconnecting fragmented habitats, allowing species like otters to move, feed and breed safely.
While otters’ return is encouraging, it’s not guaranteed or permanent.
Modern threats remain:
The lesson is clear: nature recovers when effort is sustained, not when attention fades . Otters didn’t come back overnight - their recovery is the result of long-term commitment.
This story highlights several big truths about nature restoration in the UK:
Given cleaner environments and space to recover, wildlife responds, often faster than expected.
Incremental changes to water quality, planting and habitat connectivity can unlock major ecological benefits over time.
Rivers, ponds, gardens and parks are part of the same living system. What happens locally matters nationally.
At LettsSafari, we see stories like the return of otters as both inspiration and invitation. Not everyone lives next to a river. But everyone can contribute to healthier ecosystems. LettsSafari supports nature recovery by:
Healthy rivers depend on healthy landscapes upstream. Pollinators, insects, birds, plants - they all form the web that supports species like otters in the first place. Rewilding doesn’t start with iconic animals. It starts with consistent, collective action.
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While we're inside stringing fairy lights and watching the first snow dust our windowsills, an extraordinary world is unfolding just beyond the glass. Winter isn't the silent, sleeping season we imagine. It's a time of ingenious survival, hidden feasts, and small miracles happening in the gardens, hedgerows and hollows of Britain's rewilding spaces.
The Architects of Winter
Stand quietly in your garden on a December morning and you'll witness Britain's most underrated engineers at work. Robins, those festive icons perched on Christmas cards, are actually fiercely territorial warriors. That cheerful carol you hear? It's a property dispute. A single robin maintains a winter territory alone, defending berry bushes and insect-rich bark crevices with surprising aggression. Meanwhile, long-tailed tits have formed their own survival collective, roosting in tight huddles of twenty or more, their combined body heat creating a living furnace against the frost.
Here's something magical: goldcrests, our smallest birds at just nine centimetres, consume their entire body weight in insects daily during winter. They're essentially flying metabolic furnaces, burning bright to stay alive. Watch them hovering beneath conifer branches, gleaning invisible prey, and you're witnessing one of nature's most precarious balancing acts. They light up LettsSafari parks and gardens in the winter months.
The Night Shift
As dusk settles and your garden takes on that crystalline winter stillness, the real drama begins. Foxes aren't just scavenging bins; they're performing an ancient hunting technique called 'mousing'. They listen for voles beneath the snow, then execute a spectacular pounce, arcing through the air to break through the crust with their front paws. This isn't learned, it's genetic choreography, written into fox DNA over millennia.
If you're exceptionally lucky, you might glimpse Britain's shyest acrobat: the pine marten. Once nearly extinct here, they're now returning to rewilded woodlands, including just above LettsSafari's Sunrise Park, their chocolate-brown coats stark against winter white. They cache food like living treasure maps, hiding berries and eggs in tree hollows, then somehow remembering hundreds of locations throughout winter. Their memory is their lifeline.
The Deepest Sleepers
But spare a thought for the hazel dormouse, curled beneath your log pile in a sleep so profound it borders on suspended animation. Their heart rate drops from 350 beats per minute to just 10. They might breathe once every few minutes. For seven months, they're barely alive, burning fat reserves with the efficiency of the world's best survivalist. Creating habitat for dormice - leaving bramble patches, planting hazel - is rewilding's sweetest gift: offering refuge to something small, golden, and impossibly vulnerable.
Even wood mice and bank voles, awake beneath the snow, create elaborate tunnel systems in that secret space between earth and winter blanket, living in what scientists call the 'subnivean zone' - a world of consistent temperature and hidden pathways.
Your Winter Invitation
This season, rewilding isn't about grand gestures. Leave seed heads standing. Stack logs and branches loosely. Even go as far as scattering the odd mealworm on a frosty morning. You're not just feeding wildlife; you're participating in an ancient covenant, ensuring that when spring finally breaks, these extraordinary winter survivors will be here to greet it with us.
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Have you ever heard of the humble German hairy snail? It might not have the charisma of a tiger or the glamour of a rare orchid, but it’s become a powerful symbol of how seemingly insignificant creatures reveal the health of our ecosystems, and how we at LettsSafari are stepping up to help.
Earlier this month, conservationists launched a bold mission to map and protect this tiny, fine-haired snail whose homes are tucked away in damp riverbanks and wetlands around London and beyond.
Here’s what’s going on:
This story might seem niche - snails, right? But there are big lessons here that tie directly into LettsSafari’s mission.
Small species, big signals
The German hairy snail may be tiny, but its presence or absence tells us a lot about wetlands, tidal river banks and how well our “blue-green” infrastructure is functioning. If these snails vanish, it’s a red flag for much wider ecosystem health.
Hidden biodiversity in unexpected places
Urban river corridors, green corridors, neglected muddy strips beneath willows, places we might not even think about as nature hotspots, can hold remarkable biodiversity. Recognising that is fundamental to rewilding thinking.
Data + community = better outcomes
This survey hinges on volunteers, citizen science, training and data gathering. It shows that conservation isn’t just about big organisations - it’s about everyday people observing, mapping, caring.
Habitat over hero species
The project shifts the focus away from “cute flagship animals” and onto the habitats themselves - tidal margins, wetlands, riverbanks - ensuring they are functional, resilient and connected. That’s core to rewilding.
At LettsSafari we work with smaller scale rewilding projects in gardens, parks and public spaces, and this snail story reminds that every species matters. Rewilding isn’t just about birds and bees - it’s about the muddy margins, the soil microbes, the shell-bearing invertebrates. Little things make big differences.
That's why we can help people transform gardens, parks and community spaces into mini-wetlands, muddy strips, shaded damp zones - snail-friendly terrain if you will. Our mission aligns: rewilding doesn’t always mean acres - it often means square metres of thoughtful habitat. By creating these zones, we link into the bigger narrative of habitat recovery for species like the German hairy snail.
The German hairy snail may be a modest creature, but its story is massive in meaning. It reminds us that rewilding isn’t only about the majestic, it’s about the overlooked; it’s about habitat resilience, data-driven community involvement and the network of micro-habitats that add up to landscape-scale change. At LettsSafari, we’re proud to work in that zone where gardens meet wetlands, where balconies meet muddy banks, and where you can make a difference - one snail-friendly spot at a time.
If you’d like to dive deeper into how we can help you create a small habitat in your space, or join our community of micro-rewilders, drop us a note. Because when hidden snails thrive, you know the ecosystem is whispering: we’re healing. 🌿
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There's a moment each autumn when Britain's woodlands and open moorlands transform into ancient amphitheatres. The air grows crisp, leaves surrender their summer green, and across the landscape rises a sound that has echoed through these islands for millennia: the bellowing of stags. It's a noise that stops you in your tracks, primal and haunting, speaking to something deep in our evolutionary memory.
The bellowing you hear from September through November isn't random vocalisation. It's the sound of the rut, the annual breeding season when male deer compete for the right to mate with females. For stags, this period represents the culmination of an entire year's worth of energy investment. They've grown their antlers, built their body condition, and now they must prove their worth in one of nature's most demanding contests.
Stand in the position of a red deer stag for a moment. You've barely eaten in weeks, your testosterone levels are surging, and you're surrounded by rivals. Your throat vibrates as you throw back your head and release a roar that carries across the glen, a declaration that reverberates through your entire body. This isn't just noise, it's a complex communication tool that tells other males about your size, strength, and determination, while simultaneously advertising your genetic quality to watching hinds.
Britain is fortunate to host two main species of bellowing deer, and their vocal performances are remarkably different. The red deer, our largest native land mammal, produces a deep, guttural roar that can carry for over a mile across open terrain. It's a bass note that seems to emerge from the earth itself, often developing into a series of roars that increase in intensity as rival stags approach one another.
The fallow deer's contribution to autumn's chorus is altogether different. Their groaning belch might lack the majesty of the red deer's roar, but it's equally effective. Listen carefully and you'll hear a rhythmic, rasping sound, almost mechanical, like an old gate creaking in the wind. Fallow bucks produce this during their slightly later rut, which peaks in late October. The sound is lower in pitch than you might expect from a smaller deer, created by air passing through the larynx in a controlled, repetitive pattern. LettsSafari parks support a number of black fallow deer, and their Autumn and winter antics are a sight to see.
These autumn symphonies represent more than just breeding behaviour. They're indicators of ecosystem health and the success of rewilding efforts across Britain. In areas where deer populations are managed thoughtfully, as part of broader landscape restoration projects, the rut becomes a spectacular example of natural processes reasserting themselves. LettsSafari parks demonstrate how fallow deer, allowed to behave naturally within a rewilded landscape, create structural diversity in vegetation through their rutting territories. The constant movement and selective grazing of hinds following successful bucks creates a mosaic of habitats that benefits countless other species.
Imagine yourself as a subordinate red deer stag, perhaps six years old, watching a mature twelve-year-old master stag patrol his harem. He roars approximately once every minute during peak activity, his breath condensing in the cold morning air, each bellow requiring significant energy expenditure. You edge closer, testing his resolve. His roar changes, becoming more aggressive, shorter, more frequent. His head lowers, antlers pointing toward you. The message is unmistakable.
Here's something most people don't realise: the bellowing actually escalates through distinct phases before stags resort to physical fighting. It's an energy-conservation strategy evolved over millions of years. Most contests are resolved through this vocal sparring, with the weaker or less committed animal withdrawing before antlers clash. When fights do occur, they're brief but intense, and the roaring continues throughout, each stag attempting to literally push the other backward while maintaining their vocal display. They lock horns to attempt to wrestle the opponent to the ground - not to stab them.
What makes this spectacle even more remarkable is its cost. A rutting red deer stag can lose up to 20% of his body weight during the season. He barely feeds, constantly patrols his territory, serves receptive hinds, and maintains his vocal presence. The bellowing itself requires significant energy, coordinating muscles in the chest, throat, and diaphragm to produce maximum volume.
For nature enthusiasts hoping to witness this extraordinary seasonal event, dawn and dusk offer the best opportunities. The cooler air carries sound further, and stags are most active during these liminal hours. Richmond Park, the Scottish Highlands, Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, and numerous National Trust properties offer accessible viewing. Remember to maintain distance, use binoculars, and never approach rutting deer, as stags can be genuinely dangerous when testosterone-fueled and focused on competition.
The autumn bellow connects us to Britain's deep past, when these sounds would have accompanied our ancestors through the changing seasons. In supporting rewilding initiatives and thoughtful deer management, we ensure that future generations can experience this visceral reminder that we share these islands with wild things, following rhythms far older than human civilisation. That roar echoing across a misty valley isn't just a deer calling, it's the voice of wilderness itself, speaking to us still.
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When the Sycamore Gap tree was felled in 2023, it felt like the kind of moment the whole country gasped at once. You didn’t need to be a tree expert, a history buff or a rewilding enthusiast to feel it. The tree was one of those rare natural landmarks that somehow became part of everyone’s mental map of Britain. We’d all seen the photos. Many had visited it. And when it disappeared overnight, it was as if a small, familiar piece of our shared landscape suddenly dropped out of view.
But in classic nature fashion, quietly stubborn, endlessly surprising, the story didn’t end with loss. Thanks to quick-thinking conservationists, seeds and cuttings were saved, nurtured, grown…and now 49 young saplings have been planted across the UK , each carrying a little of the original tree’s magic forward.
And that’s where this story becomes bigger than one tree.
It becomes a lesson in resilience, community and the power of small, local action - the very principles at the heart of LettsSafari.
The felling sparked outrage and sadness across the UK. But the follow-up has been something quite the opposite: communal, hopeful, even tender. The new saplings are being planted in meaningful places, community greens, memorial gardens, hospital grounds, turning grief into growth.
Each planting is essentially a collective promise: We will rebuild what was lost. We will care for the nature we still have. We will pass something living and hopeful on to the next generation.
It’s grassroots conservation at its very best.
The Sycamore Gap story has become a national reminder that:
And crucially: rewilding doesn’t need to be a grand, sprawling national project. It can start on a windowsill.
The Sycamore Gap rebirth mirrors exactly what we stand for at LettsSafari: s mall patches making a big difference.
Most of us don’t live beside iconic landscape features. We’re helping you with gardens, balconies, shared courtyards, local parks - tiny pockets of potential. And that’s the beauty of it.
LettsSafari helps people rewild those spaces through simple, guided, achievable steps:
Your donations fund our own rewilding work. And in return we show you how to turn whatever outdoor space you have into a thriving mini-habitat - whether that’s a garden corner, balcony pot, verge, or communal patch.
Just as the Sycamore saplings have become “trees of hope,” you can create your own symbolic planting - a native tree, a pollinator strip, a mini-pond. Something that says, “This is my contribution.”
Our subscription delivers clear actions, seasonal tips and small nature-positive rituals that build impact over time. Because rewilding isn’t a weekend project - it’s a journey.
We encourage you to involve neighbours, friends or local groups. Rewilding spreads exactly the way those saplings did: one place at a time, one person at a time.
Inspired by the Sycamore Gap saplings? Here’s where to start:
Rewilding isn’t abstract. It’s hands in soil. It’s noticing new bird visitors. It’s watching a plant establish itself. It’s giving nature room and time to surprise you.
The fall of the Sycamore Gap tree was a moment of national sadness - but the growth of its saplings has become a symbol of renewal. It reminds us that nature’s future is not fixed; it’s shaped by what we choose to do next.
At LettsSafari, we’re here to help you be part of that next chapter. One garden, one balcony, one tiny patch of hope at a time.
Let’s restore what we’ve lost. Let’s rewild what we can. Let’s plant our own saplings of hope.
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As Black Friday deals flood our inboxes and Christmas shopping lists grow longer, there's a gift that stands apart from the usual clutter: a LettsSafari membership . For just £4.50 a month - less than your morning coffee - you can give someone a front-row seat to genuine nature restoration while helping create wilder spaces across Britain.
Unlike material gifts that gather dust, a LettsSafari subscription channels funds directly toward planting trees, introducing wildlife, and building new rewilding safari parks. The impact is tangible and beautifully simple: every 10 subscribers LettsSafari plants a tree annually, every 100 subscribers helps release an endangered animal, and every 10,000 subscribers they create an entirely new smaller-scale rewilding safari park. Each tree planted removes one tonne of carbon dioxide during its lifetime, making this gift a genuine contribution to healing our planet from the pioneers in smaller-scale rewilding.
What makes LettsSafari membership truly special as a holiday gift is its dual nature. Members receive twice-weekly updates featuring immersive video, wildlife photography, and compelling stories that transport them to these rewilding parks, that started in southwest England and are now expanding. It's like giving someone a subscription to hope itself, delivered every Tuesday and Friday to get them in the mood for the weekend.
But there's more. LettsSafari teaches members how to create mini wildlife havens in their own backyards, workplaces, schools, and communities. This means your gift multiplies its impact, inspiring the recipient to become an active participant in rewilding rather than a passive observer. They'll learn wildlife gardening, discover smaller-scale rewilding techniques, and join a thriving community of people committed to biodiversity. Full members even get LettsSafari's defintive guide to smaller-scale rewilding.
As we approach 2026, many of us are searching for meaningful ways to make a difference. We want wilder spaces, freer wildlife, and a nature-friendly future for the next generation. LettsSafari has figured out how to make smaller-scale rewilding accessible to everyone through collective action, proving that together we can repair damaged soil and waterways, restore habitats, and reverse wildlife decline.
This holiday season, skip the disposable gadgets and forgotten gift cards. Give the gift of genuine environmental action - a LettsSafari membership that helps build the wilder, freer, nature-friendly 2026 we all want to see. It's affordable, impactful, and inspires positive change long after the festive decorations come down.
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The news that European wildcats could return to England for the first time in 100 years has captured national attention. A major feasibility study has found that reintroducing wildcats to south-west England, specifically mid-Devon, is realistic, supported by local communities and ecologically sound.
This development is more than a wildlife story. It’s a blueprint for rewilding, habitat restoration and community-led conservation. All themes central to our mission at LettsSafari.
A two-year study led by the South West Wildcat Project (involving Devon Wildlife Trust, Forestry England and Derek Gow Consultancy) concluded that releasing 40–50 wildcats into Devon from 2027 onwards is feasible.
Key findings include:
This study marks the most credible wildcat-return plan England has seen in a century.
The potential return of the wildcat is a powerful reminder of what rewilding can achieve, when habitat, science and people align.
The study highlights how connected landscapes (woodland joined to grassland and scrub) create resilience. This mirrors what we promote at LettsSafari: Even small rewilded spaces (gardens, parks, balconies) become powerful when connected.
The wildcat project shows that local buy-in is essential. People don’t just tolerate rewilding - they champion it when they understand the benefits.
Rewilding is more than releasing animals. It requires:
Smaller-scale rewilding at home works the same way: success comes from ongoing care, not one-off planting.
The wildcat’s story proves that lost species and habitats can recover with the right plan.
This message lies at the heart of LettsSafari’s mission: Restoration begins one small space at a time.
While the study is positive, these challenges must be managed:
None of these are insurmountable, but they require consistency, investment and patience.
The next steps likely include:
If successful, wildcats could be seen in England’s countryside again by 2027.
At LettsSafari, we focus on rewilding smaller spaces - from parks to gardens to balconies - because these micro-habitats support wider ecological recovery.
The wildcat story reinforces several truths we work with every day:
When you subscribe to LettsSafari, you support real-world restoration, from wildflower regeneration to pollinator habitats—helping rebuild ecosystems, one patch at a time.
The possible return of wildcats to England shows what happens when nature is given space, and when communities choose restoration over decline.
For us at LettsSafari, it’s a reminder that every patch of land matters, from the largest woodland to the smallest balcony box. Rewilding is not a grand gesture - it’s a movement built from many small, hopeful acts.
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No. Wildcats avoid people and pose no risk to humans or livestock. They mainly hunt small mammals.
Centuries of persecution and habitat loss caused their decline and eventual disappearance.
The feasibility study found that south-west England, particularly mid-Devon, provides the right woodland and scrub habitat.
If approved, releases could begin in 2027.
The principles are the same: healthy habitats, native species, and people actively involved in restoration.
Over the last week, a story from the Scottish Highlands has captured the imagination of conservationists, nature-lovers and frankly anyone who thinks Britain could do with a little more magic. Trees for Life has announced a bold £3.6 million “Missing Species” rewilding programme, aiming to restore four keystone animals to selected parts of the Highlands: the lynx, the beaver, the red squirrel and a modern descendant of the aurochs, the great wild grazer that once shaped European landscapes.
It’s big. It’s ambitious. And it tells us something important: The UK is finally rediscovering how to let nature lead.
But here’s the twist that matters for every LettsSafari supporter - you don’t need to own a Highland estate to join the rewilding movement. In fact, your balcony or back garden is the frontline.
Let’s break down what this story means, and where you fit in.
This programme isn’t about scattering charismatic animals on hillsides and hoping for the best. These four species do real ecological work:
In other words, they re-start natural processes. And once nature’s processes restart, biodiversity follows.
At LettsSafari, this principle is exactly what we champion on a smaller scale: Give nature the right ingredients, and a little space, and it begins to repair itself.
The Highlands initiative isn’t just about ecosystems; it’s about communities too. The programme highlights local economic benefits, eco-tourism, water management improvements and climate resilience. When nature recovers, everyone wins - not just the wildlife.
And that’s where home-scale rewilding fits beautifully. Your garden, balcony or shared green space can support pollinators, restore soil life, cool your local environment and give native species a refuge. Small spaces add up. Always have. Always will.
Projects like this Highland reintroduction remind us that rewilding is thoughtful, guided and intentional. It’s not about abandoning land - it’s about designing for nature and then stepping back.
That’s exactly where LettsSafari comes in.
Whether you have a balcony, a courtyard, or a sprawling suburban garden, we help you:
Apply big-ecosystem principles at home
From creating miniature wetlands to building micro-habitats, our monthly rewilding subscription guides you step by step.
Understand what nature actually needs
We turn complex ecological ideas, like keystone species, trophic cascades and habitat layering, into simple, joyful actions.
See and measure impact
Through seasonal prompts, wildlife spotting tips and soil-health suggestions, you begin witnessing real change right where you live.
Join a growing movement
Just as Scotland’s project relies on community engagement, LettsSafari brings together thousands of people restoring nature one patch at a time.
You’re not just gardening. You’re participating in the most hopeful environmental shift happening in the UK today.
Maybe you’re not about to reintroduce a lynx to your garden (your local postman may thank you). But you can invite back bees, beetles, birds, fungi, frogs, hedgehogs and soil life. All of which desperately need more space.
So if the Highlands are gearing up for a wildlife renaissance, why not let your own wild corner be part of the story?
👉 Join LettsSafari today and start your journey from “nice garden” to “mini-rewilded ecosystem.”
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🌱 For every 10 new subscribers we plant a tree a year.
🦔 For every 100, we release an endangered animal.
🌳 And for every 10,000 we create a new rewilding safari park a year!
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