Country diary: The first green shoots of a rewilding project | Tolga Aktas

Elmore Court, Gloucestershire: A quarter of the land here - 250 acres - is being handed back to natureStanding on top of the hill here, you have a near 360-degree view of the Gloucester and Quedgeley area, including the River Severn. Closer to where we're standing is an amazing array of habitats - lowland, mixed woodland, wetlands (including peatland and marsh), rivers and streams, and grasslands and meadows. This is Elmore Court, an estate with a 13th-century house that has given over some of its land to rewilding.It's early days for the project, as Elmore only began to rewild 250 of its 1,000 acres in October 2020, but Cynneth Bonanos, the sustainability and marketing coordinator, shows me around - and there is something magical about travelling through here. It reminds me of Isla Nublar from Jurassic Park, as the landscape is so dramatic. Continue reading...