“Wilding” by Isabella Tree (2018)

“It’s a still June day on Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex.”

Britain can’t claim to have wildlife along the lines of the African savannah or the Amazon rainforest. We don’t have monkeys or elephants, ostriches or jaguars. What we do have, however, is something special. Unfortunately, due to a combination of intensive farming, hunting and climate change, many of our species have begun to disappear. Wolves, lynx, elk and bears have long since been made extinct on the island, although ther...