Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign
A former farm which became a haven for nightingales and other wildlife after decades of rewilding has been saved following a £1.5m appeal.A former farm which became a haven for nightingales and other wildlife after decades of rewilding has been saved following a £1.5m appeal.A unique farm that was “accidentally” rewilded 35 years ago and is now a haven for endangered nightingales and other rare wildlife has been saved, thanks in part to the generosity of Guardian readers.
The farm was an intensive wheat-producing operation until the late 1980s, when the farm’s owner, Hugh White, rebelled against the government’s agricultural policies and put the whole farm into set-aside – land left uncultivated. White became proud that his wheat fields became rough grassland and a haven for barn owls.
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