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Paradise Park's Choughs flying free over Dover

Director of Paradise Park Cornwall, Alison Hales explains the history of chough reintroductions and successful progress over recent decades including their work with Wildwood Trust and Kent Wildlife Trust to reintroduce them in Kent.

Species Elephant hawk-moth caterpillar © Vaughn Matthews
Vaughn Matthews

The elephant in the room

Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.