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The Quiet Return: How Beavers, Pine Martens and Wildcats are Reclaiming the British Countryside

For centuries, Britain’s woodlands and waterways sat strangely quiet. Missing from our native ecosystems were the essential “eco-engineers” and top predators that once shaped the landscape – the tree-climbing pine marten, the elusive Scottish wildcat and the industrious Eurasian beaver. Driven to near or total regional extinction by historical hunting, trapping and habitat fragmentation, these iconic species were lost from much of our countryside.

However, across England, Scotland, and Wales, a quiet revolution is underway. Through pioneering rewilding projects, strategic conservation partnerships and community support, these three key species are returning home – and transforming the British landscape in the process.

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September 23, 2026
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Environment, Sustainable Travel

When Having Clean Boots Is Actually Important

Bio Security and the South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project

Onboard our Polar Latitudes trip to Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica full focus was on the precious environment we were in and minimising our impact such as we could. Onboard the ship many things were already in place. No plastics, water stations and refillable bottles, bio-digester for food waste and pre-shore visit lectures with IAATO guidelines to adhere to. No food to be taken ashore and critical to ensure everything you went with came back with you. Humour is a great way to deliver these messages, and our team of guides were excellent on this score!

But for South Georgia and Antarctica there was much more, and here is why….

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February 23, 2024
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