and grass snakes; and is now a breeding hotspot for purple emperor butterflies and nightingales. A reintroduction programme of white storks to England is in its early stages on the estate, with juvenile birds being kept in a six and a half acre pen until maturity, when they will be released. Sussex was chosen for its strong historical associations with the stork. The programme aims to establish a breeding population in Britain for the first time since 1416. The estate is still farming, albeit far more extensively, producing 75 tonnes of low-input, organic, pasture-fed meat per annum from its free-roaming herds. Wildlife tourism provides another significant income stream. Knepp offers camping, safaris and holiday accommodation. There are 16 miles of public and permissive footpaths and 5 viewing platforms on the estate. The Knepp Wildland Advisory Board consists of some thirty ecologists, including Dr Frans Vera, and Prof Sir John Lawton, author of the 2010 'Making Space for Nature' report. The story of the Knepp Wildland project is told in the 2018 book Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm which is written by Isabella Tree, who lives at Knepp and is married to Charles Burrell and helped create the Wildland project. Awards and recognition 2015 People Environment Achievement (PEA) award for Nature 2015 Innovative & Novel Project award in the UK River Prize for the River Adur restoration project 2017 Anders Wall Award for special contribution to the rural environment in the European Union 2017 Gold, Best Guided Tour of the Year, Beautiful South Awards The Knepp Wildland project is recognised as a Verified Conservation Area (VCA) and is a member of the Rewilding Europe Network. Outstanding example of landscape-scale restoration in the UK Government's 25 Year Environment Plan. Organic certification from the Soil Association Sir Charles Burrell is Chair of the Beaver Advisory Committee for England and Foundation Conservation Carpathia, vice-chair for Rewilding Britain and on the board of The Arcadia Fund, Ingleby Farms Environment Committee, the Endangered Landscapes Programme and the Bronze Oak Project. Criticism According to Isabella Tree, early on the project received letters "complaining that rewilding was an immoral waste of land, an affront to cultural values, that we’d turned our home Knepp into an eyesore of noxious weeds and brambles." Gallery See also Rewilding Britain Wood-pasture hypothesis References External links Knepp Wildland Project Homepage https://knepp.co.uk/home Sources Nature reserves in England Nature reserves in