The broadcaster, naturalist and tour guide shares the most breathtaking seasonal events in Britain
FORAGING WILD BOAR
AN ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER HELPING TO revitalise our woods and grasslands, or destructive and dangerous menace to the British countryside? There can be few animals that polarise opinion quite like the wild boar.
Originally hunted to extinction in Britain by the 17th century, escapees and deliberate releases from wild boar farms in the 1980s and 90s have since led to their controversial return across a few discreet English and Scottish woodlands. In possession of a justifiable persecution complex, Britain’s wild boars are
