A special place: Guardian readers generosity helps to save rewilded farm

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. Strawberry Hill in Bedfordshire has been successfully bought by the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants (BCN) after a crowdfunding appeal raised £1.5m. The 377-acre farm has become the largest scrub and young woodland area in central England and is home to many threatened species including turtle doves, warblers, 11 bat species, orchids and butterflies. Its glades and hawthorn and blackthorn thickets are now home

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