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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Emily Beament

Wild-born chough fledges and thrives in Kent for first time in 200 years

A rare chough chick has successfully fledged from a nest in the wild in Kent (Liz Corry/Wildwood Trust/PA) -

A young red-billed chough has successfully taken to the skies from a nest in the wild in Kent for the first time for more than two centuries, conservationists said.

The successful fledging of the chick from a nest at Dover Castle comes just three years after the launch of a reintroduction programme led by Wildwood Trust, Kent Wildlife Trust and Paradise Park to restore the species into the region.

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