FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

In 1624, a family bought an English estate that still contains ancient oak trees from a royal hunting forest; 402 years later some are still standing

In 1624, London lawyer William Anson bought a moated medieval manor at Shugborough in Staffordshire from Thomas Whitby for around £1,000, beginning a family connection with the estate that would last for roughly three centuries. The property had previously belonged to the Bishops of Lichfield before passing through several owners…

The Times of India · Aug 20

Man, 78, killed after being ‘trampled by cattle’ at National Trust estate

John Orton died after being injured by animals at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk on July 13

The Independent UK · Aug 14

Firefighters forced to escort dog walkers away from wildfire scorched Dunwich Heath

Firefighters warned parts of the burnt ground could be hiding temperatures higher than 60C at the surface level of the scorched heath

The Independent UK · Aug 4

Crews reduce appliances at Suffolk wildfire as National Trust launch fundraiser

Fourteen appliances had been in attendance at Dunwich Heath, near Leiston.

Evening Standard · Aug 1

Firefighters’ warning as crews scale down response to ‘devastating’ Dunwich Heath wildfire

The National Trust launched an emergency fundraising drive after the wildfire left the landscape ‘unrecognisable’

The Independent UK · Aug 1

National Trust launches fundraising drive over ‘devastation’ at Suffolk reserve

The charity has launched a public appeal after a wildfire ripped through heathland along the Suffolk coast, causing ‘total devastation’.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

Reform council condemned for scrapping green pledges in wildfire-ravaged Suffolk

A district councillor warned the Reform administration was making ‘one of the most grotesquely misjudged and reckless acts in the history of our county’

The Independent UK · Jul 31

Rare heron spotted on camera at Somerset National Trust site

This stocky member of the heron family typically grows up to 66cm in size

The Independent UK · Jul 24

National Trust wants to heritage list Civic pool to prevent its demolition

A survey is being circulated asking people what the pool means to them.

The Canberra Times · Jul 17