In the 19th article in the Wilding for Conservation series, Graham Weaver asks if and how rewilding philosophies can be applied in coastal landscapes.
Enormous numbers of people visit the UK’s coasts for a bit of wildness, even to experience the feel of wilderness. It is easy to see why: waves crashing against granite cliffs, wind whipping the sand up across wide beaches, the glint of sun on apparently endless mudflats with flocks of waders swirling in the sky.