Bison reintroduction for rewilding | Filmed at Wilder Blean, Kent

Bison are amazing eco-engineers, which boost biodiversity through behaviours like dust bathing, trampling, debarking and seed dispersal. Learn how bison are shaping the landscape and engaging people with nature at Wilder Blean, Kent - one of our Rewilding Network members - where they've been reintroduced as free roaming animals for the first time in 6,000 years.
Filmed and edited by Timur Bekir
Bison, camera trap and aerial footage by Donovan Wright and Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust
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[@RaysTrack]

So exciting to see these beautiful animals. Well done to all involved.

[@daptydeduck3998]

Happy to see UK rewilded. Guy sounds like South African, I'm from SA also👍🇿🇦

[@iankrom510]

This is one of the coolest channels I've seen in quite a while!!! Thank you so much for publishing this content!

[@adamharris3822]

Every living thing has a role to play in a much wider picture. Just putting back one bit of the puzzle reveals a larger picture. We can restore our planet if we all work together.

[@suebennett9313]

So interesting! .What wonderful animals they are. It will be good to see the long term impact on increasing the bio-diversity of the woods

[@snowstrobe]

For a moment there I thought it had been introduced to Australia! Phew.

[@AyakoTachi]

Update on how it's going?

[@chrismccartney8668]

How do they compare to old English longhorn who are nearest we have alive today to the auroch?.
We have old English longhorn in Epping Forest they look like Oxen..

[@RewildingB]

Good question. One of the aspects being studied at Blean is exactly that - how they compare to longhorn cattle, which are already known as a suitable proxy for wild cows. Alongside the bison compartment in the wood there is a “near identical” longhorn cattle compartment with free-roaming longhorn cattle. Scientists will study how the bison area and the longhorn cattle area differ.

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

These are not native here.