Conservationists filled in 1.2km of a man-made river channel and allowed the water to spread naturally; the new Somerset wetland is now attracting rare wildlife

• The project took place on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Somerset, where a 1.2-kilometre section of the River Aller was restored using a method called Stage 0 river restoration.
• The approach reconnects a river with its natural floodplain instead of keeping it confined t