After 40 years of wheat farming, a 330-acre stretch of land in England was turned into a wildlife haven; just two years later, surveys recorded 5,290 butterflies, including rare species never previously seen in the fields

• A former wheat-growing farm in West Sussex, England, has recorded a remarkable increase in butterfly numbers just two years after a large-scale habitat restoration project began, with 5,290 butterflies belonging to 28 species documented during surveys in 2026.
• The transformation has taken place at Halnaker Hill Farm, near Chic