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Rare field crickets have been released into two newly-created heathland areas in Surrey and West Sussex.

Red kites, Milvus milvus, have made a remarkable recovery from near extinction last century to become a familiar and well-loved species in several parts of the UK.

The large blue butterfly, Glaucopsyche arion was successfully reintroduced to the south west of England 25 years ago after dying out completely in the UK in 1979.

The white-tailed sea eagle is now thriving in Scotland due to a reintroduction programme over the last 35 years.

Beavers have been reintroduced to Scotland in the first formal reintroduction into the wild of a native mammal.