‘Rewilding East London’ is an ambitious urban species recovery initiative led by the London Wildlife Trust in partnership with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and supported by the Greater London Authority. The project aims to reintroduce two native species once lost from Britain, the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) and the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber), to restored wetlands at Eastbrookend Country Park, East London. Whilst London has recently seen successful reintroductions of beavers in other urban locations such as Ealing and Enfield, the reintroduction of white storks will be the first project of its kind in the capital.