Five Exmoor ponies will be spending their summer at the RSPB’s Broadwater Warren nature reserve helping to restore heathland. Over the next 6 months, the hairy visitors will graze their way through grasses, birch, bramble and gorse across the nature reserve to recover habitat lost over the last 60 years. The ponies belong to The Sussex Pony Grazing and Conservation … [Read more...] about Exmoor ponies travel to South Downs reserve
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Sand lizards released back to the wild on Merseyside
Eighty sand lizards have been released as part of a project to protect the species in Merseyside, North West England. The sand lizard is, according to the Wildlife Trust, the UK's rarest lizard. Released on the Sefton Coast, at The Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Freshfield Dune Heath, the captive-bred sand lizards are part of a long-term conservation project. The … [Read more...] about Sand lizards released back to the wild on Merseyside