30 Days Wild: Ideas for getting outside and enjoying nature
From butterfly spotting to listening to the dawn chorus, connect with nature this June as part of 30 Days Wild challenge.
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From butterfly spotting to listening to the dawn chorus, connect with nature this June as part of 30 Days Wild challenge.
A digger working at the Smallford Pits site. - Credit: Dawn Hudson A protected wildlife site already blighted with dumped fuel has been further devastated by an industrial digger. Smallford Pits is a Local Wildlife Site, which identifies it as a crucial location for wildlife in the county and protects it from development by the planning system. The site is a breeding ground for great crested newts, a European Protected Species, and is also an important area in Herts for dragonflies. In September the ponds on part of the site were completely dug out and scrub cut to the ground, and in December...