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New meadows plantlife
from old
12 Completed 2013
The Coronation Meadows initiative, set up in 2013 by
Prince Charles to celebrate the Queen’s 60th 28 Completed 2014
anniversary, has created 180ha (444 acres) of new
wildflower grassland on 40 sites. More will come this Skomer: Wales’ first
year, using local seed from existing meadows. marine reserve
Eventually there will be a new meadow in
every county. Last December the seas around
Skomer Island off Pembrokeshire
Wildflower meadows are the UK’s most became Wales’ first Marine
threatened wildlife habitat: 97% have Conservation Zone. The designation
been lost since the 1930s, and they are gives more protection to Skomer’s
still disappearing through development many marine species,
and neglect. The initiative is a including grey seals
partnership between The Wildlife and pink sea fans.
Trusts, Plantlife, and the Rare Breeds david chapman
Survival Trust. Thanks to Biffa Award and all our funders. Kirsty Andrews

What’s at the bottom of a Scottish Loch?

This wonderful picture of a fireworks anemone was a winner in the British
Society of Underwater Photographers DIVER print competition, sponsored by
The Wildlife Trusts. The nationally rare invertebrate was captured by diver
Kirsty Andrews in Loch Duich, a Scottish sea loch. See all the winners in the
Gallery at wildlifetrusts.org/bsoup

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Experts from Kew’s Local youth groups Funding from BBC Following an appeal The Trust is delighted Carrickfergus and
Millennium Seed and students will be Children in Need the Trust has bought to have the first Larne schoolchildren
Bank have collected encouraged to help helped the Trust to Hollybed Farm county record for the are using activities,
tree seeds from the improve the deliver education in Meadows. The 16ha purse-web spider at experiments and
Trust’s Bradfield biodiversity and three children’s SSSI is important for Brockadale reserve. It games to learn about
Woods reserve as part accessibility of public centres in Solihull. traditional meadow was discovered by renewable energy
of a national project green spaces through The children learned plants including the invertebrate expert and climate change in
to protect the UK’s the Trust’s new ‘Wild about hedgehogs southern marsh Brian Eversham, CEO workshops delivered
trees. wtru.st/ Green Places’ and hunted orchid. wtru.st/ of BCN WT. wtru.st/ by the Trust. wtru.st/
kewcollection partnership. minibeasts. savedmeadow newspiderdiscovery energyinnature

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