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High Speed Rail (HS2) - stop and rethink!

Proposals for a new high speed railway between London and Manchester puts wild landscapes including ancient woodlands and rare peat bogs under threat. The Wildlife Trusts believe the current route is too damaging to proceed, and that national development projects, including HS2, should be used to create and restore more wild places.
Species

High brown fritillary

Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.

Nature Reserve

High Wood

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A woodland with a young, regenerating structure

Nature Reserve

High Wood

This link will open on the Durham Wildlife Trust website website.

A woodland with a young, regenerating structure

Nature Reserve

High Clear Down

This link will open on the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust website.

This steeply sloping chalk downland in Marlborough has no set footpaths so you can wander freely over the grass.

Nature Reserve

High Wood and Meadow

This link will open on the WildlifeBCN website.

Enchanting ancient woodland and meadows featuring a variety of wildlife

News

Track plans for The Sanctuary reversed

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is pleased that Derby City Council has reversed its decision to build a closed circuit cycle track on The Sanctuary Local Nature Reserve.