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Surrey Wildlife Trust owned and/or managed sites
Space4Nature targets new sites for 2024
Emphasis shifts to chalk grassland and parkland as Earth Observation and AI-driven conservation project enters next stage of development
Wetlands
BBC Countryfile explores Surrey’s precious heathlands
Heath Week 2020 Goes Virtual
Survey of top retailers: only one of 20 says they will eliminate peat this year
Government voluntary target to stop peat compost sales was missed in 2020
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Greater water parsnip
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…