Farmers to Be Rewarded for Hedgerow Conservation ; a Wildlife Charity has Launched a Competition to Reward Farmers and Landowners for Conservation of Hedgerows, Writes Laura Cooper.

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A wildlife charity has launched a competition to reward farmers and landowners for conservation of hedgerows, writes Laura Cooper.

Home to native small mammals, birds and butterflies, hedgerows are in rapid decline throughout the UK. The competition, Reconnecting the Countryside, aims to both highlight their importance as habitats and celebrate the farming community's efforts to preserve them for posterity.

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Farmers to Be Rewarded for Hedgerow Conservation ; a Wildlife Charity has Launched a Competition to Reward Farmers and Landowners for Conservation of Hedgerows, Writes Laura Cooper.

Immortalised in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the once widespread dormouse is...

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