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Waking up the Whistlestop but not the bats!

This year Derbyshire Wildlife Trust have been waking up the Whistlestop Discovery Centre in Matlock Bath and work has commenced to restore this beautiful former station building. However, as part…

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Grasslands: Natural Solutions

'Unimproved' grasslands are extremely important for wildlife. 'Unimproved' means grassland that hasn't been reseeded, fertilised or drained.
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Peatlands: Natural Solutions

Peatlands are amazingly wild places, home to rare and unusual plants, birds and insects.Our UK peatlands store an amazing 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon. When considered globally, this is even more impressive, as they cover just 3% of land area but in that pack 30% of all soil carbon!
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Wetlands: Natural Solution

Wetlands are special places characterised by high water levels, waterlogged soils, and specially adapted plants. They might be permanently wet or only flood seasonally. Wetlands include marshes, wet grassland, floodplains, and fens.
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Woodlands - Natural solutions

UK woodlands cover approximately 13% of land area and are estimated to soak up around 21 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. That's around a third of the carbon dioxide emitted by cars every year in the UK. Learn more about how they can help combat the climate emergency.