Helping Hand for Nature

This is an extract from an article published in the Eastern Daily Press.

A Norfolk town is leading the way in giving nature a helping hand - and other areas are being urged to follow suit.

Redenhall with Harleston Town Council declared the parish to be a Nature Recovery Area in 2022, encouraging the community to do more to support the environment and wildlife.

Initiatives include building providing food and water for birds - including Harleston's swift population, building bug houses, planting pollinating plants or people letting sections of their garden grow wild.

South Norfolk Council is keen for other parishes to create similar Nature Recovery Areas.

Trevor Graham, who represents Harleston on the council, said:

'Community Nature Recovery is a very simple idea that everyone can get involved in, working together to give nature and our local environment the help it needs to recover and thrive.

'The scheme is delivered from the bottom up, not through government or large organisations, but by ordinary people doing their bit to help nature and support each other.

'Small actions taken by ordinary people, added together can make a real difference.

'The collective size of gardens in England is greater than the size of the country’s nature reserves. What we do in our back gardens does count and will make a difference.'

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Originally published in the Eastern Daily Press: https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24279939.sand-martins-mangreen-quarry-a140-protected/