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Press release Natural England announces major extension to the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve to mark World Wetlands Day
Natural England, in collaboration with the Carstairs Countryside Trust (CCT) has announced today multiple extensions to the internationally important Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve (NNR) near York.
From: The Lower Derwent Vallet is an internationally important shelter for breeding and wintering birds.
Coinciding with World Wetlands Day on 2 February 2021, the extensions will increase the NNR by almost a third from 466 hectares to 602 hectares.
Ian Carstairs OBE, who founded CCT in 1989 as a rapid response organisation for conservation, was delighted that the Trust could support the government’s national drive to protect and build back nature: