Middlewick: people power and compelling evidence win landmark victory Eight years of relentless campaigning have turned Middlewick Ranges from a doomed development site into a wildlife sanctuary

Against the odds, Middlewick Ranges (Essex) has been saved from development!

After 8 years of campaigning & surveying by local communities & ecologists, this biodiverse site should not become a housing estate.

Glyn Evans reports #Middlewick

On this day - 17 February 1942

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England’s wildlife watchdog failing to protect crucial sites, say campaigners In three years Natural England has designated just two new SSSIs, which protect areas from development

May be of interest, includes some discussion of #Middlewick Ranges www.theguardian.com/environment/... #bats #birds #Essex #SSSI