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Old 03-07-2009, 11:08 AM
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Re: ploughing up a wildflower meadow

Hiya Teabag,
Besides losing the meadow habitat and possibly water voles too, if turned over to arable farming there is bound to be knock-on damage over a much larger area because of agricultural run-off into the stream.
Thanks for airing this news - and I'd never heard of a SINC before, although we apparently have them here on the IoW,
Rob
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