Campaigners hope arable plants can help derail train route

Site which is home to 14 species of local or national significance has been granted County Wildlife Site

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A group of arable plants has helped to secure County Wildlife Site status for farmland in Cambridgeshire
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A group of arable plants has helped to secure County Wildlife Site status for farmland in Cambridgeshire

A group of arable plants has helped to secure County Wildlife Site status for farmland in Cambridgeshire, currently under threat from East West Rail's proposed railway line. The farmland, known as Westfield,...

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