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    THE SEASON

    Sep 02, 2021 5 minutes

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    New nature reserves

    Some positive news – all around the country, outdoor spaces are being given back to nature, making it a bit easier for more of us to access the outdoors. Covering so much of the UK’s diverse habitats, and in locations both remote and accessible, these new reserves are a fine place for an autumn stroll.

    Purbeck Heaths, Dorset

    The UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve combined three existing NNRs along with new land to create a huge protected area alongside Poole harbour in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (which incidentally covers 40 per cent of Dorset). The 3,331-hectare site includes lowland heath, coastal dunes and salt marsh, and is one of the most wildlife-rich places in the country – the list of species that live there runs

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