Huge study of Breckland {UK} habitat reveals rare species (BBC)

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More than a quarter of the UK's rare species have been discovered by a large scale biodiversity study of farmland on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.

The University of East Anglia said its Breckland study revealed a "nationally important biodiversity hot-spot".

A huge variety of species were identified, from the smallest gnat to birds, plants and mammals.

Researchers were astonished to find 28% of the UK's rare species on farmland in constant use for thousands of years.

The area spans a large part of Norfolk and Suffolk but is still only 0.4% of land in the UK.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11874171




Try turning it over to corporate farms -- that'll fix it. :sarcasm: