A rare damselfly has been recorded on a chalk river following wetland restoration, a sign the new habitat is helping wildlife recover, according to the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
A rare damselfly has been recorded on a chalk river following wetland restoration, a sign the new habitat is helping wildlife recover, according to the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
So a damselfly shows up and suddenly we’re calling it a recovery? How many years of dredging and drainage did it take to kill the river in the first place, and where’s the baseline count from before the work started?