A nest of up to 5,000 narrow-headed ants was dug up and taken from Chudleigh Knighton Heath in south Devon, the only place in England where the species still survives.
A nest of up to 5,000 narrow-headed ants was dug up and taken from Chudleigh Knighton Heath in south Devon, the only place in England where the species still survives.
Shocking that people will dig up a nest in a protected heath, said nobody who has ever read a conservation report. The narrow-headed ant was always one shovel away from gone.