A project to restore 213 hectares of rare coastal habitat in County Durham has been launched with nearly £1m of funding.
Durham County Council has partnered with the National Trust and Durham Wildlife Trust to deliver the Coastal Grasslands Reconnected Project.
The project, which has received £975,000 from the Government’s Species Survival Fund, will create and restore the wildflower-rich Magnesian Limestone grasslands along the county’s coastline from Noses Point to Horden.
It will also involve the creation of mosaic habitats – different types of habitats found close together – to create a wildlife corridor from woodlands to the coastline, through the planting of hedgerows, trees, scrub, and the creation of ponds.
