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Ecologists have started work to turn a former livestock farm into a nature reserve.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust hopes the land attached to Common Farm in Nether Heage will become a "mosaic of habitats" for insects, birds and mammals.

It said rewilding farmland could benefit food security locally by encouraging pollinators, improving soil health and soaking up flood water.

Supporters helped the trust to buy the farm through a crowdfunding campaign which raised almost £300k.

The new 83-acre reserve will help connect existing Derbyshire wildlife habitats at Crich Chase to the north and Wyver Lane to the south west.

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