Thousands of rare wildflowers rescued from eroding Scottish coast

1. The Guardian World FIRST 43m ago Thousands of rare wildflowers rescued from eroding Scottish coast

   Conservationists relocate 3,400 one-flowered wintergreens, a species estimated to have lost more than half its UK population in the past 50 years Thousands of one of Britain’s rarest wildflowers have been moved to safety from an eroding Scottish shoreline where they were at risk of falling into the sea. Conservationists rescued 3,400 one-flowered wintergreen plants at Culbin Forest in Moray, in an effort to protect a species estimated to have lost more than half its UK population in the past 50

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