Working Wetlands

Flood-friendly hedge-planting scheme helps wildlife and donkeys 

A scheme to help reduce flooding and improve water quality in the Otter Valley, East Devon has been given a boost after more than 3,500 young hedge plants and trees were planted by The Donkey Sanctuary.

Staff and volunteers from the international animal welfare charity planted a mixture of native species, including silver birch, field maple, hawthorn, blackthorn and hazel, to help...