CONSERVATIONIST
David Bellamy said the restoration of wetland on a Worcestershire farm was a dream come true.
Professor Bellamy was in the county yesterday to celebrate the completion of the Andrew Fraser Reserve at Hill Court Farm, Longdon Marsh, near Upton-upon-Severn.
"It's my last official duty as president of the Wildlife Trusts and the culmination of all I have been doing with the trusts for 50 years," he said.
"Wow! It's a fantastic achievement. This is a dream come true - I am the happiest man you ever came across."
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust bought the farm nearly four years ago and embarked on an ambitious scheme to restore the land to its traditional state as wildlife-rich wetland, which will also ease flooding problems along the River Severn.
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