Article 4XPYS HS2 destroyed trees in way of train line without permission

HS2 destroyed trees in way of train line without permission

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Patrick Barkham
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Contractors removed potential habitats for bats and butterflies in Buckingham nature reserve to prepare for rail line

Trees were felled and the potential habitats of rare bats and butterflies were destroyed on a nature reserve without permission to make way for HS2, the high-speed rail scheme has admitted.

Contractors sealed off public footpaths and removed trees inside Calvert Jubilee nature reserve, in Buckinghamshire, without notifying the landowner, the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT). Work which eradicated habitat where bats could roost was carried out in December, despite the government having ordered that "irreversible" destruction of ancient woodland should be halted unless deemed absolutely necessary while HS2 is under review.

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