Plantwatch: England's carnivorous sundew makes a comeback

Sticky-tentacled species returns to boglands but introducing meat-eating varieties is not without risk

The great sundew (Drosera anglica) is a carnivorous plant with leaves covered in red tentacles that ooze sticky slime to kill and digest insects, giving the plant extra nutrition in the boglands where it grows.

It was once common in England but was almost wiped out as wetlands and peat bogs were drained or dug up, but a project is reintroducing the plant in restored bogland in north-west England, using cuttings from native plants.