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A successful nature recovery project is branching out into new landscapes, creating and restoring vital wildlife corridors in two of the North York Moors’ most distinctive valleys.

A citizen science project that saw volunteers set up bat detectors in locations around the North York Moors National Park captured more than 1.2 million recordings of bats, with at least 10 of the UK’s 18 different species confirmed as present in the area. The project, which was part of the Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership Scheme, also provided unexpected evidence of the northwards spread of three different species of bush cricket across the UK countryside.