The farm, together with adjacent parcels of land purchased, has an area of 81 hectares (200 acres).

This and nearby land held by other environmental organisations form the Avalon Marshes Partnership.

Honeygar, lying between these sites, would create green corridors for wildlife in the area when managed for nature.

[1][2][3] Tony Juniper, chairman of Natural England, said when the purchase was announced: "Places like Honeygar represent fantastic opportunities to demonstrate how simply allowing nature to regenerate itself can be a powerful solution to the ecological and climate crises.

There's much to be done to reverse years of intensive management and to transform this nature-poor dairy farm into the wildlife-rich site we know it can be.