'Joyous': Cornish seed-scattering event begins fightback against habitat loss

Volunteers and fiddle group help launch three-year project to create wildflower meadow across CornwallIt was, all agreed, a heartwarming scene: dozens of smiling children and adults scattering wildflower seed on a Cornish country house estate in the autumn sunshine accompanied by the sound of fiddles.But there was a serious point to it, too. The event at Lanhydrock, a grand house and estate above the River Fowey, was organised to mark the launch of a three-year project to create 324 hectares (800 acres) of wildflower meadow across Cornwall, part of a fightback against the UK-wide loss of this species-rich habitat. Continue reading...