CPRE, The Countryside Charity, in Avon and Bristol has been awarded £50,000 to restore hedgerows in South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset.
The charity said that the investment will enable it to provide a better environment for wildlife and improve farming landscapes. It noted that since the Second World War, half of the UK's hedgerows have disappeared, contributing to a fall in nature and rising carbon emissions.
In a statement CPRE said: "Hedgerows are nature’s super highways, they enable wildlife to move around so they can get the food, water and shelter they need to thrive. For example, they provide nesting sites for declining species of birds; hedgehogs and dormice.
