A country house and farming estate in one of the driest and most nature-depleted parts of the country has secured an “abundance” of wildlife with more than 5,000 species recorded, the National Trust said.
Rare species from barbastelle bats to great crested newts and corn buntings as well as beetles, arable flowers and a pygmy ant found at only one other UK site have all been recorded at Wimpole, in Cambridgeshire, the charity said.
