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A County Durham couple have stepped forward to help the region’s threatened woodland birds. Janice and Michael Baker, whose son Matt Baker presents BBC TV’s Countryfile, have shown that a love of the environment runs deep in the family by pledging to improve an 8 hectare (20 acre) ancient wood on their organic sheep farm near Tow Law for species like Pied Flycatcher and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Durham Wildlife Trust is celebrating the acquisition of its newest nature reserve at Stanley Moss, approximately 2 miles east of Tow Law in Weardale. Stanley Moss is one of the very few remaining blanket peat bogs in the lowlands of County Durham. Extending 7.5 hectares, it once covered a much larger area but the vast majority of this type of habitat has been lost due to opencast coal mining, forestry and agricultural improvements. The vegetation
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