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- The two farmland ponds on the Hertfordshire-Essex border near Clavering regained water and wildlife after a restoration project completed in 2024.
- Affinity Water funded the restoration, noted that farmland ponds are among the UK's most threatened habitats, and is offering grants of up to £5,000 to encourage further biodiversity projects.
- The ponds now support breeding smooth newts.
- Jilly McNaughton of FWAG East expressed satisfaction with the rapid ecological recovery.
