The Co-operative Group has set up a Habitat Heroes team on six of its farms across the UK to help conserve some the UK’s most endangered and iconic wildlife species.

Water voles, otters, bats and red squirrels are all covered by the initiative which involves farms in Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Perthshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire and Gloucestershire.

At otter holt at the Cambridgeshire farm has been fitted with a camera has already captured rare footage of an otter.

Co-operative Farms will also incorporate Habitat Heroes activities into its Green Schools Revolution to encourage schools to take part in eco-friendly activities.

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