Restoration work begins on thousands of acres of wetland between Eastbourne, Hailsham and Bexhill.

Restoration work has begun to “bring Pevensey Levels back to life as one of the great biodiverse wetlands of the UK”.

Sussex Wildlife Trust is working with National Highways on a £600,000 Network for Nature project which aims to “create an archipelago of wetland habitat”.

This would provide “stepping stones” for species to move through the landscape, which stretches across 3,500 hectares (13.5 square miles) between Eastbourne, Hailsham and Bexhill, said head of nature reserves, Jamie Parsons.