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Wildlife boom in Olympic Park as dozens of species identified (www.standard.co.uk)

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Dozens of new species including bees, wasps and butterflies have been discovered in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 13 years after the site's regeneration for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The discoveries were made during a bioblitz—an intensive one-day biological survey—and detailed in the park’s new Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), published on May 28.

Tom Bellamy, biodiversity manager for the site, said: “The park itself is a bit of a model really because we can use it to show that people and nature can co-exist.

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