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An experiment to make woodland more resilient has seen hairy wood ant nests relocated across forests.

Forestry England moved six colonies with thousands of ants from Cropton Forest in North Yorkshire to Ennerdale in Cumbria, in a bid to bring back lost wildlife species and support ecosystems.

Rachel Gardner, from Forestry England said the project in the Lake District would help "rebuild complex forest communities" that can better deal with extreme weather, climate change and diseases.

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