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Credit: Maggie Bellwood, Rodley Nature Reserve

In 2012, Rodley Nature Reserve reintroduced harvest mice bred in captivity through a collaboration with Leeds City Council’s parks and green spaces service. Credit: Maggie Bellwood, Rodley Nature Reserve

A harvest mouse nest in Leeds. Credit: Ann Hanson, Yorkshire Mammal Group

Staff at Breary Marsh have changed how they care for the land, including going back to traditional scything instead of mowing. Credit: D L Preston

Harvest mice, Europe’s smallest rodent, have been found in Breary Marsh in Leeds after last having been recorded there in 1975. Credit: D. L Preston

Skelton Lake is one of the green spaces where biodiversity will be boosted, improving wildlife habitats for different species.