Wildlife habitat taking shape at former coal mine near Ravenstone (www.bbc.com)

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A new wildlife area is being developed on the site of a former coal mine in Leicestershire.

Leicestershire County Council said it was transforming a 22.3-acre (nine-hectare) area between Ravenstone and Heather, near the former Long Moor surface mine, which closed in 2010.

Some 12,000 trees have been planted and tussock grass, which grows in clumps and tufts, has been sown in order to create a habitat for small mammals.

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