Recovering lost hay meadows: An overview of floodplain-meadow restoration projects in England and Wales

Restoration of natural habitats plays an important role in nature conservation. After 30 years of efforts to restore species-rich floodplain meadows, most of which had been lost to alternative land uses during the preceding half century, the extent and level of restoration success in the UK remained unknown. Athree-yearsurvey of floodplain meadow-restoration projects across England and Waleswas completed from 2016to2018. Itallowed evaluation of restoration progress on 163 sites nationwide.