"45 years of our lives, and it counts for nothing": conservationists heartbroken as Derbyshire butterfly reserve 'destroyed'

"45 years of our lives, and it counts for nothing": conservationists heartbroken as Derbyshire butterfly reserve 'destroyed'

Volunteers who spent 15 years establishing Derbyshire’s first butterfly reserve say their efforts have been laid to waste after the landowner carried out earthworks on the site without prior consultation.