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A
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
about
reasons
to
be
proud
of
the
amazing
habitats
and
species
that
you
have
in
adam
worthing
reasons
to
be
concerned,
but
also
the
potential
I'm
going
to
start
off
talking
about
the
sea.
People
look
out
to
sea,
but
they
don't
know
generally.
What
lies
beneath
what
we
have
off
the
coast
of
adrian
worthing
is
a
real
range
of
different
types
of
seabed
habitat.
A
So
every
different
color
here
represents
a
different
type
of
habitat
from
muds
to
gravels
to
sands,
and
we've
even
got
a
small
chalk
cliff
this
dark
blue
area
down
here
is
actually
a
marine
conservation
zone.
That's
recognized
nationally
for
its
importance
for
marine
conservation
and
because
of
the
range
of
habitats.
We
have
a
range
of
wildlife,
that's
living
off
the
coast
of
adrian
worthing,
so
here's
a
lobster
which
you'll
get
in
the
more
rocky
areas
and
thornback
ray.
For
example.
A
So
coming
back
off
the
sea
onto
the
beach
shingle
beaches.
Quite
often,
people
think
that
shingle
beaches
maybe
aren't
that
interesting.
But
actually,
when
you
start
looking
along
the
strand
line,
you
start
seeing
all
sorts
of
clues
for
what
what
lies
within.
So
this
is
what's
called
a
mermaid's
purse.
A
That's
an
egg
sac
of
a
species
a
bit
like
that
ray
that
I
just
showed
you
and
you
would
have
seen
if
you've
been
walking
on
the
beach
some
areas
of
flowers,
which
is
called
vegetated,
shingle
and
sussex
and
adrian
worthing,
is
one
of
the
best
areas
in
the
world
for
this
habitat,
and
many
of
you
will
know
wildlife
wide
water
lagoon
and
this
set
is
an
area
which
is
called
saline
lagoon
and
salon.
A
Now
we
have
one
main
river
coming
into
the
adrian
worthing
and
that's
the
river
ada,
but
we
have
two
small
streams:
a
temple
stream,
which
is
between
lansing
and
worthing
and
ferring
rife,
which
just
starts
off
in
worthing,
and
these
are
the
main
water
bodies
and
of
course
the
ada
is
tidal.
So
it's
tidally
influenced
all
the
way
through
the
district.
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The
river
ada
itself
in
its
lower
reaches,
is
very
constrained
by
flood
banks,
but
you
can
see
this
river
here
meandering
through
the
landscape,
with
flood
plains
on
either
side,
but
unfortunately
it
can't
get
out
onto
its
flood
plains
very
easily,
but
floodplains
form
very,
very
important,
irreplaceable
habitats,
critical
in
our
flood
defense
mud
flats
as
well.
A
So
in
the
towns
us
in
the
towns
themselves.
Now
lots
of
people
have
gardens
within
within
the
towns
and
great
when
people
can
do
everything
they
can
for
wildlife
in
their
gardens.
People
might
not
have
gardens.
Maybe
they've
just
got
a
window
box,
but
you
can
do
something
for
wildlife,
even
in
your
window
box
and
of
course,
communities
are
taking
actions
across
towns
all
the
time
to
build
special
features
for
wildlife.
A
Some
areas
of
the
south
dance
have
never
been
plowed,
so
here
we
have
sisbury
ring
just
to
the
north
of
ada
and
worthing,
and
what
you
have
here
is
chalk
grasslands
that
has
never
been
plowed.
Sometimes
because
it's
so
steep,
we've
got
areas
like
mill
hill,
north
of
shoreham,
for
example,
where
you've
got
beautiful,
chalk
grassland,
where
this
grassland
is
managed
for
wildlife.
This
is
what
happens,
absolutely
beautiful
and
diverse
with
wildflowers
and
where
you
get
the
wildflowers,
you
get
the
butterflies.
A
These
areas
in
yellow
are
locally
recognized
for
how
important
they
are
for
wildlife
and
the
areas
in
green
also
locally
recognized.
So
when
we
start
to
look
at
that
for
adrian
worden,
we
see
you
know,
there's
a
reasonable
amount
of
areas
that
have
some
level
of
protection
recognition
for
their
wildlife
value.
A
But
these
areas
in
pink
are
where
we've
got
important
habitats
that
have
no
designated
or
otherwise
protection.
So
that's
the
responsibility
of
all
of
us
to
make
sure
that
those
areas
carry
on
thriving
these
areas
that
I've
just
added
on
are
our
public
open
spaces
and,
as
you
can
see,
they're
dotted
through
the
town
showing
a
real
potential
for
a
stepping
stones
for
wildlife
across
our
urban
areas,
and
I
mentioned
gardens
and
to
demonstrate
how
important
gardens
are
to
us
look
how
much
potential
there
is
for
corridors
for
wildlife
within
our
urban
areas.
A
A
The
trampling
and
vegetated
shingle
very
specific
to
an
area
like
this,
whereas
high
population
and
very
vulnerable
habitats,
it's
very
difficult,
grazing
chalk,
grass
and
well
very
close
to
towns
where
there's
lots
of
people
walking
dogs,
water
quality
coming
downstream
affects
our
habitats
as
damage
to
the
seabed,
which
ian
would
have
told
you
about
there's
development
on
irreplaceable
habitats,
a
constant
threat
and
also
the
lack
of
connectivity.
All
of
these
habitats
need
to
be
joined
together
and,
most
importantly,
sometimes
through
our
society.
A
Just
a
lack
of
appreciation
for
how
important
wildlife
is
to
all
of
us.
The
climate
crisis
and
the
ecological
crisis
are
completely
linked,
so
the
four
largest
globally
recognized
threats
from
climate
change
relate
to
nature.
It's
very
important
to
remember
this.
Extinction
rates
relate
to
the
uk.
They
don't
just
relate
to
the
rainforest.
This
is
something
all
of
us
need
to
be
concerned
about.
A
A
So
nature
relies
on
natural
processes
so
that
nature
can
move
and
thrive.
So
we
need
to
enable
these
natural
processes
bigger,
better,
more
joined
up.
We
need
it
at
sea,
in
our
towns
and
on
the
downs.
So
we
need
to
rewild
adrian
worthing,
the
people
and
the
places
there
are
so
many
organizations
here
to
help,
and
there
are
so
many
different
ways
to
be
involved.