70 endangered white-clawed crayfish released into protected Devon nature reserve

Wildwood Trust has released 70 white-clawed crayfish into a protected Devon Wildlife Trust nature reserve, establishing the first new wild population through the Saving Devon's Native Crayfish project. This milestone represents a crucial conservation intervention for Britain's only native freshwater crayfish, which faces extinction due to habitat loss, water quality decline, and invasive American signal crayfish.