RAIL buffs have teamed up with Fareham Borough Council's Countryside Service to plant a millennium hedge.

The new hedge is taking shape beside the model railway track of Fareham and District Society of Model Engineers, off Segens-worth Road.

The scheme involves 300 native hedgerow trees, such as hawthorn, blackthorn and field maple. They will act as a living landscape and security asset for the future of wildlife and the community.

The countryside service is paying for the trees and enlisted the help of Fareham Day Services, a group of people with learning difficulties, for the operation. This group helps the service each week with valuable conservation work. Volunteers from the model-engineers society also helped with site preparation and planting.

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