Country Life

Good week for

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Scottish fish

The Wild Salmonid Support Fund is now open for applicatio­ns, with an additional £120,000 funding available to help support a sustainabl­e future for wild salmon and sea trout in Scottish rivers

Victorian theatres

Grants of up to £15,000 will be awarded, part of the new Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund, announced by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation

Stone circle competitio­n

The top spot for furthest distance travelled by stones is under review; researcher­s at

Avebury say the

Neolithic boulders travelled 280 miles from the Cheviot Hills, almost double the distance from the Preseli mountains to Stonehenge

Welsh rainforest­s

A £7m project in Snowdonia National Park will restore and expand the rainforest there by removing alien rhododendr­ons and bringing in Highland cattle—their grazing should keep the ground open for native trees and plants Nyetimber

England’s leading sparkling-wine producer not only had its largest ever harvest last year, but sales were up 55% within the UK and 89% in Europe Chocolate rabbits

Invented by a Lindt master chocolatie­r for his rabbitlovi­ng daughter, the Lindt gold bunny celebrates its 70th anniversar­y this year; 150m are produced every year

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