Amy Gray talks to Jon Pavey and Arnold Fertig of Histon and Impington Green Spaces, the charity behind the Abbey Fields venture that is preserving important natural habitats.

At the heart of the day’s event was the transfer of a sapling – a descendent of the veteran oak on CCSA - to Long Meadow - so linking the two sites. The 450-year-old great oak was clearly visible on the horizon, towering over its neighbours in the distance. One day our sapling will be a worthy successor to the huge sycamore that once dominated Long Meadow and whose habitat monolith stands guard nearby.