There are 2000 active and worked-out quarries across the UK, representing a huge opportunity to create specialist habitats where native flora and fauna can thrive.

Our speaker, ANDY LITTLER, is a geologist, chartered engineer and quarry manager with a passion for natural history. He has spent 40 years pioneering the restoration of quarries to biodiverse habitats. He wrote the first Quarry Biodiversity Action Plans in the UK and runs courses for quarry professionals on the subject. Andy lives in Charmouth and is currently working on quarry restoration projects in Dorset along Puddletown Road, Wareham and at Chard.