Interesting: the Telegraph headline was 'wild flower meadow' and it won't let me in 2 view articles unless I sign up to a subscription online.
However:
The National Trust has been criticised in a huge outpouring of anger after it agreed to sell three acres of peaceful woodland in Devon to a housing developer - after locals have raised £20,000 in a fighting fund to buy the land.
Now National Trust members are threatening to boycott the Trust over the decision to sell the three acres of wild land to the highest bidder.
Residents wanted to buy Bonds Meadow in Bovey Tracey from the Trust. The Save Bonds Meadow action group said: "There will be no more dawn chorus after the National Trust announced a deal this week to sell this woodland for development."
"We are going to fight for every single tree and every single dormouse," said campaigner Sally Morgan.
The National Trust said it had sold the land to the higher bidding developer because it was obliged to do so as a charity.
Campaign group Save Bonds Meadow had raised nearly £20,000 towards a £50,000 target to buy the site which is next to Bullands field. They say it was donated to the Trust in the will of local farmer and lifelong resident Major Hole, as part of the Parke Estate. The Trust says the monetary value of the land stands in the region of £300,000.
They said the "rich plot of land" has more than 700 species of flora and fauna, including bats, newts and dormice and is "a much-loved quiet corner of the town".
There's always a cop out : higher bidding developer wonder how much was actually paid ? ! ?