It's still too early to say just how much lasting damage last year's floods caused at the Ayre's nature reserve.
Around a fifth of the protected area, home to many rare species of plant and several different habitats, was submerged under several feet of water for weeks on end.
Ayre's warden Louise Samson says the lichen heath in particular was badly affected:Clip 1
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