Father opens nature reserve in memory of son

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A father has officially opened the first phase of a 50-acre nature reserve in Leicestershire in memory of his son. Mick Adler, 81, donated land he owned in Great Bowden to Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust to run. Mick said he wanted to create a legacy for his son James, who "loved the outdoors" but died at 42 from Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, a rare group of conditions affecting connective tissues, which also caused the death of James's older brother, Tom. In the past year, people living in the area helped plant 22,000 trees on the land, named the James Adler Nature Reserve. People living in the area told us what they think of the new nature reserve, and BBC Leicester's Ady Dayman spoke to Mat Carter, the CEO of Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and Mick Adler who had gifted the land as a legacy to his son James.