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Update: Proposed Novartis Ings bird reserve outside Grimsby
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07 Aug 2021 18:07 - 07 Aug 2021 18:10 #4362
by Jim Wright
Work is expected to start later this month on a proposed new bird reserve for the outskirts of Grimsby.
The proposal is to create a 35-acre wetland for waders and wildfowl on land next to the Novartis factory at Pyewipe and adjacent to the Humber.
Once developed, the site will be overseen by Rachel Graham, ecology chief at North East Lincolnshire Council, but, as at the Cress Marsh mitigation site at Stallingborough, birders such as Lincolnshire Bird Club members are likely to play a key recording role.
The intention is for the works to be completed by Christmas next year.
The council's private sector party is the French firm, Engie, which is currently seeking two "suitably experienced" contractors - one to carry out site preparation and the other to undertake construction and civil engineering.
Once established, there are hopes that the reserve - to be known as Novartis Ings - will provide excellent feeding and roosting territory for many wading species, with, fingers crossed, occasional visits from spoonbills, glossy ibis and other less frequently encountered species.
* The area in the top left-hand corner (bordered red) is the site earmarked for the reserve.
The proposal is to create a 35-acre wetland for waders and wildfowl on land next to the Novartis factory at Pyewipe and adjacent to the Humber.
Once developed, the site will be overseen by Rachel Graham, ecology chief at North East Lincolnshire Council, but, as at the Cress Marsh mitigation site at Stallingborough, birders such as Lincolnshire Bird Club members are likely to play a key recording role.
The intention is for the works to be completed by Christmas next year.
The council's private sector party is the French firm, Engie, which is currently seeking two "suitably experienced" contractors - one to carry out site preparation and the other to undertake construction and civil engineering.
Once established, there are hopes that the reserve - to be known as Novartis Ings - will provide excellent feeding and roosting territory for many wading species, with, fingers crossed, occasional visits from spoonbills, glossy ibis and other less frequently encountered species.
* The area in the top left-hand corner (bordered red) is the site earmarked for the reserve.
Last edit: 07 Aug 2021 18:10 by Jim Wright.
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