WILDLIFE AT RISK FOLLOWING OIL LEAK INCIDENT AT CLEETHORPES WATERWAY

                                             

Moorhens, such as this chick, are vulnerable to pollution

WILDLIFE has been put at risk following contamination of a Cleethorpes waterway.

Since midweek, oil has been leaking from an unknown source into the Buck Beck drain.

It is thought the source of the slick may be somewhere on or near the Wilton Road industrial estate.

Affected is a stretch running from there, along the boundary of Cleethorpes country park, past  the Premier Inn and Little Buck Beck pumping station to the outfall close to the foreshore chalets.

As of today, there have been no reports of stricken wildlife, but water voles, fish and birds, such as little grebes, moorhens, mallard and black-headed gulls, have been put at risk. 

There is also a threat to emerging dragonflies,  damselflies and other aquatic invertebrates.

The Environment Agency has been alerted.