COUNCIL UPBEAT ON PROGRESS AT WETLAND SITE CREATED FOR WADERS AND WILDFOWL

 

Pulling in the birds - Cress Marsh at dawn (or is it dusk?)

MORE than 30 internationally-important wetland bird species have made their home at a specially-created mitigation site near Stallingborough over the past four months.

So says North East Lincolnshire Council which is responsible for management of the site, known as Cress Marsh.

It was established to provide feeding habitats for waders and wildfowl at risk of being displaced by industrial development on the South Bank of the Humber.

Of the 81 bird species recorded on site since the beginning of wintering bird season in September, 32 are target Special Protection Area species.

These include: whooper swan, tufted duck, teal, redshank, pink-footed goose, peregrine, little egret, lapwing and curlew. 

Meanwhile other wildlife, such as roe deer, have also taken up residence.

"We are delighted with the development of Cress Marsh and would like to  thank the volunteers who help us  record the wildlife," says North East Lincolnshire Council ecology officer Siân Niblo.

Note: Cress Marsh is not open to members of the public except by special arrangement.