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| The field bordered red, top left, is the 35-acre site earmarked for the wetland bird refuge |
WORK is expected to start next 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 and monitoring 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.
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| Golden plover - one of the species likely to be seen at the new reserve |
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