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| Sea buckthorn - eradication project will start in winter |
A purge is in prospect for the main shrub on Cleethorpes sand dunes - sea buckthorn.
Up to 50 per cent will be uprooted and destroyed in a three-week blitz starting at the end of November.
It sounds harsh but organisations such as Natural England and the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust believe radical action is needed to provide enhanced space and growing conditions for rarer plants and flowers that are currently being crowded out by the buckthorn.
This, in turn, could attract unusual butterflies and insects.
However, there is likely to be a hit for some songbird species such as yellowhammers and linnets for which buckthorn provides an important habitat in winter.
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| Yellowhammers likely to be displaced from important winter habitat |
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