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| Up to 272 holiday lodges are proposed |
SUMMER bird surveys of the former Pleasure Island theme park in Cleethorpes have revealed 58 species - either on the site or within 50 metres.
It is understood the research was conducted in 2019, 2020 and 2022 by a Hebden Bridge-based consultancy, OS Ecology.
It contains some surprises.
For instance, who would have thought nuthatches breed there - or that it provided a temporary roosting habitat for great white egret?
There could also be an inadvertent omission - at least one pair of blackcaps is thought to breed there annually.
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| Blackcap - small warbler which probably breeds on the site |
The full list of sightings is as follows:
* Barnacle Goose - a regular flock is present on amenity grassland to the south of the site
* Blackbird - breeding on site
* Black-headed Gull - recorded on site (non-breeding)
* Blue Tit - breeding on site
* Bullfinch - breeding on site
* Buzzard - overflying
* Carrion Crow - breeding on site
* Chaffinch - breeding on site
* Cetti’s Warbler - a single bird recorded singing within scrub by the Buck Beck
* Chiffchaff - breeding on site
* Common Gull - overflying
* Coot - probable breeding species on lake
* Cormorant - overflying
* Cuckoo - single record of female in July (non-breeding)
* Curlew - recorded on saltmarsh and single bird on southern section of the site
* Goldcrest - breeding on site
* Goldfinch - breeding on site
* Great Spotted Woodpecker - overflying
* Great Tit - breeding on site
* Great White Egret - overflying September 2019 and roosting on site August 2022
* Grey Heron - regularly recorded on lake (non-breeding)
* Grey Lag Goose - part of a regular flock is present on amenity grassland to the south of the site
* Herring Gull - overflying
* House Martin - overflying
* House Sparrow - breeding on site
* Jackdaw - breeding on site
* Kestrel - overflying
* Kingfisher - recorded on pond September 2020 (non-breeding)
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| Kingfisher - non-breeding visitor to Pleasure Island lake |
* Lesser Whitethroat - likely breeding on site
* Linnet - breeding on site
* Little Egret - regularly recorded on pond and Buck Beck (non-breeding)
* Little Grebe - likely breeding on site
* Magpie - breeding on site
* Mallard - likely breeding on site
* Meadow Pipit - recorded on adjacent saltmarsh
* Moorhen - breeding on site
* Mute Swan - breeding on site
* Nuthatch - breeding on site
* Oystercatcher - recorded on grass to the south (non-breeding)
* Pheasant - likely breeding on site
* Redshank - recorded on the Buck Beck and saltmarsh (non-breeding)
* Reed Bunting - recorded on adjacent saltmarsh
* Reed Warbler - breeding on site
* Robin - breeding on site
* Sedge Warbler - breeding on site
* Skylark - recorded on adjacent saltmarsh
* Song Thrush - breeding on site
* Sparrowhawk - overflying
* Starling - breeding on site
* Swallow - breeding on site
* Swift - overflying
* Twite - recorded on adjacent saltmarsh
* Whitethroat - breeding on site
* Wigeon - recorded on Buck Beck (October 2019)
* Willow Warbler - breeding on site
* Woodpigeon - breeding on site
* Wren - breeding on site
* Yellowhammer - recorded on adjacent saltmarsh
A planning application has been submitted for redevelopment of the site to accommodate a Lidl supermarket, a B&M shop, a drive-thru Costa and up to 272 holiday lodges and two hotels.
If approved, this would lead to the felling of more than a hundred mature trees and shrubs, with the likely loss of many of the birds.
The application is due to be determined in spring by North East Lincolnshire Council.
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| A drive-thru Costa and two hotels are included in the project |
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| Many of the mature trees and shrubs are earmarked for the chop |
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| Proposed lay-out of the scheme |
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