Brockholes nature reserve lake work complete (From Preston and Leyland Citizen)

Brockholes nature reserve lake work complete

11:53am Tuesday 19th May 2009

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THE foundations for a better habitat for animals at a Samlesbury nature reserve have been completed.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust said new pipes and sluices linking all the lakes and a renewed main outfall to the river Ribble now make it possible to control the water levels in the lakes.

The work has laid the foundations for the long-term management and improvement of the various habitats at Brockholes Nature Reserve The water level in one lake has also been reduced just in time for the annual roost by migrating whimbrel birds.

Natural England, through their Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, financed around three quarters of the £40,000 programme.

In addition Natural England paid for £7,000 worth of wet grassland creation.

This has added about seven hectares of shallow channels and scrapes, all linked together to form a good habitat for ground nesting birds.

Reserve manager Sophie Leadsom said: "We are pressing on with the work of redesigning the reserve, to make it even more welcoming to birds and other wildlife.

“When the we open our doors to the public, the landscape will have naturalised and the effect will be stunning."

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