More land for growing Hanson-RSPB wetland project
Hanson is marking 20 years of its wetland project with the RSPB at Ouse Fen in Cambridgeshire with the transfer of a further 80 hectares of restored land from its Needingworth quarry to the nature reserve.
The company’s partnership project with the RSPB is the largest planned nature conservation restoration scheme of its kind in Europe and, once complete, the reserve will incorporate the UK’s largest created reedbed – an extremely rare habitat – much of which has been lost in Britain.
The announcement of the handover of the additional land comes on World Wetlands Day (February 02) and brings RSPB Ouse Fen to 298 hectares, nearly three square kilometres and the equivalenting size to 417 football pitches. By the time the project is complete in 2030, this is expected to more than double.
Hanson announced Ouse Fen nature reserve expansion Written by Global Cement staff
05 February 2021
UK: HeidelbergCement subsidiary Hanson has announced a planned 80ha expansion of its Ouse Fen nature reserve partnership project with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Cambridgeshire. The company says the additional restored land from its Needingworth quarry will increase the area of the reserve to 298ha.
Unit manager Hilton Law said, “The Ouse Fen reserve is an outstanding example of minerals extraction leading to habitat creation on a landscape scale and highlights the benefits that managing the land left behind from quarrying can make in shaping and improving habitats for wildlife. We are proud to support the RSPB, Cambridgeshire County Council and others involved in the project, which will make an invaluable contribution to achieving UK biodiversity targets and securing the future of important wildlif
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Hanson is celebrating 20 years of its wetland project with the RSPB, with the announcement that a further 80 ha. of restored land from Hanson’s Needingworth site in Cambridgeshire will be transferred to the Ouse Fen nature reserve.
Hanson’s partnership project with the RSPB is the largest planned nature conservation restoration scheme of its kind in Europe and, once complete, the reserve will incorporate the UK’s largest created reedbed – an extremely rare habitat – much of which has been lost in Britain.
The announcement of the handover of the additional land comes on World Wetlands Day and brings RSPB Ouse Fen to 298 ha., nearly three square kilometres, the size of 417 football pitches. By the time the project is complete in 2030, this is expected to more than double.
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