The birds loved it so much they never left — possibly because nobody demolished it.
Former Industrial Ground Goes from Dump to Diversity and Hosts 64% of UK’s Black-Necked Grebes
Between 1894 and the 1970s, the Manchester Ship Canal Company dumped dredged material from the 36-mile canal onto a wetland beside the River Mersey, creating a nearly 1,000-acre site called Woolston Eyes. The company handed management to the Woolston Eyes Conservation Group in 1979, and the area was declared a site of special scientific interest in 1986. After restoration work began in 2021, four black-necked grebe pairs nested in 2023 and produced 15 young; by 2025, 35 pairs were recorded, 29 of them on the restored wetland, or 64% of the UK's breeding population.
Source: Former Industrial Ground Goes from Dump to Diversity and Hosts 64% of UK’s Black-Necked Grebes — Good News Network
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