Sunday Update and Riverside Restoration Works

 

We paid a visit to Tucklesholme this morning. On the main pit we had a count of four Little Ringed Plovers and two Shelducks. As we made are way to the are of woodland we were greeted by five Sand Martins and we also notice that a lot of earth has been pilled up but I will talk about that in a bit more detail later. In the woodland area we had our first male Blackcap which was singing in the hedge line and was accompanied by many singing Chiffchaffs.  

Now on to the pile of earth, over the last couple of weeks earth as been removed from the riverside to give it a more natural state. A notice has been put up around the site to inform people on what is going on and this is what it said;

Over the next few weeks, the topsoil will be removed, leaving a low-lying area of gravels with pools and shallows which will be a haven for wetland birds, fish and invertebrates.

I think this is the start of the creation of Tucklesholme and work is well under way to bring back breeding Bitterns to Staffordshire.

Hope you have a good Sunday all - Joe and Martyn