Unlikely Lincolnshire nature reserves (2): Marston sewage farm
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Unlikely Lincolnshire nature reserves (2): Marston sewage farm
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 19 Apr 2009
At the far end of the next grid-square going east, by the East Coast Main Line, is a modern, industrial sewage works - very smelly and you wouldn't want to linger downwind of it. This is a different kettle of fish altogether - you get some idea of how the term 'sewage farm' came about. The scene is entirely rural - willows, reedbeds, a good deal of water. Lapwings nest here (pyewipes they call them in Lincolnshire), there are barn-owls, and - in May - as many cuckoos as you'll hear anywhere in England. For details of how the site is managed see Image And see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.97605
Longitude
-0.666036