Hope Carr Nature Reserve Visitor's Centre
Introduction
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Hope Carr Nature Reserve Visitor's Centre
Image: © Dave Green Taken: 9 Oct 2005
Until 1990, the site was a grassy desert alongside a wastewater treatment works. It has been transformed by United Utilities into a complex array of wetland habitats, wild flower meadows, and hedgerows. Lakes, ponds and wader ‘scrapes' have been dug, and banks raised to provide cover. 130 different species of birds now find a home in this semi-urban environment.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.484026
Longitude
-2.508105