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Environment and biodiversity Land Trust Annual Review 2018

Green Angels
warming up
around the fire
at Countess
of Chester
Country Park

Green Angels
Our Green Angels programme celebrated the
end of a great first year on sites in Warrington
and South Yorkshire with the work done by the
volunteers having a significant impact on the
environment where they were working.

Not only have the volunteers created woodland
meadow areas to increase biodiversity, but at
our site in Great Sankey, a population of Willow
tits, an endangered species, were discovered
during a wildlife survey.

New species
Many of the UK’s native species are in
decline but with careful management and
The value of green spaces to the environment Our green Protecting communities encouragement even the smallest of species
cannot be overestimated. Our parks, nature spaces protect As part of our service charge site at Upton can become havens for wildlife. Some highlights
reserves and urban spaces create places for we manage the Sustainable Urban Drainage this year include 100 species of moth inhabiting
nature to flourish, but equally provide vital communities Systems (SuDS). SuDS are used in all types of our site at Haig in Whitehaven, while a new
mitigation against flooding and pollution, and allow development to provide a natural approach to species of bee has been identified at Greenwich
protecting communities as well as wildlife. wildlife to thrive managing drainage and prevent water pollution Peninsula Ecology Park. The small headed
and flooding in urban areas. resin bee (Heriades rubicola) is now officially
Our work allows us to conserve and protect recognised as a new species for Britain.
these areas while building resilience and Our SuDS at Upton in Northampton, really
creating places for communities and nature to proved their worth earlier this year, when
enjoy for the long term. very heavy rainfall in the area caused flash BioBlitz and new species
flooding. The properties at Upton could have Over the last 12 months we have run 129
been seriously affected had it not been for the BioBlitz events across our sites to enable us to
effective management of the SuDS, which held monitor and protect species and work with the
the water back and protected the properties until community to unlock their understanding of
the worst of the rainfall was over and the rain the natural environment and the species they
water had subsided. live alongside.

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