Yes Colin, my understanding is that funding will be made available to manage the NNR. There will also be plenty of opportunities for volunteers to get involved in monitoring birds and other wildlife, as well as contributing in other ways to the management of the individual sites, depending on people's skills. If you and anyone else would like to find out more, please drop me a pm and I'll send you the email address of the person at Natural England to contact.
colin davies said
Mon Oct 3 7:04 PM, 2022
Excellent, what happens next? Can we now expect investment in the management of the national nature reserve?
Steve Atkins said
Mon Oct 3 5:26 PM, 2022
The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve (NNR) was officially declared today by Natural England and becomes Greater Manchester's first NNR. This is great news for biodiversity in GM and for local people, especially those who have carried out surveys and submitted records which have identified the importance of this archipelago of sites for birds and other wildlife.
Soon to have flocks of Guardian readers:
From coal tips to willow tits: post-industrial Greater Manchesters new nature reserve | Walking holidays | The Guardian
-- Edited by John Watson on Thursday 3rd of November 2022 08:54:45 AM
Excellent, what happens next? Can we now expect investment in the management of the national nature reserve?
There is a detailed article on the Lancashire Wildlife Trust's website The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh NNR
Maps of the sites covered by the NNR can be downloaded from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-flashes-of-wigan-and-leigh-national-nature-reserve