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GBR Press: Newts welscome here

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<u>CHORLEY GUARDIAN</u> (UK) 10 January 07 Newts welscome here
A nature reserve on the site of a former brickworks in Coppull is to be extended as part of a campaign to save a dying species.
Chorley Council is planning to enlarge the nature area at the former Hic Bibi Brickworks on Hic Bibi Lane to provide space for an endangered newt.
Ecologists are working with the council to provide a suitable habitat for the Great Crested Newt and other amphibians found in the area.
The council's regeneration department has drawn up plans on which three ponds are earmarked as breeding sites, while an area of grassland is to be removed.
Project manager Lindsey Ralston said: "This is one of the most important breeding sites for Great Crested Newts in Lancashire and we're hoping to make sure they have the habitat they need to breed. We already have ponds at the site, but some of them are grown over so we're looking at having three more with different depths of water and at different stages of natural succession.
"A number of ecologists have advised us and are prepared to write annual reports on aspects such as the water quality, managing the birds and wildlife."
Hic Bibi nature reserve is currently an eight-acre site and has been leased by Chorley Council for 999 years from owners Northern Venture Capital Limited. Improvement works of the site started in 1994 and it became a designated nature reserve in 2000.
The Brickworks was in high demand during the height of the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century and the area more recently became a popular destination for walkers and nature lovers.
A spokesman for Chorley Council said: "We're keen to improve the site as a habitat for wildlife by creating three new ponds which will provide breeding sites for amphibians including the Great Crested Newt which is a protected species.
"We're also planning to remove a small area of grassland that has deteriorated so that it will reseed itself and regrow into a suitable habitat. If we get the go ahead and funding for the work, we'll be working alongside ecologists to make sure we don't disturb wildlife already living at the site."

http://www.chorleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=81&ArticleID=1965000
 
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i have visited similar project in Hampshire, quite encouraging.
 
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