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BBC News
4 days ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Colony Reservoir dries up after warmest spring on record
A reservoir at the Charnwood Lodge nature reserve has dried up due to the "extremely dry" spring, a wildlife organisation has and Rutland Wildlife Trust (LRWT) said all the fish in the water have died at Colony Reservoir in UK recorded its warmest spring on record and its driest in more than 50 years, according to provisional figures from the Met added the reservoir was entirely fed by rainwater run-off from the surrounding hills, but the supply has run out due to the dry weather. A spokesperson said: "It's not a pretty sight up there at the minute. "Because of the remote location it's been impossible to fill up by any other means and it's also made any potential rescuing of the fish impossible, too."The spokesperson added the reservoir can dry up "from time to time" but added that it had not happened "for a number of years".
BBC News
23-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Major rewilding planned with land purchase near Market Harborough
More than 130 acres (54 hectares) of land in Leicestershire has been set aside for a major rewilding District Council said it had purchased a site, equivalent to about 80 football pitches, close to Great Bowden near Market Harborough, for £ Market Harborough Rewilding Project will be supported by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust (LRWT) to improve an area of countryside described as some of the most heavily-modified and nature-depleted in lowland leader Phil Knowles said the initiative was "an amazing opportunity to restore nature on a nationally important scale in an area where this has never been achieved before." "This will be a catalyst for a strategic partnership that will rewild large swathes of nature-depleted countryside, protecting it as public open space for generations to come and bringing nature back to the area," he said. 'Amazing legacy' Mat Carter, LRWT chief executive, said: "Only through ambitious and innovative projects like this can we reverse the decline in nature and realise the benefits that it can bring."He said the project would showcase how land could be restored "to support thriving wildlife and bring benefits to the communities that live around them". He added: "This is an opportunity to create an amazing legacy." Parts of the planned rewilding area are plots of former farmland. The trust said it was planning a range of approaches to managing the land, including using herbivores like ponies or rare breed cattle to graze it more Local Democracy Reporting Service said the land purchase could also lead to the creation of a new council waste depot. Knowles added : "Not having our own waste depot to house our own fleet and equipment has been costly for taxpayers, but due to this land being adjacent to the existing depot site, we now have options for the future."
