MORE wildlife then ever will be able to find a home at Bury's latest local nature reserve once volunteers have finished their work this week.
The last two of seven new ponds on Waterdale, at the Philips Park Local Nature Reserve in Prestwich, are being tackled by Natural Break Volunteers, from the British Trust For Conservation Volunteers (BTCV).
The project is a partnership between the Mersey Basin Trust, the Friends of Prestwich Forest Park and Bury Metro, and has been funded by a £8,367 grant from Biffa Waste through their Landfill Tax Credit scheme.
Dave Dutton, Bury Council's projects and wildlife officer, said: "The aim of the scheme is to improve the wetland habitat on the Philips Park Local Nature Reserve, with the seven ponds of varying size benefiting toads, frogs and newts, and wetland birds. Already dragonflies have visited the ponds which have been completed."
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