Wigan Greenheart Landscape Recovery
The Wigan Greenheart Landscape Recovery scheme covers a combined area of over 1,400 hectares, including the Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve. We are working together with partners, making connections for nature's recovery.
The Wigan Greenheart Landscape Recovery Scheme is building on half a century of post-industrial restoration in this unique and inspiring environment, creating and restoring habitats on the areas once dominated by mining and other industry.
The project, led by Lancashire Wildlife Trust is a partnership involving Wigan Council, Forestry England as the main partners along with Natural England.
The landscape created by the flooding of subsided deep coal mine workings, has developed into a connected wetland mosaic of open water, swamp, reedbed, tall herb fen, wet marshy grassland, meadows and wet woodland.
The peri-urban setting makes our project truly special, with green space surrounded closely by residential and urban developments.
Wigan Greenheart provides thriving habitats for wildlife and beautiful spaces for people to explore. This project will prioritise the recovery and protection of threatened species such as the willow tit and bittern, while benefiting many other important native species.Â
The scheme incorporates the Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve, sitting at the heart of the Great Manchester Wetlands Nature Improvement Area.
Wigan Greenheart Landscape News
A big thank you to everyone who participated in any of our Walking and Talking events, attended our Community Workshops or completed our user survey. Â Your feedback is vital in planning the next phase of the Wigan Greenheart Landscape Recovery scheme.
Links to future events like the upcoming Festival of Nature on 25/26th May at Pennington Flash and the Wigan Flashes Walk during Wigan Walk Week on 31 May will be posted here. Both of these events take place during National Nature Reserves (NNR) celebrations from 20-31 May 2024.
If you have any further questions or comments, please drop us an email at rhoward@lancswt.org.uk or chouse@lancswt.org.ukÂ
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