Once used for canal dredgings, this English site now shelters 35 pairs of rare grebes
A former dumping ground for Manchester Ship Canal dredgings in Cheshire has been restored into a wetland.
Black-necked grebe breeding pairs rose from four in 2023 to 35 in 2025, with the site now supporting 64% of the UK's average breeding population.
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