Derelict land as wildlife refuges

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Peter Burgess
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6 years ago

A fascinating news story here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47882928

I walked the Cwm Gwrelych area near Glynneath last year and was as interested in the way nature is reclaiming it just as much as the mining history.

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ttxela
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Similar to the rare stuff that grows on lead contaminated tips in the Peak. Funny how what might be regarded as pollution turns out to provide rare habitats for different forms of life.

I guess everything mellow with time and some form of life will colonise almost anything......

sinker
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"ttxela" wrote:
Similar to the rare stuff that grows on lead contaminated tips in the Peak. Funny how what might be regarded as pollution turns out to provide rare habitats for different forms of life.

I guess everything mellow with time and some form of life will colonise almost anything......

Yes. Rhyl for example. :lol:

Yma O Hyd....

Llion
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6 years ago

"sinker" wrote:

"ttxela" wrote:
Similar to the rare stuff that grows on lead contaminated tips in the Peak. Funny how what might be regarded as pollution turns out to provide rare habitats for different forms of life.

I guess everything mellow with time and some form of life will colonise almost anything......

Yes. Rhyl for example. :lol:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

Ty Gwyn
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6 years ago

Would that be on the old Selar opencast site?