Rare species seen at Cheshire's Wybunbury Moss nature reserve after restoration project
These included the red-girdled mining bee, yellowhammer bird, brown hare and soprano pipistrelle bat.A spokesperson for Natural England said the transformation had "exceeded expectations" and was the result of their restoration work to cut nutrient pollution at Wybunbury Moss – one of only three known floating peat bogs, created by subsidence in the UK.These rare types of wetland have a thick layer of peat floating on top of a body of water.
Zara Gower, of the Church Commissioners for England, said she was delighted to see the "remarkable biodiversity improvements" over the last two years."The rapid return of rare and threatened species demonstrates the value of this partnership approach to land management," she added.Wybunbury Moss, along with the surrounding woodland, reed swamp and meadows, covers an area of approximately 16.5 hectares (41 acres), forming one of England's most unusual national nature reserves, according to Natural England.The reserve was first designated in 1955 with further land acquisitions added to the site between 1957 and 2009.
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