The Aston Locks Nature Reserve project is ongoing and we visit it almost weekly. It is adding to a global need for wetlands to support
wildlife across the Globe
• Globally wildlife is under huge threat from climate change and habitat loss. Fresh water ponds
like these are essential habitats.
• Water supports a huge variety of plants and animals.
• These man-made ponds have been made to work like natural ponds. Different parts of these
ponds provide the right conditions for different plants and animals to live. These are called
habitats.
• Many different plants and animals live in each habitat, their role or job in that habitat is called
their niche.
• All these habitats and niches combine to create a wetland that is rich in wildlife.

This is the first grey wagtail we have seen here. As you can see it is perched on a new bit of fencework. The environment is perfect here, at the side of the canal with canal runoffs providing moving water, and lots of wild life now coming into the area. The project is running behind because of Covid, but it is ongoing.

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