Mace, the Global Consultancy and Construction Company, has partnered with the UK’s largest conservation charity, Essex Wildlife Trust, to boost biodiversity in Essex’s Fobbing Marshes, a site which is currently not operating at its full biodiversity potential. The partnership will enhance approximately 61 hectares of habitat within the 76-hectare large Thameside reserve.The restoration work at the Thameside grazing marsh will include the creation of around 2,000m of ‘shallow foot drains’ which will hold water on the surface to improve the wet grassland site for breeding waders, especially Lapwing, and other wetland birds and invertebrates. It is hoped that the project will establish an important habitat link to the wider network of breeding bird habitats and will help to build resilience against the changing UK climate. The work is expected to begin in September 2023.
Mace, the Global Consultancy and Construction Company, has partnered with the UK’s largest conservation charity, Essex Wildlife Trust, to boost biodiversity in Essex’s Fobbing Marshes, a site which is currently not operating at its full biodiversity potential. The partnership will enhance approximately 61 hectares of habitat within the 76-hectare large Thameside reserve.The restoration work at the Thameside grazing marsh will include the creation of around 2,000m of ‘shallow foot drains’ which will hold water on the surface to improve the wet grassland site for breeding waders, especially Lapwing, and other wetland birds and invertebrates. It is hoped that the project will establish an important habitat link to the wider network of breeding bird habitats and will help to build resilience against the changing UK climate. The work is expected to begin in September 2023.
