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New Ferry Butterfly Park Open Day Sunday 8th May |
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New Ferry Butterfly Park Open Day Sunday 8th May
Recent History:
D Morgan plc has told the Cheshire Wildlife Trust (CWT), which holds the lease, to vacate the Park and has refused repeated offers by CWT to buy it. Wirral Council have applied for a Compulsory Purchase Order (ongoing) but the Park is by no means safe yet. The Butterfly Park is holding the Open Day to raise awareness of it’s situation and to maintain support.
Information about the Park:
New Ferry Butterfly Park is an urban nature reserve that was developed on the former site of
a railway goods yard, coal yard and water softening plant at Bebington and New Ferry Station. A Site of Biological Importance, the reserve occupies 4.94 acre.
In addition to Butterfly spotting, the park also contains two ponds, hedgerows, scrub, hazel coppice and fascinating artefacts of the brick-making and railway eras. The wildlife does not stop there though as smooth newts, water scorpions, and dragonfly nymphs, live alongside thick-legged flower beetles and yellow meadow ants!
The park is used for education and training, from infant schoolchildren up to post-graduate professionals, as well as quiet recreation and enjoyment of wildlife. Its unusual management has featured in national scientific journals. The park is a well respected example of a community-run piece of open space which everyone can enjoy.
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