Conservation accolade for reserve

AN EAST Yorkshire nature reserve has won a national award for its conservation work.

Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Low nature reserve, near Driffield, has been named as the best large wetland site in the conservation category of the British Trust for Ornithology Business Bird Challenge for the fifth time in a row.

The site, which attracts up to 175 species of birds, has had sightings of common cranes and otters as well as an American pectoral sandpiper and white-tailed eagle in just the last few months.

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Over the next year a new five- hectare wetland habitat will be completed, home to flora and fauna including the greater water parsnip and lapwing and redshank.

Warden Richard Hampshire said: “We’re absolutely delighted to receive this accolade from the British Trust of Ornithology as it serves as a recognition of all the hard work and investment both by Yorkshire Water and individual volunteers that has made Tophill Low what it is today.”

The 300-acre reserve, which lies between Beverley and Driffield on the A164, is open daily from 9am to 6pm.

Admission costs £2.80 adults and £1.20 for concessions.