Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/25/skylarks-sandwich-terns-birdies-on-reserve-created-from-golf-course-uk
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National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools There is no chance of a birdie or an eagle any more. But there are skylarks, short-eared owls, avocets and curlew. Sandilands , a former golf course on the Lincolnshire coast, has been transformed by the National Trust into a 2km-long nature reserve with wetlands, wading pools, rough grassland and coastal scrub. Continue reading...
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