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Thurrock Thameside Nature Park is an Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve located on top of the former Mucking Marshes Landfill in Thurrock, England which will eventually cover . It is next to the River Thames and provides good bird and ship watching. The Cory Environmental Trust Visitor Centre is located at the preserve and provides a roof top viewing platform. ==The Nature Park== The Thurrock Thameside Nature Park currently covers , but will grow to . It is by the side of Mucking Creek, overlooking the Thames and directly overlooks Mucking flats - coastal marshes and saltmarsh designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA). At the east end of the site, the sea wall has been breached to provide tidal mud flats.〔Leach, Michael, ''Creation of a New Essex landscape'', Essex Society for Archaeology and History Newsletter, Winter, 2012〕 The nature park has been landscaped to include grasslands, woodland, ponds and reedbeds. It is already home to mice, voles, shrews and hares as well as the rare shrill carder-bee. The opening ceremony on 11 May 2013 was performed by David Attenborough. In his opening speech, he said, "What you have done here...is a monument to what can be done to restore nature". The visitors centre is built on hydraulic jacks to cope with settlement of the underlying rubbish.〔 There is a network of footpaths, bridleways and cycle routes across the site. The park won the conservation category in the Observer Ethical Awards 2011. The park was established in partnership with the owners of Mucking Landfill, Cory Environmental Ltd, Cory Environmental Trust in Thurrock, who provided the funding for the visitor centre, and Essex County Council's Parkland project, which also provided vital funds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thurrock Thameside Nature Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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