Former Landfill Becomes Home for 64% of UK Eared Grebes

A British conservation organization has transformed a former landfill site into a breeding ground for the eared grebe. At Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve, a wetland of nearly 1,000 hectares between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, 35 pairs of eared grebes now breed—64% of all breeding pairs in the UK. The birds nest alongside black-headed gulls on artificial...