The largest expanse of rare acid grassland in Essex – and 1,480 invertebrates over 10% of which are rare or threatened.
A premiere British Nightingale population, top two in the country, with at least 59 singing males.
…and plethora of other wildlife, a biodiversity hotspot and treasured community space where you can still enjoy the song of Skylark and Nightingale a stone’s throw from Colchester City centre.
Despite all this, Middlewick Ranges Local Wildlife site is threatened by the allocation of 1000 houses allocated under the Colchester City Council Local Plan. Informed by bad science, a bias in favour of development and ignoring an army of independent experts. They say Middlewick Ranges is ‘irreplaceable’ – and that the proposed impacts are ‘unmitigatable and catastrophic’.
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Middlewick Ranges has been called a ‘wildlife haven’ by Channel 4 News, a ‘beauty spot’ by the Gazette, an ‘ecological marvel’ by the Guardian and a ‘jewel in Colchester’s ecological crown’ by the BBC.
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