Kiveton Park colliery lies to the east of Sheffield. After the pit closed in the 1990s in 2002 we discovered on the spoil heaps a large Dingy Skipper colony. At the time British Coal plc was trying to sell the land ASAP. To enhance the sales pitch amazingly the area had been seeded with birds foot trefoil (the Dingy Skipper's foodplant) along with kidney vetch, etc thus unintentionally creating a superb nature friendly environment. What followed was a horrific makeover spear-headed by a hip planning group named Yorkshire Forward . Everything then was virtually destroyed. The voiceover accompanying this film is a very hard hitting analysis of what happened and fearing litigation the film was silently banned. (Well, I never!) needless to say the Dingy skipper butterfly was completely eliminated........
(A film made between 2004-7 by Stuart and David Wise)
Негізгі бет How a rich nature site was destroyed at Kiveton Park Colliery, South Yorks
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