Parkgate, Wirral on 21.3.22 after the devastating fire

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Hey everyone,
I took a trip to Parkgate, Wirral early this morning to have a look at the devastation caused by the fire on the 19.3.22.
Here is my video and it does not look good at all unfortunately. Fingers crossed that the land recovers swiftly.

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@grahamthetraveller 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry if you find this a little grey and boring mate but I am personally devastated I am not a massive ornithologist or animal rights protestor but I am a big lover of nature and the outdoors in general and feel that Parkgate and the marshes are a jewel in Wirral's crown our natural habitats and particularly our coastal areas are almost unique there is an RSPB reserve just along the way at Burton Marshes and between the reserve and the marshes they support some of the UK's rarest birds & animals with some very specific habitat requirements the marshes have been designated as an SSSI (sight of special scientific interest) and the mix of habitats are very rare in the UK and an important staging post for feeding migrants from Scandinavia I am not sure how long this will take to recover but hope this does not disturb or negatively affect the wildlife that relies on it

@misterdroneuk 2 жыл бұрын

Not grey and boring at all Graham. Your words are absolutely spot on and I agree 100%. 👏

@G529-l3v 2 жыл бұрын

What a senseless criminal act. Such devastation to wildlife.

@kennethshields6939 2 жыл бұрын

We had a fire like that in Belfast last summer, devastating for the wildlife and the local population.

@misterdroneuk 2 жыл бұрын

Horrible isn’t it Kenneth. Arson too apparently 🤬

@chilternfly 2 жыл бұрын

Devastating 🔥, what is wrong with those people 😡 having no respect for the marsh, it’s wildlife and local people. So glad it didn’t spread any further to the town or cause more devastation to the rest of the marshland. 🚓 🚒 👍. Whilst you were in London, we were visiting Liverpool for first time and had an enjoyable time seeing the city and it’s culture. ❤️ Liverpool.

@NicholasSadlier 2 жыл бұрын

The people in those houses must have been really worried as well.

@free..to..air.. 2 жыл бұрын

If it turns out these young people were responsible for this vandalism..they must be properly punished...not wrist smacked and analysed.....but made to pay for such actions

@lindylou7853 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh. It is big area. The people in the houses nearby must have been petrified. It will recover eventually. Shocking to see from above. We live next to a country park. We have an annual event we call, ‘The annual post-GCSE celebration bonfire / devastation’. Every year just after the GCSE results are out and the grass has dried up sufficiently, every bit of wood from your garden that’s not nailed down disappears - benches, flower containers, fencing, gates - and gets transported overnight to the forest where teenagers place portable BBQ trays on the park benches and set fire to them, followed by several fire engines turning up some time later. It’s a new estate where fire measures have been put in place - rows and rows of pebbles laid down in the grass from where people gather them up in wheelbarrows, thinking the glaciers travelled thus far down south, transfer the stones to their gardens. Every year there’s a smattering of roasted corpses amongst the burnt grass - lizards, frogs, toads, newts, grass snakes, hedgehogs, ducklings, a fox cub, a baby weasel. I used to get very cross - especially the year they nicked my new Homebase bench - but there’s nothing you can do about it.

@lindylou7853 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently, the marsh harriers had just started making nests in these marshes. Typical that you missed it first by being away in London, just when this was right on your doorstep! Scary stuff. The Echo says the police are looking for 3 boys and a girl. When I was a teenager, we were encouraged to plant marram grass all over the dunes at Freshfield / Ainsdale. I’ve often wondered if that had any impact on securing the dunes for the future.