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AN addition of value has been made to the possessions of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the Eastwood Nature Reserve, Stalybridge (Bird Notes and News, Autumn Number). The reserve, originally extending to about eight acres, was bequeathed by the Right Hon. John F. Cheetham, together with £5,000 for its upkeep. To this has been added an adjacent four acres, with £500, by a niece of the donor, Mrs. Wimbush of Taunton. The reserve is a beautiful ravine within the public park given by Mr. Cheetham to Stalybridge, and his wish that it should be kept in a natural state as regards fauna and flora will insure the continuance of a sample of wild Nature in the heart of an industrial area. Already there is abundance of wild plants and unexpected variety of birds, and judicious treatment of the reserve should add to the attractiveness of both.
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New Nature Reserve in Cheshire. Nature 130, 772 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130772b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130772b0