Happy Holidays for Wildlife
January 20, 2022
The team at Salford Asphalt plant are proud to show off the new Salford Hilton Plaza – for wildlife only! They have worked hard to set up a hibernaculum on the rail access ramp, close alongside the rail line.
A hibernaculum offers ‘winter quarters for wildlife’, in particular amphibians like frogs, toads and newts to help them survive a cold winter. There is also lots of space for insects plus other reptiles too.
Phil Repton commented: “We built the hibernaculum as part of our Back to Work training – after talking about sustainability and our carbon footprint we were reinvigorated to pick up our biodiversity activity, which had diminished during the pandemic.
We built the ‘hotel’ on a bank that had previously been sown with wildflowers so already attracts birds, bees and other insects. Hopefully it will provide a luxurious winter retreat for reptiles and other creatures too!”