SECTIONS of footpath and nature trail at a nature reserve are being closed for work on a habitat development scheme.
Some areas of Durham Wildlife Trust's centre at Low Barns, Witton-le-Wear, will be closed off on weekdays from next Wednesday for up to two months.
The trust's Wild Wetlands project has converted an abandoned sewage treatment works into a reedbed and meadow habitat.
Its latest project is to link the wetland to existing water habitats on the site. A further area of reedbed will be created which will have a boardwalk running through it giving visitors a close-up view of the area.
The project will also create a new habitat for a colony of the Dingy Skipper butterfly, whose numbers have sharply declined in recent years.
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