A duck farming business has formed an unlikely partnership with a wildlife conservation group to save the endangered birds along the Little Ouse River. Gressingham Foods has teamed up with The Last Lapwing Campaign to help preserve lapwings, which are native to the Little Ouse and have been in decline since the 1970s. The partnership arose after local campaigner and artist Juliet Aster approached Gressingham, alerting the business that there was a pair of lapwings nesting on the grounds of its abattoir in Hinderclay Road. Ms Aster, who lives in Blo’ Norton, said: “We kept a look out for nesting lapwings and began monitoring them. “One of their regular nesting sites, it turns out, happens to be on land owned by Gressingham Duck.

Source: Express January 12, 2022 09:19 UTC