The RSPB’s Minsmere nature reserve attracts 90,000 visitors a year, pumps nearly £3m into the local economy and supports around 100 full time job equivalents locally .
Oh – and it’s one of Europe’s best nature-stuffed, life-enhancing, spectacle-watching places as well. It's so good it is has collected the world's top wildlife designations and is part fo the EU's series of Natura 2000 sites. But if you really want to know how special it is - why not plan a visit, you'll be very welcome.
This, broadly, was the message we shared with Eastern England MEP Richard Howitt who visited our flagship nature reserve recently.
Richard Howitt MEP with the RSPB's Ben McFarland signing up to the protection of our finest wildlife sites
You can read more about his visit here on the Minsmere blog – but I will include Richard’s quote here: Richard told us that he thinks, “It is vital to ensure that special places such as Minsmere are protected for future generations because a thriving economy, ultimately, is based on a healthy environment. I am concerned at proposals by the UK Government to weaken the Habitats Regulations, as this would serious threaten the future of many wonderful places for wildlife.”
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