Lafarge quarry scoops BTO award

摘要

Lafarge Aggregates' Dry Rigg Quarry, near Settle, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, has won the conservation category for dry quarries in the British Trust for Ornithology's (BTO) Business Bird Challenge competition, which showcases the country's best industrial and commercial sites for birds.rnCommenting on the award, David Park, northern regional manager for Lafarge Aggregates, said: 'Lafarge consider biodiversity over the full life cycle of quarrying. We have developed a Biodiversity Management System (BMS)...drawing together all biodiversity issues under one cover, to make implementation, recording, monitoring, reporting and auditing much easier.'rnActive management of water levels and the creation of suitable habitat have made the site attractive to migrant and breeding birds. Furthermore, the expansion of the restored area has led to the successful breeding of species, including lapwings, redshanks, snipes, oystercatchers, carrion crows and moorhens.