Plans showing that 45 hectares of wildlife habitats will be created within the Olympic Park have been published today by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
Habitats for otters, amphibians, invertebrates and other rare wildlife will all be created. A total of 525 bird boxes and 150 bat boxes will also be installed in venues, buildings and bridges.
Waterways will be regenerated, banks of the river will be remodelled and aquatic vegetation and bankside habitats will be created.
The Park’s ecology programme started in 2007 with the relocation of a number of species, including fish, toads and newts, to a nature reserve outside the Park to safeguard them against the construction activity.
The new habitats are being designed to ensure that they are not affected by the thousands of people who will visit the Park during the Games.
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