Olympic Park - Habitats for Humans

http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/

I was lucky to visit the recently-opened Olympic Park today and what an eye-opener it was. It was a classic urban mix of native wildlife - reed-filled fringes of the River Lea alive with reed warblers jostling with 'meadows' of arable weeds - and the exotic.....the largest terrapin I have ever seen swam lazily down the river below the bridge on which we stood. Otter holts have been installed and japanese knotweed 'removed'. I would love to know how they did that! All very impressive and it shows that habitats can be created very successfully with sufficient investment.