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A golf course along England’s Lincolnshire coast has been turned into a wetland nature reserve covering the size of 45 football fields. Before it even opened to the public, plovers, terns, avocets, and lapwings were already nesting there. The area will no longer use pesticides or public water. The National Trust bought the Sandilands golf course in 2020 and created a new wetland ecosystem by digging up the land. Golf courses usually consume large amounts of water and use pesticides harmful to wildlife, but this project reversed that by restoring native habitat for birds. Similar efforts are happening elsewhere, like in Colorado, where a golf course uses recycled wastewater and native plants. Sandilands’ ranger Katie Scott said many of the birds there are endangered and rely on places like this to rest, feed, and breed. "Even before the project was officially complete, nature had begun to return," she added, noting successful nesting of avocets and oystercatchers.
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