Campaign hots up to save Wirral butterfly park

Dec 23 2009 by Liam Murphy, Birkenhead News

Campaign hots up for butterfly park

The land near Bebington station is leased by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust (CWT) from Brock plc who have told them to vacate the site.

It is currently used for education, from infant schoolchildren up to post-graduate professionals, as well as for quiet recreation and the enjoyment of wildlife.

The site has 18 species of butterfly breeding plus another eight recorded as visitors, along with 60-plus species of moth and 36 species of spider, three of them rare.

According to the CWT their offers to purchase the land have been turned down.

Brock plc were contacted for a comment but did not respond.

Supporters of the park have been asked to write to their local councillors Bob Moon, Alan Taylor and Steve Niblock at Wallasey Town Hall, Brighton Street, Wallasey. CH44 8ED asking Wirral Council to use all measures in its power to save the Butterfly Park, or to sign the petition which can be found at the constituency office of Ben Chapman MP or online at www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethebutterflypark/