Great Northern is helping to enhance biodiversity on the railway by working with the Bee Friendly Trust to create 20 ‘homes for nature’ at six stations including in Cuffley and Hadley Wood.
The village stations now have two types of bird boxes, an iconic striped bug hotel for small animals and insects, and hibernacula – shelters filled with timber and wood to give small animals and insects a place to live in the winter months.
Since the 1970s UK species have declined around 19 per cent on average and nearly one in six species are now threatened with extinction.
GTR’s environment specialist Eloise Rowan said: “Our work with Bee Friendly Trust aims to make our sites a little more friendly for local wildlife, big and small, and help to lessen that threat.”
Dr Luke Dixon, director at the Bee Friendly Trust, said: “Our rail network gives wonderful opportunities to create homes for nature and provide a network not just for trains, but for wildlife of every kind.”
These ‘homes for nature’ can also be found at Bayford, Grange Park, New Barnet and New Southgate.
GTR, Great Northern’s parent company, has promised to create or enhance 100 homes for nature across the network.
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