SITES

	Greatham, Teesside, UK
	West Site, Billingham, UK
	Grimsby, Humberside, UK
Humber Estuary Nettleton Bottom Quarry Biodiversity Management
	Calais, France
	Huelva, Spain
	Scarlino, Italy
	Teluk Kalung, Malaysia
	Umbogintwini, South Africa
	Lake Charles, USA
	Burnie, Tasmania

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Grimsby, Humberside, United Kingdom

The Tioxide site is located on the southern side of the Humber Estuary between Grimsby and Immingham Dock. (see Figure 13)

There have not been any detailed wildlife surveys on the Tioxide site. However, a rough grassland area on the site called West Field is SNCI, mainly on account of a large population of orchids (Dactylorhyza spp.) numbering some hundreds of plants. With further survey work in this habitat more species of plants and animals will almost certainly be identified. Water Voles are present in the dyke adjacent to the sea wall. This is a national Biodiversity Action Plan Species and its habitat is legally protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Kestrel and Black Redstart have nested on the Tioxide plant in the past.

The Humber Estuary adjacent to the Tioxide property is of international importance for waterbirds, the closest section to the Tioxide works being the Pyewipe mudflats immediately to the north of the industrial site.

There are many other important wildlife areas on the Humber Estuary such as Donna Nook to the southeast of the Tioxide plant, Spurn Point on the northern bank of the estuary and the RSPB Reserve of Black Toft Sands to the northwest.