Tarmac, A CRH Company, has transformed a 122-hectare quarry into a mosaic of wildlife habitats at its Langford site in the UK.
Tarmac, in partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB,) have dedicated years of planning to turn an exhausted proportion of the quarry into a thriving wetland, which provides a sanctuary for birdlife while helping to protect the local community from flooding.
A best-in-class quarry transformation
For years, the 122-hectare Langford Lowfields was a Tarmac sand and gravel extraction site. But in a collaborative effort, Tarmac and the RSPB have been working to develop an oasis of nature amidst an otherwise agricultural landscape.
This included the planting of a 68 hectare reedbed, now the largest in the East Midlands, complemented by areas of forest, grassland and open water.
Tarmac helped create a varied topography onsite, excavating waterways of various depths – from deep pools to shallow channels – designed to cater to the establishment of reedbeds, and thus to the needs of different species.