Broadway Wildlife Oasis Wiped Out

For those of you who have driven along Broadway in Salford, you may have seen a small oasis of wildlife that had sprung up in the middle of a busy industrial estate. On either side of the road just beyond the tramlines heading towards Eccles were a variety of bird and rabbits living in the thick hedges and bushes. If you were lucky enough you could spot them sunbathing and nibbling on the grass verges. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who sometimes purposely drove home this way just to catch a glimpse? So it was with dismay when recently driving past, I saw what I can only assume to be developers cutting down the hedges. All that’s left is a pile of wood-chip were all these creatures once lived. When there is such little natural space left in Salford it seems a miserable price to pay for the sake of more development.