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| Preliminary sketch of the proposed globe with bird adornments |
A STAINLESS steel sculpture of a globe is to be installed on the seafront in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire.
Standing two metres tall, its aim will be to highlight both the global migration of shorebirds and the importance of British beaches as feeding and roosting areas when they pause during their travels.
Alongside the globe, there will be an interpretive panel with information about individual shorebird species, such as curlew, sanderling and knot, and the journeys they make to reach the UK and beyond from their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
The sculpture, to be located on North Promenade, is a follow-up initiative by North East Lincolnshire Council and Blackrow Engineering to the steel haddock installed last year.
Individuals and organisations can find out how to sponsor the bird globe by contacting Ange Webster at angela.webster@nelincs.gov.uk
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This curlew, seen near Cleethorpes Leisure Centre , had probably flown here from Sweden or Finland |
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| Migrant shorebirds: ringed plover (back) and sanderling on Cleethorpes Beach |
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