‘A win for nature and people’: Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven

A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels

Almost 40,000 birds have made their home on a nature reserve created using soil from tunnel excavations for the Elizabeth line.

Three million tonnes of earth were transported from London to Wallasea island in Essex and used to lift the ground level and make wetlands.