Wetlands nature reserve for Aberdeen's Seaton Park
Work will begin to transform flooded grassland into a nature reserve at Aberdeen’s Seaton Park.
Work will begin to transform flooded grassland into a nature reserve at Aberdeen’s Seaton Park.
The park combines landscaped gardens, play parks and green space.
n recent years, parts of the green space, including popular playing fields, have been devastated by flooding, rendering them unusable.
Now a major programme of works will begin to embrace the recent environmental changes – including a man-made wetland surrounded by natural plants and a wooden viewing point.
The works at Seaton Park includes digging out the wetland, repairing drainage, and adding paths, signage and planting.
With an investment of £90,000, Aberdeen City Council will lead the project in partnership with community group Friends of Seaton Parks.Aberdeen City Council Leader, Councillor Jenny Laing, said: “This aspirational project is incredibly exciting not just as an environmental exercise but also as a programme of community development.
“Seaton Park is much loved by everyone in Aberdeen and we are grateful to the Friends of Seaton Park who have committed so much energy to this project. Their input has been invaluable.”
She added: “Seaton Park is home to the Aberdeen Kayak club, it sits on the banks of the River Don, is shouldered by St Machar Cathedral and features beautiful landscaped gardens.
“It is only right and proper that we invest in the open spaces which also sit within its walls.
“This project will not only create a new natural habitat in the park for wildlife and the community to enjoy, but will also allow us to restore the playing fields which were filled with activity before they were rendered unusable by the flooding.”
Countryside Ranger Ian Talboys: