A seagrass restoration programme on the Humber looks set to be scaled up significantly by offshore wind giant Orsted.
Launched earlier this year, with an initial 10 acre pilot and £2.5 million investment, a further 74 acres could be funded should its Hornsea Four project secure development consent. It would be the largest habitat resurgence of its type in the UK and Europe, focused on Spurn Point.
Such a lost meadow would act as a resilience measure for the final green energy scheme in the huge zone, providing potential new and improved nursery habitat for prey species that seabirds, specifically kittiwake, guillemot and razorbill, depend on.
