Nature reserve built with help of soil from Crossrail scheme is to expand

RSPB Wallasea Island Nature Reserve in Essex will benefit from extra land where conservationists hope to create a lagoon to help wildlife to thrive (Ben Andrew/ RSPB/ PA) -

A marshland nature reserve built with the help of more than three million tonnes of soil from the Crossrail scheme is to be expanded.

RSPB Wallasea Island, in Essex, includes vast amounts of material excavated during the construction of tunnels beneath London for the Elizabeth Line.