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Owls Found Thriving in Abandoned Coal Mine as Wildlife Reclaims Industrial Heritage Site
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New photos show owls in an old mine. This site is in England. It stopped making coal in 1976. Fifty years later, nature wins back the land. Old buildings still stand tall. Big wheels once lowered miners deep down. Now, wildflowers grow everywhere.
Photographer Andrew Mason took these pictures. He calls this process rewilding. Rewilding means nature heals itself. Tall buildings act as lookout posts. Owls spot prey from high up. Mason set up a hidden blind. He watched animals safely from there.
The site has many old buildings. It is a listed heritage spot. Foxes also live in the mine. Wild strawberries grew on waste piles. This shows how strong recovery is. Visitors once learned about mining here.
The change is clear to see. Wild plants grow in concrete cracks. Birds find hollow spots for nests. Owls claim the towers first. Their presence shows a healthy place.
Mason’s photos prove the shift. Vines climb the tall chimneys. Flowers bloom where coal dust lay. It shows nature is resilient. It heals damaged landscapes over time.