Wildlife photographed 'reclaiming' former Stoke-on-Trent mining site
Images show how nature has partially reclaimed a disused former coal mine, and the colliery buildings that still stand on site.
Owls, foxes and other creatures have been seen at the abandoned Chatterley Whitfield mine, in the heart of Staffordshire.
Photographer Andrew Mason has documented some of them over recent years at the Stoke-on-Trent pit, which closed in the 1970s after operating for more than a century.
Owls, foxes and other creatures have been seen at the abandoned Chatterley Whitfield mine, in the heart of Staffordshire.
Photographer Andrew Mason has documented some of them over recent years at the Stoke-on-Trent pit, which closed in the 1970s after operating for more than a century.