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112071 Newsletter Jan 2012 RSPB SOUTH DORSET LOCAL GROUP NEWSLETTER No 60 January 2012 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: England and Wales no. 207076, Scotland no.SC037654 The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environ- ment. Nature is amazing - help us keep it that way We belong to BirdLife International, the global partnership of bird conservation organizations . GROUP LEADERS COLUMN The indoor meetings programme this season has been notable for changes of speaker and there are further changes to come. The 15 th September meeting was to have been addressed by David Waters Chair of the Great Bustard Group. Andrew Taylor, formerly of Weymouth Wetlands now works for the Great Bustard Group and volunteered to give the talk becoming, I believe, the youngest speaker ever to address the group. At the second meeting Paul Buckley the Regional Conservation Manager at Exeter substituted for Dieter Hoffman and gave a talk on RSPB’s International Work. The November and December meetings went according to plan and hopefully the January and February 2012 meetings will also be as planned. The speakers for 15 th March, Rees Cox and 19 th April Nick Tomlinson have both had to cancel. After some thought I have offered the March 2012 date to a speaker I had originally hoped to book for March 2013 but I have yet to receive confirmation. We are also looking for a speaker from inside the group to give a short talk 45-60mins (max) after the AGM, any volunteers? After Bruce Painting left the committee at the last AGM I took on the Indoor Meetings Secretary’s role myself. I will shortly start work on the 2012-13 speakers programme and I welcome suggestions for new speakers or requests for a return of old favourites. The Field Trips programme has so far been according to plan, the first six trips using four different leaders. Reports on these trips are on pages 2-5. The committee have received representations from some members who have dual membership of South Dorset and South Somerset local groups concerning the clash of meetings both indoor and weekend field trips. The committee has decided to leave the evening meetings day unchanged but to investigate moving the weekend field trip to a different weekend. Any comments please to Phil Standfield, Mary Robins or the Group Leader? You may be aware that Radipole Lake visitor centre is to be rebuilt. The shop will open for the last time on Sunday January 15 th . The building will then close for 6-8 weeks and will re-open as a visitor centre and café only. We are promised brand new interactive displays including some live from cameras on the reserve, more indoor seating and an improved range of tea coffee and snacks. The rebuilt building will be the base for a ‘bigger and better’ programme of events. While the shop will be no more it is hoped to have a limited facility to order items for later collection and also to host occasional optics days. I recently discovered a list of committee members dating back I believe to 2007. The committee was then thirteen strong, many hands make light work! Seven of those shown have since left the committee and two have joined and the committee is now down to eight. In 2013 three more will leave. These are myself Group Leader and Indoor Meetings Secretary, Chris Wyeth Membership Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Website Controller and Charmian Jones Events Co- ordinator. It is possible to run a group without a formal leader and with a committee of only five but it will be hard work for those that remain. I am therefore appealing for several new committee members to join at the next Annual General meeting 19 th April 2012. We will use the year 2012-13 to decide who will do what after April 2013 and for myself Chris and Charmian to train our successors. You do not have to be an expert birder to join the committee the chief requirements are, a broad agreement with the aims of the RSPB, ability to work harmoniously with others and to attend 6 committee meetings (First Thursday of the odd months in Preston, Wyke Regis, Portesham or Dorchester) and the Annual General Meeting (usually third Thursday in April at St Georges Hall). Committee members must be members of the RSPB and the group. Anyone interested let me or any member of the committee know preferably well in advance of the Annual General Meeting . I hope to see many of you at the meetings in 2012 1 FIELD TRIP REPORTS WINSPIT 17TH SEPTEMBER 2011 Ten members turned out despite the stormy weather forecast and we were all pleased that we did as we had a dry and sunny morning spent in Winspit valley with a short sea-watch from the ledges at midday. I decided that due to the strong winds with up to near gale force gusts that it would be too risky to walk along the coast path as there are places where the path is only a few feet from the edge. We all agreed that this was a sensible decision. In the valley our best finds were a Garden Warbler and two Spotted Flycatchers with a few Wheatears adorning the hillsides. The usual Grey Wagtail around the pumping station was very Yellowhammer obliging and we had excellent views of the many Yellowhammers topping the bushes throughout. Flocks of Goldfinches and House Sparrows were prevalent and added to the rather entertaining morning. A persistent Crow dive- bombing a Kestrel for quite a while was very amusing with the Crow finally seen off by an aggressive Sparrowhawk, obviously the Kestrel’s buddy. The sea-watch produced only two Gannets and a Shag which was rather disappointing. We returned to the car park for Tree Creeper lunch at 1.30pm. After lunch, a few of us decided to stay on, risk the gathering clouds and walk down Hill Bottom valley at the end of the road. We had two short sharp showers but took advantage of the trees for shelter and then the sunny weather returned with several of the already mentioned passerines emerging to dry off. A Treecreeper and a Goldcrest were heard only and it wasn’t until we returned to the field car park we got our reward with a good number of Yellow Wagtails around the cattle in the adjacent field. Total No. of species: 36. Cliff Rogers. KEYHAVEN 23TH OCOBER 2011 Thirteen brave group members turned up for the trip to Keyhaven, it was dry but extremely windy. We set out facing the elements but luckily the path turns so Brent Goose conditions improve especially when you can take advantage of the shelter of the sea walls. There were plenty of Brent geese in the harbour and feeding among the salt marshes, and opportunity to look for waders such as Curlew, Grey plover and Black-tailed godwits. Approaching the pools some of the group found a Dartford warbler in the brambles and another highlight was seven Spotted Redshank. These have paler winter plumage than the Common redshank and a longer, finer bill. Further on it was entertaining to watch a cormorant having caught and trying to swallow a too-large fish. An unseasonal swallow whizzed overhead, and a kingfisher was spotted in flight by most of us. We found a sheltered spot in the lee of a bank to have our picnic lunch and were thrilled to see a dark phase Arctic skua fly right over our heads, undoubtedly blown off course by the strong wind. The path turned inland to go back to the cars and everyone saw another Dartford warbler, it is good to know these are holding their own in this area after several severe winters. We watched a few Roe deer and a large flock of Linnets, and added some more bird species on a recently formed lake. We walked along the coast to the beginning of Hurst Spit, here were some Mediterranean gulls. In total we found 59 species which was amazing given the Black-tailed Godwit difficult conditions; this is a site with a good variety of habitats attracting both water and farmland birds. Mary Robins 2 SWINEHAM(am) NOVEMBER & MIDDLEBERE (pm)10 th 2011 The weather was much better than the forecast with the sun shining as 10 members met in the road by Bestwall Marsh. A brief visit to the marsh found just a few birds; a pair of Stonechats several Common Gulls, Curlews and Rooks. So we were then off down the lane on route to Swineham Point alongside the River Frome and a first stop was at the woodland section by the rugby ground. A family of Long-tailed Tits were flitting in the trees with Blue and Great Tits then a Mistle thrush call from Chris to look at Treecreepers climbing the trees nearby. Moving on a Nuthatch called and a Green Woodpecker flew ahead of us along the lane calling as it went. Stepping onto the footpath bordering the Bestwall Estate 3 Mistle thrushes were seen and as we reached the gravel pits it was disappointing to find that they were now obscured by bushes and trees that had grown in height since our last visit. Notices were telling us to keep out and we had only glimpses of Gadwall ,Shoveler and Teal ducks. Arriving alongside the river we heard Cettis Warbler and Water Rail calling and a flock of Lapwings were seen ,erecting our telescopes on the lake we recorded Tufted Duck, Little and Great Crested Grebes, a single female Goldeneye duck, Grey Heron and Canada Geese.
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