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Newsletter of the RSPB Medway Local Group Winter 2013 BirdsEye Newsletter of The RSPB Medway Local Group Winter 2013 Events for Next Four Months Sunday 16 March - Seaton Pits - 9 am See Programme for More Information Indoor Presentations **** 17 December - Flights of Fancy - Brian Nobbs Public Events 21 January - Easy Way to Identify Gulls - Saturday 15 to Sunday 23 February - NKMR David Darrell-Lambert Event - Riverside Country Park 18 February - Medway YOC 41 years on - North Kent birds, RSPB and Saving Nature - GROUP LEADER’S NOTES Mike Clarke I hope you have all had a good summer. There 18 March - Hope for Malta’s Birds - Robin Potts was certainly plenty of warm weather to go round, although the lack of rain was an issue for **** the gardeners. We have always been a nation Outdoor Visits (Walks) of weather watchers and this year has certainly given us cause for debate! “What a cold Saturday 23 November - Seaton Gravel Pits - spring”, “Whew it’s too hot today”, “Is it ever 9.30 am going to stop raining!!!?” I guess that our unpredictable weather is set to get even more Wednesday 27 November - Loose Valley & unpredictable due to global warming. Having Robin’s Nest - 9.30 am said that, the wonderful warm weather this summer was a salvation to my garden wildlife Sunday 1 December - Conyer Creek - 8.30 am and I had an excellent time observing the nature in it. Thursday 12 December - Riverside Country Park Clouded yellow - 10 am Sunday 5 January - Dungeness RSPB Reserve - 10 am Sunday 19 January - New Hythe Lakes - 9 am Wednesday 22 January - Riverside Country Park - 10 am Sunday 2 February - Elmley Reserve - 9 am Sunday 16 February - Conyer Creek - 9 am Along with the birds that regularly visit the free Wednesday 19 February - Bedgebury Pinetum - Tilley al fresco dining establishment (‘eat in or 12 Noon takeaway’), I had lots of the hovering, buzzing, darting kinds of visitors. I had 11 species of Sunday 9 March - Rye Meads/Lee Valley - CT butterflies including my first recorded clouded yellow. 1 A buddleia is worth planting in a sunny position There is good news on the horizon though as in any garden to attract all manner of insects and Alan is in contact with another company that butterflies. may be taking up the dredging rights, so fingers crossed that this is successful. Due to the The thing that gave me most pleasure though recession there has been less money available. was a buff-tailed bumble bees nest that was established at the edge of our pond. To witness Other developments are in the management of the creation and development of this colony of Higham Marshes, almost a continuation of Cliffe! bees was fascinating and I spent many an Alan is also in discussions with the neighbouring afternoon watching them go about their farmers and it is hoped in future that a wildlife industrious lives. corridor will be developed extending along to Northwood Hill. As winter approaches it will be nice to read about all the great walks we have had this spring At Northwood Hill ‘Gordon’s Hide’ has been and summer and relive warmer, lighter days. erected at the bottom of the hill at the view point. At the moment it is quite a few metres away from Marie Tilley the pool but the intention is to extend the pool so that it will reach the edge of the hide. The hide has been constructed by a local carpenter and I RESERVES BRIEFING must say he has done a really good job. The view point now looks fantastic with the new I recently attended a briefing at Northwood Hill, benches and the hide (See photo). given by Alan Johnson, Reserves Manager for Rainham Marshes, North Kent Marshes Reserves and Dungeness. The purpose of these briefings, which are held about three times a year, is to give the ‘heads up’ to group leaders about what is going on at the reserves. Alan highlighted the plight of the lapwing population having fallen to an unsustainable level. If measures were not taken then the population would be in dire straits. It was thought the failure in the successful raising of chicks was due to the predation of the eggs and chicks by mammals, foxes etc, so it was decided to erect predatory fencing to see if this would halt the decline. The good news is that it is working; the numbers of chicks now being raised successfully From left: Alan Johnson, Michael Walters, Marie Tilley, has increased to a sustainable level. Although Jean Howland, Peter Curd. the fencing is not aesthetically appealing it none the less had a significant effect. I’m pleased to say that I think our reserves are being well looked after so thanks to Alan and all Rainham Marshes the reserve staff. This reserve continues to improve and is developing nicely with accessibility for families. Marie Tilley They have a good team there and the reserve is maturing into a very good site for wildlife. NEWS FROM NORTH KENT MARSHES North Kent Marshes Reserves RESERVES - East (Seasalter Levels, Great There has been criticism made about the lack of Bells Farm, Elmley, The River Medway), and development at Cliffe. Unfortunately this has West (Cliffe Pools, Northward Hill and Shorne been due mainly to the lack of funding brought Marshes). about by the cessation of the dredging that was occurring in the estuary. The company was to It has been a big year for the RSPB, starting with pay to have the spoil disposed of and the the publication of the ‘State of Nature’ Report in reserve was going to use the material to build up May. Initiated by the RSPB, 25 partner the scrapes etc so it would have been a win win organisations produced a sobering report on UK situation for the RSPB, but this did not happen. biodiversity declines. 2 The RSPB took this opportunity to roll out its Cliffe Pools was positively heaving with nesting new brand. For those members who were sea birds this year, but they didn’t prove good unable to attend the regional ‘Aren’t Volunteers neighbours! 540 black-headed gulls did well but Brilliant’ event at RSPB Dungeness (July 20th), may have been responsible for the majority of 83 Paul Outhwaite - regional Public Affairs nesting common terns moving on, resulting in Manager, led a workshop that embraced why the just two fledged terns. Both species are Amber RSPB is growing in the direction that it is. The listed (BTO), so what do you do? A good following day Paul was knocked off his bicycle, example of the need for landscape scale but I am pleased to report that he is continuing conservation. Other Amber listed species to recover well from serious injuries. The RSPB included 57 pairs of avocets, 63 singing TV advert will return to your screens this autumn whitethroats and 16 singing nightingales. and initial indications show that the promotional campaign is having the desired effect, including 25 singing nightingales at Northward Hill was a an increase in membership support. little down on the previous year (although 2012 was the best on record), but this was a trend In parallel with the new brand, RSPB staff are across the country due to the late spring. Only focused on delivering the new strategy as one pair of breeding turtle doves was alarming, championed by Mike Clarke - ‘Saving Nature’. but we are continuing efforts to establish a This follows a full review of our priorities and ‘cover crop’ of plant species specifically for them. means of delivery and introduces a new 84 herons and 64 egrets bred at Northward Hill. business culture. Between the new brand and ‘Saving Nature’ the RSPB is best placed to The family of our late friend, Gordon Allison, tackle the challenges so starkly presented in visited the reserve at the end of September to May’s report. see the new bird hide that they provided in his memory. Earthworks and planting is ongoing to Stepping down a rung from the big picture, the screen the hide and more new scrapes have team on the North Kent Marshes, wardens, been created between the reservoirs. As part of residential volunteers and volunteer work parties the ongoing building refurbishment at Bromhey have accomplished a huge amount this summer. Farm it was assessed that the old barns had to One reward has been the best year on record for be removed Barn owl lapwing chick survival. 88 pairs of lapwings for safety. attempted to breed, and the highest number of This was chicks ever, fledged. This was thanks to a completed in combination of site management and favourable October and weather. the owls have already Black-headed gull O n S h o r n e moved into a Marshes a new new owl box electric predator in the walnut fence has been tree. Two installed that will further owl give breeding boxes have waders a further b e e n line of defence installed at against large each end of ground predators. the cattle Emma Sheard, our shed. John Markham (rspb-images.com) Farm Conservation Advisor, has been Everywhere has enjoyed an excellent year for out and about invertebrates. The Maid of Kent beetle was forging new links discovered at Cliffe Pools for the first time, a Andy Hay (rspb-images.com) with landowners shrill carder bee was found at Northward Hill and that could result in butterflies were everywhere late into the autumn. the sort of management agreement now in effect Roger Kiddie, our long-standing volunteer with on the Higham Marshes that will see improved all things invertebrate, has also run, this year, a conditions for breeding waders; our monthly public bird ringing event with his congratulations to Emma, who will be moving to colleagues.
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