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Newsletter of the RSPB Medway Local Group Spring 2015 BirdsEye Newsletter of The RSPB Medway Local Group Spring 2015 Events for Next Four Months Friday 22 – Monday 25 May Trip to the New Forest and Portland Bill Indoor Presentations 17 March - Eat in or Takeaway - Brian Nobbs Sunday 7 June - Stodmarsh/Grove Ferry NNR - 9.00 am 21 April - The Medway Living Landscape +AGM - Alison Ruyter Wednesday 17 June - East Blean Woods - 9.30 am 19 May - Two Weeks in South West Ireland; and no rain! - Brian Gallop Sunday 28 June - Samphire Hoe - 10.00 am 16 June - Wildlife of New York State and New See Programme for More Information Jersey - Paul Hale **** **** Public Events Outdoor Visits (Walks) Friday 27 March - Quiz Night, Anchorians Social Sunday 22 February - Capel Fleet Raptor Club, Gillingham - 7.30 pm Viewpoint/Elmley NNR - 9.00 am. Saturday 6 June - Go Wild, Oare Gun Powder Sunday 8 March - Bedgebury Pinetum - Works CP. 10.00 am GROUP LEADER’S NOTES Wednesday 18 March - RSPB Rainham Marshes, Essex - 10.00 am Although this is the 2015 Spring Newsletter I’m actually writing this on an extremely cold Sunday 22 March - Sissinghurst Castle Ground/ January morning! And as often happens in Hemsted Forest - 9.30 am January I reflect back over the past year. I must say I have some really memorable highlights. Wednesday 22 April - RSPB Northward Hill - On the occasion of our 40th birthday we had two 9.30 am celebrations. The first was in February when the RSPB’s chief executive Mike Clarke gave up his Sunday 12 April – Dungeness - 9.30 am time to come and tell us about his early connections with our group. It was a great Sunday 26 April - Sevenoaks KWT Reserve - evening and was celebrated with Mike cutting 10.00 am our anniversary cake. Not content with one celebration we also held an event at Northwood Sunday 10 May - Old Lodge, Ashdown Forest – Hill which culminated in a rather splendid high 10.00 am tea! Sunday 17 May - Parc Ornithologique Du Apart from Mike’s talk I was captivated once Marquenterre N. France – Coach Trip again by David Darrell-Lambert style of lecture. He must be one of the few people that can make Wednesday 20 May - Church Woods RSPB a talk on gulls riveting (at least for me and Blean - 9.30 am apologies to all of you that find gulls really fascinating anyway). 1 I also enjoyed Adam Rowland’s talk, it was nice LANDSCAPING OF ALPHA LAKE, CLIFFE to know what the Minsmere reserve manager does for a sabbatical. I guess we call that a It has been brought to your Committee’s busman’s holiday!? It was also good that, after attention by Brett Aggregates and RSPB North an initial technical hiccough, our own Peter Kent Marshes Reserves that Brett’s are Saville gave his inaugural lecture to the group. proposing to landscape Alpha Lake on their Well done Peter! I think it is also well done to Cliffe site, which is adjacent to Cliffe Pools David Saunders who laid aside last year to do RSPB Reserve. Please see briefings below: - his own “birding year” and managed to clock up 233 species!! Fast on his heels was Warren Brett Aggregates 28.10.14 Mann with 210 species. Brett Aggregates are proposing to turn Alpha To be honest the whole indoor programme was Lake near Cliffe into a habitat like that being excellent as usual thanks to the work done by created by the RSPB at the nearby Cliffe Pools Robin Smith! As I’m sure most of you are aware nature reserve. This will represent a significant Robin is stepping down; I think that after all the positive contribution to the wildlife habitats of the years he has organised the programme for us wider Thames estuary and marshes. Brett will it’s not an unreasonable decision. However, this also provide footpaths and hides to allow nature has been my big worry all this year as we don’t enthusiasts like you to enjoy it. seem to have anyone willing to take the ‘indoor programme’ over from him. He has done the Brett Aggregates have consulted with the RSPB, 2015 programme but what will happen in who have provided comment and expertise 2016??? Let’s hope that someone will come towards the design of the new habitat in the forward very soon. If not then…………………..? spirit of landscape scale conservation. Alpha Lake is currently 3.5-5m deep – not ideal for Anyway laying last year to rest, we have some marine invertebrates, plants, diving ducks, projects that will need your support. The wading birds and other waterfowl that depend on ‘Nightingales at Lodge Hill’ are dear to many of them. The landscaping will shallow the lake, our hearts and the battle continues. To this end and, also create new nesting islands. our quiz night on 27th March is to raise funds for this cause. I hope as many of you as possible Brett, a company over a century old, has won will come along and support us with this event. numerous awards for restoration including the Mineral Products Association award for We are also organising a coach trip to Parc du biodiversity. We want to support the Marquenterre in France on the 17th May so I infrastructure projects in London – Crossrail, the hope you will join us on what promises to be a North London Line and High Speed Rail by memorable trip. bringing excavated clay to Alpha Lake by boat and barge. I would like to thank the committee for their support, hard work and commitment that made The chance to create a significant extension to last year so successful! the wetland environment at Cliffe is obviously exciting and we are asking for people who want So here’s to an enjoyable and successful time it to go ahead, including the members of the for the group for 2015! local RSPB group, to send their expressions of support to Medway Council’s planning Marie Tilley committee. That’s why if you feel that you support the significant benefits to wildlife and habitats that our plan will provide, please write to Medway Council to tell them so. Please do email [email protected] or Friday 22 – Monday 25 May write to the Planning Department (at Gun Wharf, Trip to the New Forest and Portland Bill Dock Road, Chatham, ME4 4TR) citing planning To book contact Richard Hanman on case number MC/14/1630 with your support. 07785 707 797 or www.bargainbirdingclub.com Mike Courts, Brett Group 2 Taken from Autumn 2014 News from RSPB WATER VOLE PROJECT - NORTH KENT NKMR written by Rolf Williams. The complete MARSHES - MINK RAFT MONITORING report appears in MLG Winter 2014 Newsletter. As part of Kent Wildlife Trust’s efforts to conserve water voles in the North Kent Marshes, “Next door, Brett Aggregates have a similar we currently have a large number of mink aspiration and have made a planning application monitoring rafts deployed across Seasalter, to receive arisings to fill in Alpha Pool. Bretts Faversham and Sittingbourne. These rafts are recognise they could combine a commercial typically checked weekly or bi-weekly by staff opportunity with a potential enhancement of the and/or volunteers. The RSPB, who sit on the ecological value of the Special Protection Area steering group, have also contributed to these and so they have approached the RSPB for efforts through the monitoring of some rafts at advice, which we have duly offered. Seasalter. The RSPB is not in partnership with Bretts, and There is a need at present to source some there is no formal arrangement between us. additional volunteers. Many that have been involved since the project’s beginning have The RSPB has offered its advice in the same either moved further afield or have for other way that it does to farmers seeking to improve reasons been unable to continue. land in their ownership for wildlife. Any impact to tenants on the landowner’s site as a The task would require volunteers to accompany consequence of their decision to change the the Water for Wildlife Project Officer on site land use is a matter entirely for the landowner to visits, where they would assist with checking the address. monitoring rafts for mink and water vole field signs. Many of the locations involve walking Therefore, anyone with concerns about the across quite flat, wet, open fields with the odd yacht club that currently leases Alpha Pool from gate to climbed over. There are also good Brett Aggregates should be directed to the yacht opportunities to do some bird watching in the club committee or Brett Aggregates. process. There are technical and logistical differences What’s being offered? between the two projects, they constitute separate planning applications, and the Involvement with a locally important management of each remains solely with the conservation project. respective landowners.” Flexible times that suit Informal training provided Rolf Williams Opportunities to do some bird watching RSPB Communication Officer, Kent. Morning/afternoon walks --------------------------------------------------- They will need: The RSPB Medway Local Group Committee has looked at the information provided and has Wellingtons, warm and water proof clothing, decided that it does not have the necessary binoculars (not essential). expertise to give any recommendations to the Group membership. If you know of any volunteers or other interested parties who might be interested, I would be Therefore your committee suggests that you, as grateful if you could pass this information to a member of the RSPB Medway Local Group, them and have them refer them to me. look into this matter individually and decide for yourself whether or not to support the proposals.
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