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NEW 26th July - Best Wishes
NEW 26th July - New Stuff
15th July - Loads of News Second, best wishes to Gary Wright. Gary retired from Salford Uni, and BCV, a couple of years ago and returned to Ireland to look after his dad. Sadly Gary's dad passed away a couple of months ago. Gary is now planning to relocate to a magical cottage in Central France. Good luck, Gary, all the best. Thirdly thanks to bird-ringing expert Dave Edwards for his updates on the area's growing tern population, keep the info coming in Dave.
You might remember that some time ago one of our younger members, Holly, had an operation to remove a brain tumour. Unfortunately the tumour has re-grown and Holly needs another operation. All members of BCV would like to send their best hopes, thoughts and wishes to Holly, Gretchen and Paul. Holly's op is scheduled for 3rd September.
As the New Stuff box is in a bit of a mood and doesn't want to co-operate I'll tell you what's new myself. Firstly there are new photos on both the Task and Wildlife galleries from our recent residential weekend at the Anderton Outdoor Centre. Also new is an article about reedbed creation, The article was put together to help groups on a budget to build cheap effective reedbeds. The article is also available as a downloadable pdf file from the articles page and also a more long-term home on the downloads page. The pdf will be updated periodically as we learn new things about how our techniques work.
Firstly best wishes to Colette, Lewis and Anne for their respective operations. We hope everything does well.
28th June - Chat Moss Campaign
Recently we had a task at Astley Moss which is a part of the Chat Moss complex. Part of Chat Moss is currently under threat from an absurd planning decision of Salford Council. The Wildlife Trust is running a campaign to oppose this decision and asks you to get involved. More details of this can be found on the Volunteer Voices page and at the Trust's webpage HERE.
1st April - Loder's Lot
You may remember last year John, who is also the RSPB Campaign Talks officer, gave an interview about the RSPB's Birds of Prey Campaign and was it was published on the 'CheapTents.com' Outdoor Gear Blog, he explained the importance of birds of prey and highlighted the threats they faced through unjustifiable persecution. This month there is a follow-up piece covering the story so far. To access the article please click HERE
13th March - Pond for Pond
David "Dave" Orchard Chairman of the Amphibian and Reptile Group of South Lancashire (ARGSL) need your help. The group is running an amphibian survey to gain a better understanding of size and distribution of amphib populations in the Northwest and would like as many people as possible to watch their local ponds for frogs, newts and toads. For more information visit the ARGSL website HERE