vandals

[sue webster]

vandals have destroyed the wooden pathway and plastic fencing at rspb sandwell valley making the lakeside hide unaccessible fot the foreseeable future. it was destroyed by fire . the hide is ok as its only accessible by swingbridge but only time will tell as to when that will be attacked too.
i saw a thrush in the bushes with the most enormous green caterpillar i`d ever seen! he was bashing it on the ground in an attempt to kill it before eating it but i dont know if he succeeded or not as he flew off with it into more undergrowth and i lost him. however it was quite a sight! sue

[devon.birder]

It has not been a good week for RSPB Reserves as the hide at Ryan's Field, Hayle was also attacked. Fortunately this hide is not made of wood so it will still be useable. Roger

[sue webster]

hi . yes iagree that vandals are increasingly attacking places and causing loads of damage . i can`t understand why they do such stupid things and spoil thing for others . i dont know how long our hide will be out of action

a friend and i had a great day at the birdwatching fair at rutland water on sunday . on the way home we dropped in to a little reserve where we saw 2 ospreys, a little egret and egyptian geese [wild ones!] among other waterfowl. anyone else go to the fair---i got nigel marvin and janet summers autographs. i won a free ticket to the fair with a question for janet at an event . roll on the next fair! from sue