Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Sounds a bit more promising for the hide. Especially when the avocets seem to arrive earlier each year...
Pete,
This has been a total disaster from start to finish (whenever that finish may actually end up being), all for what should have been a week's job if undertaken by a professional and experienced hide builder. For those of us who have had the "pleasure" to liase with the Trust as this project as lurched from error to error it has been a stressful, draining and demoralising experience. Yet we keep plugging away to try to salvage something from this episode so we have a useable facility to view one of the best birdings sites in the Midlands before our precious and rare breeding birds (particularly the waders) return; remember Avocets were back by the 19th Feb last year.
In light of the above, we are more than grateful for the continued (and indeed growing) support and enthusiasm for those who contribute their time to the Tuesday and Sunday work parties where we try to make a difference based on our knowledge, experiences and observations of the habitats and how the wildlife interacts with it. This has proved hugely rewarding with the marked improvement of the breeding status of recently targeted species such as Willow Warbler. Long may this input from the many and its stunning results continue!!
Phil