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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MJB" data-source="post: 3245359" data-attributes="member: 88928">Ian,I think you make an excellent point here, that it is extraordinary a population centre comprising an urban area including Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland (about 400,000 people ?) has no RSPB reserve within 60km radius centred on, say, the A167 bridge across the Tyne. I know there are more than a few protected areas that locally are the responsibilities of other organisations, but surely this lack of an RSPB reserve needs a grass-roots campaign to identify suitable sites.One would think that a suitable coordinating and fund-raising organisation might be (I'm thinking of precedents elsewhere) The Natural History Society of Northumbria (Great North Museum, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 4PT: phone:0191 232 6386), but perhaps you or others might not agree?MJB</blockquote>