Thursday 5 April 2012
Old Moor = Brilliant
Been to Old Moor with my Dad this evening to hear the Bittern booming. It boomed every couple of minutes 3 or 4 times at a time and could be heard quite clearly from all parts of the reserve and even from the Wath Ings hide untill 20.30 when we left. This is the first time I have ever heard a Bittern booming and for it to be at Old Moor makes it extra special. A massive thank you must go to the RSPB and all its staff at Old Moor for creating the habitat for the Bittern and for it to hang about to boom. Who knows what will happen tomorrow but it has certainly made my day. The 2 Little Gulls were still on the Main Marsh. Other highlights today were Avocet 1, Peregrine 1, Buzzard 2 and the first brood of Coot. Brilliant.
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There's an owd Hollywood saying, or is it from Ardsley? - 'build it and they will come'.
Have some people already forgotten that this is tattooed on the heart of every person that has been visiting the Dearne Valley for decades?
PS. Lest we forget.
(I remember this being said about a chuffing owl).
The RSPB didn't design or establish the reedbeds at Old Moor.
The RSPB inherited an established site at Old Moor.
It is up to us that were there from the start before the RSPB finally and eventually decided to take over at Old Moor to make sure that the RSPB are not careless and/or relaxed in their management of the site.
The Old Moor is a result of decades of hard work from volunteers who actually established the site.
The RSPB took over years after it had been created.
Thought I'd just mention this like.
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