2013 Bird Quiz
20 March 2013
Thanks again to Chris McIntyre who put weeks into creating us an amazing Waveney Bird Brain Quiz, yet again and to all our members who came along to enjoy the event you made it a fantastic evening last Monday (18 March).
A huge thank you of course to our four competing teams RSPB Minsmere, Lowestoft Lounge Lizards, BINS and Waveney Bird Club for providing us all with a very entertaining night, the nail biting final between BINS and Waveney Bird Club resulted in BINS being crowned this years champions so we say a huge congratulations to them.
Congratulations should also go to Roger Walsh our audience winner.
The 2013 winning BINS team ( Craig Fulcher, Lee Woods, Craig Holden, Scott Mayson and Capt Roy Marsh)
Photo: Lindsey Barthorpe
A huge thank you of course to our four competing teams RSPB Minsmere, Lowestoft Lounge Lizards, BINS and Waveney Bird Club for providing us all with a very entertaining night, the nail biting final between BINS and Waveney Bird Club resulted in BINS being crowned this years champions so we say a huge congratulations to them.
Congratulations should also go to Roger Walsh our audience winner.
The 2013 winning BINS team ( Craig Fulcher, Lee Woods, Craig Holden, Scott Mayson and Capt Roy Marsh)
Photo: Lindsey Barthorpe
House Sparrow Project – World Sparrow Day Wednesday March 20th
08 March 2013
House Sparrow Project – World Sparrow Day Wednesday March 20th
I wanted to drop you a note to advise you of an ongoing joint WBC and Suffolk Biodiversity Action Partnership project. This is a very interesting project with many others involved and its aim is to help our declining House Sparrows and those in India, sadly also on the decline there.
This project on behalf of WBC is being led by Stephen and Louise Dean, who felt a little background would help to explain
Stephen Dean (WBC Treasurer) and his wife Louise have undertaken four trips to India that have been put together for us by Individual and Group Tours (IGT) in Jaipur. IGT is a father (Harsh Vardhan) and son (Manoj Vardhan) outfit and we have become good friends with them.
“Harsh is a noted figure in Indian wildlife conservation who has been involved in the conservation of vulnerable species for decades and I think it's fair to say that he has been hugely instrumental in saving the Great Indian Bustard from extinction, for example. He is heavily involved in the restoration of Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur, which he sees as a "replacement" for the seriously degraded habitat at Bharatpur. Harsh is currently working on conservation of Lesser Florican.
Since becoming friends with Harsh, he has sought my help with various initiatives including writing to local government to encourage them to divert water to Bharatpur, writing to local judiciary in support of Lesser Florican conservation initiatives and being involved in the annual Indian Bird Fair (which I spoke at in 2010). Louise and I have also helped out on the IGT stand at the British Bird Fair for the last two years and I have written pieces for the company website.
It is through my support of what he is trying to do that he suggested my involvement in the House Sparrow Conservation Project at MGD Girls' School in Jaipur and what I have been trying to achieve since last summer is a twinning of the school with one here in the UK. I am delighted that this is now happening and, better still, with a school in Suffolk! The School in question is Leiston Primary School, who are delighted to be twinned with the school in Jaipur ”
Another key player in this project is Hollesley Bay Prison, who only last week accepted an order from us, we delivered the materials and they arranged that their prisoners will construct a number of House Sparrow Terrace Boxes, which will be collected early this week. You will remember that the prison also make a lot of our Barn Owl boxes and Small nesting boxes, so we extend our thanks again to them, for their help and involvement with this project.
Upon collection of the boxes they will be taken to Leiston Primary School this Wednesday (World Sparrrow Day) and presented to the children at a specially arranged assembly. Sadly Stephen Dean was not able to attend, so Steve will attend on behalf of WBC.
Leiston Primary School will then put up their boxes and this will be a part of a most amazing twinning between the two schools, which WBC will continue to have both an active interest and involvement.
I wanted to drop you a note to advise you of an ongoing joint WBC and Suffolk Biodiversity Action Partnership project. This is a very interesting project with many others involved and its aim is to help our declining House Sparrows and those in India, sadly also on the decline there.
This project on behalf of WBC is being led by Stephen and Louise Dean, who felt a little background would help to explain
Stephen Dean (WBC Treasurer) and his wife Louise have undertaken four trips to India that have been put together for us by Individual and Group Tours (IGT) in Jaipur. IGT is a father (Harsh Vardhan) and son (Manoj Vardhan) outfit and we have become good friends with them.
“Harsh is a noted figure in Indian wildlife conservation who has been involved in the conservation of vulnerable species for decades and I think it's fair to say that he has been hugely instrumental in saving the Great Indian Bustard from extinction, for example. He is heavily involved in the restoration of Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur, which he sees as a "replacement" for the seriously degraded habitat at Bharatpur. Harsh is currently working on conservation of Lesser Florican.
Since becoming friends with Harsh, he has sought my help with various initiatives including writing to local government to encourage them to divert water to Bharatpur, writing to local judiciary in support of Lesser Florican conservation initiatives and being involved in the annual Indian Bird Fair (which I spoke at in 2010). Louise and I have also helped out on the IGT stand at the British Bird Fair for the last two years and I have written pieces for the company website.
It is through my support of what he is trying to do that he suggested my involvement in the House Sparrow Conservation Project at MGD Girls' School in Jaipur and what I have been trying to achieve since last summer is a twinning of the school with one here in the UK. I am delighted that this is now happening and, better still, with a school in Suffolk! The School in question is Leiston Primary School, who are delighted to be twinned with the school in Jaipur ”
Another key player in this project is Hollesley Bay Prison, who only last week accepted an order from us, we delivered the materials and they arranged that their prisoners will construct a number of House Sparrow Terrace Boxes, which will be collected early this week. You will remember that the prison also make a lot of our Barn Owl boxes and Small nesting boxes, so we extend our thanks again to them, for their help and involvement with this project.
Upon collection of the boxes they will be taken to Leiston Primary School this Wednesday (World Sparrrow Day) and presented to the children at a specially arranged assembly. Sadly Stephen Dean was not able to attend, so Steve will attend on behalf of WBC.
Leiston Primary School will then put up their boxes and this will be a part of a most amazing twinning between the two schools, which WBC will continue to have both an active interest and involvement.
Another WBC Firecrest ringed!
14 January 2013
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Ringing Recoveries
13 December 2012
A listing of ringing recoveries for 2012 is now available on the website - Ringing Recoveries.