Notes and thoughts from the group leader.
During lunch, at our recent trip to Sevenoaks Reserve, Derek introduced the topic of the proposed Swanscombe Recommended Marine Conservation Zone (as you do!). If, like me, you thought that Marine Conservation Zones are all about dolphins and sea horses, then think again! The Thames, between Greenhithe and Swanscombe (Broadness Point) has been proposed as […]
Despite all of our binoculars and telescopes we didn’t spend all of our time at Minsmere looking upwards for birds! The reserve is also a special place for plants and many species of insects. It would have been a shame not to have seen some of these. As Steve wrote in his report we found […]
This year the Gravesend Regatta will take place on 16 & 17 June on Gordon’s Promenade. This is a great opportunity for the group to meet members of the public and raise awareness of conservation issues. The Gravesend RSPB group will at the Regatta and we are looking for some help and volunteers. Our theme […]
Lodge Hill, the most important site for Nightingales in the UK, is once again under threat from a new housing development. We need your help again to save it. Medway Council’s new public consultation runs from 16 March to 11 May 2018. Please go to the RSPB campaign site and take a couple of minutes […]
On Saturday morning Karrie, Peter and I joined the event organised by RSPB Volunteer, David Saunders, to clean up the foreshore at Cliffe Pools. Thankfully it was a beautifully sunny day but there was a definite chill in the air. We organised ourselves into small groups and drove out to the sea wall. The temperature […]
Following on from our very successful (if a little wet!) Volunteer activity at Northward Hill last Saturday, we have received the following message from the Reserve. “Thank you all for your help on Saturday. I am sorry you all got so wet, but hope you had fun nevertheless. I’m glad you had a good […]
On Thursday 19th October we celebrated our 40th anniversary with invited guests including the Gravesham Mayor Cllr Harold Craske and Mayoress Veronica Craske, the RSPB Chief Executive Mike Clarke, who was our special guest speaker, as well as guests from the RSPB South East Regional office, Northward Hill RSPB reserve and Bexley, Sevenoaks and Medway […]
It is with much sadness that I write to inform the group of the recent death of Brenda Ambridge. Brenda was a integral member of the Gravesend RSPB group. She was on the committee when the late David Arnold was group leader and, until recent years when ill health prevented her, was almost always present […]