SNIPPETS Visit to Lower Saxony - April 1999
However, we are still going ahead with this visit which will include the official twinning ceremony between the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and NABU, our equivalent organisation in Lower Saxony. This will now take place in the coming Easter holidays - departing on Friday 9th April and returning on Wednesday 14th April 1999. We are aiming to take a group of 10 to 15 people, and as the accommodation in northern Germany will be taken care of by our hosts (they all speak English!), the cost for the whole six days for ten persons will be just £80 per person. If we get more people then that cost will reduce somewhat. This will be a wonderful opportunity to visit the historic towns and fascinating fenlands of Lower Saxony, a land which contrasts greatly with Cornwall, but a land with many similar problems and consequent threats to wildlife, in particular along their long North Sea coastline. In recognition of this, and of one particular common threat (marine oil pollution), the Trust is planning to get together with NABU and SEPNB (our sister organisation in Brittany) to host an international conference on the prevention of oil spillage around our shores. Watch this space for further details, but in the meantime please contact me at home, Sally Hawkins in the shop, or either of us via Five Acres to sign up for what promises to be a memorable six-day trip to Lower Saxony. Sally in the shop (01736) 331824, Five Acres (01872) 273939 Howard Curnow SYLVIA AND FRANK'S WOOD One year on
There's been one four-inch-long, fat privet hawk moth caterpillar on the ash trees - it ate the leaves off about three of them before we introduced it to some privet in the hedge! Many wild flowers have just "arrived"; we've transplanted many more from our garden and have discovered by "trial and error" which ones the rabbits don't like. We've also planted some wood anemones, wild daffodils and bluebells (purchased from Lorna). The latest development is the seeding of a wildflower meadow between the wood and our house, and we hope to enhance it with some of Lorna's wild flowers. Sylvia and Frank Gartside SPECIAL OFFER! Capercaillie, golden eagle, ptarmigan, osprey, dotterel, crested tit, Scottish crossbill, divers and grebes in breeding plumage…how would you like to see the special birds of the Scottish Highlands? Now you can - and you can help your Wildlife Trust at the same time. Heatherlea Birdwatching, the expert wildlife tour operator based in Strathspey, has agreed to make a donation of £20 to the Trust for each holiday taken by members during 1999.
Heatherlea Birdwatching holidays take place each week from March until October. In addition, several natural history holidays are also available in 1999. These feature not only birds but also wild flowers, mammals, insects and even whales and dolphins! So whether you would like to see eagles soaring, rare alpine flowers, osprey catching fish, badgers playing in front of a warm hide, or Minke whales off a West Coast island, Heatherlea has an exciting holiday for you! To find out more, ring Heatherlea Birdwatching on (01479) 821248 for a free colour leaflet. Kevin Shaw Remember to mention that you saw this in Wild Cornwall. WANTED - DEAD OR ALIVE!
Mark Nicholson |
"The
best laid plans of mice and men oft gang agley." With apologies to Robbie Burns, but
if his statement is correct then badly laid plans will "gang agley" more often!
That was certainly the case with our plans to visit Lower Saxony, on the north coast of
Germany, last October. Quite clearly there was insufficient time between the publication
date of Wild Cornwall in September and our planned date of departure on 2nd October.
Consequently, with only a couple of volunteers, we had to postpone our visit. Sorry about
that, it was just bad planning!
