GENERAL NEWS

Adrian Langdon Awarded ARPS

Our congratulations to Adrian Langdon for achieving the prestigious, Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society. To all who know Adrian and have seen his informative and excellent slide shows, they will be pleased to hear that his hard work in the field (excuse the pun) of nature photography as been rewarded.

Adrian had to submit a folio of 15 bird photographs to the Nature Group panel which was made up of seven internationally known wildlife photographers. His pictures received a unanimous "thumbs up" and he was presented with his award at a ceremony held in the RPS Galleries at The Octagon in Bath.

The majority of his photographs entered were of Seabirds, including Gannets, Puffins, Kittiwakes, Shags and Terns. Also featured were nest shots of Treecreepers, Green woodpeckers and Herons all taken in the Wadebridge area, and carried out with some highly imaginative hide building .

This award culminates many years of hard work and lots of patience and allows Adrian to use the letters ARPS after his name, an honour few other photographers hold. He now intends to have a break before aiming for the highest honour, that of the FRPS; Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

Adrian still finds time to be a very active member of the CWT Camel branch committee, the Cornwall Bird-watching and Preservation Society, for whom he organizes work parties at Walmsley Bird Sanctuary and the Wadebridge camera club.

Dave Thomas

On the net

As some of you may be aware, the Cornwall Wildlife Trust has had its own web site for several years now. I have just been appointed as the new "Web Master" and I'm very keen to expand the site and keep it up to date. The information will be there for the whole Internet world to see, but we will be including a new "Members' Room" especially for you. I'm hoping to include all sorts of exciting new things - activities for kids, news flashes, details of our reserves and appeals, and even the more technical stuff for you specialists out there. My aim is to have something for everyone.

We have already had people joining the Trust and our seal adoption scheme through the net. We hope to broaden our audience internationally through this medium and to attract new supporters for our cause.

If there's something you would particularly like to see on our site, please let me know - you can even e-mail me on: jzhfarwest@yahoo.com]

Watch this space!:

http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/cornwall/

Jayne Herbert

Book reviewers wanted

Natural World is looking for potential book reviewers. If you have a particular interest or enthusiasm for a natural history or conservation subject and would like to be considered to review books for Natural World, please contact Trust HQ for a form. You will be able to keep the book you've been asked to review, plus you'll see your name in print in Natural World! You must be able to write a clear, informed description of the book.

Debora Bright

Konnen sie Deutsch lesen?

Wir brauchen Ihre Hilfe wenn wir erfolgreich mit dem Naturschutzbund (Ostfriesland/Oldenburger Land) in eine Partnerschaftverbindung eintreten wollen. Bitte setzen sie sich mit Howard Curnow in Five Acres in Verbindung wenn sie uns mit der faszinierenden Erweiterung der Cornwall Wildlife Trust tatigkeiten behilflich sein konnen. Danke.

Howard Curnow

Sylvia and Frank's New Wood

Sunday 15th February dawned bright and sunny, and 20 volunteers came along to plant over 200 trees at Rosudgeon, making it a very happy occasion.

To date, 481 trees have been planted, covering 23 different species, and we hope to further increase the number of species by filling any gaps with the odd tree that we think will encourage a wide variety of insects, birds and animals.

We would like to say a big thank you to the Cornwall Landscape Project for supplying the majority of the trees and giving us the advice we needed, friends who have donated trees, and all those who so cheerfully helped us in mid-February.

Sylvia and Frank Gartside

National Marine Aquarium

We look forward to the opening in May of the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Modelled on successful examples in Europe and the USA, it will be the first of its type in Britain. The Aquarium aims to encourage a sympathetic understanding of the aquatic environment through living exhibits and programmes of education, conservation and research. Call (01752) 600301 for details.

Mark Nicholson