Des Bowring's Blog – September 2009 Archive (2)

Montpelier Poplars Under Threat Again

COLSTON'S TREES THREAT: POPLAR FRONT TO REUNITE 26 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT 10.30AM: BE THERE TO SHOW YOU CARE

Colston's Girls' School is the subject of a planning application submitted in May 2009. Supplementary documents have been posted in September which include felling the remaining black poplars, the very same trees which were saved by protesters in 1989. They omitted to mention this tree felling in their original exhibition leaflet too.

The application also includes… Continue

Added by Des Bowring on September 24, 2009 at 17:14 — 3 Comments

Bird Walk 20 September

It was a great turn-out for the first bird walk after the summer break, but actually seeing any birds was a challenge due to the leaf cover, so we contented ourselves with getting to grips with songs and calls. The highlight was a superb Grey Wagtail which spent time on the usually biologically sterile bowling green! List of birds seen and heard as follows:

Robin (many - including lots singing and calling)

Greenfinch (1)

Great Tit (seemed everywhere!)

Coal Tit (heard… Continue

Added by Des Bowring on September 20, 2009 at 15:00 — 2 Comments