View From the Blackdown Hills, January 2012

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Wishing all our readers a very
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Two reserves chosen
The Hills
are alive...
for ‘reptile project’
What’s on in the area
SPECIAL FEATURE INSIDE
DYFEDSTEELS
THREE-YEAR PLAN THANKS TO £50K GRANT CASH STEEL
STOCKHOLDERS
TWO Blackdown Hills nature reserves have been Along with this work, ponds, egg-laying heaps and
selectedforaprojecthopingtoboostpopulationsof hibernaculaforhibernationwillbecreatedforavarietyof Unit1,KingsfordRuralBusiness
reptilesandamphibians. species including adders, great crested newts and grass Centre,Kentisbeare,Cullompton,
TheprojectwillrunoverthreeyearsatAshculmTurbary snakes.
andLickhamCommonintheBlackdownHills—andat AndyBakere,DWT’snaturereservesco-ordinatorinthe DevonEX152AU
BoveyHeathfieldandChudleighKnightonHeathinthe southofthecounty,said:“Reptilesandamphibiansare
BoveyBasin—andstartedlastmonth. particularlyvulnerableandindeclinewhichislargelydue
TheprojectisbeingundertakenbyDevonWildlifeTrust tothelossoflowlandheathland. Afullrangeof:
(DWT) thanks to a grant of almost £50,000 from “Thisistheonlyhabitatwhichsupportsallsixnative
Biffaward, a multi-million pound environment fund speciesofreptiles,sobytargetingworkintheseareasthere Rounds,Squares,FlatBars,Angle
managedbytheRoyalSocietyofWildlifeTrusts(RSWT), is a good chance of boosting populations of these
Iron,Tubes,Beams,Channels,
whichutiliseslandfilltaxcreditsdonatedbyBiffaWaste interestingcreatures.
ServicesthroughtheLandfillCommunitiesFund. “This project would not have been able to progress Sheets,Plate&Meshetc
DWTwasabletosecurethisgrantthankstogenerous without the generous funding from DWT Corporate
donations from The Marjorie and Geoffrey Jones Supporters,SibelcoUK,whosteppedinatthelastminute Tel:[phone]
CharitableTrustandSibelcoUK. tohelpreleasethegrant.”
The programme of work will help reptiles and Anyone wishing to support this important project by Fax:[phone]
amphibiansanimalsbyrestoringlowlandheathlandhabitat volunteering should visit www.devonwildlifetrust.org or
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andenhancingexistingareas. call01392279244.
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STORYTELLER Clare Viner is hunting for
material to craft a set of enchanting stories
based around the Blackdown and Quantock
Hills.
MP for Tiverton and Honiton Fortheproject,localsarebeingaskedtoremember
andMemberoftheWoodPanel folklore,legendsandreal-lifestoriestoaddtoanew
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Parliamentary Group Neil Clarehasbeengatheringandtellinglocalstoriesfor
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director of the international
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supporttheStopBurningOur interestingsaying.
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Attheevent,heldintheHouseof somethingrememberedfrommorerecently.
CommonsonNovember22nd,Neil “It could be magical or down-to-earth, funny or
Parish said that the Government’s serious,longorshort.I’mlookingforwardtohearing
energypoliciescouldresultinarise themall.”
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Currently, the campaign aims to Thursday,November23rd.
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thematterdebatedintheHouseof andcelebratethecreamoftheDevontourismindustry.
CommonsundertheGovernment’s Thisyear’sawardsceremonysaw13goldawards
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ONY ACKSON
BIRD REMARKS
alsoontheagenda.Thecostofthe they suddenly disappeared, with
weekend is £220 and includes only the odd one returning to the
accommodation, food, guides and birdtable. Hehasseennosignof
boat transport. To book, go to sparrowhawks and there are few
www.kingcombecentre.org orring cats,sowhyhavetheyvanishedhe
01300320684. asks?Frankly,Idon’tknow.Perhaps
Letters from readers supporting theyhavefoundanotherbirdfeeder
mycommentsaboutthedeclinein more to their liking. I suspect,
STRIKE CHORD gardenbirdsoverrecentyearskeep however,thattheywillreturninthe
landingonmydesk. MrsDorothy fullnessoftime.
Thomas, of Honiton, tells me that Meanwhile, the dozens of
shehasfedbirdsinhergardenfor windfalls from my apple tree are
60 years and noted the steady providingafeastforblackbirdsand
decline in numbers. She attributes even redwings, though the latter
theloss,notonlytosparrowhawks whichhaverecentlyarrived,seemto
and cats, but also the use of slug preferthemassofberrieswhichare
pellets, dirty bird feeders and this providingablazeofscarletonthe
year’s coldspring. hollytrees. Woodpigeon,too,are
Of Dalwood, Ken West has clamberingroundthetrees,stuffing
MY recent remarks on the countryside”, he writes,” although Margery Robinson who lives in descentsandwonderfulviewshave observed a marked fall in the their crops with the berries,
disappearance of garden bird still green and pretty is in deep Whitford notes that blue tits have beencreatedintheBlackdownHills. numberofhousemartinsreturning hundredsofwhichnowliescattered
life and the steady increase in trouble,largelyofourownmaking. almost vanished and whilst stag Alltheroutes,accompaniedbymaps eachyeartonest.Foryearshehadat ontheground.
predatorssuchasgreysquirrels, Sparrowhawks and badgers were beetlesusedtoappearatduskinthe and a year-round calendar of leastsixpairsnestingathiscottage, Woodcockhavestartedtoarrivein
magpies and sparrowhawks, protected by law and now we are summer they are now never seen. countrysideeventscanbefoundat butforthelasttwoyearsnotasingle theWestCountryandonlylastweek
seems to have struck a chord over-runbythem”. Evenwormcastsonthelawnhave www.blackdownhillsaonb.org.uk. birdhasturnedup. Hebelievesthe Isawseveralwhilstpicking-upwith
amongst a great many readers Onhisfarm,untilabout1990,bird vanished and this year house flies If,however,bird-watchingismore loss of these martins can be my Labradors on a local shoot.
readers. life and other creatures such as werebarelyinevidence,thoughshe your thing, then how about a new attributedtoperegrinesandgreater These handsome waders tend to
Emails and letters have made it hedgehogs, slow worms, snakes, isnotdeploringtheirabsence. seriesofwildlifeweekendswiththe spotted woodpeckers. He has, he keepaheadofcold,bitterweather,
clearthatthereisdeepconcernover bumblebees and butterflies However, on a slightly more expertsonBrownseaIsland?Thisis, writes, seen peregrines plucking andtheirincreasingnumbersmaybe
the loss and disappearance of so sustained their numbers while upbeatnote,MrR.Whittingonfrom Igather,thefirsttimethatresidential martins out of the air. I suspect, areflectionofthewintryconditions
much of the wild life we have, magpiesandcrowswererigorously CurryMallettellsmethathehastwo wildlifecourses havebeenoffered however,thatthefalconhehasseen inthenorthandeast.Thewestern
hitherto, almost taken for granted. keptdown.Now,hewrites,thepast clusters of ladybirds in a corner at The Villa, the Dorset Wildlife takingmartinsisahobby,thehighly partsofthecountryusuallyoffera
On my own patch we have only five years have seen all-round between a wall and ceiling and Trust’s HQ on the Island’s nature agile little falcon which, in haven for ’cock as they seek soft,
sparrows,theoddbluetit,arobin declines and it has become a which have been there for nearly reserve. The first course will be appearance, resembles a miniature unfrozen ground in their hunt for
andablackbird. nationalproblembutstilldoesnot fourweeks. Thisisthefirsttimehe concernedwithwinterwadersfrom peregrine. Woodpeckers he notes, wormsandotherinvertebrates.
Amongst my correspondents is seemtosinkin! has ever seen this phenomenon. January27thto29thwhentheIsland hangontothemartins’nestanddrill
Bill Short, a retired farmer from Another reader, Maggie Wright, Hopefully, they are not harlequin is closed to the public and a time intothemtosnatchthechicks.On TocontactTonyJackson,write
Aston, near Axminster, and who hashadasquirreltrapinstalledand ladybirds, the aliens from the when the lagoon is alive with theotherhand,sparrowsarethriving to:CountryScene,South
remindsmethatdecadesagomany while grey squirrels are still seen Continent which are spreading wading birds. Currently there are intheDalwoodareaandalsohave Street,Axminster,DevonEX13
birdspecieswhichweresoplentiful occasionally, their numbers have rapidly and destroying native around1,200avocetsonthereserve, beenseenpulingmartinchicksfrom
in the 1950 and ‘60s have now been greatly reduced. Control she ladybirds. aswellashundredsofblack-tailed theirnests. 5ADorbyemailto:
vanishedorareindecline.Predators says,whichsimplymeanskilling,is ■■Areyouacyclistlookingfora godwitsandupto15spoonbillsas Ontheothersideofthecoin,Don [email protected]
werethenfarfewerinnumbersand somethingcountry-bredpeopletake newchallenge?Ifso,I’mtoldthat wellasotherwaders,allofwhich Walkertellsmethathehashada Theviewsexpressedarethoseofthe
underthecontrolofthemuchlarger in their stride but some folk can’t eight new bike rides offering canbeobservedfromthefourhides. colonyofaround20sparrowsforsix columnistandnotnecessarilyofthe
workforce on the land. “The understandthereasoningbehindit. challenging climbs, heart-stopping Red squirrels and water voles are years,untilthreeweeksagowhen newspaper.
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