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Our Outdoor Field Trip Leader

Simon having studied at Imperial College London, has graduated with a Masters in Conservation and Forestry. His graduation ceremony will be at the Royal Albert Hall this May and on behalf of the members, the committee would like to congratulate him on this achievement and wish him every success in his future career.

He is currently on a six month contract with the RSPB as a residential volunteer warden at their Northward Hill reserve. For further details of his work on the reserve and with the RSPB please refer to our February newsletter.

If you are interested in helping out at one of our conservation days at Northward Hill led by Simon please refer to our programme of Outdoor Field Trips.

Gordon Allison RSPB

It is with deep sadness that we must announce the death of Gordon Allison, warden of Elmley Marshes reserve, who passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday February 5^th. His family has been informed and our thoughts and our support are with them at this very difficult time.

Gordon’s career with the RSPB began in 1991 and he has worked at a number of reserves across the country, but Elmley was always a special place for him. Alan Johnson, the reserves manager for Kent said, "The care and dedication he put in to managing the habitat on the reserve was a reflection of his enthusiasm and concern for wildlife". Gordon was a renowned birder and a rare source of knowledge of the distribution and movements of birds in Kent but also travelled widely, particularly to the Indian sub-continent. He was an active member of the Kent Ornithological Society, chairing the Conservation & Surveys Committee.

Gordon was also marvelous company; he was a gentle soul with a dry sense of humour. He had a range of interests that often focused on the quirky and obscure. He wrestled with the Identification of large gull plumages, he went to concerts to listen to bands that no one else had heard of and he supported the equally obscure Glaswegian football team Queens Park.

A person of rare quality who will be greatly missed.

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A message from your newsletter Editor

Would you like to receive your RSPB Group Newsletter with full colour photographs? This will happen if future issues are sent to you via the internet which you can then view online at your leisure without having to print off hard copies. You would then save our local group printing and postage costs and reduce the amount of paper we use thus helping the environment. You do not need the latest version of 'Word' because your copy can be emailed to you in Word 2003 format which is compatible with later versions such as 'Word 7.' If you are agreeable to the above please email the editor with the word YES and your full name if this is not clear from your email address. Our members are always happy to read of interesting birdwatching trips or adventures so why don't you drop me a line via email and this can then be included in a future edition of the newsletter for us all to enjoy. If you have any digital photographs to accompany your article all the better! All photographs will be acknowledged and you will retain the copyright. Please email your articles to me at the above address.