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No New M4! - The Big CALM Protest on Tuesday 23rd September
The day after the Assembly re-opens after the summer
break; CALM will be holding a protest on the steps of the Senedd, Cardiff
Bay at 12.00 noon. This is our chance to tell the government that enough is
enough, and that these damaging plans need to be axed, now. This is your
chance to tell your elected representatives that you don’t want your money
spent on destroying our natural heritage and the atmosphere. Join us in
opposing this environmentally devastating scheme! Please pledge to attend
our protest event. For those readers who do not know about CALM, it stands for Campaign Against the Levels Motorway which will cut through 5 miles of the Gwent Levels SSSI, in reens, destroying grazing marsh, affecting the habitat of species like otter, water vole and barn owl (and being certain to cause road deaths of far too many otters and barn owls too), turning three chunks of the Gwent Levels into pathetic isolated 'islands' cut-off from the remainder of the Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels, with pollution from the scheme set to spread through the reen system to damage the freshwater life of the whole wetland system. GOS has been a member of CALM since it was founded and we hope you'll all get along to the protest, with as many friends and family as possible. |
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THE BIRDS OF GWENT
Cover Price £40.00 Price from GOS £30.00 Phone your order through to Alan Williams, 01873 880165, he will advise you of availability and your local collection point. Pay on collection. |
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If you are interested in signing a petition against the proposed Severn Barrage take a look at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/savethesevern/ |
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Campaign Against Levels Motorway Learn about the proposal to build a new motorway through the Gwent Levels and the campaign to stop it. |
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Request for Red Grouse Information As part of the Blaenafon World Heritage
Site ' Forgotten Landscapes ' project, Chris Hatch is looking at the
population and distribution of Red Grouse in the area. |
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Wader Predation at Newport Wetlands Reserve We have received a request from the Reserve for help. The breeding wader populations at Newport Wetlands are subject to predation from a number of predators at different times of the day and at different stages during their breeding cycles. To help gain a better understanding of the pressures that local waders are subject to, the Reserve management team has asked if during the course of your normal bird watching activity you could record predators’ present, time, date and location. Where wader predation is witnessed please record wader and predator species together with time, date and location. Any other similar records relating to recent past years would also be helpful. Please send all records to the County Recorder (Chris Jones) |
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Avian Flu
We have received the following advice
from Julian Branscombe, Manager, Gwent Wildlife Trust, in the event that
you find a dead bird:
'There is a possibility that wildfowl may be affected by the highly
pathogenic form of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the Wales over
the coming weeks. If you come across any suspicious die-off of wildfowl
or for that matter any other wild birds please:
* Do not touch them. * Contact Defra on 08459 335577 immediately.'
If you have any questions please
contact me in the first instance, Trevor Russell, 01600 716266 or e-mail
trevor.russell7@virgin.net
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News of the Newport Wetlands Visitors Centre
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Update on Woodland Trust attempts to save Wentwood Forest
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