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BERECONNECT - COVID19 UPDATE
Credit where credit is due

The Parish Council is very aware of the tremendous voluntary efforts many
individuals and groups have put in over the past few months in innumerable acts The dunnock is brown, there’s no gold on his crown,
of kindness supporting vulnerable people, doing shopping trips, or providing a
friendly, neighbourly voice to those in isolation. But his silvery song comes tumbling down.
The great tit is trim in his yellow-black kit
When the time is right we want to publicly recognise these wonderful people and
present them with Certificates of Appreciation, on behalf of the whole community. Calling “teacher”, oh “teacher”, on ad infinite
Clearly that can't happen yet.
The starlings all squabble and jostle and fight,
In the meantime, we would like you to nominate those who deserve recognition Putting green parakeets to a panicky flight.
by emailing or messaging Amanda Crocker, our clerk BereRegis Clerk, giving the
name of your nominee, and a sentence or two explaining why they are being The two collared doves quietly bill as they coo,
nominated. Their deportment and manners so prim as they woo.

Thank you, The magpies are louder, and when they all bathe
Ian Ventham Show no-one has taught them just how to behave.
My robin is perky, his sub-voice is soft
But how magic he sounds in full throat aloft.
The newt in the pond has a menacing mien
In his startling gold waistcoat, his appetite’s keen
For the poor little tadpoles emerging from spawn –
Dorset Property Care Any chance their surviving to “frogdom” forlorn.
Allan Slater The ivy and yew buzz with bumbles and bees,
Based in Briantspuddle
So too does the blossom on old apple trees.

Of butterfly species the count is now eight,
 Services
And they zig zag and flutter in a drunken-like state.
 Building maintenance
The bats then emerge as the sun disappears,
 General joinery
Their calls much too high for my elderly ears.
 Garden maintenance
Perhaps damn Corona gives space for one thing:
 Ground works
To savour the joy and perfection of spring.

Susan Jacobs, 18 April 2020
07973 158092

allan@dorsetpropertycare.co.uk
www.dorsetpropertycare.co.uk

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