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July 2020                              July 2020
 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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