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GARDENING CLUB white tail. In flight it is marked
by its long, broad wings and a
short wedge-shaped tail.

Yes before Covid, we had a Gardening On two consecutive days in
Club! Afterwards we have no programme, mid-June a White Tailed Eagle
one member of the Committee left and a was spotted flying over Bere
bank balance. It has been decided that we should get together to decide what Regis.
to do next. The plan is to meet up at Peter and Janey Gordon’s Garden at They were once common
Honeycombe Cottage, Shitterton Bere Regis on Tuesday 6 July, 2021. at 7 p.m along the whole of the
th
There will be some chairs available but please bring a portable chair and some southern coast of England,
nibbles. We will reduce the clubs bank balance by providing some Pimms and but by the late 1700s had
soft drinks. been driven to extinction, as
they were in other parts of the
We can all catch up having a UK. There has been a
chat. There will be a financial successful reintroduction of
statement and we will the bird to Scotland where there are now 130 breeding pairs. The Eagle seen over
consider what to do for the the village is almost certainly one from a project to reintroduce them to southern
rest of this year. Maybe we England, which started in 2009 with six juvenile birds released on the Isle of Wight.
can resurrect some of last The birds have been fitted with satellite tracking devices which enables their
years programme for the rest flights to be traced. In their early (pre-breeding) years White Tailed Eagles tend to
of this year. We will need to journey far and wide. That has been exactly the case with the Isle of Wight
appoint a treasurer and a reintroductions. They have travelled the length and breadth of the UK along with
programme secretary and trips across the channel to France, Belgium and the Netherlands. If you would like
any one else to take the club to know more about these wonderful birds and to see exactly where they have
into the Post Covid Age. flown do go to the web link below. In the meantime, keep an eye on your bird
table and do let us know if you have any sightings of this or any other unusual
I am hopeful that with people
spending more time in their birds!
gardens that we may https://www.roydennis.org/category/sea-eagle/isle-of-wight-sea-eagles/
discover some new ideas and
new members.
If you are interested in the Gardening Club please telephone or email me Susan Contact Us
Stone on susan97stone@gmail.com tel 01929 472083
If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife and Environment
Group or to be included on our e-mailing list, please contact:
Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563 or
Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook./com / 0775 988 4942.

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