A number of our members were out at the weekend providing maintenance to the duck nesting tubes on club land.
Conservation
Spring In Our Step
Hopefully we have now said goodbye to the Beast from the East and on to better weather.
New Land Aquisition
We are very pleased to announce that we have been able to secure the purchase of 13.80 acres of grazing land and a pond in Kingston Seymour, which will allow the club to carry out further conservation work and manage shooting opportunities.
Prey or predator?
After checking on our new releases we have discovered some additional hunters lurking. While we sure that they are Mink not Otter we have placed humane cages traps to see what we are attracting. As the traps are going off and the bait is being eaten, whatever is lurking in the reeds has exceptional hunting skills.
120 Ducks went swimming one day…
The last of this year’s ducks have been released.
Some ducks are happy for you to put a ring on
120 ducks have all been ringed and placed into a secure ponds along with our previous releases. This is part of an ongoing conservation project to provide long term sustainability to management of club land. Maintaining the local population of mallard and increasing nesting areas for future generations.
Members working together to ring the ducks
Literally a Rubbish Job
On Sunday 3rd July 20 plus Clevedon Wildfowling Association members and members from 2nd Clevedon Scout Group joined forces to undertake the annual foreshore clean up along the sea wall from Channel view farm down to the mouth of the River Yeo.
A Quacking Release
After securing the boundary fence, 18 mallard ducks were released into a secure pond.
We Got Stuck In
The work party on the pond turned into a dirty days work. Reed pulling and general maintenance was carried out by a number of members last Sunday. Young members got involved by helping on the bank side. A real good start to the clean up was made. Some members took a dip in the pond to cool off, or so they said.
We even had a couple of spectating swans watching over us as we worked.
Have a gander.
During a routine check of our nesting sites this weekend we have discovered some hatchlings. While the mallards are still sitting tight, a pair of Canada geese have successfully hatched 6 goslings. Spring is in the air.
