Further to posts revealing that the Yandina Creek Wetlands on the Sunshine Coast have been drained – leaving large numbers of nesting waterbirds stranded and threatening the habitat of rare and endangered species – a petition can be signed at the following link. It calls on the Federal Environment Minister to intervene to reverse the drainage works. Please sign. http://tinyurl.com/o4kzfd3 Greg Roberts ninderry@westnet.com.au http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/
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Signed. “Construction has started on Europe’s largest man-made nature reserve – transforming Wallasea Island in Essex into marshland. The island, which is in the Thames Estuary, is being changed from levee-protected farmland into thriving wetland – twice the size of the City of London.” http://news.sky.com/story/986091/essex-wetlands-nature-reserve-under-way — -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Paul Taylor Veni, vidi, tici – birder@ozemail.com.au I came, I saw, I ticked.
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