A tussle of herons
David Pottinger writes:
Colin Gray, Chairman of Fleet Pond Society, will be taking on the challenge of completing a round trip trek of 21 miles on Sunday 22 September – quite a distance, and just a week to go!
The purpose is to raise funds for the Fleet Pond Clearwater Campaign as well as increasing awareness of local conservation sites and activities.
The very interesting photos above and below were taken by Colin during various preparatory treks. A lot of hard work has already gone into planning and practicing for the challenge, let alone actually doing it!
If you would like to support Colin and Fleet Pond through this charity event, please see here.
The Aragon Hall Lion
In a previous post, a list of the 12 environmentally important sites that Colin will be visiting on his charity trek was given. You may not be aware that there are so many such sites in the local area and an interesting way to explore these (in overview) is to use the useful SketchMap site.
Type in GU51 at the top and use the boxes on the lhs to explore the possibilities eg clicking Nature Reserves shows the positions of the different sorts of sites (local nature reserves, SSSI sites etc). A snapshot of some typical results is given below.
Snapshot from the SketchMap site with local conservation areas highlighted
Full details of the individual areas can be found on their associated sites.
We wish Colin the very best of luck!
Photo credits: Colin Gray
