[Adastra] Southern Marsh Orchis pic

2014-07-11 Thread D BANGS
Dear friends, Does anyone have good photos of Southern March Orchis I could use for a note I'm doing on the landscape and wildlife of the area of Gatwick countryside that will be destroyed if the second runway is given the go-ahead. I found two spikes of Southern Marsh Orchis there this

Re: [Adastra] some pics I need for a book

2016-04-28 Thread D BANGS
tra@lists.sxbrc.org.uk Subject : Re: [Adastra] some pics I need for a book Hi Dave, Just off to Tuscany. Are these any good for Marsh Gentian? Paul From: D BANGS Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:27 PM To: adastra@lists.sxbrc.org.uk Subject: [Adastra] some pics I need for a book Dear friends,

[Adastra] Fwd: PRESS RELEASE DOWNS SALES HALTED

2017-01-19 Thread D BANGS
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[Adastra] Fwd: URGENT secret Downland sales B

2016-10-28 Thread D BANGS
Dear Adastra folk See below and attached UPDATE and ORIGINAL piece. This is extremely urgent, cos these sales are proceeding right now. Please email these council party leaders or your ward councillor: - - warren.mor...@brighton-hove.gov.uk, gill.mitch...@brighton-hove.gov.uk,

[Adastra] Fwd: STOP Downland sales

2016-12-01 Thread D BANGS
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[Adastra] Fwd: lobby councillors to stop Brighton Downland sales

2016-12-01 Thread D BANGS
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[Adastra] Park Wood, Batts Wood, Poynings Estate

2017-07-03 Thread D BANGS
w that ESCC had management responsibility for Park Wood until 2011. In April 2011, the management was then handed back to its owners-the Environment Agency. Regards, Jo Heading Senior Ranger, ESCC From: D BANGS<mailto:bangs...@btinternet.com> Sent: ?23/?06/?2017 22

[Adastra] Fwd: Park Wood, Batts Wood, Poynings Estate

2017-06-28 Thread D BANGS
w that ESCC had management responsibility for Park Wood until 2011. In April 2011, the management was then handed back to its owners-the Environment Agency. Regards, Jo Heading Senior Ranger, ESCC From: D BANGS<mailto:bangs...@btinternet.com> Sent: ?23/?06/

[Adastra] Henfield Common football pitch project: No Environmental Impact Assessment was done

2017-05-16 Thread D BANGS
her conditions being favourable. Kind regards, Kevin Wright Clerk – Henfield Parish Council From: D BANGS [mailto:bangs...@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, 15 May, 2017 8:17 PM To: off...@henfield.gov.uk Subject: Henfield Common football pitch project: damage to archaic grassland From: David Bangs Fi

[Adastra] Park Wood Hellingly for sale!

2017-06-23 Thread D BANGS
I've just been alerted to this proposed sale of Park Wood, Hellingly: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-48900174.html It is managed by East Sussex County Council, which will also be trying to shed its load of public high nature value land shortly too (see Cabinet

[Adastra] Henfuield Common breaches of NERC act biodiversity duty

2017-05-22 Thread D BANGS
Does anyone know who I can approach at Nat England about enforcement of the NERC Act 2006 in breaches of duty to consider biodiversity? Dave Bangs

[Adastra] Fwd: Henfield Common LATEST NEWS

2017-05-28 Thread D BANGS
The latest news is not good. The SWT and I were to have a meeting with the parish council at the cricket club on Friday morning. When we arrived the chair of the PC, Malcolm Eastwood, histrionically banned me from the meeting, to which he had earlier invited me, and attempted to remove me from

[Adastra] chamomile photos Henfield common

2017-05-19 Thread D BANGS
A journalist wants a picture of the chamomile lawn at Henfield Common in flower. They're considering doing a piece on the issue. Does anyone have any pics I can use? I don't have any decent ones and he won't want my pics of it all withered up Dave Bangs

[Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

2017-05-04 Thread D BANGS
Walking in the Cowfold Stream valley east of Crateman's Farm and to the south to listen to the Nightingales last night we passed lines of oaks with brown withered crowns. Often the whole foliage of fresh tender leaves and catkins was withered brown, but sometimes the top of the crown was still

Re: [Adastra] Henfield Common

2017-05-31 Thread D BANGS
Here's a footnote on Henri's 2nd piece. It's not worth going over in detail what happened at the meeting of the parish council/SWT/myself on the common. Henri was not present. What is worth repeating, though, is that the Wildlife Trust did not defend my presence at the meeting, though it was a