It's come along way since the days as a young fella I wandered round the reservoir ringing stuff. But today has seen a vast difference in what was once just a large expanse of water that held vast numbers of ducks in the winter. Now amazingly with the large visitors centre and an even larger area of water Abberton is truly an amazing sight. What a good development and it just handy that a relative works for Essex and Suffolk Water. So I gained a ticket and was welcomed to the new opening of Abberton with guest Sir David Attenbourgh and the CEO of Essex Naturalist trust, but the real deal was in Bill Oddie. He was so approachable to all the young people there. What a great guy.
So I began my birding there and after 65years I find myself back at an event which the old general would have turned his nose up at. But then some things have changed. Like I said to the young volunteer. I can remember this in 1964 as the site I saw my first Collard Dove, it was feeding with 68 Turtle Doves. They have all gone and things change, some for the better but others not. Lets hope that by continued work together that all can work together for our betterment. That includes the politicians, the industrialists and those who take nature seriously.
Sir David Attenbough
CEO of Essex Wildlife Trust John Hall
Bill Oddie just the best with the young people,
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