Isn’t Suffolk lovely?
I spoke at The Cut in Suffolk on Tuesday evening to the Waveney Bird Club and anyone else who wanted to come along. As is often the case with my talks, there was one shooting enthusiast looking, I have to say, a bit sour and taking notes as I spoke. I wonder whether local shooters have to draw lots to see who comes along to keep an eye on me! But all are welcome.
There were a lot of other friendly faces in the audience – faces I’ve seen at Hen Harrier Days over the years, some RSPB friends and on this occasion some World Land Trust folk too.
I enjoyed the evening and at least some of the audience did too judging from the remarks afterwards and these tweets:
@MarkAvery was a captivating & entertaining speaker this evening & put his case rationally & with conviction Thanks Mark & @WaveneyBirdClub (from @OrnieJoolz)
As a result of the talk last night, I have just written to my MP. First time, but NOT the last… (from @Julianrkirk)
If there are one or two people that are activated through hearing me speak each time then that’s a great reward for the time it takes.
And then on Wednesday I spent some time with the World Land Trust chatting to John and Viv Burton and a range of other staff. What a good crowd. And see here for Steve Backshall and Helen Glover’s fundraising scheme for WLT.
There was a Sparrowhawk over Halesworth Station as I left and a pair of Pintail as we reached Manningtree station.
