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Clitherde Advertiser & Times, May 1st, 2003 9 -


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‘Conservation disaster’ says RSPB as moor fires destroy two rare hen harrier nests on Borland fells


1 , 4.tff by Vivieri-MeatK •


RARE birds of prey have been hit during the recent moorland fires which have raged across 750 acres of the Forest of Rowland. - The fires, which are known to have


destroyed hen harrier, nests; have pro­ duced one of the biggest conservation disasters to hit the region for. more, than a decade, the RSPB says/ i :<- The society fears that thousands of


nests and eggs of birds nesting on.the ground at this time of year have been destroyed in blazes which hit huge areas of Lancashire, including Saddle Fell, Chipping, Waddmgton Fell, as well as Yorkshire, the Peak District and North Staffordshire.


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owls, merlins, red grouse, meadow pipits,. skylarks, twite and curlews .will have been wiped out.


. . 'w Now the society, the largest wildlife


conservation chanty-m Europe, ,is ques­ tioning whether inappropriate legal heather burning should be allowed on: certain moorland areas.,


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’Nests of species such as short-eared ■Moors,'was another area hit >by fire, i Twite are already of major conservation


It is thought some of the fires .were,( .control., burning which accidentally went out of- .specially-protected areas where.birds like iivties worked hard to help fight fires in the,


.... The Lancashire blaze - which hit ,nport these birds once again.” . 1 around 750 acres of the Forest oLBow-.i^iHe added:.,With climate change and ‘ land - was a result of legal moorland ...drier.summers. it is a mockery that in


. concern; with their breedinginumbers possibly now as low as 250 pairs in the whole of England,


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r ."Hen harriers only nest in mature heather and it will he years before these hurned-out.areas have re-grown to sup- .


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. -The society fears-that:.one, of the 'species hardest hit by the fires could.be the hen harrier and has predicted it may , be up to 15 years before this already- threatened bird of prey is again able to breed in certain areas of Bowland, in Lancashire. Wolf Edge, the last breeding strong­ hold for twite in the North Staffordshire


caused accidentally, but others were,, deliberate.


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stimulate heather growth for sheep: and. red grouse.


Burning is traditionally earned out .to ,


.Mr Roy Taylor, senior conservation


officer for the RSPB, said: "We know that the fire destroyed two hen harrier nests and on at-Ieast one of them, the female was incubating eggs. “Last year only 11 pairs of harriers


nested in the whole of England, so to lose two nests to fire in the birds' traditional


■hen'harriers nest, burning is legal up to.biForest,of ' Bowland, Rivington Estate,. !the middle of April. In fact, one has to vWorsthorne, Macclesfield and the East


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.questionwhether burning on certain :t/Lancashire estate. moorland areas should he allowed at all.


...... "The RSPB recognises that a sensible burning regime is important for sheep < and grouse moor management. However,. we need to stamp out inappropriate; burning in relation to timing or intensi­ ty.


"At this time of the year, ground-nest- u-jcnoCl -U)


It will take years for the areas to recov­ er from these devastating fires.


* . Estates team are now starting the task


of getting things back to normal and working to restore the natural beauty of the area.


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People are asked to use extreme cau­ tion at all times when visiting the moors


ing birds are settling down to breed and ,,-,to-avoid, the. risk of fires in future.,... Sea-LRnhgballooncomesBaGktoschooi Engineeringsafety work on bridge has started


PARENTS who organised a fund-raising balloon race in the Ribble Valley received hack much more than they expected. Not only did the post­


J r : s E Sunday School) 33; Gis-


lest (Tosside Village Insti- | Gisburn, Horton (Gisbum Jail) 35; Middop, Riming- norial Institute, Stopper


|mington) 36; Newsholme, ne (Paythorne Methodist


67. [stone (Mellor Brook Com-


bentre) 38; Mellor (Mellor Fall) 39; Billington (Hodge- Inmunal Room, Billington I Billington) 40; Old Langho lard’s Church, Old Langho) jgho (Langho Methodist


|2; . (ley (St Leonard’s Church,


pho) 43; Osbaldeston (The Jooms, St Mary’s Church) Igreave (Mobile polling sta-


Icent 47 Ramsgreave Road, lave) 45; Clayton-le-Dale, \ (Salesbury Memorial Hall)


jIE COX^Orderf leakdown ofcwhate


man bring the tag attached to the balloon - he brought. _ a map and an exact map ■ . reference, right, as well as a ,, photograph of the balloon bobbing about in the Baltic Sea between Ger­ many and Denmark, below. The balloon was released


from Oakhill College, Whalley, by the parents’ association. It was one of 122 bal­


loons sent skyward in an . operation which raised £222 for school funds. "


Some days later yachts-, ,


man Joerg Meier from Denmark was out sailing on a beautiful Easter week­ end in the Baltic Sea when he spotted a yellow object on the horizon. He told Oakhill College: “First I was thinking of a


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fisherman’s buoy, but after ‘ looking with my glasses I ■


saw the balloon. So I - picked it.up and w h a ta - ' ' surprise - a balloon con­ test!” Mr Meier sent back pho­


tographs of the balloon in the middle of the Baltic and gave its precise posi­ tion (54.21 north and 011.28 east) and also enclosed a map for good


measure.-.,, SSCspokesman for the- :


school said^ “Whether


JderffJias found the win-, ning balloon we’ll not know' for a couple of weeks until the competition clos­ es.”


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Ramblers head for the hills of the White Rose County


A GROUR-of Clitheroe Ramblers hiked the hills o f , NorthwYorkshire at the weekend. V The 15 members walked


from Hawes, famous for its ropemaking, along part of the Pennine Way towards Dodd Fell, 668 metres high. The clear, sunny weather


enhanced the stunning views: of Ingleborough, Wliiernside and Great Shunner Fell, with parts o f , th&Lake District visible in the‘distance. After an extended lunch


break at Kidhow Gate, half of the party returned to


Leers’ heads ; and a full programme of


ts, together with spot prizes, provided by Eileen Shuttle- ) and Bernice Sanderson. i winner of the Easter bon-


arade was Olga Billington. I those who attended enjoyed light.


ftured are some of the Easter et wearers, (s)


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THIEVES targeted a car in a car park at.Gisburn Forest on Saturday. They stole two mountain bikes from a rack


\ Hawesialong the Pennine lWay, while the other half joined.Cam High Road, the third highest Roman road in the country, which linked forts at Lancaster and Bainbridgel Views of Pen-y-Ghent, Buckden Pike and Pendle Hill were enjoyed. The route continued past


Wether Fell and views of Semerwater, to descend past Yorborough to the vil­ lage of Gayle, renowned for its cheesemaking. There were light showers


on the return to Hawes, but not enough to mar the day.


Thieves steal mountain bikes


on the car. One was a red and white Marin make and val- uled at £1,500, and the other, was a Trek worth £400.


Comments invited on council’s] plans for Ribble Valley future


SUMMARIES of the council’s “best value” plan for 2003 are being circulated for comments. Like all other authorities,' the Ribhle


Valley Borough Council has to follow Government orders on obtaining best value for money - and telling people how it is doing so. The 2003 plan summary, is similar to


relatively sparse population creates dif­ ficulties in meeting standards drafted for more urban communities. One inspector said: “Ribble Valley is


an authority which is fairly traditional and proud of the way in which it oper­ ates. “There will be difficulties in introduc- |


previous ones. It pledges that the coun- ■ cil will strive to make a significantcpri/;. tribution to meeting people’s demands ■ for high-quality public services in av high-quality environment.


; : • : A bullet-point list includes improve--


ment of access to services for all mem­ bers of the community; enhancement of economic opportunity; reductions in crime and improvements to health and safety; provision of affordable housing; and improvement of cultural opportuni­ ties.


Government auditors and inspectors


have in some ways agreed with the council’s view-that the area’s size and


ing a performance management culture, but these must be overcome if Ribble •1 vValley is to thrive in the new local gov-


emment world.” ’- Another view was tha,t the senior; management resources of the authority | are stretched in dealing with day-to-day ,;


; issues. Consideration should be given tag strengthening support for the senior ' team to allow-time for strategic plan­ ning in the medium term. This would allow time to deal with the issues raised by the introduction of the new, more performance-orientated culture. The council is keen to receive com­ ments on the plan summary. It will pro-


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A FIVE-WEEK engineering operation has started to ensure a bridge on Mitton Road, Whalley, ....... ...............


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The cost is a commercial secret,, - but, indirectly,-it is’hein^ met;'.


I by the hundreds of housebuyers on the Calderstones Hospital, | housing development. " ''


- Thousands of tons of crushed ,


I line which runs under Mitton Road near the cemetery


| entrance. The line was built at a time ,!


I when the hospital was a large and I self-contained complex.


V It carried not only-goods but


| patients, including wounded'sol-- I diers from the First World1


The line was abandoned many -:


I years ago although the cutting' | can still clearly be seen. When the sale of large areas of I the Calderstones complex for


"«>}_. / nedby' \ Gedser I More TV fame


TELEVISION producers are being drawn to the .Valley


I almost as if it were a magnet. .The major Sunday after-


I noon car boot sale at Clitheroe Auction Mart host­ ed Granada’s “Car Boot Chal­ lenge” at the weekend. Two episodes were filmed, with teams buying items from the stalls and then having them


| valued by an expert. The programmes will be I screened in June......... .............


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housing was planned, questions were raised about the bridge. The extra traffic from several hundred car owners Coming to live in the vicinity was thought to put it at .nsk'/l.1’'


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I rock and concrete are being used . | to fill in part of the former - Calderstones Hospital railway


;the NHS Executive, depositing an appropriate sum of money to deal with the safety of the bridge and other engineering aspects of the change of use. Lancashire County Council is


responsible for the bridge and its engineering services contracting


’ arm is carrying out the work. -•« An access to the site has been ’created and use of the road will -'he: controlled by traffic lights for at least part'of the time during working hours. When the infilling is complete


the embankment it has created will be landscaped.


Thieves target homes THREE, homes in Whalley Old Road, Langho, lost attractive fea- tures from their gardens at:,the hands of'thieves.'


•••* In each’case. a chimney pot filled


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nesting heartland in Bowland is a huge - nest and we fear,the fires may haye taken blow.-.


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birds, • - "Action needs to he taken at the high­ est level'to make sure this kind of pre­ ventable conservation disaster does not, happenagain." iij.. i Estates managers from United Utih-


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