Viridor Open Days- an opportunity to question Viridor

 Viridor are to host two open days in September to showcase the restoration and incinerator.  Dates and times are:

• 15^th September 2017 – 10.00-12.00
• 22^nd September 2017 – 14.00-16.00

Members of the public are encouraged to attend. The site ecologist who is employed by Viridor will be there to answer questions about the restoration. Possible questions to ask while quoting the conservation management results in table 1 include:

 1) Why are Tree Sparrows nearly extinct from site despite being the iconic conservation flagship species for the site?

 2) In fact why have so many of the conservation target species become extinct or are nearly extinct from the site?

 3) When is the restoration going to be complete are why has it been so delayed with such catastrophic consequences on the local wildlife?

 4) When is the reserve going to be open to the public?

 5) Considering target species are the measurement of the success of a conservation management plan- why has the conservation management plan so clearly been a near complete failure?

Table 1. Breeding pairs of the target species for selected years (extracted from Breeding Bird Survey data) 

	1995	2000	2005	2010	2014	2015	2016	Notes on breeding population
Little Ringed Plover	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	Extinct
Ringed Plover	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	Failed
Lapwing	11	18	22	14	10	10	11	Initial improvement now declining
Redshank	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	Extinct
Common Tern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Failed
Yellow Wagtail	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Extinct
Sedge Warbler	11	25	1	2	0	0	1	Drastic decline
Reed Warbler	31	19	13	32	13	32	36	Fluctuating, currently increasing
Whitethroat	73	76	66	55	41	53	60	Overall declining
Tree Sparrow	83	52	75	80	1	1	5	Near-extinct
Reed Bunting	23	17	5	3	2	2	1	Near-extinct

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VIRIDOR OPEN DAYS