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The Buckingham Navigator 2021 Spring

The Buckingham Navigator – Issue 107 Spring 2021

We are pleased to inform you that The Buckingham Navigator – Issue 107 Spring 2021 is now available to view or download from the newsletter page.

As well as our regular features, this issue also includes:

  • Terry and Athina explain about the progress made so far during in the current lockdown, and discuss what is next for our project sites as restrictions are due to be gradually eased.
  • After winning the IWA Christopher Power Prize, Athina tells the story of her astonishing body of volunteer work which has led her to winning this well deserved award.
  • As promised in the last issue, I wrap up last year’s series of wildlife reports which indicate there were further breeding successes at Bourton Meadow for 2020, building on an already productive year in 2019.
  • Alan investigates the historical impact of reeds on our canal over the last 113 years.
  • Aimee talks about the increasing sightings of Water Voles and Otters at our Bourton Meadow and Hyde Lane sites, and the measures proposed to try and track and observe them.

We would like to invite you all to visit our growing portfolio of social media pages where you can join in the conversation and see photos of our latest achievements. To find us:

Follow/Like us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/buckinghamcanalsociety
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Depending on which social media platform you use, please ‘Follow’, ‘Like’, ‘Tweet’, watch, share or comment, but most importantly, please be sure to share our posts so we can spread the good news about the work we are doing.

We always welcome new ideas and articles for The Buckingham Navigator, so if you can help in any way with new features, stories, photographs or canal-related news that you feel could be included in future issues, please let me know by e-mail editor@buckinghamcanal.org.uk or telephone 07793 451958. Copy date for the next issue is the 1st May 2021.

We are interested to know your experiences with accessing The Buckingham Navigator on-line, so please send me an email with your thoughts and comments.

Ian Matson

The Buckingham Navigator Editor