The Only Twitcher in the Village
Posted on 25 November, 2015 by Connecting Country
Sean described his younger self as ‘the only twitcher in the village’.
Sean Dooley may have been seen as ‘uncool’ when he was the only birdwatching kid at school… but he is definitely very cool, and rather hilarious, these days. We all enjoyed his tales of birding adventures as he discussed ‘why every kid needs a swamp and every swamp needs a kid’ at Connecting Country’s AGM held on Tuesday 24 October 2015.
It was a delightful evening, with tasty hot soup, lots of catch-ups and discussion between CC members and supporters, and much laughter thanks to Sean.
From the AGM itself, the CC committee elected for 2015-16 comprises:
- Brendan Sydes (president)
- Marie Jones (secretary)
- April Merrick (treasurer)
- Saide Gray, Malcolm Trainor, Deborah Wardle, Jenni Thomas (general committee members).
Special tribute was paid to Paul Hampton who has stepped back from the committee after a contribution of more than 5 years. We currently have one vacancy on the committee, which will be discussed at the next CC committee meeting.
Tanya (standing on right) is running our new Stewards for Woodland Birds project
We were also proud to launch our new “Stewards for Woodland Birds” project funded through the Helen McPherson Smith Trust Foundation. As part of this project, we are looking forward to working more closely with the Landcare groups and other community members in our eleven priority zones to help woodland birds to thrive. More on this exciting new project soon!
For those that couldn’t attend, our 2015 Annual Report is available HERE. Please let us know if you’re interested in further details about any of the stories within it. A short video highlighting some of our achievements was also shown on the night and is available for viewing HERE.
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