Bursaries

Following the event, we received some fantastic feedback, including: “This was an excellent event – well managed on the day and arranged. Hopefully something that can be repeated or something similar.” “I would like to say a huge thank you to the two wonderful Phil’s, who were our tour guides. My son is extremely inquisitive and they were absolutely brilliant with my son Josh and his friend Lewis.” “The pond dipping was really exciting for the children and very educational; the two men leading this were very friendly and helpful, always interacting with the children and getting involved.” “I would like to say a huge thank you for the organisation of this visit. I took my two sons who are aged 7 and 3 and they had an amazing day.”

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“The bird ringing was really well demonstrated and the use of toy birds being thrown into the net was a brilliant idea for the kids to feel part of it.” “I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone involved in this it was an amazing day which we got lot out of.” The whole afternoon exceeded my expectations.” Finally, I would like to pass on my own personal thanks to all the families who attended, and helped make it a magical day, and my own special thanks to the RSPB and their volunteers, my fellow Suffolk Ornithologists’ Group council members for guiding throughout the day, and to the Waveney Bird Club who kindly manned the ringing station for us, thank you one and all, for a tremendously enjoyable day.

Bursaries again available

The Council are delighted to announce that it is once more able to offer bursaries of up to £250 per project to support Suffolk-based ornithological studies/activities. The only stipulations being that: 1. the work patently contributes towards the conservation of birdlife in Suffolk

2. that the stipulated work be completed within one calendar year of the Council’s support decision and

3. that a full write-up of the project (consisting of an overview/brief scientific findings paper quantifying the results) be submitted upon completion for subsequent publication in the Harrier of the Suffolk Bird report. To apply please provide a short project description, plus your contact details and forward these to the Editor. This description will then be passed on to the Council’s Bursary sub-committee for consideration. The Council’s decision will be final and it undertakes to respond formally to each submission within 30 working days of the Editor being in receipt of the project description.