Alan Peters has also done a great job raising awareness though local media, not least on BBC Oxford, and this has stimulated a lot more interest from people living locally. Many of you have encouraged friends, colleagues and family to participate. Thank you very very much: it does make a big difference.
As soon as we get any more feedback on the outcome of the consultation I will let you know.
Plans for the new country park north of Banbury started to gain some momentum last week. Cherwell District Council have contracted Ryder Landscape to put together a Masterplan for the area and and to start the planning process they organised a "scoping" workshop with stakeholders. They have also been out and about surveying the site.
The area offers considerable potential for wetland enhancements, especially a decent sized patch of floodplain grazing marsh, and it was good to see this opportunity recognised around the group. I am also promoting the idea of at least part of the country park being designated as a local nature reserve.
Hopefully, more news on this over coming months.
I'll sign off with a lovely image from our recent trip to Japan. I'll trickle a few more images and highlights from Japan onto my blog over the festive period.
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| Red-crowned cranes on a frosty morning, Tsurui, Hokkaido |
Mike
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