Wednesday 16/12/2009. As the year draws to a close the RSPB put on a party for the volunteers and we all had a fun night on a bring your own booze basis. 2009 has been a wonderful year for the Saltholme reserve and I am delighted to have played a very small part and for the success of the venture. The business plan for the site envisaged a total of 35,000 visitors in the first twelve months of operation, well with three months to go till the aniversary of the opening the visitors numbers are in excess of 93,000 a wonderful achievment and what a great service is being provided to the birdwatching fraternity and the greater community, to say nothing of the benefits of care and conservation for our birdlife. All in all everyone desreves a party. The picture is of me and my good friend Barbara Kevill who describes me as her "right hand man" which is fine by me. Our main task is to look after the garden when we have opened up the reserve and the bird hides on Thursdays our volunteering day. One of the many bonuses I have as a result of this volunteer effort is the pleasure of making good new friends and Barbara is chief among them.
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