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Initial Consultation document
Representation ID: 93015
Received: 09/08/2018
Respondent: Mr S Gray
I am a keen ornithologist and bird ringer for the British trust of ornithology. I have monitor, reported on and watched birds all over the world and ring birds at Marham little fen.
it is with total horror that i see there are plans in place to extract sand and gravel from this area.
The area around Button fen and around the back of the warren has had breeding Lapwing, Yellowhammer, Linnet and Grey partridge on this year. All these birds are on the RED list of the RSPB birds of concern. They are struggling enough with yet more land being turn into a dust bowl of quarries.
Reed Bunting, Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Black headed Gull all nest around here to and are on the amber list of British birds of concern.
I was born in Marham in 1963 and have watched the destruction of the little fen over the years as they drained it and lost a fantastic habitat for Marsh Harrier, Reed warbler and other species.
The amount of noise dust and disturbance is intolerable and the proposed plans as to what they replace it with is utterly useless for birds. Deep sided lakes no good for swans or waders they do this to prevent encouraging birds down because of the bird strike threat to RAF Marham. So you dig up a fantastic habitat and replace with something utterly useless for the species that use to use it.
I now live in leziate near to the silica quarry. I can not imaging the traffic using these small roads to ferry sand back to leziate its bad enough on the A roads.
THIS PROPOSED PLAN HAS TO BE STOPPED.
I am a keen ornithologist and bird ringer for the British trust of ornithology. I have monitor, reported on and watched birds all over the world and ring birds at Marham little fen.
it is with total horror that i see there are plans in place to extract sand and gravel from this area.
The area around Button fen and around the back of the warren has had breeding Lapwing, Yellowhammer, Linnet and Grey partridge on this year. All these birds are on the RED list of the RSPB birds of concern. They are struggling enough with yet more land being turn into a dust bowl of quarries.
Reed Bunting, Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Black headed Gull all nest around here to and are on the amber list of British birds of concern.
I was born in Marham in 1963 and have watched the destruction of the little fen over the years as they drained it and lost a fantastic habitat for Marsh Harrier, Reed warbler and other species.
The amount of noise dust and disturbance is intolerable and the proposed plans as to what they replace it with is utterly useless for birds. Deep sided lakes no good for swans or waders they do this to prevent encouraging birds down because of the bird strike threat to RAF Marham. So you dig up a fantastic habitat and replace with something utterly useless for the species that use to use it.
I now live in leziate near to the silica quarry. I can not imaging the traffic using these small roads to ferry sand back to leziate its bad enough on the A roads.
THIS PROPOSED PLAN HAS TO BE STOPPED.