This year's BANC members'
visit and AGM will take place on
Saturday 3rd October at Alkborough Flats in north Lincolnshire.
The managed realignment at Alkborough, at the confluence of the rivers
Trent and Ouse, is one of the largest in Europe. It will allow flood
water from the Humber Estuary to spill out of the river during highest
tides to fill the low-lying land. Substantial new areas of saltmarsh,
mudflat and freshwater reedbed habitat are being created. The site is
jointly owned by the
Environment
Agency, Natural England and Associated
British Ports, while a wider partnership of organisations is helping to
fulfil the vision.
All BANC
members are
invited to attend ... details follow. Numbers are limited to 20, i.e.
the
capacity of the two available minibuses, which are essential to travel
the vastness of the Flats. Please book as soon as possible to avoid
disappointment, by contacting Adrian Koster on 01482-881674 or
at AdrianKoster
(at) onetel
(dot) com.
12:30pm Meeting starts at
Julian's Bower, a turf-cut maze with an
intriguing
history. This elevated position offers a commanding view of the
Alkborough Flats project.
1:00pm Visit to Alkborough
Flats
Anna Moody, Alkborough Flats’ site manager, will guide BANC
members around this vast site of 450 hectares, once farmland,
now tidally influenced since the breaching of the Humber Estuary flood
bank in September 2006. BANC members will witness a vast transitional
habitat, part of a huge scheme to restore some of the Humber
estuary’s natural flood basins and to create a haven for
wildlife - especially birdlife. Since the breach approximately 170
hectares of Alkborough Flats floods at each high tide, dramatically,
dynamically and progressively altering the site's character.
Alkborough Flats lies within the
Humber Estuary European
Marine Site,
formed from the Humber Estuary SPA, SAC and Ramsar site.
3:30pm BANC AGM &
review at Alkborough
Cricket Club,
with tea, coffee & biscuits. Founded ca. 1850 the club plays in
the Lincolnshire Cricket Premier League. On the club-house roof is a
Grim Reaper weather vane, just like Lord's!
The AGM is
important!
There BANC's financial accounts are validated and its Council is
elected. If you plan to attend, please send an e-mail to
enquiries@banc.org.uk
or telephone Graeme Duckworth on 07941-182211 as soon as possible.
Please
consider standing
for BANC's Council. It is made up of
volunteer members who give their time (four meetings per year,
plus three to four days of other work) to ensure that
BANC
fulfils its charitable aims. It is a legal and practical
necessity - BANC cannot function and develop without it. BANC
particularly needs people with knowledge/skills in the following areas:
fund-raising, marketing and business management.
BANC members wishing to stand for Council should submit their
name and contact details, together with a brief supporting
statement (roughly 50 words) and the name of a proposer,
who must also be a BANC member. Please send nominations by Sunday
27th September to
enquiries@banc.org.uk
or telephone Graeme Duckworth on 07941-182211.
AGM
Agenda
- Welcome & Apologies
- Adoption of Minutes
of AGM 2008
- Chair's Report on BANC's Activities
- Treasurer's Report & Approval of 2008
Accounts
- Appointment of Auditors
- Nominations
& Elections to Council
- Any Other Business
- Date & Place of AGM 2010
Travel
Details
Julian's
Bower is in the village of Alkborough at
OS map reference
SE879217.
Alkborough
Cricket Club
is at
West Halton Lane,
Alkborough.
Alkborough
is about 14km from
Scunthorpe
railway station,
which is on the
Doncaster-Grimsby line.
Travellers from London would change at Doncaster.
If you're travelling by rail and need a lift to Alkborough,
please inform Graeme Duckworth on 07941-182211.
