Hello Folks,RSPB reserves are great places for you to get closer to nature. So what better reason than to have a quiz to see how much you know about them. Each Monday for 12 weeks, I will be posting a little teaser for you. Without looking in books or on the internet (i.e - no cheating), see if you can identify this RSPB reserve. On Wednesday, so as long as no-one has guessed it, I will post one clue. On Friday I will post the answer along with some additional information for your interest. Just for fun!: Make sure you keep an note of the first letter of each reserve as the weeks go by, and at the end of week 12, see if you can rearrange all 12 letters to spell out a message about our reserves.Here goes ....MYSTERY RSPB RESERVE#1The konik ponies better not trample on the glasswort, they may squash the Orthotylus rubidus!
Orthotylus rubidus I believe favour a tidal estuary/ coastal environment, as does Glasswort,
So an educated guess would be Blacktoft sands. purely because it is a tidal environment.
opposed to Minsmere which has a coastal environment,
Now what chance have I got!! stuck out here in the backwoods of Ireland? LOL
Regards Mick
Work is for those people that don't Bird-watch!!!!
It is either RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk or Suffolk RSPB Minsmere, I can't quite decide:-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16304936@N06/
http://suffolk.activeboard.com/f528553/birds-of-suffolk/
I've no idea, but I have to try so my guess is Hayle Estuary. (It's a great place to go, anyway!)
Annie
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Einstein
Clue: Shingle dreams.
Minsmere has a shingle beach if I remember correctly.
That takes Blacktoft sands out of the equation. I pretty sure its not Abernethy, so I will opt for Minsmere
basically I haven't got a scoobie
Minsmere does have a shingle beach :-)
Becca :-)
Now thats making me homesick Becca.
LOL, sorry!
I was only there a couple of weeks ago so I have a few photos, the only thing I didn't take a photo of was the ponies, they were too far away :-(
You have beaches there anyway, right?
Snow soon, so I'm sure you'll look forward to them photos too :-)