The next couple of weeks are really important for Dungeness. We are all on tenterhooks waiting to see if the purple herons nesting (one of them pictured, courtesy David Featherbe) at the reserve will be successful. In most years that would be the biggest thing on our minds – but the next couple of weeks will also see the critical decision taken on whether the applications to extend Lydd airport will be called in for proper examination at a public inquiry.
Time is getting short – so if you haven’t added your voice to this call (so far over 14,000 have) then please do. You can find the details here.
With the scrapping of new runways at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick, the new coalition Government is show commendable commitment to tackling the run away expansion of air travel and its consequences for the quality of life of communities affected, our climate and, of course, the natural world.
We believe the airport expansion is the wrong choice for Dungeness and there is a strong case for call in.