Our wonderful volunteers gave up even more of their time yesterday spending the evening in the local village hall, finding out how the RSPB plans to move forward in the next few years.
Over a cuppa, Reserve manager, Keith Clarkson and Visitor Services Manager, Scott Smith led the presentation with the most anticipated slide being the unveiling of the ‘new brand’.
Now there’s been lots of talk recently about this in the press – and around the reserve, to be fair – so there was a real sense of anticipation as to how the famous ‘Avocet’ logo would be changed.
Sorry, there are no spoilers here. As the official launch isn’t until May we can't reveal too much but, suffice to say, the new focus will bring us lots of opportunities to engage more people in our work, which has got to be good news.
Along with the new look, we have our proposed new visitor centre in the offing (subject to approval, of course). The additional space will be used to give visitors a better understanding of the history of the reserve, our work on it, and the wildlife that makes its home here - as well as offering a place to run to on those less than balmy days.
So the future really does look bright up on the cliffs.
Final preparations before the big show.