An update from Stuart Benn on the BBC Countryfile Magazine Reserve of the Year Award we asked for your support with back in February.
We are the champions - thank you!
Abernethy has seen off all comers to be voted the BBC Countryfile Magazine Reserve of the Year 2017 – a fantastic accolade for all the tremendous work that goes on to make it even better for wildlife than it already is.
The reserve had its origin with the advent of Operation Osprey in the 1950s and has gradually grown over the years to become one of the largest reserves in the UK and almost certainly the most diverse when you tot all up all the birds, mammals, bugs and plants that have been recorded. And, of course, the ospreys are still here and going strong some 60 years later – it’s amazing to think that EJ’s reign has covered fully a quarter of all that time!
We’ll be featured, along with the winners in the other award categories, in the May edition of the magazine.
Huge thanks to absolutely everybody who voted for us – thank you!!
Site Manager (People), RSPB Abernethy National Nature Reserve