Evening all
Yesterday (22nd October) saw the start of the work to build the new ground level Purfleet Hide in the bank viewable from the visitors centre. It will look out over a re-landscaped Purfleet Scrape and afford excellent views.
To start with the diggers are removing the top soil. The reedy bit will be kept in one pile and the grassy bit in another to be replaced once works have finished to allow the area to naturally regenerate.
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer
Hi Sally,
Its still work in progress and eventually the scrapes in front of the hide will be altered to encourage the birds closer. I suppose tha because it is spacious it will echo just like if you enter a hall or large room with no damping materials like carpet.
The cost is alot but nothing comes cheap anymore and this being a specialist building would drive costs higher; I am sure the RSPB tok every aspect into account when commiting to this project.
Its all down to personal opinion and you and I are entitled to our own.
Many thanks
Craig
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. - Albert Einstein