The long awaited Wallasea Island Project badge has arrived! Featuring a spoonbill, a bird we aspire to attract to the new marshes and wetlands, this bright badge on a distinctive yellow backing card, is available for a limited period , and can be bought only from badge boxes in the South East Essex sites - so seek one out now!
Now and again the RSPB pin badge selection adds a special edition badge. These rapidly become a collector's item and old and rare badges can be worth a tidy sum. If you are a keen collector - there are now over 170 animals, birds and plants to pin to your display board - this is one you won't want to miss. You may also be interested in the Collectors' Club. The club holds stocks of most of the badges the RSPB has ever produced, old and new, so if you’re after a certain badge and can't find it, we probably have it.Contact the Collectors’ Group on 07802 293417, or e-mail: pinbadge.collectorsgroup@rspb.org.uk to find out more.
The RSPB pin badge scheme is helping to raise £1m for wildlife conservation projects around the UK and overseas - at a suggested donation of £1 per badge, you can see that is a lot of badges and it's a great way to raise funds. Enthusiastic and motivated volunteers to look after or place boxes for us in shops, cafes, vets, pubs, hotels and leisure centres are always needed. We now need more boxes in the South Essex area to raise money for our local projects so if you would like to help raise funds in your local town or village please get in touch and we'll tell you more. If you would like to support the Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project you may get yourself one of our special badges for the usual minimum donation of £1. They will be available from the boxes in the south essex area, including the RSPB visitor centre at Wat Tyler Country Park. However, anyone having difficulty finding one may also contact me - hilary- through the wallasea website contacts.
I've gone wild on Wallasea!