KINGFISHER
April 2014
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Finally a special thanks to those who make donations towards the work in the Sanctuary and to Peter Sharland who draws up the roster and to the roster team who open and close the Bird Sanctuary. Your assistance is a vital part of the Club and we value every one of you. I encourage more of you to join the roster team. You would be only required to be on duty, at the most, once every six months. LATE ADDITION – April 2014 We have been concerned at the state of collapse of the bank between us and Shanwood Lake. This was brought about early in the life of the Bird Sanctuary by the Shanwood developer building up their side of the bank with soil and grass so that they had a level playing field but a large drop at the edge down to our level. They recently replaced their mesh wire fence with a steel and plastic coated fence at great cost but in removing the old fence, their new fence is in imminent danger of falling into the Bird Sanctuary. They approached us for advice and we referred them to member Ian Cuthbertson, who did such a good job shoring up the bank behind the SASOL Hide. He has given them a quote to do a similar job and we await developments. GILL HARDINGHAM – Custodian
A duck walks into a pub and says to the barman: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "I said no, we have no bread." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No! What the hell is wrong with you? We haven't got any bread! Bugger off!" Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "Listen you dumb bird. We haven't got any bloody bread. Ask me again and I'll nail your stupid beak to the bar! Understand?" Duck hesitates for a moment and then says: "Got any nails?" Barman says: "No." Duck says: "Got any bread?
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