A huge “flight” or a “gulp”of Swallows amassed over the Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve yesterday, by far the most Swallows spotted over the nature reserve EVER.
That’s how big and absolutely amazing the whole spectacle was to observe. On one hand it was a heart stopping moment but on the other it was a melancholic sight also; the little beauties were gathering to go home for the Winter, leaving behind all the potential bad weather we have coming to us.
Hurry on Spring 2020.
This would be the second sighting of a Muntjac deer on the CONR, the first being three years ago. The one spotted this time was actually near to the road by the small model railway site.
How they get into the nature reserve is still a mystery, but it’s possible they travel along the river bank.
The return of the swallows were noted on 13 May. For the last few years the swallows have not been as numerious as in previous years, however let’s hope that this year they will gain in numbers.
One of the theories that are doing the rounds are that there are less insects to keep the swallows in one place for very long, and each year there are fewer and fewer birds.
The Kestrel has been absent fron Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve for some years now, but one was spotted hovering over the reserve today (May 4th 2019).
Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting
On the 16 April 2019 a cuckoo was heard. It seems to have stayed because it’s been heard a few times since.
The calls are used in order to demonstrate ownership of a territory and to attract a mate.
On 14 June 2018 Calor Gas Limited applied to the Worcester City Council planning department for planning permission to allow their new site to start trading in Trow Way on the Diglis trading estate, Application Number (P18D0262 ).
The threat of the Calor Gas containers exploding, potentially turning them into life threating missiles, means that the new site should have been granted planning permission under the “Health and Safety Executive”.
It was not granted planning permission under the “Health and Safety”
HSE is a statutory consultee under The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015.
Calor Gas Ltd made an application (WCC Ref P18D0001) to Worcester City Council (WCC) for Hazardous Substances
Consent for land at Trow Way, Diglis, Trading Estate, WORCESTER. HSE would normally be consulted by Hazardous Substances/Local Planning Authorities through the route described in our HSE Land Use Planning (LUP) – Public Safety Advice web pages http://www.hse.gov.uk/landuseplanning/ &
http://www.hse.gov.uk/landuseplanning/contact.htm .
For reasons yet to be established HSE was consulted through HSE’s Local Birmingham Office, who did notrecognise
the significance of the application and responded (not objecting) directly to WCC.
WCC granted the application,however it is noted that it has been granted under the Town and Country Planning Act
1990 and not the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990?
The danger of having a “
The Diglis.com team were made aware of this danger by local residents and have contacted Robin Walker MP, Cllr. Lynn Denham and others in a bid to obtain more clarity and to put right any underhand dealing that may have taken place with the contentious decision to allow Calor Gas to trade from this position, so near to residential properties.
Apart from the threat of an explosion, the residents have to live with the noise of containers being moved about from early morning to well after midnight. There is also the question of very bright floodlights shining into local residents windows keeping them awake at night. This light and noise pollution is unacceptable to the voters and taxpayers of the Diglis area. The Diglis.com team will campaign on behalf of the local residents for a satisfactory outcome.
Monday 25th Febuary
The campaign by the Diglis.com team and local resident John Tandy to save the Waverley Street Skip seems to have paid off. Subject to the Worcester City Council application to the Environment Agency for a license. Although the skip was to reopen on the third of February, we await confirmation and will keep all updated.
October 27th 2018
The City Council, in their debatable wisdom, have closed the skip that was open on the 3rd Saturday of each month. The residents and others have found this amenity invaluable over the years and closing it down will no doubt have repercussions by the increased amount of fly tipping that will inevitably add to the already growing problem throughout Worcestershire.
The City Council have once before tried to close the skip, but pressure from residents and Cllr. Lynn Denham with other protesters, made them back down. Unfortunately the eye was taken off the ball when the Friends of Diglis Fields assumed the role of guardians for the fields including the skip area allowing the City Council to finally close it down.
There were promises that the skip area would be a small overflow car park for the Diglis fields but that on the third Saturday in the month the skip would continue. This promise seems to have been broken leaving the Diglis residents with nowhere to get rid of rubbish that cannot be taken by the usual refuse collectors.
It now seems that there is a review in progress following concerns about health and safety! Click here for the official version.
Sep 19th 2018
We are hoping that we have seen the last of the illegal camping on Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve after the intervention of Jabba Riaz. Let’s hope that the campers have been rehoused sympathetically.
Lots of mess to clear up though.
There are now two fires every night burning on the Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve, each needing wood that they are ripping off the trees.
