This is a cry for help......!!!!!!!



Right there's no point moaning about whats going to happen but we do need to get our heads together and see if we can head the Wirral Rangers off at the pass so to say.



I've written to the Head Coastal Ranger to voice my concern that we have not been consulted and if as many of you can do the same then we may at least be given a voice, if we say nothing then we cannot complain about what will been forced upon us.



The Head Ranger is Adam King, email: coastalpark@wirral.gov.uk



What I need now is arguments as to why we should be allowed to continue as we have done for years. Ideas so far are:

1. The Mersey is also important for wintering birds and planes land at Liverpool ariport all the time, do they look like giant birds of prey or have the birds just got used to them?

2. Safety, where do we all launch, depth of water, rip tides (further out), not good for beginners...

3. The study this is based on is full of holes should we not have a longer study period to better understand the problem if there is one.

4. Other beach users, dog walkers, horse riders, kids flying small birds of prey (sorry kites).



Any further ideas or stuff to flesh my stuff out will be great, I'll put this all together and lets see what we can do. If we say nothing then we have to live with the restrictions so lets shout and be heard.



Cookie Monster

edited by: Cookie-Monster, Aug 25, 2003 - 02:46 PM

It looks like the Bird Watchers haven't had it all their own way the zone that we can sail in is not as bad as it might have been.



It is as follows:



We cannot sail further north than a line of buoys that runs from the end of Riversdale Road to 100m off the south end of Little Eye but we have to launch from the slipway they haven't built off the carpark (its on the plans though) and cannot go further inshore than this.



Still write in, if we don't show them we have voice then who knows how it might change.



happy sailing.

Quote:3. The study this is based on is full of holes should we not have a longer study period to better understand the problem if there is one.





The last two years have been unseasonable, both hotter summers and colder winters, this surely would have a greater effect on bird numbers than wind powered activities on the occasional windy day !

Certainly include something about the report not taking into account other factors which might impact on bird numbers (surely weather has a considerable impact on bird numbers which isn't even looked at in the report).



The use of statistics in the report and the way they have been interpreted is nothing short of absolute $hit.

If ever there should be impetus for the formation of a West Kirby Boardriders Club, surely this is it.



Which is Riversdale Rd?



Surely a "channel" could be marked up with boys that could allow us to run between the islands and the lake/golf course/red rocks coast. Even if an out of bounds area was marked with bouys allowing 100 m of space before you ended up on a bird "area", we would still have a huge sailing channel running up the estuary.

Marking a channel with "boys" is surely sexist ??





and as for the "Just Blxw me" tag line ......





LOL