Page 34 • The HERALD • 7th March 2024 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v OUT & ABOUT Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH Calling All Photographers!! e Countryside Education Trust is continuing its mission of connecting people with nature and has a lot planned for 2024, starting with a series of events in the coming months as part of a new project in partnership with the National Park, ‘Championing Coastal Coordination’. is seeks the input of local people in the face of sea level rise resulting from climate change, to identify how we can work together and address some of the challenges facing our coastlines. As part of this, the Trust has recently launched a major photography competition entitled ‘Our Coast’, to capture the many wonders of New Forest National Park shoreline. Why not enter? You might be inspired by a coastal scene and bird life on the marshes… Or perhaps cold-water dips, dog walks, and eating ice-cream? All amateur photographers are welcome, with photos assessed by a panel of judges, including acclaimed international photographer, Steve Poole. e winning photos will join an exhibition at the Countryside Education Trust’s Fort Climate Centre in Beaulieu at the end of March, with prizes awarded in each age category (under 12, 12-18 and 18+). Check out the rules by scanning the QR code in the advert, but remember to send in your photos by 10th March. Photos must be in portrait orientation. Alongside this, there will be a lecture series, a litter picking event at Calshot with other local environmental organisations, and a children’s workshop. Something for everyone! For more information, please visit: cet. org.uk or call: 01590 612 401. e New Forest local group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is holding an indoor meeting on Wednesday 13th March, where Tara Dempsey will talk about her work on ‘Nest Monitoring in the New Forest’. Meetings start at 7.30pm and are held in the Lyndhurst Community Centre, central car park, High Street, Lyndhurst SO43 7NY (doors open at 7pm). e group plan a eld trip to Arne RSPB reserve near Wareham (SY 972 878, BH20 5BJ) on Saturday 9th March from 10am to 3pm. Meet in the reserve’s car park by their information centre. Then on Thursday 21st March from 10am to 1pm the group will visit Kings Copse (SU 436 016) near Black eld, meeting in Blackwell Common car park. For further information please email NewForestGroup@RSPB.org.uk or visit the group’s website: group.rspb.org. uk/newforest/. ose taking part in eld trips should wear suitable dull coloured clothing and sturdy footwear. Nonmembers are currently charged £5 per eld trip or indoor meeting. OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE RSPB
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