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| the new Memorial Plaque to Anne Kaye |
A short ceremony was held at the Reserve on Wednesday to officially unveil the new Bird Hide Memorial Plaque to Anne Kaye. A small group of Anne's friends were present to hear her daughter, Tina, make a short speech and watch her daughter, Alyson, unveil the Plaque, which details the history of the bird hide, the family's sponsoring of its construction and most of all, Anne's huge contribution to the Manx community.
Guests were treated to hot drinks and a variety of cakes and biscuits, many of them made to Anne's own recipes. Chair of the Southern Group Committee, Margaret, also contributed a coffee and walnut cake which was, in fact, Anne's own favourite cake.
Everyone enjoyed the event and many happy memories of Anne were exchanged.
A series of wildlife flyovers seemed appropriate - Lapwings, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Swallows and Buzzard all paid their respects!
Anne was a very keen birder and would have been interested to see this full list of the wildlife noticed during the morning ( with thanks to Chris Sharpe)
SC209694 6 x Lapwing ; 12 x Swallows; 3 x Common Snipe; Buzzard being mobbed by corvids; Sparrowhawk; c. 6 Goldfinch; 2-3 Siskin heard;
A few photos from the ceremony.........
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| Anne at Ballachurry Reserve, August 2020. |
with thanks to Tina and Aly for permitting these photos to be used on the Blog
