Weymouth bird reserve damage more than £100k

12:10pm Saturday 14th July 2012 in News

THE RSPB has launched an appeal to support bird reserves in Weymouth after it was revealed the cost of flood damage and repairs could rise above £100,000.

Hundreds of nests were destroyed and the newly-refurbished Discovery Centre was swamped by floodwater.

Despite the damage, the RSPB aims to be open and ready for visitors in time for the Olympics.

To give to the RSPB Flood Appeal visit justgiving.com/rspbfloodfund

See Monday's Echo for the full story.

Comments(22)

custos says...
1:01pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Is the area below sea level? If not why did it flood?

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wykeregislad says...
1:12pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Your obviously not from Weymouth ? The shear amount of rain water flowing into the lake flooded huge areas around that part of Weymouth , nothing to do with it being above sea level , hope it all gets restored in time

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IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE says...
1:44pm Sat 14 Jul 12

I don't understand why the excess water wasn't allowed to go past the sluice gates.

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caddydog says...
2:19pm Sat 14 Jul 12

INSURANCE????

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MattWey77 says...
2:25pm Sat 14 Jul 12

IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE wrote:
I don't understand why the excess water wasn't allowed to go past the sluice gates.
It was high tide too, so I doubt much water would have passed through.

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scubadude says...
2:28pm Sat 14 Jul 12

IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE wrote:
I don't understand why the excess water wasn't allowed to go past the sluice gates.
High tide as Matt said and the sluice gates are only so big (not to mention blocked with junk carried in the flood water) so naturally the river burst its banks, rivers do this its a fact of life- we choose to build close to rivers so we have to live with the fact thats sometimes more water comes down them than they can carry within their normal confines- its no ones fault. Sucks for the RSPB though- the new centre was very nice.

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IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE says...
2:33pm Sat 14 Jul 12

I seem to remember from the last time that I went to the centre that you went down steps to get to it.

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wessex-andy says...
3:54pm Sat 14 Jul 12

£100K???? To do what???

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shy talk says...
4:15pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Take a look at the Charity Commission web site for the RSPB. Type in the charity number 207076. Forgive the pun, for some eye watering amounts of money and assets.

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whatever66 says...
6:11pm Sat 14 Jul 12

ask the council to cough up there making enough out of the olympics after all its supposedly for the town and after the waste of money they have spent recently least this is for the good of the town.

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green army!! says...
6:49pm Sat 14 Jul 12

I am guessing its the damage to the reserve paths, visitor centre and the hide etc..

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UsernameWithheld says...
7:57pm Sat 14 Jul 12

The center is located next to a large lake, is it not common sense to fit flood protection to doors!!

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IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE says...
8:00pm Sat 14 Jul 12

UsernameWithheld
Common-sense and RSPB don't go together, lots of 'suckers' will give them money.

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pd7 says...
8:15pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Ducks are another option .

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annotator1 says...
9:55am Sun 15 Jul 12

Noahs Ark Amusements used to flood at least twice a year as when it is very high tides, the level in the backwater is too high to let the lake drain. We then get excessive levels of water. The gates are there to stop the brackish water from entering the fresh water Radipole side. So, a man made error again! The RSPB is very wealthy and I agree help would be nice but like all the Royal Society type organizations, they are not short of a bob or two and the amount mentioned is a drop in a very large ocean.

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Duckorange says...
11:18am Sun 15 Jul 12

The Dorset Echo Armchair Geerals strike again. What a miserable bunch of know-it-alls you are

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amaninjapan says...
2:00pm Sun 15 Jul 12

Natural areas like the reserve deserve all the funds the need and more. These are the places that we should be spending way more public money on as they are so educational for kids. Im lucky enough that my farther actually took the time to take us down there and we would spend ages looking for, and naming what ever we could. Natural habitat is far more interesting than any video game I have ever played. And I only feel this way thanks to my farther. We are so lucky to have this wealth of information on our doorstep and we need to cherish and use it a lot more than most people do. Where`s my wallet. Its the least I can do.

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IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE says...
2:56pm Sun 15 Jul 12

I had a father like lots of people who went farther to educate me to spell.

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Genghis says...
7:38pm Sun 15 Jul 12

amaninjapan wrote:
Natural areas like the reserve deserve all the funds the need and more. These are the places that we should be spending way more public money on as they are so educational for kids. Im lucky enough that my farther actually took the time to take us down there and we would spend ages looking for, and naming what ever we could. Natural habitat is far more interesting than any video game I have ever played. And I only feel this way thanks to my farther. We are so lucky to have this wealth of information on our doorstep and we need to cherish and use it a lot more than most people do. Where`s my wallet. Its the least I can do.
I agree with you. Radipole Lake is a wonderful asset to the town and I hope that not too much damage has been done to the wildlife and that it can be put right soon.

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amaninjapan says...
1:19am Mon 16 Jul 12

IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE wrote:
I had a father like lots of people who went farther to educate me to spell.
lol. Please forgive my poor spelling IDONTKNOWIFITSTRUE. I was in a rush and my spell checker is brokten. ;)

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amaninjapan says...
1:30am Mon 16 Jul 12

amaninjapan wrote:
IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE wrote:
I had a father like lots of people who went farther to educate me to spell.
lol. Please forgive my poor spelling IDONTKNOWIFITSTRUE. I was in a rush and my spell checker is brokten. ;)
And if I remember correctly, the spelling department was my mothers responsibility. Its all her fault.

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Jello Biafra says...
10:58am Mon 16 Jul 12

Bring back Noahs Ark Mussies!

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