Thanks to Robin Sharp for leading and Judith Rose for making a record of the QPARA Annual Bird Walk, held on Saturday 6th May. There was plenty of avian activity in Queen’s Park and Paddington cemetery, even if the temperature kept low. A record 18 walkers saw or heard a record 22 species.
Not spotted on the day, but reports of hearing tawny owls both in the park and the cemetery keep coming in.
Please join us for a stroll through Queen’s Park and Paddington Cemetery.
Meet at the park café at 9.30am. The walk will take about 90 minutes, but people can join or leave at any time. We will go round the Park and then via the Woodland Walk, Chevening Road, Winchester Ave, Willesden Lane to Paddington Old Cemetery, arriving at approximately 10.15am. So finding us should be easy.
Nothing is guaranteed, but birds to look out for are: Woodpecker (Green or Great Spotted), Thrush (Mistle or Song), Blackbird, Finch, Robin, Sparrow, Crows, Tit (Blue, Great or Long-tailed), Jackdaw, Magpie, Dove, Starling, Swift, Jay, Wren, Gull (Herring or Black-headed), Parakeet and Pigeon (Wood or Feral). Bring binoculars and a pocket bird ID guide, if you have them, but if not, don’t worry – we can share.
Everyone is welcome, but children must be accompanied by a parent or adult known to them. Those under 8 might be bored, so you need to judge if it is for them.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO COME
Contact: Robin (robisharp@googlemail.com, 020 8969 0381) or Judith (juditharose@yahoo.co.uk).
At our March monthly meeting, we agreed donations of £1,000 to each of the following groups with a connection to the Queen’s Park area:
Brent Action for Refugees to fund tea/social evenings for Syrian refugees in Brent
Brent Centre for Young People to give Adolescent Exploratory Therapy to two young people who live in the Queen’s Park area
Laurence’s Larder to help help provide food, clothing, washing and drying facilities to refugee asylum seekers in Brent
Our Global School to cover the cost of transporting volunteer school students from Salusbury School and Queen’s Park Community School to a township school in Kayamandi, South Africa
The Promise Foundation to help fund a monthly Skills Club, based in the Queen’s Park Community School to help tackle educational disadvantage in Brent
Salusbury World to help with the funding of a Winter Party for refugee children and to help fund excursions for refugee women and children
Shakespeare in the Squares to help with the costs of a production of Romeo and Juliet in Queen’s Park on 24th June.
QPARA is a not for profit organisation. If, at the end of each financial year there are surplus funds, we invite applications for donations for these from local charities, groups and not for profit organisations in line with our aims to support the local community. The maximum amount for a single donation is £1,000.
Our high quality bags, mugs and Oyster card holders are all still available. Jubilee mugs are £10 each, all other items are £5 each.
To purchase, please email Andrea at qpmembership@gmail.com
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