nice sentiment about putting the money somewhere else Tom, but I think
it was sold because of the absence of that money in the first place. BA
over-reached itself in the purchase of Newhaven and couldn't afford the
upkeep, hence making it a 'give-away' to a more financially robust
environmental organisation. Many of us clearly have indigestion about
that. It was part of a shift in the BA vision away from managing bird
observatories to land ownership. Ever wonder why we only have two bird
observatories left when BA used to have four, and why the remaining two
struggle so much to remain viable? I have indigestion about that. (now
I'm not clear on what the vision is, btw)
I don't know either what happened to the money raised at Barren Grounds
just prior to its abrupt closure.
Would be nice to have a response from BA to this thread.
Jill
Tom and Mandy Wilson wrote:
This may well have been a question of looking at the long term costs
and the best use of BAs funds...so that (presumably) the funds that
would have been used for the upkeep of Newhaven in the future are now
diverted to something equally or more rewarding, while the new
custodians continue to maintain Newhaven as a reserve (and the nominal
sale price probably encouraged a suitably minded party to take it on)
- sounds like good "bird business" to me!
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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