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River Wildlife

September 25th 2011

This solitary Black-tailed Godwit was seen today (25th September) from the Village Green. It is not an uncommon bird but is unusual for Lerryn

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This cormorant was showing strange behaviour as it foraged around the weed covered stones near the slipway at low tide

For the video, click on the button

Formal Notice of vacancy on St. Veep Parish Council

September 22nd 2011

Following the sad death of Ken Hoskins the formal notice of a vacancy on the Parish Council appears on the Parish Council Page.

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Village Hall Kitchen refurbishment

September 21st 2011

The kitchen refurbishment was made possible by a generous donation from Ronald Elliott in memory of his late wife Jean who was well known to us all as a magnificent cook. The hall committee plans to erect a plaque in the new kitchen in memory of Jean D. Elliott.

Village Hall New Kitchen

September 21st 2011

The kitchen of the village hall has been completely refurbished and the event was celebrated on 18th September. To see photographs of this event and to find out who the mystery philanthropist was, click on the image below:

Duckling Update

September 20th 2011

On Monday evening (19th September) there were still 5 mallard ducklings with their mother on the river. These late brood ducklings seem to have a better survival rate than the earlier broods.

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Six other new arrivals together with their mother have been seen on the river over the last week. These ducklings were protected through their first weeks by Ginny and Heulyn and now seem well established. In the photo below, it is difficult to tell which of the white ducks is the mother.

Special Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday 21st September

September 18th 2011

Special Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday 21st September, 4.00pm Red Store

This meeting has been called to consider, amongst other items, Planning Applications at:

"Trevollard"; "Penn Cottage"; "Polpreave"

Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Due to technical problems on Lerry.net which are preventing the updating of the St Veep PC Page the agenda is available below:

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Click Here

Sunset

September 15th 2011

Lerryn settling down for the night (Thursday 15th September)

Broadband Connection Speed

September 14th 2011

Richard has asked the following question in the Discussion Forum:

Just wondering what broadband connection speeds people are getting in the village, and if any providers are better than others. You can use [external link] to find your speed.

It would be very interesting to find out the answer to this question so that we can see how the situation varies throughout the village and which providers give the best results. It would be most helpful if you could use the external link above and record the result. Post your answer on the Discussion Forum under the topic heading "Connection Speeds".

To see the range of topics being discussed on the Forum click the black button------------

To take part in the Discussion Forum, you will need to sign up by completing the Sign Up Page by clicking on the green button--------------------

You will need to choose a name and give an e-mail address (this is so that a password can be sent to you - we will never sell or give this address to any third party organisation). You will notice that some people prefer to use a nickname rather than their real name. You will see from the Sign Up Page that this is quite acceptable and we welcome imaginative names but please do not use names that may cause offence. It is important that contributions are not abusive. Any items that are thought to be unsuitable will be removed. When you sign up, you will be e-mailed a password and then you are ready to go. You can change this password to one of your own choice later if you so wish. You don't need to contribute straight away if you are not yet ready to do so. Why not join the other members who have already signed up? We look forward to your contributions to the Forum.

Little Egrets

September 12th 2011

Four Little Egrets photographed in Lerryn on the 11th September

A group of egrets has many collective nouns, including a "congregation", "heronry", "RSVP", "skewer", "siege", "sedge", "hedge" and "wedge" of egrets.